Change
grip, shift body, stand up, sit down, stretch legs, open visor, close visor,
look up, look down, try to think of a new song to hum…
Perhaps
it was not that bad, but the contrast of the previous days’ exhilarating rides
made the B1 tar road and the 656 km that we had to travel from Windhoek to Grünau
at 120 km/h feel like cleaning one’s garage – something which has to be done,
but, oh, it’s so boring, tedious and mind-numbing.
The
light at the end of the tunnel (or should I say the gravel at the end of the
tar) was Ais-Ais, our planned destination for the day, 762 km from Windhoek.
Riding
the final 70 km to this hot springs spa and resort, I had only one thought in
my mind – to relax in the warm indoor spa pool that was waiting for us. As it
was towards the end of the Namibian holiday season, accommodation (with
breakfast included) was readily available. Unwinding in luxury in the
undercover thermal baths soon made us forget about the long ride to this spot
of freedom – Ais-Ais, the place with a name which means ‘burning water’.
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