Dag 10 / Day 10

Vandag was een van daai dae dat 'n mens net wil aanhou ry en ry en nie omgee waar jy opeindig nie. Daarom het ek besluit om sommer direk van Choma na Bridge Camp te ry, so ongeveer 560km in totaal en nie by Pioneer kamp, net buite Lusaka te oornag nie.

Great Eastern Road

Maar eers meer oor my ontmoeting met Insp. F Simwinga. Net voor Kafue word ek vir die hoeveelste keer in 'n padblokkade gestop, en weereens word al my dokumentasie deurgegaan.(Glo my, as jy 5 keer gestop word binne 200km, raak 'n mens redelik geirreteerd). Hier kruis my en die Insp. se paaie. Hy het my te vertelle dat hy 'n 4 maande intensiewe motorfiets kursus by BWM in Sandton bygewoon het en dat hy 'n expert motorfiets ryer is. En net daar klim hy op die fiets om my te wys. Wel... dit het baie mooi praat gevat om hom van plan te laat verander, en die belofte dat ek 'n foto van hom op die www. gaan plaas, het hom uiteindelik van plan laat verander. Well Insp. hier is jou " one second to fame".

Inspector F. Simwinga

Lusaka was 'n nagmerrie om deur te kom, en dis net pure geluk dat ek nie raak- of omgery is nie, en wou nie 'n sekond langer daar vertoef as wat nodig was nie. Weet nie wat vir my voorle in die ander Afrika hoofstede nie, sal maar moet wag en sien.

Lunch Stop

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Day 10: 24 Aug 09 / 20h00

Today was one of those day’s that you just want to ride and ride not caring where you end up. Therefore the decision to depart from Choma directly to Bridge Camp. A total of 560km skipping the plan to stay over at “Pioneer Camp” just after Lusaka. But first more about my meeting with Inspector Simwinga. Just before “Kafue” I was stopped various times in a road block, checking my documents again and again. (Five times in 200 km radius, getting really frustrated.) This is just where my path crossed with Inspector Simwinga. The story goes, he had 4 months of intensive motorcycle training at BMW in Sandton and that he is an expert motorcyclist, with that he got onto my bike to show me. It cost a lot of smooth talk to change his mind, and a promise that I will post his picture on our www. So Inspector Simwinga this one is for you.Lusaka was a nightmare. Only by pure luck I didn't get hit by some vehicle. Here I didn't want to stay longer than what's necessary and I wondered what awaiting me further in all Capital City’s of Africa on this adventure. I will have to wait and see.Arrived Safely at Bridge Camp one day ahead of schedule.