(Sadly hardly any photos I am afraid as my battery was close to death - I took some with my digital camera so may update the blog with some of those when I get home)
The sunrise was once again spectacular and over the water.
Today we trekked 20kms and luckily it was the coolest day we have had topping 30 degrees. We walked through gorgeous scenery - very different from the other days. Caster oil crops and ponds and lakes.
We were lucky enough to see flamingos up close along the way.
We stopped for lunch under a huge tree next to a caster oil field and were served absolutely delicious curries and rice YUM.
By 3pm we arrived at our final camp right next to a fresh water creek. We all had a "frolic" in the creek to cool down.
We were then treated to a wonderful final massage from our resident masseuse. And one last desert camping shower - read throwing buckets of water over yourself in a tent structure balancing on a small wooden plank while washing your hair and body - which was absolute heaven today. I am really going to miss that.
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| Jane getting the full t treATM |
After watching another glorious sunset (without taking photos this time so I could take it all in) and watching a herd of bluebulls pass by our site i set up a chair overlooking the creek to relax and watch night come in. The troopie (our trusty vehicle) was returning to camp when it became bogged by George!! while crossing the creek. What followed was a hilarious half an hour or more where we all set up chairs and complete with popcorn we sat back and watched the crew try and free the troopie. First they sent the tractor but that then became badly bogged trying to pull the troopie so after quite a while a bigger stronger tractor came and rescued both vehicles. Of course George in his Lee Cooper shoes was completely dry having stayed in the troopie barking orders - it dawned on me that when he decided to walk with us this morning it was probably because he was avoiding having to change the tyre on the troopie which apparently got punctured yesterday because as soon as it was fixed we were made to wait for it to catch up and George disappeared!
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| George (Juneed) standing and Aditiyat |
We had guests tonight from the Rann Riders resort (professors who are running a development course for students of a management school on the roles you take in life and its impact on your wellbeing) and also we had been told food was coming from there - so the guys set up a huge table with china and everything. Elaine had to remind us that we had company and that our now customary toilet humour would not be welcome. When they turned up they told us they also got bogged on the way here!
They also arranged folk dancers to entertain us.
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