Daily Summary:
Today
was a rest day for the group, although the very high temperature of
around 42ºC made it an uncomfortable day.
They
spent most the day on maintenance. Anton finally found two little
holes in his troublesome tyre, apparently from a pinching action when he
drove over a tree stump two days ago. These were plugged and it
looks like the tyre is now holding air.
Anton
and Jan have been having problems with their 29 MHz radios throughout the trip.
The radios were opened today and a number of dry joints on both radios
have been repaired with a gas soldering iron. It seems like these
problems have now been solved, although it will be proven tomorrow when
they travel further to Lukulu.
A
jerrycan of diesel was poured into each of the vehicles, with one jerry
remaining as a contingency until they get to their next fuel stop.
They
took one vehicle on a 20km game drive this afternoon and were met by
meter-high grasslands that stretched for as far as the eye can see.
Blue wildebeest still abound, but they were intrigued by significant
numbers of an antelope they couldn't identify.
It
was described as follows and some help to identify it would be
appreciated: It has an exceptionally long neck and its body colour
resembles that of a springbuck, but on its back its more like an
impala. It has a proportionally small head with very tiny horns,
much like a steenbok. Any suggestions on what this may be?
Tomorrow
they will be travelling some 100km to Lukulu.
