I realize I had not tidied up the conclusion of my bike trip which I left off in Maun on the Okovango Delta. When I left to return to Windhoek I had a number of issues to resolve, which I thought may take a few days. These where, where to store my bike, should I upgrade it to a BMW 650 which was on offer and how to fly home, as my return ticket was from Johannesburg. As it happens I got all of these resolved in the afternoon I returned. I didn't upgrade to the BMW 650GS Dakar as it was much too tall. It did have some good panniers and auxiliary tanks but it seemed massive after my little Suzuki. Once these were resolved I didn't fancy a week in Windhoek, as it's OK for a couple of days but not longer.
I therefore decided to head back on Friday and caught a flight to Frankfurt last night. This means the bike is stored near Windhoek airport, ready to be collected, hopefully later this year for a tour or the south of Namibia and South Africa. Simon will also drop his bike off there in a couple of weeks and we'll share a battery charger.
My last significant ride was from Maun, in the Okovango Delta, Botswana, Windhoek, Namibia over 2 days. No major drama or incident, just the afternoon temperatures in the mid 30's. The bike ran well cruising at 85kph.
Before I left Maun I had a last delightful surprise in the river by the Backpackers Camp. Anyway here's a few photographs and comments.
Can I say thanks for all the interest and support over the last 2 months. It was a great trip and my thanks to Simon for the invite and look forward to the next leg and good luck to him for the remainder. Safe flight back to Kit.
So below we have a hungry croc who joined me for breakfast on my last day in Maun, the giant Kingfisher was also feeding close by, this lady in traditional dress from Namibia and Botswana, I passed on the hotel and went back to Urban Camp, who warn about going into the city of Windhoek, the souvenirs salesman is fitting tusks to the elephants I had just bought, while I shelter from the 36C temperatures and lastly where I am now, in Mainz, where the musicians are ranged around the big wheel playing away.
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It also illustrates that a Swiss army knife, or even my 3, will not be much defence!
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whilst I carry on 
towards Cape Town.
