Now Wednesday morning.
Yesterday we received a phone call to tell us that TWO tyres had arrived in Windhoek and so we could buy them both at a slightly reduced price (which would still make you gulp!!!). We can't accommodate more than one as our other spare is still unused, so had to decline. Our tyre should have arrived in Keetmans last night, so fingers crossed for the off today.
Tuesday
Morning: grocery and other shopping - actually managed everything on the list except for an extra storage bottle for the fridge, factor 15 suncream, ryvita and lacto-free milk. Also diidn't buy tinned tomatoes as far too expensive, or wine as the pricing in Spar was too annoying and confusing.
Afternoon: at the campsite - B reading the workshop manual and doing "stuff" on the truck and me reading the guideboook and scribbling on the map. We bought an icecream from the fuel station next door and tried to feed pieces of carrot to the horse here (could be a pony for all I know). This was a bizarre experience as the poor horse obviously had never seen carrot before in its life and wouldn't take it. It just kept sniffing the carrot and me over and over. I even tried eating the carrot to demonstrate. Eventually after a lot of talking the horse allowed me to stroke it, but continued sniffing. I can report that horses have lovely soft nostrils! Even the goats in the same paddock didn't eat the carrot, so it's obviously foreign to them.
Evening: tea and biscuits at Ramie's house. Another really lovely evening together but rather a tearful one as well, as we don't know whether we will see each other again.
Yesterday we received a phone call to tell us that TWO tyres had arrived in Windhoek and so we could buy them both at a slightly reduced price (which would still make you gulp!!!). We can't accommodate more than one as our other spare is still unused, so had to decline. Our tyre should have arrived in Keetmans last night, so fingers crossed for the off today.
Tuesday
Morning: grocery and other shopping - actually managed everything on the list except for an extra storage bottle for the fridge, factor 15 suncream, ryvita and lacto-free milk. Also diidn't buy tinned tomatoes as far too expensive, or wine as the pricing in Spar was too annoying and confusing.
Afternoon: at the campsite - B reading the workshop manual and doing "stuff" on the truck and me reading the guideboook and scribbling on the map. We bought an icecream from the fuel station next door and tried to feed pieces of carrot to the horse here (could be a pony for all I know). This was a bizarre experience as the poor horse obviously had never seen carrot before in its life and wouldn't take it. It just kept sniffing the carrot and me over and over. I even tried eating the carrot to demonstrate. Eventually after a lot of talking the horse allowed me to stroke it, but continued sniffing. I can report that horses have lovely soft nostrils! Even the goats in the same paddock didn't eat the carrot, so it's obviously foreign to them.
Evening: tea and biscuits at Ramie's house. Another really lovely evening together but rather a tearful one as well, as we don't know whether we will see each other again.