Well we made to Selous after an arduous trip, 7.5 hours behind the wheel to drive 250km. Dodging manic coaches and trucks on a bad lumpy bumpy sand/mud road, the main road south from Dar! With still another 3 hours to go heading west to Selous our auxillary fuel tank chose to try going a different route! Sue heard a strange noise which I passed off as the gearbox, then I heard it too. We stopped, I checked, I said sommit non repeatable, and then we set about making a repair. I crawled under to inspect whilst Sue positioned warning triangles. The bracket holding the tank up had fractured on one side and was hanging and catching the bumps hence the noise. Thankfully the other side had held on tight enough to prevent a disaster! So we used our 2 trusty IKEA straps to fasten it up as a temp measure, and we will make a plan.
The camp is fab! In the bush beside the river which is full of hippo. Just the 5 of us here. Well except that is for the elephants that have just walked past the truck as I am writing this. It is 11pm so we are up in the tent, it is a full moon so we can see them very well just a few feet away! I can that is, Sue is hiding under the duvet!
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2 comments:
Sounds like you are having fun. Sis, you are going to miss a lot if you hide under the duvet every time an animal wanders by! Got your e-mail and replied. Hope you received it.
Love Carolyn
Wonder why the camps you visit are so empty (other than ants!) - its the height of the holiday season isn't it?
Close encounters with the wildlife now to be enjoyed - mind the hippos Sue if you are boating - they welcome you by tipping your boat over!
Hope you find a welder in the bush to mend your aux tank
Dad & Parvin
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