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| Lusaka-Victoria Falls |
Friday, April 16, 2010
Lusaka to Victoria Falls - 492 kilometres in 3 days!!
Lusaka to Victoria Falls – 492 kms in 3 days – you do the math!
I continue to be impressed with the riders on this Tour. Three quarters of them have run marathons – Erin has run marathons on 7 continents including Antarctica. Half a dozen or more have done Ironman contests.
But it is not these athletes that impress me so much. It is the other 25% who have never done any major contest in their lives before.
Lianne did her first bike ride a year ago – the 80 km ‘Bike and Braai’ at home – and now she rides her bamboo bike with the best of them. Jessica is fast and fit and she too excels. Andra, new to biking, rides her heart out every day, always smiling. Paddy from Ireland, never having ridden before, amazes everyone every day. These are the stars of the Tour d’Afrique!
The media event – photos below – was very successful. Margaret Maimbolwa and Chifumbe Chintu attended. Andrew Silumesii and Chazya Sikambale came from Mongu in Western Province to be with us. We were very honoured that they all came.
The ride to Victoria Falls was fast and furious. Thought of my sister Bevy as, wind assisted, I pedalled into Mazebuka at 35 kms per hour. As children we passes this way so many times on our steam engine train on our way to boarding schools in South Africa.
I spent the morning with Shinga the bird-man, saw many species and flocks of birds. The collared palm thrush is unique to this very small part of the world – saw many…….
Much to everyone’s relief, we now break for two days in Victoria Falls. We leave Sunday for the Botswana border and points south………
I continue to be impressed with the riders on this Tour. Three quarters of them have run marathons – Erin has run marathons on 7 continents including Antarctica. Half a dozen or more have done Ironman contests.
But it is not these athletes that impress me so much. It is the other 25% who have never done any major contest in their lives before.
Lianne did her first bike ride a year ago – the 80 km ‘Bike and Braai’ at home – and now she rides her bamboo bike with the best of them. Jessica is fast and fit and she too excels. Andra, new to biking, rides her heart out every day, always smiling. Paddy from Ireland, never having ridden before, amazes everyone every day. These are the stars of the Tour d’Afrique!
The media event – photos below – was very successful. Margaret Maimbolwa and Chifumbe Chintu attended. Andrew Silumesii and Chazya Sikambale came from Mongu in Western Province to be with us. We were very honoured that they all came.
The ride to Victoria Falls was fast and furious. Thought of my sister Bevy as, wind assisted, I pedalled into Mazebuka at 35 kms per hour. As children we passes this way so many times on our steam engine train on our way to boarding schools in South Africa.
I spent the morning with Shinga the bird-man, saw many species and flocks of birds. The collared palm thrush is unique to this very small part of the world – saw many…….
Much to everyone’s relief, we now break for two days in Victoria Falls. We leave Sunday for the Botswana border and points south………
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