The last part of the Tour d Afrique 2008 was made up of 6 stages, going from the Namibia-South African border to Capetown. The first three days we took the highway going south. It was a somewhat boring road with hardly any towns and moderate amount of traffic. On both sides of the road were vast prairie-area's. Some diversion was offered by the south african names of the towns. They are in a somewhat distorted variant of dutch, so it caused a smile on my face quit often.
The weather had shifted towards a more fall-like type: colder temperatures, fog and a drizzle, It was a pity, because it made the approach towards the coast less impressive than i had expected. I was on the coastal road for at least 10 km before i could see the first atlantic waves on my right. The last two camp-sites were at small seaside towns (Elandsbay and Yzerfontein). They gave me a somewhat sombre impression because of the grey weather. Luckily there were no accidents in the last week that made people loose their EFI-status.
The last night on may 9 in Yzerfontein was a very special one. The cook had really tried to organize a tasty barbecue, the wine and beer kept on flowing, and the basic theme in all the converstaion was (of course) the last 4 months. There was a prize-ceremony with a wink (the most beautifull legs, the weirdest laugh, etc) in short: it was party-time. With a howling atlantic ocean in the background, i fell asleep, dreaming about the final day.