--10/8/07: JB In Africa and finally home (Sun City, Vall, Flight Home)

Thursday we went to Sun City which is in Botswana and by far one of the coolest places I have ever been. For those of you who dont know, the 2010 UCI World Championships will be held in South Africa and if you are looking for a vacation spot afterwards there couldn't possibly be a better place then here. I can't get the pics we took from being there but CLICK HERE to go to the pics of it on Google. The place is insane! Friday we went to the Vaal which is a huge dam/lake with a few of the SA BMXers. Gavin, Wayne, and I drove down with Kane to meet up with the Dodds and stay at their lake house. It was raining off and on with the temperature being a little low and the water freeeeeeeezing. They were going to teach me to waterski but because it kept raining we couldnt. I didn't want to waste the oppurtunity of being on a lake in Africa so Gavin and I hopped on the tube for a while. As soon as you jumped in the water your body went numb. I had never been in water that cold. We stayed the night and rode 50s the next day which was a lot of fun. They had a clutch which I had never used before and to shift up you had to push down but I got the hang of it and was killin it. Good times good times. Heres a few pics from the day. Later - JB