July 31 2018

Ralf has been sending emails to various bike shops around the City to find out about packing services or boxes.  We received a couple of responses the price ranged from E50 to E100 for both bikes.  However, we would still have to get the bikes from the shop to the hostel or the airport.

After breakfast we headed out to a bike shop that was within 1 km of the hostel. They didn’t pack bikes but they did have boxes. We bought two boxes (E10) and headed back to the hostel.

Ralf was ready to dismantle the bikes and have the boxed bikes in the room. The owner of the hostel was not keen on having two large boxes in the room, so we agreed to wait until Thursday afternoon to pack the bikes.

As I mentioned we are only in this hostel until Friday. There is a Best Western near the airport and another one about 500 metres from the hostel. I went into the one near the hostel and asked about rates and could they arrange a van to get us to the airport.

The rates are very good for our remaining three nights and they can arrange a mini-van to take us to the airport. The lady on reception called the taxi service to ensure that they had a mini-van large enough for the boxes. We booked from Friday to Monday at the Best Western and they will arrange the mini-van to take us to the airport.

We spent the rest of the day updating the blog and trying to stay cool. Average daytime temperatures are 35 degrees with a real feel of 38 degrees. Night-time temperatures are about 25 degrees, but we do have air-conditioning in the room

After dinner we had a really interesting conversation with an Indian lady (Melody) who had studied in India to be a Doctor and is now studying in Australia to be an Orthopedic Surgeon. We talked about India and arranged marriages (she had one), families and education. What a great evening.