So, this anecdote in a nutshell:
Dick, the conversationalist, conversed on the cell phone (that was still
strange to us) a good portion of the way down. We got stuck crossing the river. Gundula got undressed getting us unstuck. Due to water in the engine, the motor called it a day in the place least conveniant for it to
do so. And the fail safe rescue tool- the cell phone- was dead due to excessive usage.
"Lekker!"
The end of the story is pretty humdrum. Dick ran to the main road and flagged down
a passing caravan of his fellow Afrikaners. They came and towed us to a breakdown service and then took us down to the campsite. The story became a five minute wonder around the campfire and later Dick took some
good natured abuse when it was revealed that he had seen Gundula topless and didn't give out the details. We went on to have a very nice time diving and we wish very much to go back and do it again.
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