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ForsixhoursweshotthroughthelandscapeoftheKaroodesertinSouthAfrica.Justrocksandsandandbakingsun.KnowingourjourneywasendingDanielandIjustwantedtorememberallwehadseenanddone.Heusedacamera.Iusedwords.IhadalreadyfinishedthreenotebooksandwasintothefourthabeautifulleathernotebookI'dboughtinamarketinMozambique.
SouthernAfricawasfullofstories.Andvisions.Wewerealmostdrunkonsensations.TheroaringofthewateratVictoriaFallstheimpossiblesilenceoftheOkavangoDeltainBotswana.Andthentheotherthings:dogsinthestreetswholefamiliesinSowetolivinginoneroomakilometrefromcleanwater.
Aswedrovetowardsthesettingsunaquietnessfelloverus.Theroadwasempty-wehadn'tseenanothercarforhours.AndasIdrovesomethingcaughtmyeyesomethingmovingnexttome.Iglancedinthemirrorofthecar;IglancedsidewaystotherightandthatwaswhenIsawthem.Nexttousbythesideoftheroadthirtyfortywildhorseswereracingthecaracloudofdustrisingbehindthem-brownmuscularhorsesalmostcloseenoughtotouchthemtosmelltheirhotbreath.Ididn'tknowhowlongtheyhadbeentherenexttous.
IshoutedtoDan:"Look!"buthewasinadeepsleephiscameralyinguselessbyhisfeet.
Theyracedthecarforafewsecondsthendisappearedfarbehindusamemoryofheroicformsintheredlandscape.WhenDanielwokeupanhourlaterItoldhimwhathadhappened.
"Wildhorses?"hesaid."Whydidn'tyouwakemeup?"
"Itried.Buttheyweregoneafterafewseconds."
"Areyousureyoudidn'tdreamit?"
"Youweretheonewhowassleeping!"
'Typicalhesaid."Thebestphotosaretheoneswenevertake."
Wecheckedintoadustyhotelandsleptthesleepofthedead.
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