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Augrabies Falls

From Kanoneiland we continued to Kakamas and Augrabies Falls . A trend we saw in Kanoneiland and we continued to see all the way up to Augrabies was the vast expanse of vineyards. It was quite amazing...

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Sep 2, 2020

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Arid land vs Orange River

Sishen After our "petrol station free camp" we continued south towards Olifantsfontein and passed the massive Sishen mine set-up on the right. An aerial shot (courtesy of Google Earth) shows just how ...

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Sep 1, 2020

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Ominous skies and graveyards

D (departure) Day Eventually – 1 September 2020 – D (departure) Day had arrived. Start of Spring in South Africa, had been the goal to coincide with our “Start Of Road Trip” and we made it … kinda! Th...

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Aug 31, 2020

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Trokkie in Covid 19 lockdown

Finally … this is Trokkie: our new home on wheels. Specs and why: Hino 500 (12 ton) because we wanted to have enough loading capacity for water and extra diesel. We’ve also had extremely good experien...

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Mar 5, 2020

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Pilanesberg

Nearing the end of February and still not “free” of Gauteng, we got out of there again and took a drive to Pilanesberg National Park . We booked for three nights at the Manyane Campsite , which is sit...

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Feb 19, 2020

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Trokkie's Maiden Trip

When we came back from family visit and traveling in Australia – January 2020 – we knew we had about four weeks time to get Trokkie ready for our first road trip: our daughter Erika, husband Pat and t...

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Feb 3, 2020

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Rock art road trip

In December 2018, Erika and family visited South Africa for the first time after their move to Jamaica. Christmas is the magic time and having missed out on the festive season with the family in 2017,...

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Dec 1, 2018

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South Africa and Lesotho

One of the places to visit that has been on our bucket list for a long time is Lesotho , a small independent country surrounded by South Africa. Not only did we want to take on the renowned Sani Pass,...

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Jun 1, 2018

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Durban South Coast

Another trip to Kwazulu Natal, saw us going south to see the Red Desert, the Mpenjati Nature Reserve and the Oribi Gorge. Day 1 A drive of just under 2 hours brought us to Port Edward, location of the...

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May 1, 2018

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Kosi Bay and St Lucia

Although we have visited the Kwa Zulu Natal North Coast many moons ago when we first arrived in South Africa... it had been a really long time. Now we wanted to go back for two specific destinations: ...

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Apr 1, 2018

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Walvis Bay

Although we have lived in South Africa for almost 40 years, we have never been able to go to Namibia … until now. Our best friends were spending time in Walvis Bay , so … catching a plane to Walvis wa...

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Mar 1, 2018

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Victoria Falls

One of the iconic tourist destinations in Southern Africa are the Victoria Falls on the Zimbabwe / Zambia border. Being just an hour and 30 minutes flight away from Johannesburg, it’s a perfect (long)...

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Sep 1, 2017

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Retired and with our family spread around the world, we decided to get out of here and hit the road to see more of this amazing planet! Feel free to browse our photos, read our stories, and follow us on our travels.

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