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Aus to Duwisib Castle

We had spent quite a while at the feral horses view point and when we left eventually it was already afternoon. We decided not to drive till late and called it a day somewhere along the road to Helmer...

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Aug 23, 2021

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Oranjemund

When we arrived in Oranjemund we made a beeline to the local Spar to do some shopping and find Mike. Mike proved to be so passionate about his town he just could not stop talking about it and he offer...

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Aug 16, 2021

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Richtersveld and Sperrgebiet

After having recuperated (a bit) from our Fish River Canyon hike , we left Ai Ais on Monday, in search of our new found friends from Oranjemund, but made a two hour detour to the Canyon Roadhouse , as...

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Aug 14, 2021

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Fish River Canyon Hike

9 August 2021 was d-day : the start of our 6 day hike in the Fish River Canyon : an epic bucket list item! We got up early as our shuttle to Hobas- some 70km north- would be leaving at 7am. We packed ...

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Aug 8, 2021

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St Helena Bay

Most of June / July we hung around in Cape town, alternating between having work done at Trokkie by C&A Products and parking in front of my sister’s house to spend the weekend together. But by mid Jul...

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Jul 5, 2021

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Dawdling around in Cape Town

When we arrived back in Cape Town , after our wind farm detour , we knew we were going to hover around there for an undetermined period of time: spending family time, sorting out stuff for Trokkie and...

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Jul 1, 2021

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Monks Cowl

The challenging and partially scary Sani Pass done and dusted, we turned north-north east towards the next part of the Drakensberg, a Unesco World Heritage Site . We skirted the south side of the Malo...

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May 10, 2021

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KZN North Coast part 4: Richards Bay to Durban

Just south of Mtubatuba and St Lucia lies Richards Bay , the deepest natural harbour of Africa. Stefaan had read something about a Pelican Island so… off we went. We put it into the GPS and eventually...

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May 1, 2021

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KZN North Coast part 3: Lake St Lucia and Cape Vidal

Our trip from Sodwana to St lucia took us via Hluhluwe, where we made a quick stop to do some shopping. As we packed everything away in the truck and were preparing to get on the road again we saw an ...

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Apr 20, 2021

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KZN North Coast part 2: Mabibi and Sodwana

When we left the Kosi Bay Lake system we drove to Mabibi Beach Camp : a very nice drive through the iSimangaliso coastal reserve, world heritage site . The first part took us through great expanses of...

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Apr 10, 2021

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KZN North Coast part 1: Kosi Bay

A few years ago we had done a weekend road trip to Kosi Bay , part of the iSimangaliso Unesco World Heritage Site , and we liked it so much it had been on our bucket list to do with Trokkie. Leaving t...

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Apr 7, 2021

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The Lowveld and Lake District

When we said our goodbyes to Johan, Sandra and Renhard after a wonderful R&R Easter weekend in Sabie , we headed towards Lydenburg via the Long Tom Pass . We quickly stopped at the Long Tom canon. Alt...

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Apr 3, 2021

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