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Limpopo and the Baobabs

When we came out of Kruger National Park at the end of our first week (2021 03 14) , we spent about three days at Tshipise resort for catching up with ‘homework’. Between laundry and computerwork, we ...

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Mar 15, 2021

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Mpumalanga and Kruger National Park

When we brought Trokkie in for her 20.000 km service, we were very relieved to see another Hino 500 booked in for its 650.000 km service. Let’s hope Trokkie can also go that long! Thanks Hino Tshwane ...

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Mar 2, 2021

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Thabazimbi and Marakele

So while waiting for Stefaan’s root canal appointment and the final work on our diesel tanks early February, we took a break and headed out on a trip down memory lane – going north to Thabazimbi , whe...

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Feb 4, 2021

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Old and New Friends

Having lived in Port Elizabeth for more than 20 years, it’s easier and closer to find shops than in Johannesburg so, when the kids had gone back to Jamaica, we decided to stick around in P.E. a little...

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Jan 1, 2021

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Addo Elephant Park

You can’t be in Port Elizabeth and not visit Addo Elephant Park , a mere 70km away. So that’s what we did… once on our own and once with the granddaughters. As we have lived in P.E. for more than 20 y...

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Dec 20, 2020

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Port Elizabeth Family Visit

Our time in Port Elizabeth was focused on family and Christmas time with Erika, Patrick and the two girls, who were visiting from Jamaica. As always when kids and grandkids visit, the grandparents hap...

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Dec 18, 2020

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Meiringspoort and Baviaanskloof

After our wonderful soul cleansing days in the solitude and vastness of the Karoo we left Sutherland en route to Port Elizabeth, where we would meet daughter Erika and her family for Christmas. We tra...

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Dec 15, 2020

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Stonehenge and Tankwa Karoo

After sitting around for the last month or two with longer and shorter trips in and around Cape Town, we got a renewal of the garage plates we are currently driving with, and left for Tankwa. We’ve al...

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Dec 12, 2020

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West Coast National and Fossil Parks

As we were still hovering around in Cape Town (waiting for truck stuff to be sorted) we took a drive to the West Coast Fossil Park via the R27 and passed the south entrance to the West Coast National ...

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Dec 10, 2020

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Bird Island Lamberts Bay

One of the things that has been on our bucket list: a photo of Trokkie with Table Mountain in the background. And as far as we were concerned, Bloubergstrand is the best spot for that. It was a beauti...

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Nov 5, 2020

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Swartberg Pass and Die Hel

After we had left Route 62 at Calitzdorp and passed through the Nels River valley, we arrived at the foot of the Swartberg Pass. (watch here various videos of the Swartberg pass, courtesy of Mountain ...

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Oct 9, 2020

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Whale Coast

Seeing we still had to sort out some administrative stuff for the truck, we left the Belville workshop in the last week of October, sorted out (part of) our stuff near Somerset West and headed towards...

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Oct 2, 2020

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