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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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Namibia... here we come!

As said: after we got our vehicle registration and second covid shot, we made the booking to hike the Fish River Canyon with Lut and Gerhard and Gavin and Lee. Now all our prep to go to Namibia got in...

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Aug 1, 2021

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Cederberg

After our few days of R&R at St Helena Bay, we headed for the mountains. As we came closer to the Cederberg mountain range, part of the greater Cape Floral World Heritage Site , we could see snow on t...

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Jul 15, 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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Golden Gate National Park to Cape Town

We left Witsieshoek and drove towards Bloemfontein via Golden Gate National Park , which was as beautiful as always. I especially love the grasslands! It was dark when we eventually entered Bloemfonte...

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May 20, 2021

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Sentinel and Tugela Falls

We left Monk’s Cowl in quite overcast conditions which luckily cleared mid morning when we passed through bright and yellow fields. We took a short break at the Sterkfontein Dam , peaceful and azure i...

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May 15, 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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