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Bo Kaap

Between camping in front of my sister’s house in Durbanville and sorting out stuff at Somerset Mall (bank and other stuff) , we decided to visit the Bo-Kaap , the historical Malay quarter in central C...

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Nov 15, 2020

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Franschoek Pass and a dam or two

When we left Lamberts Bay , we took some more gravel roads to slowly make our way back to Cape Town. Somewhere halfway between Lamberts Bay and Piketberg we passed yet another massive solar installati...

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Nov 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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Tulbagh and Bains Kloof Pass

When we left Swartberg Pass, we headed back to Cape Town. Always looking for the roads less travelled, we decided on a road between Laingsburg and Touwsrivier that runs paralell with the N1 and passes...

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Nov 1, 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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(Part of) Route 62

Part one: Montagu to Barrydale A beautiful drive out of Genadendal and through the bright floral streets of Greyton got us to a night stop with beautiful views onto the Mountains of the Riviersonderen...

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Oct 6, 2020

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Genadendal

We’re always looking for spots off the beaten track and when we left the Whale Coast , we headed inland towards Genadendal , the oldest Moravian Mission Station in South Africa. (we passed through two...

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Oct 6, 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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Jonkershoek Waterfall Hike

One Sunday, together with our friends Gavin and Lee (we were still working at Trokkie at their workshop) we joined my sister Lut and husband Gerhard for a tasting day in the winelands. Gerhard’s broth...

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Oct 1, 2020

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Our home on wheels

So here we are! Finally on the road, with Trokkie sporting her new look with some iconic images of Africa: elephant and giraffe, aloe and thorn tree. It’s been an interesting few months with Covid 19 ...

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Sep 30, 2020

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Cape Point lighthouse

Seeing we were in Cape Town for an undetermined time, we spent some more time with my sister and the family. Besides the occasional braai, she invited us to go and explore Cape Point National Park , p...

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Sep 17, 2020

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Fifty shades of green (and other colours)

After Lee’s birthday celebrations, they spent a few days with family and we got to do some more work at Trokkie in Gavin’s workshop. There are always millions of little (and big) things that we need t...

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Sep 13, 2020

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