1st Anniversary on the road And with this… we are one year on the road! Unbelievable! Our first 365 days on the road- like the idiom says- taking it one day at the time. It is quite a weird feeling that some of our adventures an... truck life Sep 2, 2021 0 70 Africa
Punda Maria Recovery Exercise At our last camp of our first trip in Kruger National Park , Punda Maria, we got ourselves literally in a sticky situation. When we drove around the campsite to find a spot we liked we got stuck…. ser... national park south africa truck life Mar 6, 2021 0 50 Africa
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... animal life eastern cape national park south africa truck life wildlife Dec 20, 2020 0 49 Africa
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... animal life eastern cape ocean plant life south africa truck life Dec 18, 2020 0 45 Africa
Wild Camping in South Africa One of our main issues before we started our life on the road was the overnighting question. In the past we always pre-booked a hotel, airbnb, self catering or, like on Trokkie’s maiden trip with the ... south africa truck life Dec 1, 2020 0 38 Africa
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 ... expedition vehicle south africa truck life Sep 30, 2020 0 50 Africa
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... hino 4x4 truck life Mar 5, 2020 0 53 Africa
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... animal life eastern cape garden route gauteng truck life western cape wildlife Feb 3, 2020 0 63 Africa