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Boteti River, saltpans and elephants

We spent our last night in Maun, sleeping somewhere along the road side and then we set out into the direction of Francistown. As said… the exorbitant park fees for Trokkie had made any visit to parks...

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Nov 5, 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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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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Cape Town

While in Cape Town and camping (often) at my sister’s house, we got some more time to do things together. We had some more family braais, enjoyed a wine-lunch or two and took the dog for a walk to Maj...

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Nov 30, 2020

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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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