Africa

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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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Of penguins and vineyards

When in Cape Town do what the Capetonians do: wine tasting and sight seeing. And that’s exactly what we did, plus more. One day we went for a drive into wine country and made a stop at Elgin Railway M...

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Sep 12, 2020

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Orchards and vineyards

Morning dawned bright and colourful and spent an early night after our amazing Wolfberg hike with my sister and the family. After a leisurely cup of coffee, overlooking the flowery valley where we wok...

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Sep 11, 2020

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Cederberg Cracks

As we had been advised that Wolfberg Cracks would be a serious hike, we got up early and- because Trokkie is slightly slower than a landcruiser- we sent my sister ahead for permits and caught up with ...

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Sep 10, 2020

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Piketberg, Citrusdal and Cederberg Wilderness

After our R&R day of catching up with washing, cleaning, and sorting out various odds and ends, we woke up to a cloudy and thunderous looking sunrise. After our morning coffee, we left Leentjiesklip i...

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Sep 9, 2020

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West Coast R&R

After our Cederberg adventure, our first morning on the West Coast came bright and sunny, be it still very cold. We took a walk on the beach, grabbed a couple of mussels and had a mid morning mussel-b...

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Sep 8, 2020

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Majestic Cederberg

After our visit to the Gannabos quiver tree forest and a night around the fire at a nearby bush camp we headed back south in the direction of Wupperthal and the Cederberg Mountains. We made a short st...

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Sep 7, 2020

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Biggest quiver tree forest in Southern Hemisphere

Marianne (one of our morning visitors in Niewoudtville when parked amongst the flower fields ) had told us about a waterfall and quiver tree forest just north of Niewoudtville and after our botanical ...

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Sep 6, 2020

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Flower explosion in Namaqualand

September is spring time in South Africa and one of the not-to-miss things to see is the flower explosion in Namaqualand . We had been in Namaqualand some 35 years ago (remember nothing much about tha...

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Sep 5, 2020

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Vineyards, semi-desert and quiver trees

Because we had not been able to do the Quiver Loop inside the Augrabies National Park this time around (which is a 91km round trip on gravel road), in camp we had searched for other places to see quiv...

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Sep 4, 2020

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Retired and with our family spread around the world, we decided to get out of here and hit the road to see more of this amazing planet! Feel free to browse our photos, read our stories, and follow us on our travels.

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