Merry Christmas This will be our last post for the year 2020. It has been a roller coaster three months for us with cutting ties with ‘normal’ suburban life and living in Trokkie full time. We’ve seen amazing places ... eastern cape south africa Dec 24, 2020 0 245
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 0 244
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 0 281
Meiringspoort and Baviaanskloof After our wonderful soul cleansing days in the solitude and vastness of the Karoo we left Sutherland en route to Port Elizabeth, where we would meet daughter Erika and her family for Christmas. We tra... animal life eastern cape mountain pass mountains plant life south africa Dec 15, 2020 0 223
Sutherland SALT After a night spent at the roadside just outside Sutherland gazing out at SALT , the Southern African Large Telescope , we drove up the mountain the next morning for a visit. Unfortunately we hadn’t b... northern cape south africa stars Dec 14, 2020 0 248
Stonehenge and Tankwa Karoo After sitting around for the last month or two with longer and shorter trips in and around Cape Town, we got a renewal of the garage plates we are currently driving with, and left for Tankwa. We’ve al... animal life art national park northern cape plant life river semi desert south africa wildlife Dec 12, 2020 0 243
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 ... animal life historical national park ocean plant life south africa western cape Dec 10, 2020 0 260
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 0 253