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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...

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Sep 2, 2021

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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...

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Mar 6, 2021

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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...

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Dec 20, 2020

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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...

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Dec 18, 2020

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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 ...

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Dec 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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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...

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Mar 5, 2020

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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...

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Feb 3, 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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