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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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(Part of) Route 62

Part one: Montagu to Barrydale A beautiful drive out of Genadendal and through the bright floral streets of Greyton got us to a night stop with beautiful views onto the Mountains of the Riviersonderen...

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Oct 6, 2020

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Genadendal

We’re always looking for spots off the beaten track and when we left the Whale Coast , we headed inland towards Genadendal , the oldest Moravian Mission Station in South Africa. (we passed through two...

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Oct 6, 2020

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Whale Coast

Seeing we still had to sort out some administrative stuff for the truck, we left the Belville workshop in the last week of October, sorted out (part of) our stuff near Somerset West and headed towards...

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Oct 2, 2020

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Jonkershoek Waterfall Hike

One Sunday, together with our friends Gavin and Lee (we were still working at Trokkie at their workshop) we joined my sister Lut and husband Gerhard for a tasting day in the winelands. Gerhard’s broth...

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Oct 1, 2020

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