Category Archives: Trips

All round the house nothing stirred, not even a mouse…

There is something peaceful about being the only one awake early in the morning, for some reason I woke up just before six this morning, got up – decided it was too early to get up, went back to bed, … Continue reading

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On the road back…

The wonders of technology – here I’m sitting in the car – connected to the internet via bluetooth – surfing, checking email, chatting to friends and blogging, all whilst W drives us home from Knysna. It’s fantastic! We’ve had a … Continue reading

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Low flying on the N10…

It’s 18:27 and we’re still probably several hours away from Port Elizabeth despite driving ‘hell for leather’. We’re meeting up with a friend there and as we’re off again tomorrow for Knysna we’d like to spend a bit of time … Continue reading

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“Jou Ma se Detour”

Standerton – detours and no road signs – recipe for getting lost. And we did get lost. Tried asking a bloke meandering down the road how to get to Vrede – he looked a bit nonplussed, waved his arms vaguely … Continue reading

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Eating out

Jeff took us out to dinner the two nights we stayed with him, the first night we tried a new Portuguese restaurant – literally around the corner from him. Nicely decorated, service was good and the food was nice. Jeff … Continue reading

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“Where the streets have no name”

The trip has been somewhat hectic so far – a lot of driving around – well it took us 15 hours to get to Rustenburg having left Bellville at 4 in the morning – we spent the evening chatting with … Continue reading

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