Category Border Patrol 2021

So it has been a week since we have returned home from our Border Patrol. I can now confidently report back that the borders of South Africa are about as secure as the tank bag on my Ural, in case… Continue Reading →

275Km Spending our last evening at Marakele Animal Sanctuary was a perfect ending to a perfect tour. We had some wonderful rain during the early morning hours and this morning the air is clear and crisp. When we start packing… Continue Reading →

395Km Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face, or in our case you land on the R572 to Tom Burke. But more about that later. We’ve learned our lesson with ‘early’ starts and this morning we… Continue Reading →

410Km Today will be a surprise in a few ways. The roads were much nicer than expected, it was much hotter than expected and it was much longer than expected. Despite the toilet making weird noises every 30 minutes and… Continue Reading →

326Km Today is not a long day so we are in no hurry, just as well because some of our gear is still wet. The sun is out by 5 am and I hang everything out while we pack. We… Continue Reading →

365km I won’t be saying a lot about The Sandcastle our overnight stop in Amanzimtoti because I don’t want to start the day on a negative note, we’ll leave that for later, many hours in the day to get pissed… Continue Reading →

336Km Boxing Day! When we arrived at Port St Johns River Lodge we attracted the usual ‘crowd’ as we unpacked and we were bombarded with the UDF questions, not complaining because this is how you meet new and awesome (sometimes… Continue Reading →

Xmas Day Merry Xmas to everybody. We got a nice Xmas present, a stick with a photo slideshow of the grandkids. Miss them terribly. Today was a do only what is necessary day. So what is necessary? Oil change and… Continue Reading →

345km Our stay at The Crowned Crane B&B was comfortable but also disappointing if we think about the backpackers we just came from. There Charmaine made sure she knew when everybody wants to leave the next morning and made sure… Continue Reading →

380km I did not even hear the rain last night but judging from the puddles outside this morning it was a good downpour. But the good news is that the sky looks light and there are even a few times… Continue Reading →