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Hobas, Keetmanshoop, Mariental 4 May 2022 We were planning to get up early to photograph the sunrise at the Fish River Canyon but just couldn’t get up. (Nope, it wasn’t the bottle of red wine of the previous evening, it is my Commander’s mattress)  I woke up when the sun was just coming out. (Too […]

After some coffee and rusks from Die RooiKar Padstal we traveled to Karasburg, a small little town about 30 km from Kleinbegin.  and then to the Fish River Canyon, Here we filled up with petrol. R18.50 PER LITRE VS South Africa’s R21.84c p/l.  Huh?  The friendly lady at the Engen garage sold us a sim […]

Our Namibia trip starts on 1 May 2022 from our home in Pretoria. An exciting 6000km tour through Namibia awaits us. Vryburg – Boereplaas On 1 May we drove 423 km to Boereplaas just outside Vryburg. On Google’s suggestion, we took the road turning right after Delareyville and drove past Stella. BIG mistake. It is […]

That is what the signboard next to the old farmgate says. On the R63. Halfway between Williston and Calvinia. 70 km from the closest little town. (Make sure you remember the milk when you are in town.) The Great Karoo stretches it’s rocky dry plains in all directions as far as the eye can see. […]