Published: November 30th 2006November 28th 2006
Nomad Truck
George, Lizzie (in cab) and the Nomad truck at Martinsdrift.
Another Truck
Arranged to travel on a truck re-locating from Vic Falls to Jo'berg. Arrived at the pickup point at the appointed time, 0600. Truck was there, but it was a very quiet stay. First sign of movement about 0700 and finally got away at 0800. I was really glad to have been up since 0430 to get there!
Saw a new bird on the way out of Vic Falls, a ground hornbill. Quite unexpected, as we were travelling at speed and not paying too much attention.
Overnight at Palapye
Arrived at our overnight campsite, and the three pax were allocated a room with three beds in the space where two might have been. Have not been this cramped since visiting Turkey in 2002.
Met a couple of older English blokes doing a charity motor cycle ride from England to Capetown. Their web site is Cotswolds2Capetown. They were great to chat to and a breath of fresh air. Visit their site if you have time. They would like it even better if you also helped their causes, which I also think would be a great thing given the effort that they have put into this endeavour.
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GOM. Only partially domesticated. Married to Elaine. Seperately they have five kids, all now adults - or at least maintaining the pretence. Doug hopes to tread lightly on at least a little bit of every continent, and only has one left to visit. Elaine wants to shop in every major shopping centre in the world, and is still well short of the mark.
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Cotswolds2Capetown - the Bikes
The two BMW bikes being ridden by the two Nicks that I met at Palapye.
Martinsdrift Rest Area
Other than the border post, there isn't much to recommend Martinsdrift.
Limpopo
Extensive traffic congestion at the Botswana/South African border at Martinsdrift. This is on the Botswana side of the Limpopo. The South African side is just as bad.
Limpopo River
Crossing the border - the Limpopo River.
Limpopo
Along the road in Limpopo Province
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