On of the things on my SA bucket list was and is something called the Bavianskloof, Baboon valley, one of the SA epitomes and must do and what not. So of course I wanted to do it, after a hearty breakfast at my humble abode I threw my long right leg over the saddle and set forth towards this most famous of places. Did I call ahead and check if it was still there? Nope, who steal a whole nature reserve, well no one stole it but it was closed due to land slides caused by heavy rain, I am cursed, i know it. Well nothing much to do about it so I headed back to the coast, having learned my lesson I have bough a map, a paper map, over which I pour every evening.
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