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Mboyti village

We arrived to Mboyti after dusk and struggled to find somewhere to stay. Eventually a friendly young man in the village let us stay in his mud hut, and the next morning as we stepped out of the hut this was the view. We cycled through the small village and had some breakfast bread in one of the small Spaza-shops, then continued further north towards what probably was the steepest part of the whole coast. The mountains of Pondoland.
Expedition Wildcoast

August 25th 2007
I copied the tidal-charts for the coming month, made a list of all the rivers we would encounter and stocked up on lightweight food and fresh water. Our plan; to cycle the Wildcoast along its coastline, appeared quite straight forward we thought as we studied maps and read up on Xhosa-clans and their traditions. My list of rivers numbered 42, of which 20 were blind, one had a bridg ... read more
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South African Flag After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more
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