Blogs from Northern Cape, South Africa, Africa

We reached the falls via Upington. Its impressive but not flowing strong as i expected, but it was a dry year...i think it must be a sight if the Orange River is in flood....on the way to the falls we also pass through Kakamas an old friend Izak van der Hams home town... MORE PHOTOS TO BE UPLOADED....... read more

Day 1...Me and Tony left King William's Town, travelling via Dimbaza, Alice, Adelaide, Bedford, Cradock, De Aar to Britstown our first stopover. Matthew our mate from Port Elizabeth joins us just before Adelaide and travel with us for a while before turning back to PE...in Britstown we are staying in the Vyfster Prison Accomodation...quite nice ...... read more

Didn’t sleep well. As lovely as the location of the farm was the bed was a bit hard for me and at 4:10 I gave up and got up and dressed. Had some breakfast, Nutrific with lovely organic milk bought from the farm the night before, and a coffee. Decided to load up and get on the road and by 4:45 Rita was up and dressed and we got ready to leave. By 5 we were away and heading for the B1. The first 45 minutes were busy, loads of commuter traffic heading north to Windhoek for the start of the working week. The traffic continued until we got though Rehoboth. Another 30 minutes and were saw ahead what seemed to be a fire. As we neared it it was a hay lorry that was completely ... read more

409 km auf Teerstrassen sind natuerlich ein Vergnuegen im Vergleich zu der gleichn Strecke auf Schotter, bei dem man keine Sekunde den Blick von der Strasse wenden kann, weil man sonst in irgendeine Schwierigkeit geraet und stuerst. Aber diese 409 km waren schon etwas Besonders. Sie waren ungemein langweilig und ganz gerade, nur mit kleinsten Kurven. Einmal habe ich 25 km GERADE Strecke gemessen!! Man konnte die Strasse entlang schauen, so weit man Lust hatte. Vegetation: niederes Gestruepp. Zwei trostlose Doerfer. Da muss man dann allerdings unbedingt tanken, denn sonst sitzt man dann irgendwann am Strassenrand. 12 - 16 Grad, starker Westwind, saukalt, Griffheizung, muehsam zu fahren. Besonders die entgegenkommenden LKW haben zusaetzliche Verwirbelungen erzeugt, die sehr unangenehm waren. Zarte gruene Blaetter am Strassenrand und einige unvorsichtige Bluemchen. Calvinia: kle... read more

The rest of my days in Cape Town were filled with visiting recommended spots for food and beverages as you saw in a few pics last post. Preparing is what I was up to. Preparing for the reason for my timeline of coming to Africa when I did…The Namaqualand Flower route is what I am looking forward to journeying on in search for vast fields of wildflowers. Whats this all about you ask? Well let me tell you…Imagine traveling down a road nothing curious about anything and then all of a sudden past one side of a mountain and in the valley is nothing but millions of beautifully glorious wild flowers blanketing the ground soaking up the South African sun. A myriad of colors adorns the bottom of what seems to be a picturesque painting that ... read more