4 hours, 0 minutes, 400 kilometers (240 miles)

Time to head to the fist border crossing.

The cars beeping and starting, and dogs barking all night made for some pretty awful sleep.

The flowers outside my cottage smelled pretty awesome though.

Hitting the Road

Got on the road around 10AM, only had about 3 hours to ride to Vioolsdrif, so I was in no hurry.

I wasn’t sure how long the border crossing would take, so I planned an overnight at a place right next to it.

I read in the reviews of the Kwelanga River Lodge that the staff was super helpful in helping navigate the border, so I figured I would give them a shot.

Some weird old closed down stop.

Orange River

Nothing but desert for a long time…then, a river!

All that was left was to check in!