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Vioolsdrif – Departure and Ride to Keetmanshoop
3 hours, 0 minutes, 300 kilometers (180 miles) First border crossing! The ride to the border is only about 5k. I didn’t even realize that I drove right past it on my way in. The Border They took all of my meat! That was really lame given that I had canned meat as well. Well,…
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Vioolsdrif – Arrival
Orange River is quite the sight. The longest river in Africa? Really? Wikipedia says so… Stunning! I would be sleeping about 100 feet from it. Geese being, well, geese. Honking away on the other side of the river. Great parking spot! What a nice little “chalet”. Went down to the grill because that was the…
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Vredendal – Departure and Ride to Vioolsdrif
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…
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Hey, What About the Vaccines?
Shots Anyone? You absolutely cannot be squeamish about getting poked if you want to travel the entire western coast of the African continent. The amazing Keyshalis at Passport Health worked through my entire list of countries – yes, each one – telling (scaring) me about the various viruses going around and what I would need…
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Vredendal – Arrival
Now this is the desert. Found my place, the key and let myself in. The place is called Le Petit, and for a reason, but it was all good. Weird, most of the homes look like they are from Arizona! I decided since it was wine country, why not head to Mark’s (my host) favorite…
