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Cape Town Road Trip, Klein Karoo, Karoo & Free State, January & February 2021

May 8, 2021 by 1 Comment
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Cape Town Road Trip, Klein Karoo, Karoo & Free State - January & February 2021

ROAD TRIP ON THE DIAGONAL – PHASE 5

HOME, VIA THE KLEIN KAROO, KAROO AND THE FREE STATE

It has taken me some time to pen the words to this, the final phase of our epic road trip from the Lowveld to Cape Town and back.

The reason is that I lost all the RAW images of the trip and subsequently my mojo for travel writing.  The suspected cause is badly co-ordinated interaction between a pet, myself, my laptop and its recycle bin.

Let me pontificate on this:

  • Ensure regular back-ups of treasured electronic data on your electronic devices;
  • Do not leave your laptop open, on, with a file selected, and leave the room;
  • Do not blindly empty your recycle bin every time you notice something in it, even if you are an OCD, minimalist, perfectionist Virgo.

Anyway, my mojo is back, and I’ll be recovering images from posts on Gesigsboek.  Please excuse the reduced quality of posted pics.

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Cape Town Road Trip, Cape Town and Winelands, January & February 2021

March 31, 2021 by
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Cape Town Road Trip, Cape Town and Winelands - January & February 2021

ROAD TRIP ON THE DIAGONAL – PHASE 4

CAPE TOWN AND WINELANDS

Heading south from the West Coast area, we were mentally preparing ourselves for the Big City.  We had not been in Cape Town proper for many years, and we were not sure what had changed.

On the N7, the Piekenierskloof Pass and the Swartland offered their own picturesqueness, however there was a large flat piece of rock at the end of the road, getting bigger as we approached – Table Mountain.  Nothing says “Cape Town” more than that iconic piece of granite.

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Cape Town Road Trip, Karoo to Cederberg January 2021

March 20, 2021 by
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Cape Town Road Trip, Karoo to Cederberg - January 2021

ROAD TRIP ON THE DIAGONAL - PHASE 3 - KAROO TO CEDERBERG

Having waved good-bye to the Karoo National Park, we boarded the N1.  We were heading to the Cape.  Well, not Cape Town directly, we still had a stop in the Cederberg planned, which would mean a little dogleg to the north.

The problem with taking a main route like the N1, is that you know that there is much more to it than the tar ribbon and the dusty road shoulders.  Beyond the scrubland and grass there are things to see, the side roads lead to places full of interesting stuff.  This is what makes travel addictive, there is always more to go back to.  We passed turn-offs to Leeuw-Gamka and Prins Albert and shot through Laingsburg, with its Flood Museum built on the floodplain, and kept adding items to the bucket list.

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