Day One.. First stop - Kosi Bay

And a VERY good morning to all you fellow “Trampers”

As mentioned to many of you on WhatsApp last night, we left Nelspruit and the Lowveld in the early hours of Wednesday morning at 05:30. Said our final ‘goodbyes’ to Johan and Annatjie and Shelley, who will be living with them, for which so many thank you’s J&A😢👍🏻🌹

Hadn’t even left Nelspruit’s precinct, Karen faffing with The Penguins, and I took the incorrect turn🙄 Anyway, headed out without any further issues. Sadly, one cannot circumvent any of the towns, which at best are ‘Shitholes’. Through Badplaas, Amsterdam and Piet Retief, where we have to admit to having a Wimpy Burger!

In no way is this intended to be a negative ‘Blog’, but merely an actual account of what we experience along the 3 months ahead. However, Mogadishu’s visuals one see’s from time to time on TV, is right on our doorstep, or maybe just a ‘stone throw away’! As you can see on the GoPro video, the countryside is amazingly beautiful, as one cherish’s it from a totally different angle now. Hopefully these are the memories forever!

With beautiful rolling hills left and right all the way, looking particularly stunning, knee to hip-high green grass everywhere on account of the well above rainfall the country has enjoyed over the past month, or so. The downside is the damage to the road network. The rain and heavy trucking has caused untold damage and even the recent repairs will need to be redone, not before long. The tarmac between Piet Retief and Pongola is a thriller, most of the way! The ‘Super Python’ at Disney World can take some tips here!

Anyway, the rest of the way was all beautiful although scary at times, what was supposed to be a 6-7 hour trip took 9 (for various reasons)!

However, our campsite at Utshwayelo Kosi Mouth Lodge & Camp just outside Kosi Bay is really better than expected. “Half-a-K” from the beach and right now it’s raining, hard enough not to leave the caravan 😩

Chat later!

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