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- Montag, 16. Januar 2017 um 16:29
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.212 m
SüdafrikaModimolle24°41’2” S 28°22’49” E
Getting ready to roll...
16. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Juanita has been serviced, my hair has been cut, final shopping is done - all that's left is to pack: equipment, food (including bread-making stuff), warm clothes for the mountains and swimmingWeiterlesen
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- Dienstag, 17. Januar 2017 um 08:45
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.011 m
- SüdafrikaRadium25°3’49” S 28°19’20” E
We're rolling!
17. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
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- Dienstag, 17. Januar 2017 um 11:49
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.527 m
- SüdafrikaVilliers27°0’13” S 28°36’3” E
Lunch at Villiers
17. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
An OK drive to Villiers. We have been swapping drivers regularly. We have stopped for lunch at the Wimpy here and will now leave the N3.
Wimpy looking up when they serve balsamic and olive oil.
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- Dienstag, 17. Januar 2017 um 19:48
- 🌙 13 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.727 m
- SüdafrikaDihlabeng28°22’37” S 28°23’41” E
Vrystaat!
17. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
The Free State is as flat as ever. But today it was a brilliant green! Lots of mielies! But I couldn't get a good picture flying by at 120 kph.
The first signs of the escarpment and the MalutiWeiterlesen
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- Dienstag, 17. Januar 2017 um 19:59
- 🌙 13 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.733 m
- SüdafrikaClarens28°31’38” S 28°25’40” E
The more things change...
17. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
The more they stay the same. Bethlehem is unrecognizable as the same town we travelled through 60 years ago, and Clarens is now a tourist trap instead of a little Vrystaat dorp.
But the Escarpment isWeiterlesen
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- Dienstag, 17. Januar 2017 um 20:11
- 🌙 13 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.733 m
- SüdafrikaClarens28°31’38” S 28°25’40” E
... in Clarens
17. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ 🌙 13 °C
We are staying in one of the Clarens Cottages. It is very modern, very comfortable and a bit impersonal. But it's in Clarens, so it's fine! It's also a lot cooler in Clarens than in Modimolle: we areWeiterlesen
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- Mittwoch, 18. Januar 2017
- ☀️ 1 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.798 m
- SüdafrikaDihlabeng28°27’40” S 28°23’29” E
Clarens day 2
18. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 1 °C
We actually managed 3 exciting things today: We drove several kms back towards Bethlehem to look at the Ash River Outfall. This is where the water from the Lesotho Highlands Water Project flows out ofWeiterlesen
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- Donnerstag, 19. Januar 2017 um 08:15
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.597 m
- SüdafrikaLittle Caledon River28°41’46” S 28°14’4” E
Caledonspoort Border Post
19. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
So into Lesotho we go. No problems at all at the border with chatty types on both sides.
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- Donnerstag, 19. Januar 2017 um 10:29
- ⛅ -10 °C
- Höhe über NN: 3.097 m
LesothoLimamarela Community29°3’53” S 28°24’22” E
Top of the World
19. Januar 2017 in Lesotho ⋅ ⛅ -10 °C
View point at top of pass.
Well Bill created this Footprint when we were there but unable to post anything. So here are the pictures from the Top of the World.
Michele TarbotonHi Jill, this wont let me see your full write ups. I can read and see some of it in the email notification but when I try and see the whole thing here I'm told that "Jill Cairns' footprint is private". What should I be doing?
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- Donnerstag, 19. Januar 2017 um 13:00
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.025 m
- LesothoKatse Dam29°20’20” S 28°30’15” E
Katse Dam
19. Januar 2017 in Lesotho ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
It took us 5 hours from Clarens to the Dam wall with all the stops for oohs and ahs and pics and driving hazards, but it's worth the drive!
Here are our first impressions:
First sight of the Dam wall,Weiterlesen
Michele TarbotonIt's fun recognising all the places we visited last year. Looks as though you had great weather. No pics of the storm?
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- Donnerstag, 19. Januar 2017 um 13:30
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.096 m
- LesothoBokung River29°19’50” S 28°28’52” E
Orion Katse Lodge
19. Januar 2017 in Lesotho ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Finally made it to the Lodge only to find our booking was just a room - no self-catering 😑
Oh well.
The room is reasonably appointed with a shower in the bathtub. We will just have to have dinnerWeiterlesen
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- Donnerstag, 19. Januar 2017 um 15:31
- 🌧 13 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.054 m
- LesothoKatse Dam29°20’11” S 28°30’24” E
Katse Dam wall tour
19. Januar 2017 in Lesotho ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
On our way from the Dam to Katse Lodge we stopped at the Visitors' Centre to enquire about tours. Angela had insisted we should do a tour that goes through a tunnel. There was a tour to the Dam wallWeiterlesen
Reisender
We parked up here: Neo and an official from the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA - who had the keys) went in one bakkie and we followed in Juanita. This is level Hermann and we went in the door at the end of the wall. Levels go down to O and presumably up to A; each has its own arched tunnel and is linked to the levels above and below by a steel spiral staircase.
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- Donnerstag, 19. Januar 2017
- ☀️ 1 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.166 m
- LesothoLimamarela Community29°13’29” S 28°28’53” E
Driving in Lesotho
19. Januar 2017 in Lesotho ⋅ ☀️ 1 °C
Driving in Lesotho - especially to Katse Dam - is both hazardous and stressful. High, steep mountain passes, up and down around and around. You cannot drive fast because around the next bend might beWeiterlesen
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- Donnerstag, 19. Januar 2017
- ⛅ 4 °C
- Höhe über NN: 2.538 m
- LesothoLaoti29°0’29” S 28°30’16” E
Living in Lesotho
19. Januar 2017 in Lesotho ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C
Some pics of people and places on our route. There were lots of little settlements and a couple of bigger towns. Every available slope was covered with mealies. And everything was GREEN!!
Pictures ofWeiterlesen
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- Freitag, 20. Januar 2017 um 16:58
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.907 m
- SüdafrikaGlen Reenen28°30’20” S 28°37’1” E
Golden Gate
20. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We left Katse this morning at 8 and got to the border at 12. Much better than yesterday. We picked up a Mosotho mama at the border and dropped her in Clarens.
We needed to pick up Bill's pills at theWeiterlesen
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- Samstag, 21. Januar 2017 um 09:34
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.910 m
- SüdafrikaGlen Reenen28°30’21” S 28°37’1” E
Golden Gate Day 1
21. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Cold, windy and overcast. The rondavel is very gloomy so we slept 'til 7. Walked towards the natural swimming pool, but it's frustrating not to be able to scramble up mountains any more 😕
AWeiterlesen
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- Samstag, 21. Januar 2017 um 18:03
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.910 m
- SüdafrikaGlen Reenen28°30’21” S 28°37’1” E
Golden Gate Day 1 some more
21. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
A drive around Blesbok Loop yielded a few blesbok and some black wildebeest - and lots of pretty wild flowers and Golden Gate scenery. We walked in the campsite this afternoon. Crossed the bridge butWeiterlesen
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- Sonntag, 22. Januar 2017 um 09:09
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.910 m
- SüdafrikaGlen Reenen28°30’21” S 28°37’1” E
A pilgrimage
22. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Every time I or any of my sisters go to Golden Gate we make a pilgrimage to the van Reenen family graveyard. In our youth we spent many an Easter weekend at Lusthof, farm of Oom Percy and Aunt Lily deWeiterlesen
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- Sonntag, 22. Januar 2017 um 15:07
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.908 m
- SüdafrikaGlen Reenen28°30’19” S 28°37’2” E
Golden Gate Day 2
22. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Today was the day for the vulture restaurant.
But it doesn't seem to exist 😣
Not a single vulture and no new carcass.
However the wild flowers were lovely and the scenery stunning.
We haveWeiterlesen
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- Montag, 23. Januar 2017 um 09:23
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.809 m
- SüdafrikaDihlabeng28°36’30” S 28°22’25” E
For my Sistas!
23. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Well, there was a sign to 'Surrender Hill' ie Lusthof, so on our way from Golden Gate to Hobhouse I insisted on the detour...
First the Mushroom Rock which you can really only see coming the otherWeiterlesen
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- Montag, 23. Januar 2017 um 14:59
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.738 m
- SüdafrikaPrynnsberg28°54’18” S 27°38’5” E
Invaders of the Free State
23. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Everybody knows the Eastern and Southern Free State is grasslands, but obviously the first white settlers didn't like it so planted exotic trees. Here is a selection seen on our route.
LombardyWeiterlesen
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- Montag, 23. Januar 2017 um 18:51
- 🌫 21 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.469 m
- SüdafrikaHobhouse29°31’49” S 27°8’26” E
Hobhouse
23. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ 🌫 21 °C
So we left Golden Gate just after 8. Detour to Lusthof took about an hour. Then we stopped in Ficksburg to replenish food supplies - we are not sure when we'll be able to do it again 😊
TheWeiterlesen
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- Dienstag, 24. Januar 2017 um 12:06
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.469 m
- SüdafrikaHobhouse29°31’49” S 27°8’26” E
Hobhouse Day 1
24. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
When I woke this morning it was raining, and has continued to do so on and off all morning. So today was declared a day of rest and getting to sort Lesotho pictures.
We just had 'koffie' with ourWeiterlesen
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- Dienstag, 24. Januar 2017 um 15:00
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.469 m
- SüdafrikaHobhouse29°31’49” S 27°8’26” E
Hobhouse Day 1 Cont.
24. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
So we made good progress with updating everything this morning but felt the need to get out and about this afternoon
So we drove through Hobhouse back towards Ladybrand as far as a rather nice damWeiterlesen
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- Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2017 um 12:10
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Höhe über NN: 1.467 m
- SüdafrikaHobhouse29°31’49” S 27°8’25” E
Hobhouse Day 2
25. Januar 2017 in Südafrika ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
This morning dawned overcast but cleared quite soon, so we thought it was safe to drive out and see the world. Started with a 'short' drive to a nearby dam on the old main road (!) to Wepener, onlyWeiterlesen