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- Hari 10
- Rabu, 25 Januari 2017 17.47
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.469 mi
Afrika SelatanHobhouse29°31’48” S 27°8’26” E
Hobhouse Day 2 cont.
25 Januari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
We walked down to the bridge where we'd stopped yesterday. We investigated a rushing water sound at the bridge that neither of us noticed yesterday - there was a weir and a small waterfall on theBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 11
- Kamis, 26 Januari 2017 20.22
- 🌙 18 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.830 mi
- Afrika SelatanCarlisle’s Hoek30°47’47” S 27°57’55” E
Hobhouse to Rhodes
26 Januari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
Today was a big adventure: We left Hobhouse about 7:30 and I drove the first bit. The road was good and there was little traffic. It took us an hour and a half to get almost to Sterkspruit - half-wayBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 11
- Kamis, 26 Januari 2017
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.830 mi
- Afrika SelatanCarlisle’s Hoek30°47’47” S 27°57’55” E
Rhodes
26 Januari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Our little house on the corner of Church and Vorster streets in Rhodes dates from about the 1940's.
It is called Kleine Schatz (Little Treasure) and
here are some pics to give you the idea:
FrontBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 12
- Jumat, 27 Januari 2017 18.00
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.829 mi
- Afrika SelatanCarlisle’s Hoek30°47’48” S 27°57’54” E
Rhodes Day 1
27 Januari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
It was a bit overcast and cool this morning, but we needed to research petrol and Coca Cola purchases. We expected Rhodes to be better equipped than Hobhouse, but it isn't. Petrol can be bought by theBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 12
- Jumat, 27 Januari 2017 18.46
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.830 mi
- Afrika SelatanCarlisle’s Hoek30°47’47” S 27°57’56” E
Rhodes Day 1 pm
27 Januari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We went to the Rubicon Restaurant for lunch: it was a bit of a disappointment - burgers or boboti was the choice, and no Coke Light 🙄
POps was feeling poorly today so this afternoon I walked up theBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 13
- Sabtu, 28 Januari 2017 20.18
- 🌙 15 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.830 mi
- Afrika SelatanCarlisle’s Hoek30°47’47” S 27°57’56” E
Rhodes Day 2
28 Januari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
It was a beautiful morning! And it was wash day. Lucky for us there is a washing machine in the house and a long washing line outside.
After all the hard work we took a walk around the village.
AndBaca selengkapnya
Pelancong
The Dutch Reformed church in Rhodes. The story goes that a Scots Presbyterian Dominee held services for the settlers, alternating English and Dutch services. After the Anglo-Boer war he was so incensed by the British treatment of Boers in the concentration camps that he refused to hold English services ever again.
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- Hari 14
- Minggu, 29 Januari 2017 08.20
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Ketinggian: 2.041 mi
- Afrika SelatanBowden30°45’1” S 28°10’41” E
Mountain flowers
29 Januari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
We were told the wild flowers in the mountains would be good - and they were. Here are a few samples.
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- Hari 14
- Minggu, 29 Januari 2017 10.03
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.886 mi
- Afrika SelatanElands Heights30°46’50” S 28°13’26” E
Rhodes to Kokstad
29 Januari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Another day of adventure and climbing to the Top of the World for the 3rd time. We were told the road to Mount Fletcher beyond Naude's Nek was fine, and it was - at least it was better than the roadBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 14
- Minggu, 29 Januari 2017 16.12
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.333 mi
- Afrika SelatanKokstad30°32’38” S 29°25’2” E
Kokstad
29 Januari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We spent the night at Lindela House, a lovely Victorian house. Breakfast in the fancy dining room, and POps found the bookshelf!
It was not far to Oribi Gorge, so we did some shopping at Pick 'n' PayBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 15
- Senin, 30 Januari 2017 10.27
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Ketinggian: 657 mi
- Afrika SelatanBanginyama30°39’37” S 30°0’55” E
Hotter and Hotter...
30 Januari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We have dropped from the Eastern Cape Highlands to the KZN Lowlands - Just past Harding and about 800 m altitude.
The last of the East Griqualand hills; the Ingeli Natural Forest; a bluegum and pineBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 15
- Senin, 30 Januari 2017 15.37
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Ketinggian: 426 mi
- Afrika SelatanBaboons Castle30°39’38” S 30°19’13” E
Oribi Gorge
30 Januari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
We drove through the Gorge to get to Beechwood Cottage at the top near the Oribi Gorge Hotel. It's hot and humid - we have a fan going flat out 😓
The Gorge is lovely, choc-a-block with birds weBaca selengkapnya
Michele TarbotonLooks as though you're having fun. Enjoy the gorge and don't get lost while searching for that Narina Trogon like we did. :-)
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- Hari 16
- Selasa, 31 Januari 2017 07.00
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Ketinggian: 420 mi
- Afrika SelatanBaboons Castle30°39’40” S 30°19’15” E
Oribi Gorge Day 1
31 Januari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
This morning dawned cloudy and misty. It must have rained quite heavily during the night but we missed it! We were up at sparrows and into the Gorge by 06:30. As expected our birding list grew quite aBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 17
- Rabu, 01 Februari 2017 08.00
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Ketinggian: 423 mi
- Afrika SelatanUgu District Municipality30°39’4” S 30°18’19” E
Oribi Gorge Day 2
1 Februari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
The weather was better this morning, so after breakfast we set off up the road to Lake Eland Game Reserve 16 km away (8 km from the Gorge). It seems to be mostly a place for adventure seekers: 18 zipBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 17
- Rabu, 01 Februari 2017 16.00
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Ketinggian: 424 mi
- Afrika SelatanUgu District Municipality30°39’4” S 30°18’18” E
Oribi Gorge Day 2 pm
1 Februari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
About 4 pm we decide to have one more search for that elusive bird. The Gorge was great again but there was no Trogon 😣.
The sky was fairly clear in the evening so I tried (not very successfully)Baca selengkapnya
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- Hari 18
- Kamis, 02 Februari 2017 10.54
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.518 mi
- Afrika SelatanMzimkulwana29°45’10” S 29°25’44” E
Oribi Gorge to Underberg
2 Februari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We left Beechwood Cottage and said goodbye to their myriad dogs at 07h30. We're getting better and better!
POps drove the first bit to Kokstad while I clicked away with my phone - not veryBaca selengkapnya
Pelancong
The cement factory. The huge scar in the mountain is behind and to the left. I was unable to get a good pic at 60 kph...
Pelancong
Not as bad as it looks. Traffic was just coming through our end of a long Stop/Go.
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- Jumat, 03 Februari 2017 06.00
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Ketinggian: 2.880 mi
LesothoMateanong Community29°35’6” S 29°17’20” E
Underberg Day 1: Sani Pass UP
3 Februari 2017, Lesotho ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Stuart McLean, our guide for the day, arrived sharp at 06h00 to pick us up in his Toyota Land Cruiser RV (nice car!). We piled our warm gear, walking sticks and munchies into his car and set off.
ItBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 19
- Jumat, 03 Februari 2017 09.00
- ⛅ 5 °C
- Ketinggian: 2.913 mi
- LesothoThabana Ntlenyana29°32’53” S 29°13’8” E
Underberg Day 1: Lesotho
3 Februari 2017, Lesotho ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C
On the other side of the Pass it was clear although still very cloudy. Stuart stopped at all the good places to show us Drakensberg siskin, dark-capped yellow warbler, mountain wheatear, and even CapeBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 19
- Jumat, 03 Februari 2017 13.00
- ☁️ 25 °C
- Ketinggian: 2.772 mi
- LesothoHodgson’s Peaks29°33’13” S 29°13’47” E
Underberg Day 1: Lesotho mountain flower
3 Februari 2017, Lesotho ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
The wild flowers on the mountain scenery were very pretty. Here are some to admire.
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- Hari 19
- Jumat, 03 Februari 2017 15.00
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Ketinggian: 2.244 mi
- Afrika SelatanThe Twelve Apostles29°35’53” S 29°18’43” E
Underberg Day1: Sani Pass DOWN
3 Februari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
What goes up has to come down and so we had to descend the RSA side of Sani Pass. We stopped again at the top for a comfort break and to take pictures of the cloud hanging like a white cloth over theBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 20
- Sabtu, 04 Februari 2017 09.00
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.625 mi
- Afrika SelatanGarden Castle29°51’18” S 29°17’52” E
Underberg Day 2
4 Februari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
After yesterday's adventure today was looking quite tame, which is not a bad thing. We left The Old Hatchery peacefully after breakfast and turned right on the Drakensberg Gardens road instead of leftBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 20
- Sabtu, 04 Februari 2017 15.00
- 🌙 20 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.487 mi
- Afrika SelatanCostmore29°43’56” S 29°33’33” E
Underberg Day 2 pm
4 Februari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
We had a bigger adventure in the afternoon.
Decided to find the road we went on with Stuart yesterday out of Himeville. This was great to start with - the white storks and bald ibis were still in theBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 21
- Minggu, 05 Februari 2017 10.59
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.063 mi
- Afrika SelatanDargle Stream29°29’36” S 30°10’32” E
It rained and it rained and it rained...
5 Februari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Of course we woke at 06h00 - and we had arranged for our stuff to be portered back to the car at 08h00 - so we were ready early!!
In the end we left The Old Hatchery just after 8.
And it was cloudyBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 22
- Senin, 06 Februari 2017 08.00
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.071 mi
- Afrika SelatanLimit Hill28°31’18” S 29°48’54” E
Naunton Guest House, Ladysmith
6 Februari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Naunton's was nice. The room was comfortable with a big window on a rather lovely garden.
The big excitement was this morning with lots of birds in the garden even in the rain. There was a pair ofBaca selengkapnya
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- Hari 22
- Senin, 06 Februari 2017 11.59
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.740 mi
- Afrika SelatanNewcastle27°39’12” S 29°38’3” E
Ladysmith to Memel
6 Februari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
We were a bit lazier today as we didn't have far to go. After all the excitement of baby cuckoos we had breakfast in Naunton's dining room (R100 each - ouch!) and then packed up the car in the rain.Baca selengkapnya
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- Hari 23
- Selasa, 07 Februari 2017 20.21
- 🌙 17 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.724 mi
- Afrika SelatanMemel27°41’9” S 29°33’48” E
Memel Day 1
7 Februari 2017, Afrika Selatan ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Schalk came for breakfast and then we went birding in the Seekoeivlei. It was quite wet and there were one or two watery 4x4 spots we had to swim through.
We checked in at the first bird hide - whichBaca selengkapnya
