Weekend at Omaruru
A Weekend in Omaruru – July 2006 Most Namibians would probably look at you with disbelief if you told them you’d gone camping in Omaruru for the weekend. Let’s face it, Omaruru isn’t high...
Weekend at Isabis
A Weekend at Isabis – February 2006 (Jane) Isabis is a farm some 130 kms south-west of Windhoek in the Gamsberg region. Situated in the catchment area of the Gaub River, a tributary of the...
Canyons & Condors
Peru is a country of many surprises. It’s a beautiful land of startling contrasts, ranging from desolate wastelands and volcanoes to dense rain forests. One of the many gems worth visiting is the Colca...
Machu Picchu
It was Kate Turkington, in her book “There’s More to Life Than Surface” who first whet my appetite for a spiritual journey to Machu Picchu. From then on unseen fingers beckoned me to visit...
Bungy Jumping
BUNGY JUMPING – Gouritz River Bridge (Easter 2000) Some eight hundred kilometers to the west of Fiji in the South Pacific Ocean lie a group of eighty-three islands collectively known as Vanautu or “the...
Richards Bay (finish line)
Final minutes – I kept my eyes peeled for a glimpse of the Indian Ocean as I progressed down this road, but was not to be blessed with even a glimmer of it on...
Mfuli Game Lodge to Richards Bay (56.28 km)
Day 15 – The weather was kind to us on this, the last day of the trip. It was cool to start, warming fairly quickly when the sun came up, with no wind to...
20km from Babanango to Mfuli Game Lodge (115.58 km)
Day 14 – The weather was really miserable when we awoke at 5am, by far the most miserable of the trip. We left Eagle’s View just 45 minutes later, with the wind already fairly...
Junction N11 & R602 to 20km from Babanango (134.03 km)
Day 13 – A thunder shower in the early part of last evening left the air cool and fresh, but except for the occasional puddle on the road, there was very little evidence of...
Harrismith to Junction N11 & R602 (108.9 km)
Day 12 – Forget Freddy Krueger and Elm Street – the real nightmare is cycling on the N3 outside Harrismith in the early morning mist. I only started cycling at 6.15am, once it was...
Bethlehem to Harrismith (92.90 km)
Day 11 – The N5 out of Bethlehem moved on through the wonderland of the rolling eastern Free State countryside. Dawn brought another magnificent sunrise, with crisp, bright air, with a layer of mist...
Winberg to Bethlehem (139.08KM)
Day 10 – Today’s route took us into the hills of the eastern Free State. We had moved away from the long, gradual uphills, downhills and the long level stretches of the last week...
Soutpan to Winberg (107.11 km)
Day 9 – We left Kimberly for the final time, with more than a little regret at leaving our B&B, just a few minutes after 4.00am. We would not be returning, having reached the...
Kimberley to Soutpan (146.02 km)
Day 8 – Is there ever any change to this weather pattern? Cool when I started at 5.30am, with the sun rising into a cloudless sky and bringing with it an oppressive heat from...
Griekwastad to Kimberley (150.43 km)
Day 7 – We suffered the first real disaster with respect to our starting time this morning – we had to drive the 150km from Kimberley to Griekwastad, which meant that a very early...
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