Die laaste artikel in die reeks van 4 is nou beskikbaar in die Julie uitgawe van WEGRY. Die artikel gaan oor ons besoeke aan die 14 grensposte na Lesotho.
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Wednesday, 2 July 2014
Fourth and Final article now in print
The final article of the 4 part series is now available in the July edition of DRIVEOUT. This article covers our visits to the 14 border posts into Lesotho.
Die laaste artikel in die reeks van 4 is nou beskikbaar in die Julie uitgawe van WEGRY. Die artikel gaan oor ons besoeke aan die 14 grensposte na Lesotho.
Die laaste artikel in die reeks van 4 is nou beskikbaar in die Julie uitgawe van WEGRY. Die artikel gaan oor ons besoeke aan die 14 grensposte na Lesotho.
Sunday, 1 June 2014
June 2014 editions now available
The June edition of DRIVEOUT with the 3rd of our 4 part series is now available in book stores country wide. The article is about our visit to the border posts entering Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland.
Die Junie uitgawe van WEGRY met die 3e artikel van ons 4 dele reeks is nou beskikbaar in boekwinkels landwyd. In die artikel gaan dit oor ons besoek aan die grensposte na Zimbabwe, Mosambiek en Swaziland.
Die Junie uitgawe van WEGRY met die 3e artikel van ons 4 dele reeks is nou beskikbaar in boekwinkels landwyd. In die artikel gaan dit oor ons besoek aan die grensposte na Zimbabwe, Mosambiek en Swaziland.
Thursday, 17 April 2014
Next article in four part series now in print
Second article in a four-part series appears in the May edition of Driveout. This article is about our visit to the 17 border posts with Botswana.
Tweede artikel in reeks van vier verskyn in Mei uitgawe van
WegRY (Afrikaans) en DriveOut (Engels). In die artikel gaan dit oor ons besoek
aan al 17 grensposte na Botswana.
Tuesday, 18 March 2014
Articles on SA Ports of Entry now published
The magazine articles about our tour to all the ports of entry to South Africa are now in print !
The first article of a 4 part series is now available:
WegRY the April 2014 issue (#59) - Afrikaans
Drive Out, the April 2014 issue (#75) - English
Thanks again to all the sponsors and to everyone who showed an interest and followed us.
Happy reading.
Sunday, 13 October 2013
Makopong, a lonely quiet place - border post 16 of 72
Makopong is operating as a border post to Botswana since 1972. It boasts spankling new, modern buildings since 2010. All of this is hard to understand how it is justified as it is a very quite border post. The number of people crossing the border here is expressed in numbers per week, not per day.
We approached the border post from the Western side along the Molopo river. We passed through the Molopo Nature Reserve (part of North West province) before joining the road from Vorstershoop. This is a bad gravel road. I do not think a standard sedan motor can travel on this road. My Toyota Hilux managed, but only with a lot of attention and focus on the sandy, dusty gravel road. The 100km to Bray, East of Makopong is not better either. Staff at the border post are complaining about the lack of attention to the roads.
It is only the odd locals crossing the border here, plus a few optimistic tourists who want to join the tarred road on the Botswana side going to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
However, there are interesting characters working at the border post. We met Samuel who patented a new sporting code which will be launched early in 2014. He presented us with the patent journal plus a long description of the new sport that can be practised by all. We had to swore that it will remain a secret until launch day ...
We approached the border post from the Western side along the Molopo river. We passed through the Molopo Nature Reserve (part of North West province) before joining the road from Vorstershoop. This is a bad gravel road. I do not think a standard sedan motor can travel on this road. My Toyota Hilux managed, but only with a lot of attention and focus on the sandy, dusty gravel road. The 100km to Bray, East of Makopong is not better either. Staff at the border post are complaining about the lack of attention to the roads.
It is only the odd locals crossing the border here, plus a few optimistic tourists who want to join the tarred road on the Botswana side going to the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
However, there are interesting characters working at the border post. We met Samuel who patented a new sporting code which will be launched early in 2014. He presented us with the patent journal plus a long description of the new sport that can be practised by all. We had to swore that it will remain a secret until launch day ...
Sunday, 6 October 2013
Dag 5 Saterdag 5 Okt - week se hoogtepunt
Die kampeerplek by Aquacade is definitief een van die beter kampplekke waar ons al was. Vroegoggend ry ons weg van Vioolsdrift. Ons volg die N7 tot so 20km voor Steinkopf waar ons links afdraai op die eerste moontlike grondpad. Die bord wys Henkries. Ons wil Pella se rigting na Pofadder.
Ons volg die Garmin City Navigator Pan-Africa se kaart op die GPS. Kort-kort draai ons weer af tot ons op 'n plaaspaadjie deur 'n verlate, sanderige grasvlakte ry. Dit is 'n baie lekker pad om te ry en ons voel eintlik teleurgesteld toe ons later weer op die 'groot grondpad' naby Pella uitgespoeg word.
Onseepkans se grenspos is ook 'n hoogtepunt (sien volgende inskrywing).
Ons volg die Garmin City Navigator Pan-Africa se kaart op die GPS. Kort-kort draai ons weer af tot ons op 'n plaaspaadjie deur 'n verlate, sanderige grasvlakte ry. Dit is 'n baie lekker pad om te ry en ons voel eintlik teleurgesteld toe ons later weer op die 'groot grondpad' naby Pella uitgespoeg word.
Onseepkans se grenspos is ook 'n hoogtepunt (sien volgende inskrywing).
Monday, 16 September 2013
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