Day 5: Augrabies to Riemvasmaak
After breakfast we boiled some eggs for the road and filled up our Stanley flask. First stop was at the Augrabies waterfall, where Jaco has never been before. Entrance is only R49 for South Africans. [...]
Day 4: Verneukpan to Augrabies
We awoke with red crusts around our eyes and mouths. It felt like we had been living outside for a week or more. No longer did we have to wonder how their entire campsite gained [...]
Day 3: Nieuwoudtville to Verneukpan via Loeriesfontein
It did rain in the night and was still drizzling when we started packing up. We set off further north towards Loeriesfontein and then Brandvlei. It was mostly gravel road, but in decent condition. At [...]
Day 2: Sanddrif to Nieuwoudtville
We wanted to stay two nights but given the cold we push on north. We took the gravel road all the way to Clanwilliam. We stopped at the Agri mark to get a new tent [...]
Day 1: Brackenfell to Sanddrif
Almost 11 months after arriving back from our 8-month African expedition we're sitting in the Hilux again in Hugo's parents' driveway. This time we're joined by our friend Jaco and we're heading to Botswana. Since [...]
Travelling the Maldives on a (very tight) budget
Like most people we’ve heard of the Maldives and associate it with white beaches, turquoise waters and bungalows spreading out over the water like fractal art. It was however only seven weeks into our [...]
Day 237: Prince Albert to Brackenfell
We left Wolvekraal at 08:20 and drove straight to Stellenbosch, only stopping for biltong in Laingsburg. In Stellenbosch we met up with Caro’s brother and our friend Jaco for a quick lunch. We had been [...]
Day 235: Orania to Prince Albert
We woke up and wanted to snooze a bit, but then we heard some raindrops so we quickly jumped out and closed the tent. We managed another early start and left by 06:30. Our first [...]
Day 234: Pretoria to Orania
We set a new personal record and were on the road by 05:30. Despite the school holidays, the N1 was still full with traffic, which was luckily flowing, but the sight of it still freaked [...]