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Landing In The Kingdom In The Sky
/4 Comments/in Africa, Lesotho, Travelogue /by allanBy the time I stopped I had counted five or six waterfalls. Given the amount of rain I’d been through for the last two weeks, it was no wonder. But riding through this majestic valley of gently rolling fertile hills punctuated by harsh and ominous croppings of rock, the waterfalls tumbled down from cliffs more […]
Coffee Bay to the Drakensburg (sort of)
/3 Comments/in Africa, South Africa, Travelogue /by allanSouth Africa’s Wild Coast – between the ripping currents of the Indian Ocean and the mountains to the north is the “Transkei” a magical, mysterious and scenic part of South Africa and birthplace of South African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela. My time in Coffee Bay on South Africa’s “Wild Coast” was well spent. The “chill” […]
Xhosa, The Transkei and Coffee Bay.
/3 Comments/in Africa, South Africa, Travelogue /by allanTucked in cozy nook in the Amathole Mountains, Hogsback and the surrounding old growth forest, waterfalls and the canopy and odd shaped twists, turns and hanging strands of foliage and tree branches apparently was the inspiration for South African-born J.R. Tolkien and his wildly popular series of Fantasy books including The Hobbit and the Lord […]
Happy Birthday Mom
/2 Comments/in Travelogue /by allanHappy Birthday Audrey Karl-Shaff! Mom and my brother Jon decanting a bottle of wine in South Dakota in the shadow of Mount Rushmore!
Addo to Hogsback: The Matole Mountains.
/7 Comments/in South Africa, Travelogue /by allanThe next morning I decided it was time to shove off from Addo and bid my hosts John & Cheryl goodbye while I left them a large map of South America outlined with the route I took. This will adorn a wall in their restaurant and become a new place for travelers to post notices, […]
Addo Elephant National Park – South Africa
/1 Comment/in Africa, South Africa, Travelogue /by allanAddo Elephant Park No amount of negotiating would convinced the South African National Park system to let me ride my motorcycle through the Addo Elephant Park. Formed in the 1930’s with only 11 the elephants that once roamed freely through the Eastern Cape, Addo National Park currently is home to more than 400 elephants and […]
Deeper Into Africa – South Africa.
/0 Comments/in Africa, South Africa, Travelogue /by allanThe further away I ride from Cape Town the more I feel I’m moving into Africa. But this is South Africa, and as such doesn’t really feel like Africa at all. In fact the woman at the gift shop where I purchased a few African gifts for my nieces and nephews explained to me that […]