Life Adventure’s Search for Panoramic Landscapes

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2024

20 May

Depart Melkbosstrand, Cape Town, to travel to St Lucia, Kosi Bay in KZN South Africa via Knysna, Gqeberha, East London, Eastern Cape and Durban.

Then on the Mozambique and back to South Africa via the Giriyondo Border Post between South Africa and Mozambique midway in the Kruger National Park.

First stop Heidelberg in the Cape at Andries & Louise Kluyts, Star Nation Studio, to do much needed repairs to Odie our faithful Toyota Land Cruiser, with Philupus at the Werkswinkel next door.

Odie’s glow plugs and glow plug timer needed replacing after 455 000 km, all the while under the watchful eye of Bat Cat.

23rd May

Andries and I did a delivery of barn doors on a farm near Lady Smith and ended up heading home via Barrydale, so beautiful.

First panorama of the trip.

24th May

Off to Knysna to catch up with long time last seen friends Garry and Sharon Laughton for a stay over, on route to Gqeberha.

Quick Look at the Knysna Heads on route out to Gqeberha. Second Pano Taken at the Knysna Heads.

27th May

Arrive at the campsite in East London Yellow Sands.

31st May

On route to Balungula Backpackers, where we had to book into a chalet, as the weather was changing to rain. One would think that the weather would be great this time of year, as it’s not supposed to rain much in June, but we are in for a wet adventure through the Easter Cape.

At this stage of the game just been taking Panos with my phone.

Using one’s phone to take Panos is so easy and the results some times can be brilliant.

At Balungula one has to walk about 500m from a car park to the lodge.

On leaving it started to bucket with rain, and we where drenched by the time we got to the Odie.

1st June 2024

Heading to Mdumbi Backpackers, and the storm hit. Winds of at least 40 knots+ and torrential rains. We were supposed to be camping.

Again we had to book into a chalet, and did not move for two days as it bucketed with rain.

2nd June 2024

Mdumbi still bucketing with rain, luckily we managed to book into a chalet again, supposed to be camping.

Two day later we surfaced after 48 hours of torrential rains and 40 knot winds to end up taking a stunning pano of cows in a field resting after the rains.