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Offline COLES

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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #40 on: February 27, 2014, 08:46:42 am »

The Captain was present  great photo,s well done fellows 
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #41 on: February 27, 2014, 10:02:04 pm »
Well done to, once again, a wonderful RR.
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #42 on: February 28, 2014, 07:47:05 am »
Wow , nice photos , looks like you guys had an epic ride. :thumleft:
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #43 on: March 01, 2014, 08:08:50 am »
Youre an artist with these reports.

This one made me sad. I live in another riding heaven, but those views....make me pine for my homeland, Africa.  :'(

BRING ON THE AMAGEZA!!!  :ricky:  :ricky:  :ricky:  :ricky:  :ricky:  :ricky:
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #44 on: March 01, 2014, 04:22:10 pm »
Wow those skies are amazing, excellent photies, thanks for sharing them. Wow, great am lost for words.
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #45 on: March 05, 2014, 11:30:44 am »
Quote from: BlueBull2007 on March 01, 2014, 08:08:50 am
Youre an artist with these reports.

This one made me sad. I live in another riding heaven, but those views....make me pine for my homeland, Africa.  :'(

BRING ON THE AMAGEZA!!!  :ricky:  :ricky:  :ricky:  :ricky:  :ricky:  :ricky:

Bring, indeed! But I'm glad that it's still 8 months away!!  :laughing4:

So you're committed to coming now??
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #46 on: March 05, 2014, 05:20:21 pm »
Ja I will be there. Just got to find the money.
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #47 on: March 05, 2014, 05:50:05 pm »
Quote from: Malibu on February 21, 2014, 01:07:42 pm
Your stories are exceptional, allowing us to traipse along with you on your trips, which is a true gift in a writer and story teller...
but that ability is a mere shadow of your true gift, to present us with photo's that are mind-numbingly breathtaking...
You sure do amazing RR's! 

What she said, you are a poet, with camera and words.
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #48 on: March 06, 2014, 08:15:56 am »
Quote from: BlueBull2007 on March 05, 2014, 05:20:21 pm
Ja I will be there. Just got to find the money.

Take care of the luxuries, the necessities will take of themselves  ::)
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #49 on: March 06, 2014, 09:38:08 am »
Awesome pics & RR!!

Thanks for sharing!!

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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #50 on: March 06, 2014, 11:06:23 am »
Quote from: Beserker on March 06, 2014, 08:15:56 am
Quote from: BlueBull2007 on March 05, 2014, 05:20:21 pm
Ja I will be there. Just got to find the money.

Take care of the luxuries, the necessities will take of themselves  ::)

Beware the forked tongue of the Beserker. He will lead you to financial wrack and ruin!





Or just close your eyes and follow along merrily.
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #51 on: March 06, 2014, 11:52:07 am »
Quote from: MaxThePanda on March 06, 2014, 11:06:23 am
Quote from: Beserker on March 06, 2014, 08:15:56 am
Take care of the luxuries, the necessities will take of themselves  ::)
Beware the forked tongue of the Beserker. He will lead you to financial wrack and ruin!





Or just close your eyes and follow along merrily.

Issssss your plassssstic on it'ssssss way?
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #52 on: March 06, 2014, 03:48:34 pm »
Quote from: Beserker on March 06, 2014, 11:52:07 am
Quote from: MaxThePanda on March 06, 2014, 11:06:23 am
Quote from: Beserker on March 06, 2014, 08:15:56 am
Take care of the luxuries, the necessities will take of themselves  ::)
Beware the forked tongue of the Beserker. He will lead you to financial wrack and ruin!





Or just close your eyes and follow along merrily.

Issssss your plassssstic on it'ssssss way?

Apparently you just won't believe how difficult it is to find bubble wrap in Bloemfontein... but... yes!
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #53 on: March 06, 2014, 08:05:28 pm »
Fantastic RR and the best pictures ever. (The full screen Pics on flickr is stunning

that area just begs to be explored. Thanks for sharing it.
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #54 on: December 06, 2014, 02:45:23 pm »
In two days the full Angola crew board SA8645 to Upington to re-run this route, and much, much more. The bikes are skulking at Time Freight awaiting our arrival!

Judging from our track record, it's likely to be a shambles. One of the bikes has a broken petrol tank, one of our members is a walking disaster zone of some description every time he goes near a bike, one of our members has become obsessed with camp cooking (I'm packing protein bars), and then we have... the Midget!

Quite clearly we've all forgotten how hot it is this time of year. I wanted to go to Lesotho, but they said it rains. Hold on to your knickers, desert, here we come!
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #55 on: December 06, 2014, 03:47:27 pm »
We met in 2009 at the pont at Sendelingdrift, don't know if you remember. I was on a yellow GS1200 with only a topbox doing a two day gravel CPT-NAm-CPT. Since I have been on most of the routes depicted in this report, however none of my photo's are of this quality.

Enjoy.

Be Safe.

And remember the days you are stuck at work.
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #56 on: December 06, 2014, 05:50:42 pm »
 Fantastic Photos, thanks for sharing.  :thumleft:
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #57 on: December 06, 2014, 06:07:05 pm »
Hey John! Yeah of course - I was with my brother that day. It's such a great riding area...

Seeya on the road again sometime!
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #58 on: December 09, 2014, 09:01:44 am »
Have another fantastic adventure Ian  :thumleft:


and yes, Lesotho is firkin wet at the moment, and very chilly up high too...  :deal:
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Re: Orange Desert Sky
« Reply #59 on: June 13, 2017, 08:56:12 am »
This has to be the very essence of what draws us out of the quagmire of taxes, politics, bills, and everything else that smothers the life out of us!

How can anyone not be uplifted just by knowing that this sort of reality is out there.....  and even more so by the anticipation of the next episode! It will be a privilege  ;)
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