Giyani report (lot's of pic's)

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chrisB

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Hi Guy's

This is a quick report on the ride we did to Giyani on Dec 8th that most you guy's could not attend due to bad timing, however it was excellent and nice to have the families attend as well so here goes...

Hitting dirt on the way to the campsite after an uneventful stint to Polokwane this is where the fun started...

Jaco on the 1200 crossing a bridge

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Me on the Dakar

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Arrived at the camp about 16:30 and temperature at 39.5!

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The swimming pool was a HUGE relief!
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Tent houses on the bank of the river
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This where we stuffed our faces every night with delicious food!
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At night we sat around the boma talking shiite and drinking beer!

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First day of exploring the area

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Conrad on the Dakie
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Me and the kids at Dunlop in Giyani we took one of the support vehicles tire's in for repairs

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After the tire was fixed we headed out to Thohoyandou dam!

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The scoot's

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One cool little dude

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Some nice dirt to ride and bridges to cross

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Man it was damn hot! Reaching up to 40 in mid day! luckily I had a water bladder in the back of my jacket to hydrate frequently we headed back towards camp for lunch about 14:00

me and UberThumper breaking the sound barrier :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Conrad achieving lift off :lol:

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Lift off!!!

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Much later that afternoon it was time to work off that lekka lunch we had and went to a water hole about 10 km's from camp to play

Conrad with his Honda CRF450R powerful two stroke but a bitch to start
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My wife on the Polaris 250 automatic...

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Me on the Dakar playing around and having fun...

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Conrad getting stuck in the mud with some help!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

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This is funny the locals very friendly and helpful

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Lekka dik gat!

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Yipeeeeee!!!!!!
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Fucked up my boot here! I do not have off road boot's yet!

Farking tired mate!

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Stuck hellllpppppp farking Dakar is heavy!!!!!!!!!

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Back at camp very tired!!!

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Me and my daughter cooling off after all the fun...

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