Auf Wedersiehen - Cape Town

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Ama ride ride

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Finally I bought a memory card reader to download long lost pics.....

February this year I flew down to CTN to fetch my scooter and so ending a phase of my live.

Du Toitskloof pass...Looking back at my old hometown - Paarl
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The mountain on the far right background - Paarde berg. My dad's wine farm was there
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I decided to take tar to Sutherland and then gravel onwards. Stopped at Touwsrivier to full up
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and took a pic of this oke who tried to hitch a ride.
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The Karoo is my favorite place in SA.....I just love the emptyness
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In the Karoo it does not matter where the  road end.....just follow it.
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February can be hot....My trusty steed taking a breather in the shade.
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Nearing Sutherland
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This little kloof will never become a Fish river Canyon...but it will keep on trying for eons to come
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I never liked Sutherland much but the roads to and fro are some of the best. Did not stop and went on to Fraserburg

Outside town. like a stuff nipple the SALT telescope (deepspace) keep a lookout on things
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Locked gate.....
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But the start of the gravel....
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Karoo highway....far better than the N1
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Neverending gravel road....what more does one want?
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Stopped for some water......its a dry but beautiful place
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The gravel keep on changing color and texture...from gray
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to red....
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Fraserburg come and went.....so did Loxton. I had 30 litres of fuel with me. So there was no need to stop in the towns.

Stopped somewhere....just for the sake to stop
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My two favorite features og my bike...
The left nipple
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...and the right nipple.....
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...empty tar road coming from nowhere...going to nowhere
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Some more pics somewhere in the Karoo...
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The roads I love
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Then I hit the town of Victoria West.....with its famous landmark
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Sadly.....my cameras batteries died when I stopped again for a pic....and I am afraid getting shot for posting a ride report without pics......So I will redo the trip sometime in the future to get the pics to add to the report.....

My name is Ama ride ride and I love the Karoo.....




 
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