SAMS - Three Nations Dog Tour in Easter 2012 - SA, Mozambique & Swaziland

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      SAMS - Three Nations Dog Tour in Easter 2012 -  South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland
Just after midday on Thursday the Wild Dogs from last year's Lesotho trip met at Que Sera to start our Easter adventure. The gang's ages ranged between 54 and 25 years:
(A little refreshment before we tackled the route to Swaziland)
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                                            Husamarine KTM 950 Adv
                                            Zugger BMW 1150 Adv
                                            Dakka BMW 1200 Adv
                                            Bomber11    BMW 1200 Adv
                                            Ronsard    BMW 650 Dakar
                                            Bushboy      BMW 1200 Adv
Our afternoons objective was to travel by tar via Delmas, Leandra, Trichardt, Bethal, Ermelo, Amsterdam, Nerston Border Post and then on to Mantenga Lodge in the Swaziland Happy Valley between Mbabane and Manzini.  We needed to beat the border post closing time of 18h00, sleep over in Swaziland then start all bright and early for our off-road route to Kosi Bay.
Unfortunately, a forty minute delay in amongst a few annoying Stop and Go road works forced us to only arrive at the Nerston border at 17h30.
(Waiting along the road for the youngsters to catch up after the Stop and Goes. The plastic packet on Bushboy’s bike which contained his casual shoes will feature later in the report.)
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Fifteen minutes later our passports were stamped and we were on our way with darkness creeping in fast. Fortunately Husamarine’s faith in his GPS served us well as be climbed and descended into the Mountain Kingdom. The permanent orange headlight protectors are not recommended for improved vision in total darkness. The winding tar road was in fair condition but every now and then the surface tar disappeared to be replaced by huge pothole sections of dirt usually on a blind downhill bends or a tricky off camber corner.
(We arrived safely at Mantenga Lodge to enjoy well deserved refreshments.)
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Went over to the Happy Valley Casino for some dinner and to visit my old school buddy Wayne Thomson.
(Bonding session with Thommo)
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