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April 27, 2024June 26, 2024 By 2 Smiths

Kloof – Elephant Hunt, Baboons, Kadoro

Unfortunately, Mary was still having occasional digestive issues so Dick & Niel headed out alone to the ‘Elephant Hunt’ site for the morning rock art drive.  Elephant Hunt is an interesting site which was used by the San for both habitat and Shamanistic activities.  There is some very unique art here.  The depiction of a…

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April 26, 2024June 26, 2024 By 2 Smiths

Bushman’s Kloof

After a great breakfast , we headed out for our morning rock art drive with our guide Niel.  Niel is of Afrikaner descent and hails from the far northeast of South Africa. We have Niel to ourselves and he leads us on an easy walk over two dry river crossings to one the most famous…

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April 25, 2024June 26, 2024 By 2 Smiths

Cederberg

 We had heard horror stories about Cape Town’s rush hour traffic and boy, are they accurate.  Not too bad for us as we are heading away from the city, but the inbound roads are packed solid for miles.  Taryn suggested we break up the drive with stops at some of her favorite spots along the…

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April 24, 2024May 1, 2024 By 2 Smiths

Cape Town Wrapup

Our last full day in Cape town.  In addition to both of us being burned out from the long flight, Mary is still having some major stomach issues and has slept a good part of the morning and early afternoon after a really tough night.  We headed back into the city center and visited the…

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Dick’s Golf Blog

  1. Mary on 3/2 and 3/3 – At Sea to South GeorgiaMarch 24, 2023

    Thanks Carol, it truly is the only way we can keep track!

  2. Dick on 3/2 and 3/3 – At Sea to South GeorgiaMarch 24, 2023

    I'm clean! It was Mary!

  3. Carol McCafferty on 3/2 and 3/3 – At Sea to South GeorgiaMarch 24, 2023

    Absolutely fascinated reading your blog, you guys are so adventurous, my heroes. Thank you for all the time you spend…

  4. Kevin Elsken on 3/2 and 3/3 – At Sea to South GeorgiaMarch 23, 2023

    I read where Argentina is stirring the pot at the U.N. in regards to the Falklands. Dick, tell me, did…

  5. Wiley & Sue on San Antonio de ArecoMarch 2, 2023

    Fantastic pictures, thanks so much for sending

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Day Count 11
MIles Traveled 10127
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