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Old 29-10-06, 07:35 PM   #1
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Default Cape Town to Namibia and back

Absolutely Awesome holiday
Flew back in this morning from Cape Town
The holiday did not go acording to plan but was an experiance of a lifetime.
And before we finished we had started to plan the next adventure.
Travelled 5000K miles in all, 2000k of em on dirt roads did not quite get as far as we had planned
but what an experiance.
Riding along side wild bore and being charged by a very confused gemsbock (big horse with 1m long horns) and road along with a heard of baby Ostriches.
Will right a more detailed report if there are peeps out there interested and when i get sorted.
Lots to do to make up for my three weeks away.
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Old 29-10-06, 08:50 PM   #2
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Absolutely Awesome holiday
Flew back in this morning from Cape Town
The holiday did not go acording to plan but was an experiance of a lifetime.
And before we finished we had started to plan the next adventure.
Travelled 5000K miles in all, 2000k of em on dirt roads did not quite get as far as we had planned
but what an experiance.
Riding along side wild bore and being charged by a very confused gemsbock (big horse with 1m long horns) and road along with a heard of baby Ostriches.
Will right a more detailed report if there are peeps out there interested and when i get sorted.
Lots to do to make up for my three weeks away.
Sounds amazing - what are you waiting for - get writing

Hope you have loads of pictures too
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Old 30-10-06, 12:16 PM   #3
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Big report with pictures!! Did you bring us all back and sandwich?
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Old 30-10-06, 01:59 PM   #4
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Absolutely Awesome holiday
Flew back in this morning from Cape Town
The holiday did not go acording to plan but was an experiance of a lifetime.
And before we finished we had started to plan the next adventure.
Travelled 5000K miles in all, 2000k of em on dirt roads did not quite get as far as we had planned
but what an experiance.
Riding along side wild bore and being charged by a very confused gemsbock (big horse with 1m long horns) and road along with a heard of baby Ostriches.
Will right a more detailed report if there are peeps out there interested and when i get sorted.
Lots to do to make up for my three weeks away.
Surely thats not right


Errrr...no...actually that is a type of deer

Looking forward to your report though and the pictures *bugger how I miss SA sometimes*
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Old 30-10-06, 02:07 PM   #5
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Looking forward to your report though and the pictures *bugger how I miss SA sometimes*
*minor highjack*

Oi, how was the weather down there in the Algarve?

*/minor highjack*
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Old 30-10-06, 02:18 PM   #6
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*HIJACK*

Filipe...it was good man. It only rained overnight and late in the afternoon. Lovely country. Lovely people and lovely food! I just wish I was on the bike though...some of the mountain roads down there are spectacular although the surfaces in the towns and villages could get a bit dodgy. We will be going back there soon again but next time I will take my golf clubs too

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So where are those pictures RWR
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Old 30-10-06, 11:01 PM   #7
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Absolutely Awesome holiday
Flew back in this morning from Cape Town
The holiday did not go acording to plan but was an experiance of a lifetime.
And before we finished we had started to plan the next adventure.
Travelled 5000K miles in all, 2000k of em on dirt roads did not quite get as far as we had planned
but what an experiance.
Riding along side wild bore and being charged by a very confused gemsbock (big horse with 1m long horns) and road along with a heard of baby Ostriches.
Will right a more detailed report if there are peeps out there interested and when i get sorted.
Lots to do to make up for my three weeks away.
Surely thats not right


Errrr...no...actually that is a type of deer

Looking forward to your report though and the pictures *bugger how I miss SA sometimes*
It looked like a big horse to me as it ran at me deer in the park look a lot smaller
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Old 31-10-06, 11:03 AM   #8
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Looking forward to the pics
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Old 31-10-06, 12:47 PM   #9
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Was this one of those charity holidays (you get sponsorship which pays for a new bike, ride a bike from a to b and then when you've go to b, the bike is given to a local farmer)?
I'd love to hear about it. Especially about the wild chickens with big horns which charged you.
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Old 31-10-06, 03:58 PM   #10
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gemsbock (big horse with 1m long horns)
Surely thats not right


Errrr...no...actually that is a type of deer

Looking forward to your report though and the pictures *bugger how I miss SA sometimes*
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemsbok

They can get as big as a horse and i certainly wouldn't want to be charged by one... those horns look wicked.

Ek verlang ook na Suid Afrika boet...
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