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I started the day with a hearty breakfast at the Masoba Soba guesthouse. There was a short ride to the Lesotho Border control. The formalities were completed fast. The one border post official had a short exchange of pleasentries in German with me 🙂 . As I started down I passed the, apparently, highest pub…

I once again got off to a early start, at sunrise, from the Mantsebo Guesthouse after a good night sleep. I met a very nice American couple with their South African guide at dinner the previous evening. The guesthouse was very nice and as it was not in the centre of town quite peaceful. This…

The taxi picked me up at my Guesthouse at about 4.45. We the drove back and forward through town looking for the other people that he was taking. Eventually we got off to the trip. The road was not much better than the trails I had been riding the previous days. The driver was excellent.…

I keep needing to repeat myself, the day greeted me with spectacular sunrise and views, as well as a shooting star. I got off to an early start. All the teachers were still asleep so I did not have the opportunity to say goodbye. However not far from the school I met an old man…

The day started early at sunrise as there was rain predicted for 11.00. It was another wonderful sunrise. It was a little of a challenge to get onto the correct path. The path I am following is the delivery trail that is used by horsemen with donkeys that take the shopping orders to the remote…

I decided to take a bit of a rest today I asked Annemarie and Irene if they could pick me up about 10 km from where I stayed. The sunrise shone directly into my door. There was a big placid dog sleeping by my door and the chickens kept threatening to come into the room.…

Quite an interesting day. It started off cool but not uncomfortable. The scenery was spectacular. Most of the day I had the road to myself. The peace and quiet is lovely. The problem with the scenery you want to stop all the time. I had a lovely lunch on the bank of the Senqu (Orange)…

Quite an interesting day. It started off cool but not uncomfortable. The scenery was spectacular. Most of the day I had the road to myself. The peace and quiet is lovely. The problem with the scenery you want to stop all the time. I had a lovely lunch on the bank of the Senqu (Orange)…

The most of the trip was in South Africa. On my way to Matatiele I lost my cell phone holder and realise I left my fleece jacket in Durban. Luckily today was easy navigating so it didn’t impact the ride. The day started a the Resthaven Guest House in Matatiele. The hosts Philip & Elrita…

All in all it was a very enjoyable 8 Days. I am so grateful that I am able to do something like this. I met a number of interesting people and had long, sometimes philosophical, chats with them. Most were positive, but I spoke my mind to a couple. The places where I / we…