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Naukluft #4: Day One: Don't stand in our way!

The Man Behind The Counter at the Naukluft reception said with a deadpan voice, "You're not booked to start tomorrow." We acted deadpan...

Naukluft Hiking Trail #3: It's far. Veeery far.

I believe, as the cliché would have it, that half the fun of going places is the journey to get there. But when you're two and a half...

Naukluft Hiking Trail #2: Preparation

I knew well in advance you don't tackle the Naukluft with kid gloves. So long before the Big Day of Departure arrived I went to work on...

Naukluft Hiking Trail #1: That Naukluft?

“The Naukluft?” “Yes, that Naukluft.” I’d only met the guy I’m talking to a few minutes before, at a gathering of mutual friends, and we...

Fishy Fridays on the Sunshine Coast #2: Port Alfred River & Ski-boat Club

Eastern Cape padstal of the month: Baddaford Farm Stall, Fort Beaufort

Ten differences between living in Joburg, and living in a small town on the coast...