Addo, bush camp
Tuesday, October 2 I arrived at the end of the morning at Addo
Elephant National Park in which I sought the wild animals during
nearly four hours. As usual I did not discover the “big five
predators”. At this latitude contrary to Namibia and Botswana the
landscape of medium mountains is green strewn with flowers of golden
button color . I bivouacked to approximately 3 km away from the Main
Gate behind the railway line.
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The GPS road tracklog
d(Addo Elephant National Park à Hogsback
du 2018/10/03 au 2018/10/03
Hogsback
The target of the Wednesday, October 3 was to visit the Alpine
village of Hogsback at approximately 1200 meters of altitude. But
while leaving my bivouac the rain fell thick and it accompanied me
to the village with the fog which wrapped me as of the 900 meters of
altitude. It is very famous for its climate, its gardens and its
population of artists in all kinds. There are some galleries
besides. But at the time of my visit the sludge as well as the
pot-holes gorged with water were especially omnipresent with a
temperature of 8°C in the absence of the tourists. I compel myself
to visit the St Patrick on the Hall church which is not without
charm in spite of its recent construction. With the recommendation
of the Tourist office I establish my bivouac in Swallowtail Country
Estate.
The GPS road tracklog
from Hogsback to on the road R 61
from 2018/10/04 to 2018/10/04
On the road R61 towards Port St. Johns
Thursday, October 4 on the way towards Port St Johns I stopped in
Mthatha to pay homage to Nelson Mandela by visiting the museum which
is dedicated to him. The rooms are the reconstitution of his life
and his combat to obtain the end of apartheid. Then on the road R 61
I found a bivouac in a field enough swine by the accumulation of
refuse of any nature.
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The GPS de la route
from on the road R 61 to Umbaba
from 2018/10/05 to 2018/10/05
Karridene Protea Hotel, Umgababa
Friday, October 5 was a very long driving day to join Wild-Coast at
St Johns then the village of Umgababa where is Protea Hotel with its
vast campsite, its very clean sanitary buildings as well as an
laundromat and dryer. I remained two nights there. Indeed on Monday,
October 8 I have an appointment at Mercedes-Benz for the routine
maintenance of my vehicle.
The GPS road tracklog
From Umbaba to Umhlanga, Parking Mercedes-Benz
from 2018/10/07 to 2018/10/07
Umhlanga, Mercedes-Benz
Sunday, October 7 I left with regrets the sumptuous caravan park of
Protea Hotel to go to Umhlanga close to Mercedes-Benz. On the way I
made a short stop in Durban Central to take some pictures of the
historical buildings. While arriving to Mercedes-Benz I warned the
vast car park on which I installed my tepee with the authorization
of guarding.
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