Some pics from a recent trip down the SA east coast

[MalcolmT]

Olivershook Pass, heading to Durban. This road is an alternative to the main N3 toll road. Four hundred miles of tolls gets a little expensive and boring.
https://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/mmoorhouse/Cape%20Trip/OlivershookPass.jpg

Wild Coast View. The wild coast is very rugged, they have more dirt roads than tar roads. The natives can get a little unfriendly down that way.
https://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/mmoorhouse/Cape%20Trip/118-1888_IMG.jpg

Dolphins playing in the surf. This is a once in a lifetime experience seeing this.
https://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/mmoorhouse/Cape%20Trip/DolphinsWildCoast.jpg

Port St Johns town, what a dump. This was the hangout for hippies in the 70's, the town has become a dos hole BUT.. There are some loverly resorts tucked behind high walls.
https://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/mmoorhouse/Cape%20Trip/119-1905_IMG.jpg

The old SA/Transkei border post. Its now a filling station and burger joint.
https://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/mmoorhouse/Cape%20Trip/OldTranskeiBorder.jpg

Checkout the name on the road sign… It makes me wonder what went on in this town ?
https://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/mmoorhouse/Cape%20Trip/Collywobbles.jpg

Early morning mist above George, we got soaked riding down through that lot.
https://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/mmoorhouse/Cape%20Trip/EarlymorningtheOuteniquaPass.jpg

R62 nr Oudtshoorn, some very nice roads and scenery.
https://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/mmoorhouse/Cape%20Trip/R62Oudtshoorn.jpg

Ronnies Sex Shop nr Barridale. Its not a sex shop but started as a roadside shop. the story is one of Ronnies chummies painted SEX on the wall and business boomed. Its now a restaurant, bar, and accommodation with no vibrators in sight.
https://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/mmoorhouse/Cape%20Trip/Ronnies.jpg

Port Elizabeth library. PE is a loverly city, I've spent many happy hours working down there.
https://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c373/mmoorhouse/Cape%20Trip/portelizabethlibrary.jpg

[colin1]

again lovely pics make me wanna be there
except maybe ronnies sex shop
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[colin1]

if i believed it had anything better than whats on the internet, maybe, but i doubt it.

everything in the other pics is scenery we dont get over here
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[natv4]

Scotland has definately some of the most varied and interesting scenery in the UK.

Europe is not (western) is pretty populated, but if you go east you get to see some beautiful places, with only small villages along the way. I'm hoping that will be my experience in Eastern Europe and Russia this year.

Croatia is largely unpopulated and unspoilt, but that is changing.

Do you happen to have any pictures of a small town near Durban called Mooiriver ? Thats where I come from and I have never seen it (except for pics from my family).
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[MalcolmT]

Mooi River eh !
Its just a fuel and burger stop on they to Durban, its not much of a town, most people bypass it on the freeway or stop at the Wimpy if your on the old road.

Its right at the end of a tourist route called the Midland Meander, this is a load of handicraft places strung along the old Durban road over 20-30 miles. We were down that way a couple of years ago and will post some pic’s a day or two.

Its quite close to the Drakensburg mountains that border Lesotho, its very scenic.

Take a look here….. https://www.midlandsmeander.co.za/midlands/index.html and take a look at the maps link

[Nath]

Great pics, in this and your other threads. The world is such a massive place, I wonder whether I will ever get to see it all!?

Are motorcycles common out there, or are you a curiosity everywhere you go?
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[ram_doom]

Really enjoyed seeing the pics! The dolphins and rising mist were awesome
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[natv4]

My Mum grew up in the shadow of the Drakensburg mountains, there are many pictures adorning our house of them. The area certainly is magnificent.

Great photos once again.
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[MalcolmT]

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[natv4]

Thanks for those. We have a painting of the Drakensburg from a slightly different angle, but it is of a thunder storm passing. Its fantastic the way its so huge that you can get the blinding sunlight with the black shadow of the thunder storm in the same frame. Absolutely awesome.
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[Astrid]

Those pics make me miss SA!! One day I will go back to my neck of the woods (Cape Town) and get some pics for BCF