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Kradmelder
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PostPosted: 09:41 - 02 Apr 2013    Post subject: My easter weekend at the beach Reply with quote
Ok, not a bike trip this time, a cage trip. Took the kids to the sea in Northern Natal. Empty beaches and no more than 50 people there.

It used to be beaches were segregated. Now to get a decent beach without the masses and where your stuff wont get stolen while you swim it is 50 km of sand road access only by 4x4, and a gate with a cover charge and one hell of a long walk unless your staying in the chalets, where the sea is at your doorstep.

This way, you can avoid this


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and get what is shown below instead.

Departure was at dawn, as it is a 650 km drive, the last 50 at 20 km/hr

The road was empty.

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Went through a darkie homeland,

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and cane fields

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then onto the Zululand coastal plain. A cage eye's view of life really sucks. I really hate caging.

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The sand road is single lane and goes through a mangrove swamp. very sandy and muddy in places


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The view from our chalet.

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Duiker on the lawn. Plenty of monkeys around as well. The kind with tails. Thieving bastards, just like their cousins Mr. Green

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The weather was stunning and hot. I got burnt to a crisp and it is blerry sore, even though I stayed under shelter or had a shirt on, except when I was in the water


what else to do in the evening?


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First evenings braai, pork chops, braai sarmies, potato and onion bake and cauliflower and cheese on the braai

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what to do for lunch? take wood down to the beach and braai boerewors rolls

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The sun is so hot I set up a gazebo on the beach for shade. here it is Forward Tactical Command Post

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In the evening? sundowners and braai 300 g steaks, 2 for me and one for each kid. A 300 g steak is for a kid. No where near enough for a full grown man. with a mushroom and onion sauce

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Nice sunsets there. Took the pics special for someone who likes sunsets but couldn't be there. shame. Mr. Green



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PostPosted: 10:35 - 02 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wowzer. Cool trip. Cool
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PostPosted: 10:38 - 02 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kris wrote:
Wowzer. Cool trip. Cool


Ja. Good time to go. In autumn the temperature is still at about 30 C, the water is really warm, and the chance of rain is far less. It is still warm enough in mid winter, but the days are short.

The Indian Ocean is a stunning place.
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PostPosted: 11:02 - 02 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kradmelder wrote:
In autumn the temperature is still at about 30 C, the water is really warm, and the chance of rain is far less.


You white bastard you Evil or Very Mad Laughing

Looks great buddy, is that literally how you do all your food? Basically BBQ every day? Must say, it looks lovely there, sand, water and meat. Boss Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 11:11 - 02 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
##Paddy## wrote:
Kradmelder wrote:
In autumn the temperature is still at about 30 C, the water is really warm, and the chance of rain is far less.


You white bastard you Evil or Very Mad Laughing

Looks great buddy, is that literally how you do all your food? Basically BBQ every day? Must say, it looks lovely there, sand, water and meat. Boss Thumbs Up


Not every day. But on holiday why be in a kitchen? So every meal is outdoors. when I was a batchelor and living in digs, about every day was a braai. we were 3 men, the first one home started the fire...

Just pack plenty of beer, meat and wine. A cool box of beer on ice, sitting in the gazebo in the shade, and swimming every once in a while.....life is hard....
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PostPosted: 12:16 - 02 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
I would like to retire in South Africa, been their a few times and its just a great place (with many very good golf courses).

Just a tad jealous of the weather and good food Thumbs Up
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Definitely somewhere I want to visit Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 20:42 - 02 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very nice, we where blessed with sun over in North Wales this easter weekend but nowhere near a hot as that Laughing I bet them roads are a blast on the KTM.
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PostPosted: 21:57 - 02 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
I imagine over there it isn't really called barbecuing. Sure they are cooking on a barbie but it isn't as much as a novelty as it is to us brits. We'd say "Come over for a BBQ' they'd say 'come over for dinner' My family in Canada are the same. Even when it is 4ft of snow they will cook on the BBQ! It is just the norm.
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Agh, fekorfman! It's 2 effing degrees here. Hope the zambezi sharks get you.
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PostPosted: 08:43 - 03 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
russeleoin wrote:
Agh, fekorfman! It's 2 effing degrees here. Hope the zambezi sharks get you.


Hey, its not my fault. Blame it on your ancestors for not emigrating from that cold, damp grey island Razz

The sharks didn't get me, but the sun did....

Im peeling like a snake from the top down, starting with my forehead


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well, as long as the foreskin stays on Im fine Mr. Green
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PostPosted: 08:46 - 03 Apr 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
chris-red wrote:
I imagine over there it isn't really called barbecuing. Sure they are cooking on a barbie but it isn't as much as a novelty as it is to us brits. We'd say "Come over for a BBQ' they'd say 'come over for dinner' My family in Canada are the same. Even when it is 4ft of snow they will cook on the BBQ! It is just the norm.


For sure, Braaiing is as normal as brits going to the local.

the 4ft of snow, I can do without....that is weather for eskimos, not white people!
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Dischord wrote:
Very nice, we where blessed with sun over in North Wales this easter weekend but nowhere near a hot as that Laughing I bet them roads are a blast on the KTM.


Ja, the katoom likes to eat dirt for breakfast!
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that trip looks class.. beach looks great too Smile you should try surfing?! lol

edit: or body boarding... my neighbours kids used to do it and loved it ... obviously easier than surfing Smile
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DOTTYDUCK wrote:
that trip looks class.. beach looks great too Smile you should try surfing?! lol

edit: or body boarding... my neighbours kids used to do it and loved it ... obviously easier than surfing Smile


The kids used to do it in past years. But since they are both competitive swimmers they seem to have lost interest in boards and such.
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If only there would be a BCF weekend at that place! Smile

Looks pretty amazing, and the sea looks quite agressive there too.

You do make yourself some nice grub as well Krad!
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What's that? Krad wants to invite up to 20 BCF people to stay with him and chill out for 2 weeks?

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spot the white man.... Thinking

https://www.thebombsurf.com/files/1/images/image[25].jpg

we usually play that the other way round .. Laughing
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spot the white man.... Thinking

we usually play that the other way round .. Laughing




No....no we don't.

Have you seen the state of our schools recently?
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drzsta wrote:
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spot the white man.... Thinking

we usually play that the other way round .. Laughing




No....no we don't.

Have you seen the state of our schools recently?


not round here, I`ve seen one once walkin down my street, and there is one @ the local secondary school.
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spot the white man.... Thinking

https://www.thebombsurf.com/files/1/images/image[25].jpg

we usually play that the other way round .. Laughing
lucky you.
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WULFSTAN wrote:
Copycat73 wrote:
spot the white man.... Thinking

https://www.thebombsurf.com/files/1/images/image[25].jpg

we usually play that the other way round .. Laughing
lucky you.


for everything there is a price ... this area is classed as a deprived area... Crying or Very sad

which is why its mostly white
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Copycat73 wrote:
Copycat73 wrote:
spot the white man.... Thinking

we usually play that the other way round .. Laughing




not round here, I`ve seen one once walkin down my street, and there is one @ the local secondary school.


Then your crime has started?

In idaho I noticed the yanks leave their keys in the ignition, doors unlocked etc. I asked them do you have blacks here. He replied ' blacks? Well we had 1 once, but he started stealing so the mexicans chased him out of town'

There were none at the beach I went to so didn't lock our doors, you can leave your wallet, towels, chairs etc at the beach and go back to the cabin.

Just had to close the cabin doors due to monkeys. They steal just like their bruthas.
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Kradmelder wrote:

Then your crime has started?

things change round here post code by post code.. this one isn't too bad...cars left unlocked , bicycles left outside.. never left a wallet though
if things go missing its most likely a white who is the thief...
every culture has its hierarchy structure..
round here bottom of the shit pile are usually poor white..
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Reminds me of a trip to the beach a few years ago.... actually a couple
4x4 adventure through the swamps of Somerset to get there....
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Though, mainly only becouse my mother was driving and the kids egged me on to take the short-cut!
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Wide open, empty beaches, blue seas and wonderful sunsets
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And not just in what passes for summer here.
(Those were taken August, high-Season)
These were taken on another adventure to 'find' a beach (I knew where we were going all along, but dont tell the kids!) One bored week-end in the Winter Half-Term, about the beginning of March, would you believe.
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This gentle trail took us to the car-wash...
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Who says V8's dont 'do' water?
That took us through a stunning little gorge...
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To find charming little harbour
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And an idylic little beach, all to ourselves.
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Parked in a charming little side street, in a little fishing village...
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We convinced ourselves that the deliciouse fish and chips, were freshly landed on the quays we had just been walking along (not arrived on a train, packed in ice from Portugal, as probably closer to the truth) Before watching the sun set...
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