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Re: Kgalagadi Feb 2015

Posted: 11 Feb 2015 11:50
by offroadbiker
Saturday is slooooooowly getting closer :blonde:

Re: Kgalagadi Feb 2015

Posted: 11 Feb 2015 12:04
by IanT
Lucky Bugger!! Enjoy!! :thumbup: :thumbup:

Re: Kgalagadi Feb 2015

Posted: 11 Feb 2015 16:42
by JoshJ
Vryf dit in, vryf dit in. :lol:
geniet hom :thumbup:

Re: Kgalagadi Feb 2015

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 11:42
by jan.dup
Dirk, I'm going to be on the lookout for you - I'm sure I will not miss noticing your Patrol from a loong distance !! I personally love Polentswa - just a magical place. If you take the turnoff from the Nossob - Unionsend road to Polentswa, just on the other side of the riverbed you drove through, keep a lookout for an unmarked grave with a wooden cross on it on your left hand side - on my first visit to Polentswa I didn't know who's grave it was - but this is it's history:

"The grave was that of one Hans Schwabe, a diamond prospector who was passing through the Park on his way to Namibia (then South West Africa) in 1958. He enquired whether there were diamonds in the area and didn’t believe it when he was told that there weren’t any. Schwabe abandoned his car and went in search of diamonds on foot. He left a note in his car saying that there was no water for the car (which was untrue as the radiator was found to be full) and did some illegal prospecting along the way. Game rangers later found his unsteady tracks and saw vultures overhead. It wasn’t long before they came across what was left of his remains. As it was impossible to remove his body, they buried it where they found it and placed a little wooden cross on his grave."

Ps. Unionsend is where SA, Namibia and Botswana borders meets up.

Re: Kgalagadi Feb 2015

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 11:57
by offroadbiker
Gold colour GQ with two rooftop tents - you wont be able to miss me..... :wink:

I will definitely look out for the grave and tx with a story to connect to it makes it more meaningfull :thumbup:

Saturday is almost upon us :blonde:

Re: Kgalagadi Feb 2015

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 12:10
by jan.dup
My daughter having a chuckle at the info at Unions end :)
My daughter having a chuckle at the info at Unions end :)
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Me and my daughter having fun at Unions End
Me and my daughter having fun at Unions End
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Grave at Polentswa
Grave at Polentswa
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Re: Kgalagadi Feb 2015

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 12:28
by jan.dup
Rooiputs Camp
Rooiputs Camp
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Polentswa Camp
Polentswa Camp
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Lions - +- 500 meters from our campsite at Rooiputs
Lions - +- 500 meters from our campsite at Rooiputs
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As we arrived at Rooiputs a pride of 10 Lions just left our campsite on their way to the Rooiputs waterhole.
This lioness next to the road close to Polentswa
This lioness next to the road close to Polentswa
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Juvenile Bateleur at Polentswa waterhole.
Juvenile Bateleur at Polentswa waterhole.
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Dirk, ek hoop dit dra by tot jou uitsien vir die trip om te begin - dis 'n magical place daai !!!

Re: Kgalagadi Feb 2015

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 13:06
by offroadbiker
Whoopa!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Re: Kgalagadi Feb 2015

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 14:23
by Tinus lotz
Dirk sien jy nou hoekom n cell foon kamera nie ga werk nie...lol :lol:

Re: Kgalagadi Feb 2015

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 15:11
by Herrie
Baie mooi fotos! :thumbup: