We have arrived in South Africa, a trouble-free border crossing over the Orange River (another disappointment - it is NOT orange!) and we were pinching ourselves, hardly believing we were actually here. We have had some long days though, like yesterday's ride of 162 km, including 26 km of nasty gravel/sand/washboard. But, we persevere and keep on riding, riding, riding. This country is very empty, huge big tracts of land with nothing apparently here other than scrubby brush, but something important must be out there as both roadsides are fenced with serious looking fences.
There is a distinct European feel here, the landscape, the people and the tidy farms and homes. We are into wine growing areas (yay!) including one huge project where desert sand was being turned into agricultural land, for growing grapes. Now if that isn't a good use of the desert, I don't know what is!
Yesterday's ride ended at the ocean, but it was hard to see until I was actually almost at camp because of the thick fog. It was amazing camping mere metres away from the pounding surf and we are at another camp on the beach tonight and again tomorrow. Tomorrow is our second last riding day and I can't tell you how excited I am about the day after that - the ride into Cape Town!
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Congrats!! Been fun following you on your journey.
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