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HeyYou

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  1. You have too much money Wayne!!!!!
  2. I use them all, to find the best deal - shortest air time, best luggage allowance etc. If you check, you'll find that most of them are owned by the same company and will offer Virgin, or Air France, or whatever, depending on from which they get the best deal, they mostly don't give a sh.... about you (notice I didn't say kickback)!!! So, essentially I check them all, all have phone apps these days (all the ones mentioned above and cheapOair, eDreams, Vayama). I then find the flight I want to take, check on the app of that airline and buy whichever is the better deal. Just bought a UK ticket to Gatwick via Qatar. Of all the apps, only Vayama offered Qatar air and was R1k cheaper that the Qatar app. Air France and Alitalia were cheaper by 15%, but who on earth wants to spend 30 hours in airports, and, or aircraft? AND AIR FRANCE WAS HAND LUGGAGE ONLY!!!!!! EXTRA FOR LOAD ON BAGS. It's wise to check baggage allowance, airports and travel times to choose what you want.
  3. Come ride with me. I'll make you feel exceptionally fast. I'm 69 and I've run marathons faster than I can cycle now. The important part is that you're cycling and can look forward to 30/40 years more of it.
  4. Certainly not the latest news, but something I've just come across. Explains a shirt load of something we probably all question. Why are glasses and sunglasses so poverty inducing expensive??????? and a 2nd one.
  5. Never been a paddler, tried it a few times, but I'm too top heavy and don't know how to wiggle my bum sideways to stay stable A long, long time ago, in a far off galaxy I was a runner and a swimmer, as well as a pretend cyclist (actually I was a pretend everything). But, unfortunately, being the size I am, I wore my knees out, so that put paid to the running, would love to have got my Comrades Green. Stopped swimming too after that, but thank dog I carried on cycling, otherwise I'd be close to 150kg.
  6. Contact Knysna Cycleworks on Monday, they'll tell you about rides. . Yes, you can ride on the N2, either way. Those of us that live here, do it all the time.
  7. Elephants and killer whales! If you've ever looked into the eyes of a killer whale, it's the same feeling. There's something there, some understanding, some kind of recognition. I know we're not alone in the universe, we're just too dumb to see our fellow travelers.
  8. There are a couple of facebook pages, which I don't folow. There's lfgss.com which is a site similar to bikehub.
  9. Predators in the Kalahari, also without fail!!!
  10. Gate (what gate, long gone) closed at 6, but out early game viewing the next morning, through lots of puddles. This is when we got stuck, my 13 year old daughter and I, another tale!!!!! Arrive in the Falls on 23rd December, to spend Xmas with my brother, he lives there. My daughter wanted to do the touristy things, so I agreed to zip line. Shizer, I wish I hadn't, I hated it, too top heavy, so spent most of it tying to stay upright!!!!
  11. 4th night was Nata Lodge, stayed there many, many times, very sandy, but convenient. In retrospect, we should have pushed on and off our track a bit, to stay at Planet Baobab. Might stay there next time, if it's still there! Then on through Pandamatenga the next day, to Robins camp. Arrived about 2pm and our first game drive during a beautiful thunder & lightening storm.
  12. 2nd night was at Botsalano Game Reserve, a very well kept secret. http://www.tourismnorthwest.co.za/botsalano-game-reserve/#tab=tab-1 stayed there a few times now. Wild, no big predators, but everything else. Camp site is very basic, but so cool to have giraffe wondering through your came, rhino pretty close and loads of other game. Can't find the pics, but will keep looking. 3rd night was just outside Gabs, on the road to Kasani. Can't remember the name, but a very well manicured campsite, expensive, but lovely. see pic below.
  13. The 2014 trip was a slow drive, through northern Cape, Botswana to Hwange and then the Falls. First night stop at WitPuts, just outside Hopetown.
  14. Now you made me look at my pictures!!!! No great hardship. Robins camp in December 2014, only 1 other camper.
  15. I badly need another sojourn into Africa!!! Haven't driven 'up' for a good few years now, not since the episode where my daughter and I got stuck in mud in Hwange.That tale is somewhere here on the 'HUB'. Maybe 2020 will be the year.
  16. Pretty easy to ask FdT. He's quite contactable and still involved.
  17. OP obviously had a bad experience with CANNONDALE 37 FREE STATE, who has a 29% rating!!!! I warned prospective buyers to check the rating of CANNONDALE 37 FREE STATE on a previous ad. He/she then proceeded to hassle me under a new nom de guerre. This I reported and I presume admin canned his/her new registration. But, the ratings are there so you can see the person's trading history. USE THE RATINGS. If the advertiser has a poor rating, take extra caution.
  18. HeyYou

    Who remembers?

    Yeah, it was a fantastic concert and the 'kindness' of Bruce Springsteen to all the South Africans was fantastic --- especially given that PW was still president. My brother played at the Rhino Fest the night before, so was a few days of a lot of Zambezi lagers. We drove from PE to Durbs, as I said, then through Bots and into Zim via Plumtree to Bulawayo. Even on that route, which we thought would be quiet, there were loads of cars heading up. Bots was a bit of a nightmare in those days, AK wielding army dudes, roadblocks all over, and absolutely no humour. 6 of us in my old Merc 240D donkey. A great car, but way too heavy for the 240D motor.
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