Dec 12, 2008 - One Last Stop

Citrusdale We crossed the South African border and made our way south. ... It was a long, hot drive south so we stopped in Citrusdale for the night to break up the journey. ... With a name like Citrusdale it doesn’t take a lot of thought to imagine what is grown in the area. ...

Jun 18, 2008 - Africa is HUGE!

Admittedly, Christy (our Dragoman truck)isn't the speediest vehicle in the world but we drove for about 8 hours from the Cape of Good Hope to Citrusdal and saw one large town, and a handful of settlements. ... The 18th we drove from Citrusdal to the Orange River in Namibia - another stamp in my passport! It was a very long day - about 12 hours - and again, we saw only a handful of settlements. ... On the logistics of the trip - we're all assigned standard chores - mine is take down of the chairs, tables, and general clean up before leaving the campsites, along with three other people.Admittedly, Christy (our Dragoman truck)isn't the speediest vehicle in the world but we drove for about 8 hours from the Cape of Good Hope to Citrusdal and saw one large town, and a handful of settlements. ... The 18th we drove from Citrusdal to the Orange River in Namibia - another stamp in my passport! It was a very long day - about 12 hours - and again, we saw only a handful of settlements. ... On the logistics of the trip - we're all assigned standard chores - mine is take down of the chairs, tables, and general clean up before leaving the campsites, along with three other people....

Feb 6, 2008 - Cape Town to Cederburg Mountain Region

bummer - just typed a load of this and then didn't press save quickly enough. The trucks have been updated since my last tour and now incorporate individual lockers which is great especially as they are inside the truck so you can access your stuff whenever you like! Once loaded up we headed off for our first stop which was at Table View to look at Table Mountain! Then it was a quick supermarket run (various people needed to buy bits and pieces including me as i didn't have a sun hat and the guide nded to buy our food!) and then off towards our first nights campsite which was at Citrusdal in the Cederburg Mountains - beautiful! Tom, Penelope and I soon got chatting and it already seemed like this was going to be a good tour! We arrived about 2pm at the campsite and Noel our driver gave us a demo on how to put up the tents! Penelope was to have a tent to herself so i asked another lady if she wanted to share. ... Sam is also from England and we immediately got on well so that was also lucky as we would share a tent for the next three weeks! We got our tent up easily as Sam has also done a lot of camping before.bummer - just typed a load of this and then didn't press save quickly enough. The trucks have been updated since my last tour and now incorporate individual lockers which is great especially as they are inside the truck so you can access your stuff whenever you like! Once loaded up we headed off for our first stop which was at Table View to look at Table Mountain! Then it was a quick supermarket run (various people needed to buy bits and pieces including me as i didn't have a sun hat and the guide nded to buy our food!) and then off towards our first nights campsite which was at Citrusdal in the Cederburg Mountains - beautiful! Tom, Penelope and I soon got chatting and it already seemed like this was going to be a good tour! We arrived about 2pm at the campsite and Noel our driver gave us a demo on how to put up the tents! Penelope was to have a tent to herself so i asked another lady if she wanted to share. ... Sam is also from England and we immediately got on well so that was also lucky as we would share a tent for the next three weeks! We got our tent up easily as Sam has also done a lot of camping before....

Dec 17, 2007 - Cape Town to Citrus Creek

Not much to report for our first day on tour.Not much to report for our first day on tour....

Sep 2, 2007 - Started the tour

Had a great night at the hostel, drinking with the group and making new friends.Had a great night at the hostel, drinking with the group and making new friends....