Tag: Cape Route
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Road Trippiness
As others have observed before me, Cape Town and surrounds isn’t Africa as we like to imagine it. These road trip pictures are more Route 66 than most would expect, right? Much as I complained about the rain and clouds, they made for some spectacular pictures. And just when we were really feeling the wholesome…
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Rocky Mountains and Dodgy Roads
The scenic Cape Route involves driving along windy mountain roads. Shockingly, the South African approach to road maintenance is somewhat more slack than what we are accustomed to in Germany or, well, pretty much any other place I have ever been to. Every now and again, a road is closed for unspecified reasons, the signs…
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Cape Rain
Cape Town welcomed me with open skies and truly godawful weather. As I set off on a road trip along Cape Route 62 and the Garden Route with my aunt and cousin, it rained for 3 days straight. So we enjoyed this lovely view of the wineries: Did I mention it was winter in Africa.…