This Journal was written by Adriaan on Michelle's iPad as we travelled. Herman did some slight editing and adding, otherwise it was Adriaan's original work. 3-10 January 2011. Molopo: 1 day We left Hout Bay at 04h00 on a long trip to the Kalahari. We passed through the Knersvlakte and the Cederberg mountains. The steep Van Rhyns Pass brought us onto the huge dry expanse of the Northern Cape. We met my good friend Oliver Schuurmans in Upington. We stocked up i...

In mid-December 2009 my son and I spent two days camping and four wheeling at Klein Tafelberg in the Sandveld region of the West Coast. We camped at the lovely campsite of Klein Tafelberg. The mighty Jeep did not have any problems at any of the obstacles and did really well in the thick sandy hills. We conquered Heart Brake Hill with the first attempt, the only vehicle to succeed the first time around. The trail consists of sandy sections, some of them quite de...