Tag: Karoo
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Into the Wilds of the Kalahari: A Karoo Road Diary
Introduction: A Scrambler’s Solo Odyssey Into the wilds of the Kalahari, a road trip that winds through the Karoo’s iron-hard soil and vast horizons. This is not a polished tour bus itinerary but a raw, tactile journey where every bump on the dirt track tells a story. Twenty years ago, the route shifted—from Putsonderwater in…
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Into the Wilds of the Kalahari
Into the Wilds of the Kalahari: A Rugged River of Sand and Stone On a long-ago expedition, I traded paved roads for dirt tracks, and the Karoo for the open scrubland that bleeds into the Kalahari. The route that shaped my sense of distance began far to the northeast, near Putsonderwater, and led me southeast…
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Into the wilds of the Kalahari: A scrambler’s arch to the Karoo
Introduction: A road less traveled Two decades ago, the Kalahari whispered louder than the highways we now take for granted. My journey began not from the familiar southern routes but from Putsonderwater in the northeast, a scrambler’s hum guiding me toward the iron-hard stretches that define the Karoo. The roads were rough, the landscape unyielding,…