RoadTrip July 2017
In this issue: Tour de France Duster to Dakar A Swede Sensation in Barcelona Under African Skies Five Star Self Drive Bruno's African Ski-Adventure Click here to read RoadTrip July 2017
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Surf and Turf Adventures
Equipped with a four-wheel drive, another writer in tow, and a keen spirit of adventure, features writer Julie Graham set off from Johannesburg to experience the wonders of Rocktail Camp. click here to read more online
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Mountain Climbing ‘Badger’
After nearly four months of travel, an intrepid couple and a tough little Suzuki Jimny has reached the halfway point in a quest to scale the five highest peaks in Africa. click here to read more online
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BMW in the Bushveld
A recent trip to the Kruger National Park and its surroundings in a BMW X5 M50d jogged the memory of Jim Freeman – remembering tales of the Bushveld, a man and a boy. And a very special dog ... click here to read more online
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The Lone Ranger
Perennially passed over and largely underrated, the revised Mazda BT-50 hopes to claw back ground in the double-cab sector. Ray Leathern took to the rugged Cederberg Wilderness to assess its chances. click to read more online
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Bakkie. Berg. Bike.
SUVs are great, but the double-cab bakkie remains South Africans’ favourite recreation vehicle. VW now has the fastest one, and Lance Branquinho believes it is the perfect bakkie with which to go mountain biking. click here to read more online
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In search of Gold
Was gold only discovered in South Africa in 1886? Well, perhaps in large enough quantities to be economically extracted. But, it seems gold was already founded here a thousand years ago … Ferdi de Vos went on a trip of Discovery to Mapungubwe, South Africa’s lost city of gold. click here
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Bakkie-Trip Through Time
With the eagerly awaited Mercedes-Benz X-Class revealed in Cape Town last month, Ferdi de Vos had an exclusive first drive in the highly anticipated pickup, and gathered its unique locally assembled forebears for a wistful bakkie-trip through six decades … click here to read more online
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King of the Hills
From Cape Town to an unlikely hill in Knysna that once a year comes to life with petrol-head merriment, Ray Leathern took Jaguar’s first SUV to challenge the daunting Seven Passes road. The mostly gravel route in question runs parallel with that ponderously slow stretch of N2 between George and Knysna; weaving
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Under African Skies
The Mzansi homecoming of the Sporty Tucson In early memory Mission music Was ringing 'round my nursery door I said take this child, Lord From Tucson Arizona Give her the wings to fly through harmony And she won't bother you no more -Paul Simon (Under African Skies on the 1986 album Graceland) There once was a girl from Tucson, Arizona,
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