Holiday Adventures

Travel Teaches Us To See

Travel, accommodation always a cost involved, for market Friday let's go visit somewhere we have been before, however I have never shared what the accommodation looks like.

Each a unique in destination, offering amenities in comfort with more home to home feel, whether a week or weekend, let's go hunting out accommodation!

Having utilized Natal Parks Board for many years with children growing up we realized holidays with young, continuously looking for entertainment at night, change needed to be made.

We settled on the idea of buying time share weeks, joining RCI to enable movement options to different places, however some years we did return to places more than once.

Excess points never were a problem with family members taking their families away or joining up with us and going together.

Sondela Bushveld lodgings many years ago, a place called Sondela Nature Reserve.

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Sondela - Warmbaths Region

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Night sky in dry inland region, amazing bird life, good viewing of animals as well, comfortable rustic accommodation.

Bushmans Neck another side to foothills in Southern Drakensburg mountains, different walks with some distance to cover before reaching mountain walks.

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Lesotho/South Africa border at the small waterfalls.

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Champagne Castle more recent years offers varied accommodation, we enjoyed excellent house set slightly out on the edge next to a small river making it a superb week.

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Champagne Castle

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La Rochelle in St Lucia, time for bush, sea and loads of silent walking to find birds, not step one anything untoward like snakes.

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Driving most days to be out.... On the road to Cape Vidal animal viewing, bird watching, enjoying flowers and unusual trees.
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Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them. - Miriam Makeba

Private accommodation arranged Brackenburn Trout Retreat for extreme peace and quiet, situated to many interesting places to explore, or lay back and watch the birds soar overhead.

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Out on the land between the dams and the river... wild flowers show their faces above the grass.

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Another private accommodation, this is so big you can comfortably fit a few families into this one! Oribi Gorge Guest Farm

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Close to the Oribi Gorge Reserve an ideal place to relax and unwind in a stunning old farm homestead.
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Back to the Southern Drakensberg where holidays aplenty over the years, another spot offering variety of accommodation. Fairways for the boys when younger was our go to holiday resort offering much of what the children needed in day exploration/hiking and nights to relax watching TV or playing pool at the hotel situated in the grounds.

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Sunset Southern Drakensburg Mountain Range With Rhino Peak
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Another spot on same land is Mountain View Cottages, we have enjoyed these old converted stables now comfy little places.

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View from these cottages... Below is roof to hotel, convenient to get to your evening meals if you so wish.

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Last but most definitely another to enjoy, we never stayed in the larger accommodation as shown in this photo is Caribbean Estates near Port Shepstone.

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Silver Hiver @lizelle enjoys this resort as well, another Hiver @giantbear lives in the town, how lucky she is. Another beautiful part of our country to explore without a doubt.

Views going down to this beach.... Wild coast delightful!
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And so we come to the end of this Market Friday with @dswigle hosting the show, yes you pay wherever you go, choose wisely you can see a lot along the way. Happy Friday!

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All recent photography my own using Canon Powershot SX730 HS camera or previous Canon. Any queries or requests please drop a comment below or make contact with me, have a wonderful day!

Thought for Today: "To travel is to see, to return is to talk." - African Proverb

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Hello dear friend @joanstewart good afternoon
What beautiful lodging places you have chosen for your vacation breaks. Beautiful images, I appreciate that you showed us
I take this opportunity to wish you a splendid afternoon and a wonderful weekend

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Always saved to have one holiday a year which we thoroughly enjoyed, now perhaps will return to using National Parks again for absolute peace, most are more remote will not have cellphone connection, no TV or outside disturbance, just life!

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Those are all awesome places :) Which is your favorite?

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Very hard to say with each offering something different, for comfort in accommodation Fairways would win hands down.

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And how about for adventure ❤️?

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Adventures have been shared over the last five years here on blockchain, all links have been transferred to Hive. Perhaps time is right to curate them, you giving me ideas thank @wrestlingdesires 💡

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I have a few posts which need adding to collections too 😂 Why are we so slow to use that feature?

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We slow on uptake in curating our own work into collection, silly us! Have a good week.

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I just did mine - now I challenge you to do yours, lol

Same to you 💓

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Went and peeked now will have to see and read more, not this week perhaps next! I will be back....

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I look forward to your thoughts :) And seeing your own collection 😂

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I love the look of the water I mean the way the color came out so cool. You got a nice shot bro

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Remote places offer a quality you don't see everywhere, thanks for visiting.

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All the photographs you have shared in this post are really awesome view of the nature. anyone can find these photographs very very useful as a natural photography. thank you very much for sharing and I hope everyone will enjoy your wonderful photography of nature.

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Getting out to enjoy what nature has to offer, once there hiking and walking to actually feel what is around. Recently I find many lay around swimming pools soaking up only what is on offer, not venturing out.

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Been to many of those Lady Joan, but not all of them.
A great post here.

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Travel to Eastern Transvaal and Cape with many stops, one can never see it all. Only definite is working toward a break from home at least once a year.

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Oh yes, much to see still on my bucket list, but it will have to wait for a few more years.
Time is not on my side and there is much work to do here.

!LUV

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Was planning a trip eight years ago, things have not worked out as planned so short trips suffice, perhaps one day....

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Oh yes, so wish that I can also take my dream trip Lady Joan.
Been talking about for 20 years and still no joy.
So the short ones it is.

!BEER

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Overland long trip we should have done years ago, now I am not too sure with husband suffering back pain. Possibly one day who knows.

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That's the thing isn't it? We continue to postpone thinking about one day we will and in the meantime age takes its toll.
Told by the specialist today that my left knee is kaput and will urgently have to be replaced.
I have a CD of the x-rays and rhe scans and yes, it's bone to bone.
Wakes me at least 5 times at night with sharp pains.

Back will also have to wait as we have to to the priorities first.

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Turning into bionic man with replacements, wish they could do that with teeth that felt comfortable.

Old age is not for sissies remember...!

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Maybe no operation Lady Joan, as it might be too expensive. Battling with the Med. Aid.

Don't I know that hahaha.

!BEER

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Fingers crossed this works out, if not possibly look at Government Hospital for help.

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Cancelled the op today Lady Joan. Not enough money.
Govt. hospital with Covid around is not a good idea and they will refuse as we have a Medical Aid.
We are on the bottom rung of the med aid and today they told us that we should upgrade to a higher plan that will cost my entire salary to pay per month. So no can do.

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So doing a pre-authorization did not work, with all these hidden rules these private medical insurance companies take money and run.

Inquire into government hospital, this covid is another excuse to slow down services. Hospitals are still clean even when run down, doctors are just as good as the private high earners, in fact more often than not there being dedicated.

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Oh yes, there is always a dodge included in the fine print.

My older sister had a knee replacement in a government hospital up north under haggard conditions as we had to take her food. After what I saw there, I am totally allergic to hospitals.
Although I must say that the doctor did a great job, as she is fine now.

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If able to get breakdown on prices, where major expense is you may be able to negotiate.

Sister-in-law had hip replacement, survived the food (which was not grand), brother was in same governement hospital said very basic, but clean, extremely high noise levels, both were happy with doctors and that is why they were there.

Yes also paid medical aid throughout their lives and could not afford it when retrenched under all this BBBEEE BS.

Moral of the story you pay, possibly never use, then in older age unable to keep monthly premiums going and you take what you can get.

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Nope, new knee alone is R40,000 and we can never afford that. One cannot fool around with inferior knees that are cheaper, as it can really complicate matters.
My sister also had a hip replacement in a govt. hospital that was in a bad state.
In my case the med aid will pay for the hospital and the aftercare, but not for the knee.

So sad that they were retrenched and I hope that they found some other way to earn some income?

Yes, that is totally true and when you get old in this country you are on your own.

!LUV

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Do knee manufacturer/supplier not offer a form of paying off, I know going into debt is not ideal, but health and ease of walking is pretty much needed daily.

Using medical insurance is much like supermarket shopping now days. Original medical aid if you had not used say dentistry you could move amount 'ex gratia' over to optical or surgery, new 'savings' is another scam system.

Sure you will look into every avenue and do what is best.

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Debt would be my very last consideration Lady Joan, as I am totally allergic to debt.

As you say they are all scams to enrich the shareholders. True honesty has fallen by the wayside the day that hard profits took over.
4 months into the year and all of our "savings" are depleted. A game of "Don't use us and pay us every month in case you get ill" Then we will not be there for you.

I said to @johannpiber that I will dust my toolbox off and go and look for private jobs.

You bet that I will find a way.

!BEER
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Allergic to debt myself, actually shoot yourself in the foot by not having it sometimes, they love to see debt.

'Sharks' circling all the time to plunge into whatever little you have, trust factor was lost, meaning of Ubuntu so many love to use, they don't have an inkling of what it is either.

Advice to younger generation is putting money into unit trusts monthly, let that grow covering all forms of insurance, call it your insurance stash for rainy days, it has unfortunately to be in fiat should you require it in a hurry.

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Scary stuff debt Lady Joan and I drilled that into the heads of my kids. Yet one of them learned a very expensive lesson and at last count all three of them are debt free.

Sharks and vultures indeed my friend until nothing is left. I think that there are many that wants the word Ubuntu buried, or to be replaced with the word Kill for what you want.

The problem with investments et al unit trusts are that after a time when the youngsters see how their savings have grown, they invent reasons for taking it all out and then after a month or two, they are right back from where they started.

Many pensioners also take their pensions out in lump sums, then they start or buy a business and for several reasons they lose it all. Some even lose it in false investment schemes.

It is frightening to know that there are so many cons out there and some of them have even dragged the charity word through the mud. Nothing and nobody is sacred to them.
These are not only our problems as they are worldwide.

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Yes debt was never something we entered into except house and car, like a noose around ones neck. This actually attracts those wishing to drag you into debt hang around even more.

Scam artists are rife in supposedly ethical businesses, as well as sharks never far off always waiting. Elderly really have to be cautious with modern technology we have had quite a few lose a lot just through banking online scams.

Great sunshine morning with chilly breeze blowing through, have a good week ahead.

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Debt is a trap as are so many other schemes Lady Joan.
During my first marriage I paid an insurance policy every month for many years and then at the divorce I skipped 3 months of payments and asked them to return my money. Not a cent back as the excuse was that I was covered every month over the time period, even though I never claimed anything.

Oh yes and we also had an elderly family member that sent his details to a "You have won" site.
He did that on a Friday and we saw him on the Saturday morning telling us about the big prize that he has won. He also told us that he was waiting for his bank to open as they sent him a message requesting a big registration fee. So we went with him and froze all of his accounts.
Luckily nothing was taken yet, so he had to wait for new cards.
Such is life.

Our weather is scrambled and confused over here. This week we will have 31C on Wednesday and 17C on Friday and everything in between. Plus rain of course.

Hope that the week will also be kind to you guys.

!LUV

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System would be fair if all vehicles on the road had to be insured, of late household insurance is a requirement with high theft levels. Due to the filth not cleared and inclement weather home insurance is needed since you don't know when a house may move downhill or swept away.

Yes the insurance companies know they hold all the cards, the latest being pumped is death policies catching so many, it is broad daylight robbery. Crazy times we living in, in certain areas you can bury your dead in your own back yard to cut costs, I only learned this three years ago, as previously 'advantaged' try it, it would never be allowed!

Weather is reflecting just deserts to all, mother nature still controls everything.

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One law that is lacking in this country is that it's compulsory for every car on the roads to have proof of insurance.
A guy driving a rickety worn out Cressida ran up into the backside of a new Mercedes and the guy had no insurance. Who will pay for the accident?

Nope, we have no insurance for many years on the house, but we have on the car and we have built up an emergency saving.
If anything were to happen with the house, we will simply go out to rent another one.

Yes, it's very expensive to die nowadays and that's why I have lasted for so long Lol.
A home job will also not work, as I don't want to lay in a garden with the new strangers in the house looking at me.
I didn't know about the backyard jobs and yes, we are the wrong color to try something like that.

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Sticking around cause it's too expensive, yup literally. Burying family on property dual aspect, once you have family bones on the property you can lay claims of ancestral rights, makes you think!

No.. next is star dust 💫 for me.

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Hahaha, same here also trying my best to stick around.
Now there is a trick that I don't know about. So I can go and lay a land claim for the cemetry where my family is buried? Ancestral land and all.

Stardust in a pendant form that Marian can wear as necklace, Not a bad idea.

!BEER

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Oh we have so many beautiful places to visit; I still want to visit Oribi Gorge Guest Farm, it's such a breathtaking area! We're also very satisfied with our purchase of points but are with Dream Vacations; it's given us some awesome holidays, thanks for the shoutout, Caribbean Estates is one of my favourites indeed!
Happy holidays;)

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Guest farm has the most beautiful old furniture it takes one back in time, has six or seven bedrooms sleeping two in each and three bathrooms, you could quite comfortably go down with a few families.

We are looking to sell our September/October school holiday week, six sleeper at Fairways with family grown up, still have points at RCI for another four years.

Holidays will always be looked forward to or travel through the country, just stopping off when one feels the urge, who knows what the future will bring.

Have a great weekend, hope you feeling better!

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Glad to hear that development is happening there :)

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Country needs tourism which stopped with recent events in the world, hopefully soon we will see visitors arrive again.

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These are some lovely looking places, Joan, I can imagine that you have had joyful times there with your family.
I know that a few images don't tell all, but from the photos, the Brackenburn Trout Retreat and the Caribbean Estates look most appealing to me.

I hope they haven't removed all of the poop from the stables and left some inside for the real countryside feeling when you sleep :)


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Yeah yeah poop was out by the time we arrived, actually large inside with two relatively big bedrooms and exceptionally large lounge, deceiving from the outside. Horses must have had great stables with excellent views in the old days.

Each place is self-catering, Brackenburn most remote which makes it an epic choice. Being in different parts, each offering good walking, hiking and birding selecting one would be impossible.

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Maybe the horses had a better home and view than their owners 🤣

I can relate to that, all places have their own advantages and offers, and depending on your preferences you go to one place and next holidays you change to another place.


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!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Wow we have ended up in some real dumps, this is not one of them... Horses definitely had a bit of the good life living here, and so did we.

Enjoy your weekend, you must be off for a couple of days now! Long week behind you.

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!BEER and PIZZA quick tonight.
!LUV Opsitkers alweer (candle light again).... Loadshedding!

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That's good to hear - not about the horses lifes, but about yours :)

My weekend will start tomorrow morning when I'll ride home from work, take a shower and have a coffee 😎
Next week is going to be even longer because I'll be working on Sunday, but Saturday is free :) At the end of October I want to take a few days off if the weather is ok.


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!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Yikes Johann that is a long week, then another back to back, you will need a good break by the end of month.

Fortunately over many years of holidays can honestly say we have only ended up in two that I would not put anything in, not living nor dead!

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It's not that I am doing hard work, and actually I'm doing less today than during the week in my office 😎
I hope that the work I have to do next week will make good process, so that I really can take a couple of days off and don't need to think of work.

I have also lived in places which I would love to have never seen them, but yours sound much worse.


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!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Being at works normally feels a waste of time, being productive far more rewarding, well I hope the days off come soon, then you can switch off from that side of life.

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Well, I have had some time to edit photos, so yesterday wasn't that wasted 😁
Hope your Sunday is as nice as mine has started with some Autumn colours and a little bit of snow.
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!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Oh that looks so amazingly wonderful, with colour lighting and some snow, now I look forward to see all since this is what I enjoy... Delightful Autumn Scenery!

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Thank you 🤗 the snow surprised me somehow, but I should have thought that it would already be white up there. In two weeks all the larches will be orange and if it's not snowing too much the road will still be open till the end of October, when they close for the Winter.


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!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Enjoying my morning coffee and noticed your lovely photography post had gone up, appear to miss you late afternoons of late.

Then we back to loadshedding so was off of electricity yesterday afternoon, never ending story, wish I had a backyard to go hike in like yours.

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Never mind Joan, I appreciate your kind comments here and on Twitter at any time, and since I don't post regularly at the moment, it's no wonder you miss my posts ... I miss many too 😉

So, enjoy your coffee Joan, I have a fresh coffee on my desk, and have a great day 🌞


!PIZZA and !BEER - sounds like a nice dinner :)
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Catch-up when I am able, much like you I only post when I get the time to prepare properly, old habits die hard.

Have a great day, coffee all done, loadshedding time was house cleaning 😣, showered and ready to go again, have a good one!

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I have always my "private" tabs open in the browser, so I can quickly switch and reply if possible 🤣

Yes, I need time to make a post, time to edit the photos and to think about what I am doing 😉 and yesterday I didn't have much time, so I added a poem 😎

My work day is almost over and I don't want to stay longer in the office today. The sun has just come out before but it is quite cold. So I will only ride home and see what the afternoon will bring :)
You have a good day too, Joan 🌞


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Safe journey home, sun on your back breeze in the face have a great afternoon.

I think I am out of most !BEER and !PIZZA for today... Don't worry, tomorrow will arrive with new again!

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It's only a short ride and I take care because the roads can already be icy at places. You have a great afternoon too.

I have always enough !BEER but I think my !PIZZA will be out soon too ;)


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No slipping up, it not allowed 😅

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The road was dry, nothing happened 😉

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Dry road, no wind makes for a better ride.

Good morning ☕️ again to kickstart another day.

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Good morning Joan - today is gray but dry too 😃
Have a ☕️ and enjoy your day 🌞


Cheers and !BEER
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Hope the sunshine peeks through later. Thanks for the coffee and have yourself a good day.

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It doesn't look like sunshine here, but who knows, maybe she comes for a visit later 🌞


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Sending some sunshiner greetings....
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Thank you so much, that is so nice 🙏☺️

I don't have no poem or such, but a little bit cool ice ❄️
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Ice goes nice to cool down now and enjoy that !BEER and !PIZZA well cold meat and salads...

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Great 😁
!BEER and !PIZZA or cold meat and salad, now you have made me hungry 😆


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Now look at what happened 09h00 and 34 deg C feels like 37 with humidity, ice, ice needed!

Monkey contemplating a route into "cooler indoors".....
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Oh well, I want to try to help you to keep this guy outside, although he looks so cute 🤗

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That ice barriers would be great, replace the air-conditioner unit! Monkey won't like that, so thanks....

Have a swell day!

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Cool 😎 you're welcome, just tell me if you need more ice 😆


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Interesting post, Joan and although I have only been to one of them - brought back memories - Champagne castle

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Loved that spot, first one we made a visit up to after long lockdown! Sheer relaxation.

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Yes, sheer beauty and especially when the snow is on the mountain tops

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You have had some beautiful places to holiday in, Joan. I really like the design of the Champagne Castle, especially the roof. I see in Europe some houses are barn conversions. Not a thing I see done around here but, why not, if it’s a good building. Horses are definitely not used much anymore on the farms with all the tractors and other farm equipment available .

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Thatch roofing is not used everywhere due to lightning or baboons ripping into it, always gives a wonderful homely feel.

Using old barns not something you see here too often either, Britain appear to be doing a lot in conversions.

Horses now run wild in many countries no longer serving man, not so much here with horse and donkey still in use in many parts of the country for moving goods.

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You must feel very fortunate to have been able to travel to so many beautiful areas.
South Africa offers so much and hopefully one day all of its citizens will be able to live in peace.
There're so many places that I would love to visit, but I've got a feeling most of them I will never see, and experiencing them here on #hive will have to do. If the world wasn't so crazy and full of hatred my adventurous side may stand a chance of becoming a reality.

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Getting out of the city madness is always a problem driving, once in the countryside a pleasure. South Africa is reasonably large, each region very different.

I don't see change in the formidable future, too many living in the past fearful of moving forward together much like many other countries.

Visiting places here in Hive, I thoroughly enjoy seeing through the lens of members, stories of places I will never get to see now, yes bridge the gap!

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All these places look so wonderful. I was blessed to day to go to the Nederberg Wine Farm in the Cape. My post to follow.

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Cape is beautiful, have a wonderful evening!

Psst: NB: Last time I did the Cape wine tour wine tasting was free at all of them, now that was a long, long time ago! No wonder it remains amazing.

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Not sure since I've only been to the one - and I had a most delicious meal which my friend treated me to

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They never offered meals, only wine tasting with possibly a little cheese LOL, it was in the 70's.

Restaurants at farms was not done back then, would imagine they are super popular and a relaxing place to enjoy good company.

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Absolutely superb - atmosphere and food both outstanding.

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Thanks for updates, keep going @hivebuzz, have an amazing new week!

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You're welcome @joanstewart, that's with pleasure! Have a nice day 😊🌹 And thanks to you for your everyday motivation here!

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Sondela Nature Reserve – the night sky is magical, what lay out there that I couldn’t see, but, could only hear? The foothills in Southern Drakensburg were gorgeous! If I hadn’t been there, you wouldn’t be able to tell me that I was in Africa. I have never been to Lesotho before. You have such a rich history of strange and exotic places. I say strange, even though I don’t mean weird. I used to bet which country would change its name next (I was a young kid, but, I just learned the continent and boom! I had to learn it all over again!)

Champagne Castle looks mighty fine! Did they serve, you know… Champagne? I think I’m in love with La Rochelle in St. Lucia! The fog lifting over the rolling hills and mountains.

Le sigh.

Rhino Peak is fabulous, Joan! The natural beauty of Port Shepstone… You have really been to some nice places. I like Timeshares if you use them. The problem with people is they don’t usually use them. I bought one when I was 24 and sold it twenty years later. I used it and had fun with it, and if I wasn’t able to, I let someone in my family use it, so it was a good deal for me. Thank you so much, this was so much fun and you have outdone yourself taking us everywhere!

#MarketFriday has evolved over time from straight shopping to a cultural affair as it highlights how we differ and then again, how much we are alike. Rituals, Festivals, food, architecture, even your language/languages. Along with the fact of what is normal for where you live? These are unwritten rules that rule our social behaviors. I see this as allowing for increased tolerance between cultures and nations, and opportunities to come together on an even playing ground. A strong culture can be beneficial to a country as it promotes unity, especially during a crisis, peaceful debate, and open dialogue.

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Many years of travel and fun, not only ourselves but extended family when excess points were available.

Sondela was the first we purchased into, found it very far to travel and used excess points finding Fairways through an exchange.

Sold Sondela after about eight years, having already purchased into Fairways, being school holiday week it suited us wonderfully taking friends along for our sons.

Each place has wonderful memories, much like you I love travel, especially into more remote quiet places, now the time has come we consider selling Fairways. Sons plan to make a move, for us we have points to carry through to 2024, time is right for another family to have the joy of this spot.

Wonderful to share in such a charming way, finding out more about people in far away lands.

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I can see that your many holidays in so many varied places have been very soul healing. What fun you have had over the years @joanstewart.

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Different areas to enjoy the outdoors, having time away is a must. Living on the coast we more often than not went inland.

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That looks like a lot of fun traveling it would certainly have been a experience and a eye opener.

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Early years in National Parks Board there we found absolute peace, as boys grew up they needed a bit more entertainment.

Yes some lovely places, just a taste of packing up for at least a week away every year.

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