Archive of BMW Motorrad Club Cape (2006 - 2019)

Trip report:  Sani Pass 8-10/10/10

 

I arrived at the ‘base camp’ on Friday eveni

I am transporting bikes from Cape Town to Johannesburg, KZN and back. Trip Dates: 25th of May depart CPT, 29th of May arrive back in CPT I have 2 places available going from CPT to Johannesburg, 1 place available going from Johannesburg to KZN and 1 place back to Cape Town. Prices: CPT - Gauteng: R 1500.00 One-Way; Gauteng - KZN: R 900.00 One-Way; KZN - CPT: R 1700.00 One-Way If you would like to book your spot, please either contact me via e-mail: 2WSafari@gmail.com or my number: 082 379 5343

The trip planned for Sept 2008 and postponed due to our son managing to impregnate our daughter-in-law and granny-to-be needing to visit and talk babies (baby Ryan was born yesterday 20 Apr), eventually came to fruition on 9 March this year. Pity one cannot plan the weather since a large part of the trip was unfortunately spoilt by it. It was a beautiful windless morning with an unusual sunrise. Sunrise Our partners in crime on the second bike are from Sedgefield and since they had not experienced Tradouw or the Country Pumpkin, we met up at Buffeljags BP filling station

Holgatpas - het so "bietjie" werk nodigOorsig Dit het begin een aand, ver van die huis, oor n bottel wyn in Lone Hill (Jhb). Maruis van die Strand en ek van Westbrook, n “one motorbike village” in KZN (30 km noord van Durban). Kom ons doen n trip, n epic. Nie lank gevat om te reel. Die plan was maklik, ek sal Saterdag van Westbrook ry na Oos Londen (oorslaap), my vrou optel by die lughawe 12h00 in PE, ontmoet Maruis, Frits en Sabrina (van Belfast in Mpumalanga wat sal treiler na Stilbaai) in Keurbooms by die Sarie Marais woonstelle wat ons goeie vriende Willy en Lutrie Viljoen van Pretoria tot ons beskiking gestel het. Van daar sal ons oor Prins Alfred pas na Uniondale ry, die Kammanassie Rivier volg na De Rust waar ons vir Noël en René van Rensburg van Riversdal sal ontmoet, dan oor die Swartberg pas na Gamkaskloof (Die Hel), oorslaap, terug uit die Gamkaskloof, links by die afdraai na Prince Albert. Van daar deur Meiringspoort terug na Uniondale, proviant koop en die pad vat. Na so 15 km regs na die Baviaanskloof. Slaap by Boetie en Henriette Terblanche in Aalwynbak grot. Vat die pad deur Baviaans en dan was die plan redelik oop totdat ek vir Magda (vroulief) weer by PE lughawe aflaai en my pad terug maak deur die Transkei na Westbrook.