<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244</id><updated>2011-07-31T06:19:39.322+02:00</updated><category term='KLR'/><category term='Naboom2Vladivostok'/><title type='text'>Naboom2Germany (and back!)</title><subtitle type='html'>My tweede langafstandtoer begin DV 3 Mei 2010. Ek deel weer met jou al die lekker en minder lekker van die voorbereiding en later ook van die toer. Webblad: www.naboom2germany.co.za</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>46</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-6744330520590516375</id><published>2010-04-14T11:03:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T11:03:56.042+02:00</updated><title type='text'>New blog</title><content type='html'>&lt;DIV&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=2&gt;I am going to stop using this blog. Please go to my  website &lt;A href="http://www.naboom2germany.co.za"&gt;www.naboom2germany.co.za&lt;/A&gt;  and visit the new blog, which started on 14 April 2010.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/DIV&gt; &lt;DIV&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/DIV&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-6744330520590516375?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/6744330520590516375/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-blog.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/6744330520590516375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/6744330520590516375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-blog.html' title='New blog'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-2408880548001206448</id><published>2010-03-28T07:35:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-28T07:35:57.988+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Würzburg</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S67p9-zA0MI/AAAAAAAADqY/auSP6L8pXD4/s1600/W%C3%BCrzburg.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S67p9-zA0MI/AAAAAAAADqY/auSP6L8pXD4/s320/W%C3%BCrzburg.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Another day, another city in Germany, and again I was so privileged to share my experiences of Naboom2Germany to many wonderful people. Here are some of the exchange students coming to South Africa this year. My colleague Nicole Ip is on the left.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-2408880548001206448?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/2408880548001206448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/03/wurzburg.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/2408880548001206448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/2408880548001206448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/03/wurzburg.html' title='Würzburg'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S67p9-zA0MI/AAAAAAAADqY/auSP6L8pXD4/s72-c/W%C3%BCrzburg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-1953092498448322467</id><published>2010-03-26T15:38:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-26T18:45:52.975+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Nuwe blog / New blog</title><content type='html'>Ek is besig om 'n nuwe blog te ontwikkel wat meer funksies gaan bied as die huidige een. Dit gaan 'n mooier blog wees wat lekker gaan lees en die reisgevoel nog beter gaan oorbring.&lt;BR&gt; &lt;BR&gt; Oor ongeveer vyf weke gaan die heerlike avontuur begin. Ek begin die weke nou aftel! &lt;BR&gt; &lt;BR&gt; &lt;BR&gt; &lt;BR&gt; I am busy developing a new blog with more features than the present one. The appearance will be more striking and will enhance the pleasure of travelling with me across Africa.&lt;BR&gt; &lt;BR&gt; In about five weeks the big adventure will start. I look forward to it!&lt;BR&gt; &lt;BR&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-1953092498448322467?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/1953092498448322467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/03/nuwe-blog-new-blog.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1953092498448322467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1953092498448322467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/03/nuwe-blog-new-blog.html' title='Nuwe blog / New blog'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-1198835320609217318</id><published>2010-03-24T10:52:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-24T10:52:59.387+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Bielefeld, Germany</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S6nS64ef8EI/AAAAAAAADqQ/OGTi_m_CfnM/s1600/Bielefeld-779388.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S6nS64ef8EI/AAAAAAAADqQ/OGTi_m_CfnM/s320/Bielefeld-779388.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452120732943249474" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Ek was so bevoorreg om &amp;#39;n naweekseminaar van die FSA Youth Exchange in&lt;br&gt;Bielefeld van 19 - 21 Maart by te woon. Ek het Saterdagaand die kans&lt;br&gt;gehad om &amp;#39;n aanbieding te doen gebaseer op my motorfietstoer van twee&lt;br&gt;jaar gelede oor Afrika. Die tema: My hartklop is Afrika: Die menslike&lt;br&gt;kant van die Swart Kontinent. Ek het &amp;#39;n paar dinge in my lewe wat ek&lt;br&gt;moeilik sou kon vergeet. Bielefeld 20 Maart 2010 is een van daardie&lt;br&gt;hoogtepunte. Wat &amp;#39;n wonderlike klomp jongmense was daar!&lt;p&gt;I had the privilege of attending a weekend seminar of the FSA Youth&lt;br&gt;Exchange in Germany, from 19 - 21 March 2010. On Saturday night I did my&lt;br&gt;presentation, which was based on my motorbike tour across Africa two&lt;br&gt;years ago. The topic: Africa is my Heartbeat: The Human side of the&lt;br&gt;Black Continent. That evening was added to my list of very special&lt;br&gt;moments in my life. I will cherish the memory of those interested,&lt;br&gt;well-educated German young people.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-1198835320609217318?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/1198835320609217318/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/03/bielefeld-germany.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1198835320609217318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1198835320609217318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/03/bielefeld-germany.html' title='Bielefeld, Germany'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S6nS64ef8EI/AAAAAAAADqQ/OGTi_m_CfnM/s72-c/Bielefeld-779388.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-6840514374599294689</id><published>2010-03-17T12:02:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-17T12:03:46.045+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Dit gaan 'n lang pad word ...</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S6CpAnCu0EI/AAAAAAAADqE/7AzspkEegqA/s1600-h/klr-726046.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S6CpAnCu0EI/AAAAAAAADqE/7AzspkEegqA/s320/klr-726046.JPG"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449541377063833666" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Trans-Kalahari Highway, Botswana, January 2010&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-6840514374599294689?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/6840514374599294689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/03/dit-gaan-n-lang-pad-word.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/6840514374599294689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/6840514374599294689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/03/dit-gaan-n-lang-pad-word.html' title='Dit gaan &apos;n lang pad word ...'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S6CpAnCu0EI/AAAAAAAADqE/7AzspkEegqA/s72-c/klr-726046.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-6970490809628783167</id><published>2010-03-17T11:54:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-17T11:54:58.651+02:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>Nie Rusland nie maar Afrika&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Die Russe het gespreek. 'n Rusland / Siberiëtoer gaan nie in 2010 'n realiteit word nie want ons gaan nie visums vir die drie maande kry nie.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ons draai die toer nou om en gaan van Duitsland oor Israel deur Afrika ry. Vir my bly Afrika nog steeds die wonderlikste toer denkbaar.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Die webblad en die blog gaan van April  baie meer aktief word.  Hou dit dop, dit gaan oor die volgende maande baie interessante leesstof bied.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Groete!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-6970490809628783167?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/6970490809628783167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/03/nie-rusland-nie-maar-afrika-die-russe.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/6970490809628783167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/6970490809628783167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/03/nie-rusland-nie-maar-afrika-die-russe.html' title=''/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-1557597477650075468</id><published>2010-02-28T13:09:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-28T13:10:12.353+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Welkome gas</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S4pPFP6zUvI/AAAAAAAADp8/mtlGJUfFf38/s1600-h/anita-712353.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S4pPFP6zUvI/AAAAAAAADp8/mtlGJUfFf38/s320/anita-712353.JPG"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443250051221770994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Ek het die naweek &amp;#39;n welkome gas op Naboom gehad. Die ouens wat my boek&lt;br&gt;gelees het, sal die naam Anita Botha en Soedan onthou. Toe ek weens die&lt;br&gt;hitte baie swaar in Soedan gekry het, het die onbekende mens met haar&lt;br&gt;boodskappe oor die internet my baie aanmoediging gegee om my droom&lt;br&gt;enduit te leef en nie kortpaaie te kies nie. Die naweek kon ek haar boek&lt;br&gt;vir haar teken en weer dankie s&amp;#234;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-1557597477650075468?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/1557597477650075468/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/02/welkome-gas.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1557597477650075468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1557597477650075468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/02/welkome-gas.html' title='Welkome gas'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S4pPFP6zUvI/AAAAAAAADp8/mtlGJUfFf38/s72-c/anita-712353.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-3278940465085329786</id><published>2010-02-21T21:21:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T21:21:50.709+02:00</updated><title type='text'>47 000 km</title><content type='html'>Ek het laatmiddag in die Waterberge gaan ry. Is daar 'n wonderliker manier om 'n dag te beeindig as op 'n motorfiets in die bosveld, die hemel wat al hoe donkerder word, al hoe meer sterre wat aan die donker hemel begin te skyn en al die intense geure wat maar net in die bosveld voorkom?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Die KLR het vandag op 47 090 km gestaan, en loop nog soos 'n KLR.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-3278940465085329786?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/3278940465085329786/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/02/47-000-km.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/3278940465085329786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/3278940465085329786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/02/47-000-km.html' title='47 000 km'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-4171011120603324138</id><published>2010-02-21T14:47:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T14:47:21.797+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Russian visa, donations for Operation Smile</title><content type='html'>&lt;b&gt;English below&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dit sal seker onrealisties wees as alles net voor die wind sou gaan. Ons sukkel met die Russiese visum. Om 'n visum vir die lang tydperk te kry, moet ek 'n uitnodiging uit Rusland via die Russiese Dept van Binnelandse Sake kry. Dit grens aan die byna onmoontlike.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ek het nou reeds besluit: As die Russe permanent stoer&amp;nbsp; bly, gaan ek nie op my kniee staan en smeek nie. Ek is dan lus om die KLR in Munchen te kry, 'n draai deur Duitsland te ry en dan suid te draai en dan die grootste toer op aarde te doen, nl. weer oor Afrika terug Suid-Afrika toe! 'n Rit oor Afrika bly maar die grootste ....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nou is dit in die Russe se hande wat gaan gebeur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Daar is byna al genoeg geld vir die eerste kind se operasie en ses maande na-operatiewe versorging. Ek is opgewonde oor wat nog gaan kom! Asb. ouens, baie tien rand donasies gaan maak dat ons die doelwit gaan bereik. Help asb!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;English&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It would be unrealistic to expect all planning to go well and without any hassles. I am struggling with the Russian visa. They are difficult. To get a visa for nearly three months one needs an invitation from Russia via the Russian home Department. Easier said than done. I am speaking to many people at the moment. Hopefully within the next week or so I will know whether such an invitation is possible or not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Cold War is still present in the heads of many people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What if i cannot get a Russian visa? Then I will do the greatest tour on earth, and that is again from Europe across Africa back home. I believe what must happen, will happen. I am excited to see what is going to happen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The money is slowly but surely starting coming in for Operation Smile. We are very close to the have raised enough money for the first child's operation and six months after-operation care. Come on guys, let us support Operation Smile! Many ten rand notes will pave the way to our goal.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-4171011120603324138?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/4171011120603324138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-visa-donations-for-operation.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/4171011120603324138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/4171011120603324138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/02/russian-visa-donations-for-operation.html' title='Russian visa, donations for Operation Smile'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-1076330089322264851</id><published>2010-02-15T06:40:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-02-15T06:40:32.941+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The weather in Vladivostok</title><content type='html'>I am a supporter of the Ubuntu operating system and use it on my laptop.&lt;br&gt;There is a setting at the time/date button which shows you the time and&lt;br&gt;weather of pre-selected cities worldwide. Vladivostok is one of my&lt;br&gt;selected cities.&lt;p&gt;It is now 14:38 in Vladivostok, scattered clouds, -9 degrees, feels like&lt;br&gt;-15.3 degrees. There is a difference of 8 hours between South Africa and&lt;br&gt;the far eastern part of Siberia.&lt;p&gt;Time is flying. Soon...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-1076330089322264851?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/1076330089322264851/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/02/weather-in-vladivostok.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1076330089322264851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1076330089322264851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/02/weather-in-vladivostok.html' title='The weather in Vladivostok'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-7178004447731316043</id><published>2010-01-29T09:28:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-29T09:28:35.489+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Looking back on the January trip with the KLR</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KB8VFbWHI/AAAAAAAADm8/09_Z1q664BI/s1600-h/IMG_2247.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KB8VFbWHI/AAAAAAAADm8/09_Z1q664BI/s320/IMG_2247.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Day 1: Short lunch break in Swartruggens. The old station is coverted into a restaurant. Worth visiting. It was raining.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KDAnc14oI/AAAAAAAADnE/m67UaAy-7ds/s1600-h/IMG_2253.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KDAnc14oI/AAAAAAAADnE/m67UaAy-7ds/s320/IMG_2253.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Groot Marico: The town of Herman Charles Bosman, and mampoer. Yes, it was still raining.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KDV3EpP1I/AAAAAAAADnM/Qh4K-CfcYSI/s1600-h/IMG_2256.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KDV3EpP1I/AAAAAAAADnM/Qh4K-CfcYSI/s320/IMG_2256.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Herman Charles Bosman&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KEF5ID5OI/AAAAAAAADnU/g-kQHWXpkYM/s1600-h/IMG_2287.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KEF5ID5OI/AAAAAAAADnU/g-kQHWXpkYM/s320/IMG_2287.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;On the long way to Kang, Botswana. We had to stop often to put on our rain suits.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KEf8oCE6I/AAAAAAAADnc/ugKVMrvVkLE/s1600-h/IMG_2290.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KEf8oCE6I/AAAAAAAADnc/ugKVMrvVkLE/s320/IMG_2290.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;In pouring rain we arrived in Kang and spent the night in a small wooden chalet on the wet camping site. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KFE0tjRyI/AAAAAAAADnk/G-hRmMPD-Lk/s1600-h/IMG_2293.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KFE0tjRyI/AAAAAAAADnk/G-hRmMPD-Lk/s320/IMG_2293.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The muddy face of the KLR&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KFXr7UbHI/AAAAAAAADns/wS_vzWDbW5Q/s1600-h/IMG_2297.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KFXr7UbHI/AAAAAAAADns/wS_vzWDbW5Q/s320/IMG_2297.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;In Gobabis we preferred a dry night and selected a BnB. Diana, the owner, originates from Russia and speaks an excellent Afrikaans.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KGABszXOI/AAAAAAAADn0/mRijr0UJowc/s1600-h/IMG_2300.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KGABszXOI/AAAAAAAADn0/mRijr0UJowc/s320/IMG_2300.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;On the way south to Keetmanshoop. Sunshine and rain, rain suits and wet riding clothes became the pattern of the day's riding.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KGmGqa_sI/AAAAAAAADn8/B87y0aOlUns/s1600-h/IMG_2304.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KGmGqa_sI/AAAAAAAADn8/B87y0aOlUns/s320/IMG_2304.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The long road south.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KG6qUShGI/AAAAAAAADoE/Z-1zvYHqu-0/s1600-h/IMG_2306.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KG6qUShGI/AAAAAAAADoE/Z-1zvYHqu-0/s320/IMG_2306.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;I pitched my tent outside the backpackers room at the Schuetzenverein in Keetmanshoop. The earrings on the handle bar of the KLR are my wet socks.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KHeDnsOmI/AAAAAAAADoM/yTl7zgE2DaM/s1600-h/IMG_2308.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KHeDnsOmI/AAAAAAAADoM/yTl7zgE2DaM/s320/IMG_2308.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Our only hot, hot day: Keetmanshoop to Upington.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KHwBlQdRI/AAAAAAAADoU/CnjlcY3f3Fo/s1600-h/IMG_2314.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KHwBlQdRI/AAAAAAAADoU/CnjlcY3f3Fo/s320/IMG_2314.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Prieska: At this coffee shop you get the best omelette in South Africa. Ok, I know, it is a bit exaggerated. It is a wonderful, delicious omelette.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KIxMwB8tI/AAAAAAAADoc/WjvoloC8UX8/s1600-h/IMG_2317.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KIxMwB8tI/AAAAAAAADoc/WjvoloC8UX8/s320/IMG_2317.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;On that wonderful gravel road with mud and stones and flat gravel, a dream for the KLR.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KJN4WsTGI/AAAAAAAADok/CodgGpEswWQ/s1600-h/IMG_2319.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KJN4WsTGI/AAAAAAAADok/CodgGpEswWQ/s320/IMG_2319.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Orania = innovative. The beginning of a straw house. On completion one would not imagine that the walls of the house straw filled is.It isolates very well for the extreme seasons there.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KJ0r639bI/AAAAAAAADos/as4fWBuLfuw/s1600-h/IMG_2322.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KJ0r639bI/AAAAAAAADos/as4fWBuLfuw/s320/IMG_2322.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Using sunshine to cook. Sunshine is for free (if it is not raining :-)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KKP8y_WTI/AAAAAAAADo0/JcsWIe-sZhI/s1600-h/IMG_2330.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KKP8y_WTI/AAAAAAAADo0/JcsWIe-sZhI/s320/IMG_2330.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Go and visit the museum. It is part of our history.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KKtOj-8vI/AAAAAAAADo8/Apd2zeNjd_A/s1600-h/IMG_2335.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KKtOj-8vI/AAAAAAAADo8/Apd2zeNjd_A/s320/IMG_2335.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;On a hill overlooking the town.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KK55cMazI/AAAAAAAADpE/1hFetVSHu3A/s1600-h/IMG_2342.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KK55cMazI/AAAAAAAADpE/1hFetVSHu3A/s320/IMG_2342.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Children walking, cycling and playing. As it should be.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KLNV9epzI/AAAAAAAADpM/qQqTQuIyVJs/s1600-h/IMG_2345.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KLNV9epzI/AAAAAAAADpM/qQqTQuIyVJs/s320/IMG_2345.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;On the stoep with coffee and koeksisters.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KLaEpc3vI/AAAAAAAADpU/JJJmv6e9sHU/s1600-h/IMG_2346.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KLaEpc3vI/AAAAAAAADpU/JJJmv6e9sHU/s320/IMG_2346.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;To encourage shopping in-town an own currency was created, called the Ora. If one pays with Ora one pays about 5% less than the Rand price. On the left the "Kleine Reus" (small giant) of Orania.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KMBCrVZHI/AAAAAAAADpc/g7ghOtU0z4w/s1600-h/IMG_2349.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KMBCrVZHI/AAAAAAAADpc/g7ghOtU0z4w/s320/IMG_2349.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;The koeksister monument.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KNNlfl8eI/AAAAAAAADpk/MEM5BWj0hQY/s1600-h/IMG_2354.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KNNlfl8eI/AAAAAAAADpk/MEM5BWj0hQY/s320/IMG_2354.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Crossing the Orange River into the Free State. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KNjAOSX3I/AAAAAAAADps/iqsj9jYwozA/s1600-h/IMG_2358.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KNjAOSX3I/AAAAAAAADps/iqsj9jYwozA/s320/IMG_2358.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;There could be only one town with a coffee pot and cup and saucer at the entrance of the town: Koffiefontein.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KN75A_9pI/AAAAAAAADp0/NGsmB5yBATg/s1600-h/IMG_2360.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KN75A_9pI/AAAAAAAADp0/NGsmB5yBATg/s320/IMG_2360.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Flooding forced us to change route after roads and bridges were flooded. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-7178004447731316043?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/7178004447731316043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/looking-back-on-january-trip-with-klr.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/7178004447731316043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/7178004447731316043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/looking-back-on-january-trip-with-klr.html' title='Looking back on the January trip with the KLR'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2KB8VFbWHI/AAAAAAAADm8/09_Z1q664BI/s72-c/IMG_2247.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-8528773441311560436</id><published>2010-01-28T09:27:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-28T09:28:26.405+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Reen en oorstromings</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2E8mn8_jmI/AAAAAAAADm0/06zSMLzjt_M/s1600-h/28012010-706406.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2E8mn8_jmI/AAAAAAAADm0/06zSMLzjt_M/s320/28012010-706406.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431689259843030626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Na die groot reens kom die oorstromings. Die Noord-Vrystaat is vol water!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-8528773441311560436?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/8528773441311560436/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/reen-en-oorstromings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/8528773441311560436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/8528773441311560436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/reen-en-oorstromings.html' title='Reen en oorstromings'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S2E8mn8_jmI/AAAAAAAADm0/06zSMLzjt_M/s72-c/28012010-706406.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-9023962170494552974</id><published>2010-01-27T09:38:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-27T09:39:50.574+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Oranjerivier</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1_txsY-u4I/AAAAAAAADms/zCN_EH-29a4/s1600-h/27012010-790575.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1_txsY-u4I/AAAAAAAADms/zCN_EH-29a4/s320/27012010-790575.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431321113617415042" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-9023962170494552974?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/9023962170494552974/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/oranjerivier.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/9023962170494552974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/9023962170494552974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/oranjerivier.html' title='Oranjerivier'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1_txsY-u4I/AAAAAAAADms/zCN_EH-29a4/s72-c/27012010-790575.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-4009681117002816113</id><published>2010-01-26T19:47:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-26T19:50:22.743+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Die KLR in Orania</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.&amp;nbsp; Abraham Lincoln&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Orania is so omstrede soos 'n broer in die tronk. Dit was die rede hoekom ek hiernatoe wou kom om my te oortuig dat wat ek in die pers lees, reg is/was.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ek sit nou en skryf en weet nie wat om te skryf nie. Ek het deur my foto's gekyk en die bestes uitgehaal om nie op die blog te sit nie. As 'n mens nie hier was nie, sal jy die foto's nie na  waarde kan skat nie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In een museum was my enigste inskrywing: 'n Venster het twee kante. 'n Mens kyk deur dieselfde venster en, afhangende aan watter kant jy staan, sien twee wêrelde.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Doen jouself die guns: Kom Orania toe en kom kyk wat aangaan. Vorm jou eie opinie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Die grootste rassiste wat ek nog ontmoet het, woon nie in Orania nie, maar in my en jou wêreld.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S18loP0_EJI/AAAAAAAADmM/lNNqbntcTzA/s1600-h/IMG_2328.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S18loP0_EJI/AAAAAAAADmM/lNNqbntcTzA/s320/IMG_2328.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S18l6yai0OI/AAAAAAAADmU/fWoLdd--0fU/s1600-h/IMG_2327.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S18l6yai0OI/AAAAAAAADmU/fWoLdd--0fU/s320/IMG_2327.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die begraafplaas het verskeie interessante hoekies met mense wat diep spore getrap het.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S18mm-s3EGI/AAAAAAAADmc/4AhDu3NVpME/s1600-h/IMG_2332.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S18mm-s3EGI/AAAAAAAADmc/4AhDu3NVpME/s320/IMG_2332.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die Klein Reus (werk werk werk!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S18rM95xKJI/AAAAAAAADmk/uPlpfKnJx2s/s1600-h/IMG_2341.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S18rM95xKJI/AAAAAAAADmk/uPlpfKnJx2s/s320/IMG_2341.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ek wonder wanneer ons munisipalitete daarmee gaan begin. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Donderdag gaan ons reis verder tot in Welkom waar ons by vriende gaan oornag. Dis blykbaar baie nat in die Vrystaat. Ons is gereed vir die water.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-4009681117002816113?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/4009681117002816113/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/die-klr-in-orania.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/4009681117002816113'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/4009681117002816113'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/die-klr-in-orania.html' title='Die KLR in Orania'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S18loP0_EJI/AAAAAAAADmM/lNNqbntcTzA/s72-c/IMG_2328.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-9078557593847874951</id><published>2010-01-25T19:40:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-25T19:40:32.781+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The trip continues</title><content type='html'>Good evening!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In Africa one never complains about rain, not even when on a motorcycle tour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My goodness, and did we have rain. For the first three to four days we were never without our rain suits. At one water hole (my error) even the hooter of my KLR stopped working and being washed with brown mudday water.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The KLRs were again superb. What a comfortable ride I have had until now. My bike is packed like for Russia, so it is heavy. On a few days we had a terrible headwind and as a result the fuel consumption dropped to 16 km / l. On other days it went up to 20 km / l.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had only one hot, dry day, and that was on Sunday from Keetmanshoop to Upington. We felt dried out when we got to Upington.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today, Monday, was the highlight. We left early from Upington en route to Orania. Shortly after we left Prieska we turned onto a muddy gravel road. A loooong road with mud, gravel and stones awaited us. What a pleasure! As comfortable as the KLRs were on the tarred road they offered a comfortable ride also on the gravel. I couldn't help asking myself how that would feel in Siberia when one is on such a road and the destination is days further. I need to work more on my mental preparation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While on the gravel road a huge storm was building up to our left. The heaven turned dark with rain and thunder. The KLRs were flying but the storm suddenly reached us and soaked us while we put on our rain suits again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now we are in Orania. it is my first visit here. Tomorrow we are going on a town tour. I look forward to that. I will keep you posted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some photographs of the last two days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S13WHpFDSOI/AAAAAAAADls/9HOFHUdZjxU/s1600-h/img_2310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S13WHpFDSOI/AAAAAAAADls/9HOFHUdZjxU/s320/img_2310.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ariamsvlei, Namibia. The three boys watched us interested filling the bikes the last time in Namibia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S13WjmNIilI/AAAAAAAADl0/PQRRl42w8h4/s1600-h/img_2312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S13WjmNIilI/AAAAAAAADl0/PQRRl42w8h4/s320/img_2312.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;It was hot camping in Upington.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S13W71PPk4I/AAAAAAAADl8/NU3czkHED2E/s1600-h/img_2316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S13W71PPk4I/AAAAAAAADl8/NU3czkHED2E/s320/img_2316.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;On the desolated Karoo plains.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S13XOVHb0iI/AAAAAAAADmE/j6L90LqAFzY/s1600-h/img_2318.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S13XOVHb0iI/AAAAAAAADmE/j6L90LqAFzY/s320/img_2318.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;That is what the KLR loves: Wide open spaces of nothing &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-9078557593847874951?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/9078557593847874951/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/trip-continues.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/9078557593847874951'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/9078557593847874951'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/trip-continues.html' title='The trip continues'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S13WHpFDSOI/AAAAAAAADls/9HOFHUdZjxU/s72-c/img_2310.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-1207860779895921579</id><published>2010-01-22T18:54:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-22T18:57:12.627+02:00</updated><title type='text'>In the rain</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1nY6BKl3iI/AAAAAAAADlU/RsHQVKnNzF8/s1600-h/gobab1-732628.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1nY6BKl3iI/AAAAAAAADlU/RsHQVKnNzF8/s320/gobab1-732628.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429609317028716066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1nY6at6yTI/AAAAAAAADlc/VZzYIhw4-Mg/s1600-h/gobab2-733636.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1nY6at6yTI/AAAAAAAADlc/VZzYIhw4-Mg/s320/gobab2-733636.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429609323887774002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1nY6mr44_I/AAAAAAAADlk/m1-FU1pRb0M/s1600-h/gobab3-734740.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1nY6mr44_I/AAAAAAAADlk/m1-FU1pRb0M/s320/gobab3-734740.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429609327100486642" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Goeie naand!&lt;p&gt;Dag 3 se ry is verby. Elke dag het die vorige dag wat reen en nat-wees, oortref. Die laaste 110 km vandag was in stortreen wat alles rondom ons met &amp;#39;n grys kombers bedek het.&lt;p&gt;Ek geniet die ry. Die slegte weer is goeie voorbereiding vir wat in Rusland op ons wag.&lt;p&gt;Ons was gisteraand in Kang, Botswana, vannaand in Gobabis, Namibie (deelteken).&lt;p&gt;Day 3 was the wettest day of our trip so far. We had hours of rain every single day. The last 110 km today  was in a heavy downpour with very poor visibility.&lt;p&gt;I enjoy every second of the ride. What better way could we ask for to prepare ourselves for Russia?&lt;p&gt;We were in Kang, Botswana, last night. Tonight we are in Gobabis, Namibia.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-1207860779895921579?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/1207860779895921579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/in-rain.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1207860779895921579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1207860779895921579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/in-rain.html' title='In the rain'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1nY6BKl3iI/AAAAAAAADlU/RsHQVKnNzF8/s72-c/gobab1-732628.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-3845784474840265497</id><published>2010-01-20T21:17:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T22:08:08.226+02:00</updated><title type='text'>The people next to the road</title><content type='html'>On any tour many unexpected things happen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The riding conditions today were wet but pleasant. We took our time and stopped quite often. In Swartruggens we met a couple at the old station, living their dreams and planting new plants.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We got to Groot Marico, the area made famous by Herman Charles Bosman (and mampoer - Schnapps for the German readers). We decided to ride through the small town looking for a camping site. Keat saw an information sign board and we stopped. The information office is an old farm house, manned by Santa van Bart. She told us many interesting stories about the history of the house and the area.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another lady joined us. Wendy Gainsford lived for seven years in New Zealand and returned to South Africa recently. Life in New Zealand felt like waiting to die, according to Wendy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then Santa went inside and returned with a bottle Marico water (mampoer). All guests normally get only two drops of mapoer mixed with honey. The two drops are huge drops. Massive drops. Small glasses actually.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sandra organized for us to stay the night on a farm 12 km from Groot Marico, with Johan and Sarie from Marunthwane Guest Farm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Johan is a character, one of those people that could entertain people for a whole evening. As we got there he and his wife welcomed us like old friends. He described himself as the mampoer master of Groot Marico. We had to brush teeth immediately with his high quality mampoer. And then another set of teeth, and a third set.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wonderful people. What a privilege to have met these wonderful couple.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow is going to be a long riding day. We are (hopefully) going to cross the border close to Lobatse. Then follows a long ride of nearly 370 km of nothing except the barren Kalahari. There is only one fuel stop at Kang where we plan to camp on Thursday night. We will have to stretch the legs of the KLRs as there is no fuel until we reach Kang. I look forward to the ride tomorrow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1dVjhBM7YI/AAAAAAAADk8/elkKpdpd8Cw/s1600-h/IMG_2278.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1dVjhBM7YI/AAAAAAAADk8/elkKpdpd8Cw/s320/IMG_2278.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Listerning to the stories of Santa (Keat and Wendy)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1dicfV2wII/AAAAAAAADlM/XPbBneH2ccM/s1600-h/Marico.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1dicfV2wII/AAAAAAAADlM/XPbBneH2ccM/s320/Marico.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Hmmmm....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1dV-PtGKiI/AAAAAAAADlE/1XGj2ZfTZ98/s1600-h/IMG_2280.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1dV-PtGKiI/AAAAAAAADlE/1XGj2ZfTZ98/s320/IMG_2280.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Keat and Johan preparing two "spatsels" per glass&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-3845784474840265497?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/3845784474840265497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/people-next-to-road.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/3845784474840265497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/3845784474840265497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/people-next-to-road.html' title='The people next to the road'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1dVjhBM7YI/AAAAAAAADk8/elkKpdpd8Cw/s72-c/IMG_2278.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-645395370635751674</id><published>2010-01-20T14:07:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T14:07:52.970+02:00</updated><title type='text'>En dit reen steeds - Swartruggens</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1byGWEtDUI/AAAAAAAADk0/F3F3Mwc3zj0/s1600-h/20012010(003)-772971.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1byGWEtDUI/AAAAAAAADk0/F3F3Mwc3zj0/s320/20012010(003)-772971.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428792591660158274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Swak lig, vinnige foto per selfoon, en die kwaliteit van die foto is gevolglik swak. Maar ons vorder.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-645395370635751674?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/645395370635751674/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/en-dit-reen-steeds-swartruggens.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/645395370635751674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/645395370635751674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/en-dit-reen-steeds-swartruggens.html' title='En dit reen steeds - Swartruggens'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1byGWEtDUI/AAAAAAAADk0/F3F3Mwc3zj0/s72-c/20012010(003)-772971.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-5131649632536167053</id><published>2010-01-20T08:42:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-20T08:42:53.402+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Reen</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1al7cvRzOI/AAAAAAAADks/xgrqA_3IBqA/s1600-h/20012010-773403.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1al7cvRzOI/AAAAAAAADks/xgrqA_3IBqA/s320/20012010-773403.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428708841587068130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Ek wag vir Keat, en dit reen die eerste keer die jaar op Naboom ...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-5131649632536167053?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/5131649632536167053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/reen.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/5131649632536167053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/5131649632536167053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/reen.html' title='Reen'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/S1al7cvRzOI/AAAAAAAADks/xgrqA_3IBqA/s72-c/20012010-773403.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-2482663770806371418</id><published>2010-01-19T14:52:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T14:53:26.598+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Byna ry-klaar</title><content type='html'>Ek het vanoggend die KLR by CyTech in Johannesburg gaan haal. Ray Muller en sy seun Donovan is werklik besonderse mense. Hulle kennis oor en voorbereiding van motorfietse is eenmalig.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Die ry terug Naboom toe deur ons pragtige bosveld was soos altyd besonders.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vanmiddag begin ek die fiets te pak. Dit sal die eerste keer sedert Naboom2Germany wees dat die fiets so swaar dra. Moreoggend 9uur vertrek ek en Keat uit Naboom. Ons gaan by Lobatse oor die grens probeer kom. Stuur hulle ons terug a.g.v. sy paspoort pas ons ons roete en toer eenvoudig net aan. Dis belangrik dat ons nou dae saam op die fietse deurbring. Dis waardevolle oefening vir die maande wat gaan voorle (kappie).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sedert middel Desember het ek 'n rusteloosheid in my gehad wat erg was. My vriende het dit almal gemerk. Gister kry ek 'n boodskap van 'n diep mens: "Die uitdaging van 'n beroep is nie om te cope tydens werkstye nie, maar tydens die vakansietye."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uitklophou. Baie dankie. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ek dink as ek more weer die langpad aanpak Botswana en Namibie toe, sal dit sommer baie beter gaan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Groete&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-2482663770806371418?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/2482663770806371418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/byna-ry-klaar.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/2482663770806371418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/2482663770806371418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/byna-ry-klaar.html' title='Byna ry-klaar'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-1558315323447581209</id><published>2010-01-19T06:18:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T06:18:36.098+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Let us try again</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=Section1&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;The map is still not 100% accurate but let is give it a go.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;We are leaving on Wednesday 20 January. Reasons for the late departure: I will fetch the KLR from Johannesburg only today, and Keat realised that is passport was valid for only six weeks and not six months ...&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-1558315323447581209?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/1558315323447581209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/let-us-try-again.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1558315323447581209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1558315323447581209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/let-us-try-again.html' title='Let us try again'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-5380101735834300834</id><published>2010-01-17T03:41:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T06:14:03.044+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Let us test the map</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Section1"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;On Tuesday Keat and I leave on our two KLRs on our trip to Botswana / Namibia.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;I am going to test the map.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;My first request: PLEASE DO NOT SEND ANY MESSAGES FROM THE WEBSITE. There is a facility to do so but I will be charged 70 American cents per message. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;If you want to send a message send FROM YOUR CELL PHONE an sms to +44 7924 237 101.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;To see where we are click the link &lt;a href="http://www.0044.ekit.com/ekit/tj/TJM/Naboom2Germany/fr/aaf02a14"&gt;http://www.0044.ekit.com/ekit/tj/TJM/Naboom2Germany/fr/aaf02a14&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;A screen will open with different options. Go the the link &lt;b&gt;View journal&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Click on Map.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Above the map on the right you will have to make a choice:&amp;nbsp; &lt;b&gt;Select map for&lt;/b&gt; (click on arrow and select &lt;b&gt;Botswana / Namibia&lt;/b&gt;)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Our overnight destination will be indicated on the map.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;I will add photographs and blog postings whenever I have internet available.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Have a good Sunday!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-5380101735834300834?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/5380101735834300834/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/let-us-test-map.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/5380101735834300834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/5380101735834300834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/let-us-test-map.html' title='Let us test the map'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-7448642029196339077</id><published>2010-01-08T17:36:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T17:36:59.657+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Januarie</title><content type='html'>Oor vier maande is ek terug hier in Europa en ry ek vir 'n maand die pragtigste paaie voor die KLR se neus oos, rigting Rusland toe, draai.&lt;BR&gt; &lt;BR&gt; Ek is besig om 'n dik reisgids oor Rusland. Rusland / Siberie (deelteken) te lees. Dis interessant. Dit strek oor 11 tydsones. Dit beteken die een of ander tyd gaan my opstaantyd jul slaaptyd wees, en omgekeerd. My laaste beker koffie gaan met jul opstaankoffie saamval. Lekker.&lt;BR&gt; &lt;BR&gt; Ek toets nou die simkaart waarmee ek hopenlik julle ten minste van my posisie op hoogte kan hou. Waar is ek nou? Kliek &lt;A HREF="http://www.0044.ekit.com/ekit/tj/TJM/joliga_hutenu/journal_map"&gt;hier&lt;/A&gt; om te sien. Julle kan inzoem en baie vergroot. Dit gaan makliker wees om op die manier my posisie aan te dui as 'n Siberiese dorpie se naam te probeer spel wat ek nie eers kan uitmaak nie.&lt;BR&gt; &lt;BR&gt; Volgende week gaan die KLR gou vir 'n lekker op-check, die week daarop is dit die langpad, Botswana en Namibie toe. Ek wil die fiets presies net so pak soos wat ek met die toer gaan pak, vanaf klere tot tandeborsel tot spanners.&lt;BR&gt; &lt;BR&gt; Groete uit die verre koue Europa!&lt;BR&gt; &lt;BR&gt; &lt;BR&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-7448642029196339077?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/7448642029196339077/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/januarie.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/7448642029196339077'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/7448642029196339077'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/januarie.html' title='Januarie'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-2234302064745818526</id><published>2010-01-01T09:45:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-01-01T09:45:14.076+02:00</updated><title type='text'>2010</title><content type='html'>'n Baie voorspoedige Nuwe Jaar aan al my vriende en die mense met wie ek kontak het maar nog nooit ontmoet het nie! Mag ons almal se nuwejaarsvoorneme die volgende bevat: Sukses, Tevredenheid, Gesondheid, Opregtheid, Medemenslikheid, en as ons gelowig is, laat ons dit sal uitleef.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oor vier maande en twee dae klim ek in Duitsland op die KLR!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-2234302064745818526?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/2234302064745818526/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/2010.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/2234302064745818526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/2234302064745818526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2010/01/2010.html' title='2010'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-5513266003838718758</id><published>2009-12-27T14:45:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T14:50:30.489+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Ek was bang vir luislange!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SzdYFugualI/AAAAAAAADj0/0fCUHXJFlVY/s1600-h/27122009-730490.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SzdYFugualI/AAAAAAAADj0/0fCUHXJFlVY/s320/27122009-730490.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419897531971562066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SzdYF9LDpJI/AAAAAAAADj8/lxgWOFLExRM/s1600-h/27122009(001)-731801.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SzdYF9LDpJI/AAAAAAAADj8/lxgWOFLExRM/s320/27122009(001)-731801.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419897535907210386" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SzdYGKr8yOI/AAAAAAAADkE/lSATQkLUO9s/s1600-h/27122009(002)-732913.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SzdYGKr8yOI/AAAAAAAADkE/lSATQkLUO9s/s320/27122009(002)-732913.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419897539534833890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SzdYGpoA6lI/AAAAAAAADkM/7ceeWgK2Su0/s1600-h/27122009(003)-734196.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SzdYGpoA6lI/AAAAAAAADkM/7ceeWgK2Su0/s320/27122009(003)-734196.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419897547839826514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SzdYG28QHrI/AAAAAAAADkU/FeZ5t2Pr0l8/s1600-h/27122009(004)-735503.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SzdYG28QHrI/AAAAAAAADkU/FeZ5t2Pr0l8/s320/27122009(004)-735503.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419897551414369970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SzdYHOgSV6I/AAAAAAAADkc/VrUMXbda230/s1600-h/27122009(005)-736709.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SzdYHOgSV6I/AAAAAAAADkc/VrUMXbda230/s320/27122009(005)-736709.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419897557739526050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SzdYHhsS9yI/AAAAAAAADkk/4kA3qlTb_b4/s1600-h/27122009(006)-738051.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SzdYHhsS9yI/AAAAAAAADkk/4kA3qlTb_b4/s320/27122009(006)-738051.jpg"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419897562890172194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Dit was &amp;#39;n bosveld Sondag uit die handboek: Sonnig, warm, blou hemel, die groen van die bosveld intens skitterend groen, en baie water in die veld.&lt;br&gt;Ek is met die KLR Nylstroom toe. So &amp;#39;n ent van die dorp is die Jasper afdraaipad. Daar het ek grondpad begin ry. Die ry oor Rusland/Siberie is net &amp;#39;n paar maande weg. &amp;#39;n Ma van een van ons huidige studente in Duitsland het baie filofies gese mens kan leer sand ry maar modder ...&lt;br&gt;Vandag was dus bietjie modderry die hoofdoel. Dit het mos gister, Saterdag, juis so lekker gereen.&lt;br&gt;Ek het grondpad gery, later op &amp;#39;n kleiner paadjie afgedraai, met die gras en bos al digter om my.&lt;br&gt;In daardie omgewing is &amp;#39;n paar jaar gelede &amp;#39;n matriekseun van Nylstroom deur &amp;#39;n luislang aangeval toe hy in die digte gras hulle bakkie uit die modder wou uitgrawe. &lt;br&gt;&amp;#39;n Paar keer moes ek die fiets laat staan om eers te gaan kyk hoe &amp;#39;n sloot of driffie lyk voor ek kon deurry. Die gras was dig tot teen my skouers.&lt;br&gt;Terwyl ek een keer terugstap fiets toe, het ek &amp;#39;n geritsel van gras dig teen my gehoor. Ek het nie  beplan om so vinnig weg te vlieg nie maar ek was vinniger as &amp;#39;n blits terug op my fiets. Die geritsel? Dit was &amp;#39;n lang stuk gras wat aan my valhelm vasgehaak het. &lt;br&gt;Dis nie maklik om in die digte bosveld te oefen as mens &amp;#39;n slangfobie het nie ...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-5513266003838718758?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/5513266003838718758/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/ek-was-bang-vir-luislange.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/5513266003838718758'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/5513266003838718758'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/ek-was-bang-vir-luislange.html' title='Ek was bang vir luislange!'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SzdYFugualI/AAAAAAAADj0/0fCUHXJFlVY/s72-c/27122009-730490.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-8055606019611642688</id><published>2009-12-27T00:32:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T00:33:52.882+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Another dream</title><content type='html'>The last few weeks I was in a strange mood. I don't think it had anything to do with Christmas or a midlife crisis (thanks Anja).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think it could be partly the result of the anticipation of the start of another adventure into the unknown.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And while listening to the beautiful "Blue Danube" of Johann Strauss I realised that I still want to attend a ball in Vienna, dressed according the code, and I want to dance an waltz. One day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Are you coming with?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-8055606019611642688?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/8055606019611642688/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/another-dream.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/8055606019611642688'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/8055606019611642688'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/another-dream.html' title='Another dream'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-3872555448641872234</id><published>2009-12-25T11:09:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-25T11:12:04.038+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Your global position by means of a sim card</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="Section1"&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;I first want to share this with you.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;I cancelled my cell phone contract of 11 years recently. I refuse to pay excessive roaming fees. Example: Egypt, one blog posting, four small photographs, R 750.00. On that day my loyalty to Vodacom died a sudden death.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;But how am I going to communicate when I am travelling somewhere far-off and I don’t have a cell phone with roaming?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;I started an internet search and found a pay-as-you-go sim card that works in 166 countries. With this sim card you can keep a finger on the costs and you won’t get a nasty surprise on your return home.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;I ordered and received such a sim card.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;But the best follows.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Once a day, after using the card, your position is registered and indicated on a google earth map.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;There is an unique web site link valid only for you sim card. Friends can click on the link and see where their buddy was riding that day. Even better, there is a weather indication as well with minimum and maximum temperatures, and whether it is sunny, raining, snowing etc.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;I am going to test that the second half of January when we get our holiday, and you can then see where I was riding my trusted old KLR every day.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;Long live technology!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-3872555448641872234?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/3872555448641872234/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/your-global-position-by-menas-of-sim.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/3872555448641872234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/3872555448641872234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/your-global-position-by-menas-of-sim.html' title='Your global position by means of a sim card'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-5033808737555017923</id><published>2009-12-25T10:58:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-25T10:58:52.494+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Geseënde Kersfees</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=Section1&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Aan al my vriende en die wat nog gaan vriende word, Geseënde Kersfees, Merry Christmas en Frohe Weihnachten!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Gister het ek twee besonderse mense ontmoet. Rupert  en Jolene Botes het my boek gekoop. Ons het by Menlyn ontmoet en koffie gedrink. Rupert het toe vir my die CMA se Biker Bybel, mooi in leer gebind, as geskenk gegee. Dit was &amp;#8216;n kosbare ervaring.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;In die Bybel het hulle vir my Ps. 91 gemerk, en voor in die Bybel &amp;#8216;n mooi boodskap geskryf.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Baie drade kom saam. My gedagtes het teruggeloop na lang jare terug, September, op die grens, besig met &amp;#8216;n Ops, Butterfly. Dit was &amp;#8216;n Saterdag 14 September. Ek het skielik sonder enige rede daardie oggend bitter alleen gevoel. Met &amp;#8216;n rusbreek het ek my klein weermag Bybeltjie uit my bo-sak gehaal. Dit het by Ps. 91 oopgegaan. &amp;#8220;Al val &amp;#8216;n duisend aan jou linkersy en &amp;#8216;n tienduisend aan jou regtersy, na jou sal die dood nie kom nie.&amp;#8221;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Ek het dit onderstreep en die dag en datum en plek bygeskryf. My alleengevoel was weg.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Gister het die twee dierbare (toe toe nog onbekende) vriende weer &amp;#8216;n keer vir my daardie versie kom gee.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Mark, jy is weer reg bewys. Deur die boek het ek al soveel wonderlike ervarings gehad en mense ontmoet wat ek miskien andersins nooit sou ontmoet het nie. Die boek verbind en bou brue.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Die aftelling vir die volgende groot ry begin binnekort. Dan gaan dié webblad weer begin lewe.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-5033808737555017923?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/5033808737555017923/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/geseende-kersfees.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/5033808737555017923'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/5033808737555017923'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/geseende-kersfees.html' title='Geseënde Kersfees'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-2446775958234585615</id><published>2009-12-23T08:20:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-23T08:20:31.080+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Dankie Mark Timm!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=Section1&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&amp;#8216;n Man wat hom as &amp;#8216;n soutie beskryf, ene Mark Timm, het my boek gekoop en gelees. Ek ken Mark van geen kant af nie.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;My laaste bloginskrywing was een van irritasie en frustrasie. Daar het ek die vraag gestel: Is dit die moeite werd om &amp;#8216;n boek te skryf?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Gister kom daar &amp;#8216;n e-pos van Mark aan. Ek haal aan:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='color:#1F497D'&gt;Was on your blog&amp;#8230;.R9 per book&amp;#8230;.don&amp;#8217;t spend it all at once! In all seriousness, that sounds like daylight robbery. Bottom line is, it&amp;#8217;s not about the book, it&amp;#8217;s about the experience&amp;#8230;.your experience. I know the book is a way to raise finance, but you touch lives out there. Do it for you and write the next one in English, to reach a wider, possibly international audience&amp;#8230;.that&amp;#8217;s capitalism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='font-family:Wingdings; color:#1F497D'&gt;J&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style='color:#1F497D'&gt; Strangers, internationally, followed your trip on the web, why shouldn&amp;#8217;t they buy your book?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span style='color:#1F497D'&gt;My 2c worth.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Mark, thanks for the email. You are so right. I took my eye off the horizon and saw only the pay cheque, and that was wrong!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;I am going to re-start the translation of Noord van Naboom today.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Mark, a merry Christmas to you and your family!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-2446775958234585615?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/2446775958234585615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/dankie-mark-timm.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/2446775958234585615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/2446775958234585615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/dankie-mark-timm.html' title='Dankie Mark Timm!'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-6629700642540954265</id><published>2009-12-16T08:39:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-16T08:39:42.001+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Dis verregaande!</title><content type='html'>More!&lt;br&gt;Ek het met die Engelse vertaling van &amp;quot;Noord van Naboom&amp;quot; opgehou.&lt;br&gt;Hoekom?&lt;br&gt;Ek het nou my eerste betalingsadvies gekry. Ek kry minder as R 9 per boek!&lt;br&gt;Ek vra myself af of dit die moeite werd was. Ek kon eerder &amp;#39;n film dvd gemaak het, en as ek dit vir R 36 sou verkoop het, sou ek baie beter gedoen het om my volgende reis te finansier. En die vervaardiging sou minder tyd neem ...&lt;br&gt;Of is &amp;#39;n boek net iets meer besonders? Wat dink julle? Skryf en laat weet wat julle dink.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-6629700642540954265?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/6629700642540954265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/dis-verregaande.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/6629700642540954265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/6629700642540954265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/dis-verregaande.html' title='Dis verregaande!'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-8853475479767420292</id><published>2009-12-14T16:28:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-14T16:28:25.945+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Skitterend!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=Section1&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Die dinge val al hoe meer in plek. Die bespreking vir die KLR is bevestig, 30 April Kaapstadt &amp;#8211; München. Ek vlieg 2 Mei en kry die KLR 3 Mei in München. Dan is daar nog byna &amp;#8216;n maand se ry in Europa om die sneeu kans te gee om in Rusland en Siberië te smelt.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;Verlede jaar het ek die KLR in München afgegee, die jaar begin ek weer daar te ry. Dis oor minder as 5 maande!!!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-8853475479767420292?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/8853475479767420292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/skitterend.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/8853475479767420292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/8853475479767420292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/skitterend.html' title='Skitterend!'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-1157630371529607083</id><published>2009-12-06T19:37:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-06T20:28:10.924+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Interessante leefstof oor Siberie</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://users.rio.com/tynda/Page80.html"&gt;Motorfietsry in die ou Sowjet &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://users.rio.com/tynda/Page1.html.html"&gt;Oor Siberie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nog net nog 'n paar maande ...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-1157630371529607083?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/1157630371529607083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/interessante-leefstof-oor-siberie.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1157630371529607083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1157630371529607083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/interessante-leefstof-oor-siberie.html' title='Interessante leefstof oor Siberie'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-4691811257505839575</id><published>2009-12-06T19:16:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-06T19:16:59.299+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Africa my Africa</title><content type='html'>I spent this weekend near Naboomspruit at Mountain View Game Lodge with my sister and a friend of hers. We walked a lot. Have a look at these photographs. That is why I am so glad that Africa is my home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photographs of Anneke Pienaar:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvktpsVApI/AAAAAAAADjs/IfHoDmJlh6s/s1600-h/Dorette+%2801%29.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvkX3mwVaI/AAAAAAAADis/qO1ljHLIEe0/s1600-h/DSC05382.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvkX3mwVaI/AAAAAAAADis/qO1ljHLIEe0/s320/DSC05382.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvkY48TNHI/AAAAAAAADi0/-f3Q4S3Oo6c/s1600-h/DSC05395.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvkY48TNHI/AAAAAAAADi0/-f3Q4S3Oo6c/s320/DSC05395.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvkgvThVdI/AAAAAAAADjU/PTPtFTUSVc8/s1600-h/DSC05465.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvkgvThVdI/AAAAAAAADjU/PTPtFTUSVc8/s320/DSC05465.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvkaeNxIDI/AAAAAAAADi8/EfQoc6KIDME/s1600-h/DSC05396.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvkaeNxIDI/AAAAAAAADi8/EfQoc6KIDME/s320/DSC05396.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvkdrABIgI/AAAAAAAADjE/DB391sMeTLI/s1600-h/DSC05423.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvkdrABIgI/AAAAAAAADjE/DB391sMeTLI/s320/DSC05423.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvkfAFRRAI/AAAAAAAADjM/f5C2CeN2pxs/s1600-h/DSC05425.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvkfAFRRAI/AAAAAAAADjM/f5C2CeN2pxs/s320/DSC05425.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Photographs of my sister Dorette:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvklPEKXkI/AAAAAAAADjc/RQ_HZ_fL-DY/s1600-h/Dorette+%282%29.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvklPEKXkI/AAAAAAAADjc/RQ_HZ_fL-DY/s320/Dorette+%282%29.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvktpsVApI/AAAAAAAADjs/IfHoDmJlh6s/s1600-h/Dorette+%2801%29.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvktpsVApI/AAAAAAAADjs/IfHoDmJlh6s/s320/Dorette+%2801%29.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/Sxvkl8gUcMI/AAAAAAAADjk/2xyqreHkHQo/s1600-h/Dorette+%283%29.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/Sxvkl8gUcMI/AAAAAAAADjk/2xyqreHkHQo/s320/Dorette+%283%29.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;We were on foot when three giraffes came from left and crossed the track in front of us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-4691811257505839575?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/4691811257505839575/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/africa-my-africa.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/4691811257505839575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/4691811257505839575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/africa-my-africa.html' title='Africa my Africa'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxvkX3mwVaI/AAAAAAAADis/qO1ljHLIEe0/s72-c/DSC05382.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-6581103656054287359</id><published>2009-12-04T14:02:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-04T14:02:52.129+02:00</updated><title type='text'>KLR se plek bespreek</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=Section1&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span lang=AF&gt;Goeie middag!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span lang=AF&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span lang=AF&gt;Ek het vandag die KLR se vlug vir 30 April bespreek. Nou wag ek net vir bevestiging uit Duitsland dat die reg is met die lugdiens. Ek gaan dan &amp;#8216;n hele maand hê om vriende in Duitsland te besoek, miskien nog Oostenryk, Italiê en Switserland te besoek, en dan die pad te vat op die groot lang ry.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span lang=AF&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span lang=AF&gt;Ek en Keat Cargnelutti, &amp;#8216;n boer hier van Naboom, gaan die tweede helfte van Januarie &amp;#8216;n lekker toer deur Botswana en Namibië doen. Keat ry ook &amp;#8216;n KLR. FSA Youth Exchange sluit nie oor die Kersseisoen nie maar wel vanaf middel Januarie. Dis hoekom ek dan &amp;#8216;n bietjie vry het.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span lang=AF&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span lang=AF&gt;Laastens, ek met my selfoonkontrak na 11 jaar gekanselleer. Dis skandalig hoe reisigers met &amp;#8220;roaming&amp;#8221; deur die selfoonmaatskappye uitgebuit word. Ek moes nou vir &amp;#8216;n blogbydrae in Egipte R 750.00 betaal!!! Daar was drie foto&amp;#8217;s van 640X480, dus nie eers groot nie. Maar hoe gemaak om sonder &amp;#8216;n selfoon op &amp;#8216;n lang reis te gaan, en pay as you go wat nie altyd werk nie? Ek dink ek het vanoggend die oplossing gevind. Ek gaan dit binnekort toets en dan vir julle vertel of dit &amp;#8216;n alternatief is vir die skandalige duur kontrakte.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span lang=AF&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;span lang=AF&gt;Lekker naweek!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;/div&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-6581103656054287359?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/6581103656054287359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/klr-se-plek-bespreek.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/6581103656054287359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/6581103656054287359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/klr-se-plek-bespreek.html' title='KLR se plek bespreek'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-1669809921959801818</id><published>2009-12-02T17:48:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-12-02T17:49:21.270+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Goeie nuus, en interessante verwikkelinge</title><content type='html'>Ek het vandag my Schengenvisum gekry. Niks staan meer in die pad van die toer se begin in Duitsland nie. Ek kort nog net die visum vir Rusland. Dit kan &amp;#39;n perd van &amp;#39;n ander kleur wees.&lt;p&gt;Die interessante verwikkeling is dat die lugdiens wat die KLR in Mei Duitsland toe sou vlieg, sy vlugte einde April staak.&lt;p&gt;Die implikasie is eenvoudig. Ek sal vroeer moet Duitsland toe vlieg. Dit beteken dat my toertyd met &amp;#39;n maand verleng. Kla ek? Glad nie! &amp;#39;n Maand langer deur die wereld ry. Waar gaan die geld vandaan kom? Ek weet nie. Julle moet nog meer boeke koop!&lt;p&gt;Die toer is miskien al oor 5 maande aan die gang!&lt;p&gt;Groete&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-1669809921959801818?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/1669809921959801818/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/goeie-nuus-en-interessante.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1669809921959801818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1669809921959801818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/12/goeie-nuus-en-interessante.html' title='Goeie nuus, en interessante verwikkelinge'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-2413074195878501564</id><published>2009-11-30T13:43:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-30T13:43:13.065+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Daar is maar net een Afrika ...</title><content type='html'>Toe ek die vorige stukkie geskryf het, het ek weer na ons blog van &lt;a href="http://www.africaourhome.blogspot.com/"&gt;Africa our Home&lt;/a&gt; gaan kyk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ek wonder hoeveel keer ek volgende jaar voor my tentjie gaan staan, na die Siberiese vlaktes en woude en berge gaan kyk en Afrika dan met elke vesel in my wese mis. Vir my is daar nie 'n wonderliker kontinent om te bereis as Afrika nie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kliek op die skakel hier bo en blaai deur ons "postings" wat ons hierdie jaar tydens ons reis oor Afrika gedoen het. Kyk na die foto's. Lees die kommentare. Miskien sal jy dan besef hoekom ek Afrika intens mis. Na Naboom2Vladivostok is dit net Afrika vir my.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-2413074195878501564?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/2413074195878501564/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/11/daar-is-maar-net-een-afrika.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/2413074195878501564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/2413074195878501564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/11/daar-is-maar-net-een-afrika.html' title='Daar is maar net een Afrika ...'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-8508431617467105714</id><published>2009-11-30T13:32:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-30T13:32:51.414+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Preparation for 2010</title><content type='html'>Everything is still going according plan for the ride across Russia / Siberia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last week I applied for a Schengen visa. With that visa I can travel up to the Russian border. Early next year, February, I will start with the application&amp;nbsp; for the Russian visa.That could be the harder one to get.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The flight back from Vladivostok has been booked. The first leg of the return trip will be with Vladivostok Air to Moscow. Arrival is at one airport, the next flight with Emirates is from another airport. Fortunately there is more than enough time to get from one airport to the other. From Moscow the flight goes down to Dubai, and then connecting with the flight going to Johannesburg. Please Emirates, repeat the kindness shown to us after &lt;a href="http://www.africaourhome.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Africa our Home&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; this year!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In six months' time Naboom2Vladivostok has started!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-8508431617467105714?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/8508431617467105714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/11/preparation-for-2010.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/8508431617467105714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/8508431617467105714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/11/preparation-for-2010.html' title='Preparation for 2010'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-1277939175408988336</id><published>2009-11-30T13:24:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-30T13:24:56.688+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Groot geskenk</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxOqcdWBNJI/AAAAAAAADik/2RCcxyexHk4/s1600/freddie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxOqcdWBNJI/AAAAAAAADik/2RCcxyexHk4/s320/freddie.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Saterdagoggend het ek by Magda en Freddie Coetzee op hul plaas tussen Potchefstroom en Ventersdorp gekuier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Freddie het, nadat hy my boek &lt;i&gt;Noord van Naboom&lt;/i&gt; gelees het, besluit om dié spesifieke skildery van hom met die naam "Faith" aan my te skenk. Ek was stomgeslaan deur sulke goedheid. Hoe sê mens dankie vir so 'n grootse gebaar?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Freddie, baie baie dankie! Jy is in alle opsigte 'n lewenskunstenaar. En Magda, dankie vir die lekker eetgoed! Julle is twee besonderse mense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-1277939175408988336?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/1277939175408988336/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/11/groot-geskenk.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1277939175408988336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1277939175408988336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/11/groot-geskenk.html' title='Groot geskenk'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SxOqcdWBNJI/AAAAAAAADik/2RCcxyexHk4/s72-c/freddie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-1428845276733031420</id><published>2009-11-15T19:50:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-11-15T19:50:39.479+02:00</updated><title type='text'>CyTech se Africa day</title><content type='html'>Ons kan dit vandag vir mekaar sê: Die belangstelling in avontuurry neem toe. Meer en meer mense wil dit doen, al wil hul nie soseer oor Afrika ry nie. Die opkoms by CyTech se Afrikadag het dit bewys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ek het so lekker gekry toe my KLR nie die enigste KLR was wat daar tussen die BMW's gestaan het nie. Daar was drie KLR's, en volgende keer hopenlik nog meer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elke avontuurryer moet eenkeer so 'n byeenkoms bywoon. Ray Muller is sekerlik die mees ervare persoon om enige ryer met raad en daad by te staan. CyTech se webblad: www.toursforafrica.co.za&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SwA8umHh9MI/AAAAAAAADiM/PkZ7P4g5AiE/s1600-h/IMG_1963.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SwA8umHh9MI/AAAAAAAADiM/PkZ7P4g5AiE/s320/IMG_1963.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;George Bester wat onlangs na 'n voetgangerongeluk in Ethiopië 'n paar dae in 'n Ethiopiese tronk moes deurbring, was een van die sprekers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SwA9MDfGVCI/AAAAAAAADiU/RcKsU2UtuWw/s1600-h/IMG_1964.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SwA9MDfGVCI/AAAAAAAADiU/RcKsU2UtuWw/s320/IMG_1964.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;JC en sy vrou het uit Bloemfontein gekom en ek het hul boek vir hul geteken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SwA9iwFLzjI/AAAAAAAADic/Pn9vCIBZjvo/s1600-h/IMG_1965.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SwA9iwFLzjI/AAAAAAAADic/Pn9vCIBZjvo/s320/IMG_1965.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Die manne en dame uit Sasolburg. (Stuur asb. vir my julle name weer!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Baie dankie aan die ouens wat Saterdag my boek gekoop het! Elke boek is 'n stukkie van my Rusland/Siberiëtoer wat waar word.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Ek het Saterdagaand op pad terug van Ray se byeenkoms in die bosveldnag ingegery. Die KLR se gelykmatige dreuning was soos musiek in my ore, terwyl die Vaalbos se kenmerkende reuk my weer oortuig het hoekom dit soms lekkerder is om met 'n motorfiets te ry as met 'n motor.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-1428845276733031420?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/1428845276733031420/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/11/cytech-se-africa-day.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1428845276733031420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/1428845276733031420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/11/cytech-se-africa-day.html' title='CyTech se Africa day'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SwA8umHh9MI/AAAAAAAADiM/PkZ7P4g5AiE/s72-c/IMG_1963.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-7218783910233640557</id><published>2009-10-26T16:12:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T16:57:19.266+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Dit is Sondag en rytyd</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuRc-q4D1ZI/AAAAAAAADhU/tH1hS9hLNeY/s1600-h/26102009%28002%29-794599.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396540485227763090" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuRc-q4D1ZI/AAAAAAAADhU/tH1hS9hLNeY/s320/26102009%28002%29-794599.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuRc-6KsSzI/AAAAAAAADhc/CWi2nFO044k/s1600-h/26102009%28001%29-795243.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396540489332443954" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuRc-6KsSzI/AAAAAAAADhc/CWi2nFO044k/s320/26102009%28001%29-795243.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuRc-_2eNQI/AAAAAAAADhk/1QqdTHOCdLY/s1600-h/26102009-795882.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396540490858247426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuRc-_2eNQI/AAAAAAAADhk/1QqdTHOCdLY/s320/26102009-795882.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;'n Duitse vriendin lag altyd vir die foto's waarop altyd die KLR te siene is.&lt;br /&gt;Dit is hoe dit is as jy 'n motorfietsryer is. Alles is op die motorfiets gefokus en net die agtergrond verander die hele tyd.&lt;br /&gt;So, dis Sondag en die KLR het 'n ver draai deur die bosveld en oor die Springbokvlakte gemaak.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuRkqKUd_bI/AAAAAAAADhs/Eb--IH1FRek/s1600-h/IMG_1609.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuRkqKUd_bI/AAAAAAAADhs/Eb--IH1FRek/s320/IMG_1609.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ek het op Roedtan gestop. Dit was tyd vir middagete. Langs die pad was 'n winkel. Die stoep het vol mense gesit. Ek het 'n pakkie slaptjips vol sout en asyn gekoop en tussen die mense gaan sit. Die twee dames hierbo het vriendelik ingestem dat ek 'n foto van hulle in hul Sondagklere neem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuRmr_HmFyI/AAAAAAAADh0/VOBvKfgYE9I/s1600-h/IMG_1611.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuRmr_HmFyI/AAAAAAAADh0/VOBvKfgYE9I/s320/IMG_1611.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oorkant my het Philemon Tsoane kom sit en my in die skande gesteek.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hy het gebid voor hy met sy boksete begin het.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-7218783910233640557?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/7218783910233640557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/10/dit-is-sondag-en-rytyd.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/7218783910233640557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/7218783910233640557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/10/dit-is-sondag-en-rytyd.html' title='Dit is Sondag en rytyd'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuRc-q4D1ZI/AAAAAAAADhU/tH1hS9hLNeY/s72-c/26102009%28002%29-794599.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-8474353821124529917</id><published>2009-10-25T17:20:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T17:20:34.788+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Van Australië en Engeland</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuRps7NHEGI/AAAAAAAADh8/ssa_XfMhiso/s1600-h/IMG_1937.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuRps7NHEGI/AAAAAAAADh8/ssa_XfMhiso/s320/IMG_1937.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Annemarie van Zyl uit Melbourne, Australie, het my boek saamgeneem Melbourne toe na 'n lekker lang vakansie Suid-Afrika. Die Van Zyl's woon reeds sedert 1995 in Down Under. Annemarie het verlede jaar en ook hierdie jaar die twee reise oor die internet gevolg.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuRrJ4LxXTI/AAAAAAAADiE/OuXYLLGZyDI/s1600-h/IMG_1941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuRrJ4LxXTI/AAAAAAAADiE/OuXYLLGZyDI/s320/IMG_1941.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Sib Andela en sy seun, dr. Nic Angela uit Londen, het my vir 'n lekker koppie koffie in Johannesburg uitgenooi. Sib is mnr. Vespa, 'n avonturier wat ook 'n boek behoort te skryf oor sy ervarings. Nic het op Kovsies studeer voor hy Engeland toe is. Ek is bereid om te wed dat Suid-Afrika hierdie talentvolle Suid-Afrikaner binnekort gaan terughê.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-8474353821124529917?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/8474353821124529917/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/10/van-australie-en-engeland.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/8474353821124529917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/8474353821124529917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/10/van-australie-en-engeland.html' title='Van Australië en Engeland'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuRps7NHEGI/AAAAAAAADh8/ssa_XfMhiso/s72-c/IMG_1937.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-4674930162812327658</id><published>2009-10-25T07:19:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T07:19:39.366+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Naboomspruit o Naboomspruit</title><content type='html'>Ek was laat Vrydagmiddag met 'n ou weermagvriend wat kom kuier het, met die kabelkar (ja, Naboomspruit het 'n kabelkar) tot bo-op die berg bo die Euphorialandgoed. Dit was mooi om die son oor die bosveld te sien sak.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuPfhb9KV2I/AAAAAAAADhE/VMeIpvuOKOI/s1600-h/IMG_1943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuPfhb9KV2I/AAAAAAAADhE/VMeIpvuOKOI/s320/IMG_1943.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuPfwWgz03I/AAAAAAAADhM/9LI1O4S9swY/s1600-h/IMG_1944.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuPfwWgz03I/AAAAAAAADhM/9LI1O4S9swY/s320/IMG_1944.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Groot bome, lang skaduwees &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-4674930162812327658?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/4674930162812327658/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/10/naboomspruit-o-naboomspruit.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/4674930162812327658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/4674930162812327658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/10/naboomspruit-o-naboomspruit.html' title='Naboomspruit o Naboomspruit'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SuPfhb9KV2I/AAAAAAAADhE/VMeIpvuOKOI/s72-c/IMG_1943.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-8701072463985818343</id><published>2009-10-16T14:29:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-16T14:30:12.834+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Back to square 1!</title><content type='html'>&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SthnVAkyjvI/AAAAAAAADg0/IS6Uj66AtPw/s1600-h/IMG_1911-712836.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SthnVAkyjvI/AAAAAAAADg0/IS6Uj66AtPw/s320/IMG_1911-712836.JPG"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393174164405391090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="mobile-photo"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SthnVjnH-II/AAAAAAAADg8/6dnztnORjps/s1600-h/IMG_1910-714336.JPG"&gt;&lt;img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SthnVjnH-II/AAAAAAAADg8/6dnztnORjps/s320/IMG_1910-714336.JPG"  border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393174173810423938" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;A biker friend of Naboomspruit bought a KLR. After the KLR he bought a Triumph 950 (an ugly bike!), then the BMW 1200 GS, and then the 800 BMW. On Thursday he took delivery of a brand new KLR.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;Welcome back to Kawasaki!&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size:10pt;"&gt;(The moral of the story: Some knew from the beginning, others have to walk around the block)&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-8701072463985818343?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/8701072463985818343/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/10/back-to-square-1.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/8701072463985818343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/8701072463985818343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/10/back-to-square-1.html' title='Back to square 1!'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/SthnVAkyjvI/AAAAAAAADg0/IS6Uj66AtPw/s72-c/IMG_1911-712836.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-2989583443400336611</id><published>2009-10-15T08:34:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T08:37:11.959+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Mountain View Game Lodge, Naboomspruit</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;Gistermiddag na werk het ek die KLR geneem en Mountain View toe gery om 'n paar foto's te gaan neem. Dis so 40km buite die dorp, en 'n lekker stuk grondpad is daarby.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;Na die reën het die veld en bos die eerste groen begin te wys. Ek het weer die vrede gevoel wat oor my kom lê het dat ek nou in Naboom woon en nie meer Pretoria nie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;Ek is eers teen sonondergang daar weg. Terug op die grootpad wou ek nie vinnig ry nie. Dit wat langs die pad lê, was net te mooi. Toe, skielik, drie kameelperde in die skemering direk langs die pad. Ek het gestop en net gesit en kyk. Paradys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/Sta_Qbv3BHI/AAAAAAAADfs/1Mp8JfbMG-w/s1600-h/IMG_1877.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/Sta_Qbv3BHI/AAAAAAAADfs/1Mp8JfbMG-w/s320/IMG_1877.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;By die ontvangs is 'n afkoelpoel. Die water het die blou van die hemel weerspieël.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/Sta_okoYmwI/AAAAAAAADf0/k_bTbwTlML0/s1600-h/IMG_1886.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/Sta_okoYmwI/AAAAAAAADf0/k_bTbwTlML0/s320/IMG_1886.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;As jy op jou tent se houtdek sit, sien jy ver. Onder op die geel grasvlakte was waterbokke en sebras.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/Sta_7ctrrKI/AAAAAAAADf8/qmh91QT2WTM/s1600-h/IMG_1889.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/Sta_7ctrrKI/AAAAAAAADf8/qmh91QT2WTM/s320/IMG_1889.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;En dan kyk jy van jou tent na regs, en dis wat jy sien.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StbAWR1AhvI/AAAAAAAADgE/y2ApL7rjZ4Y/s1600-h/IMG_1885.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StbAWR1AhvI/AAAAAAAADgE/y2ApL7rjZ4Y/s320/IMG_1885.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Jy kan by jou tent vleisbraai, of in die restaurant gaan eet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StbAmgcFBpI/AAAAAAAADgM/FCPob7lHqGU/s1600-h/IMG_1892.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StbAmgcFBpI/AAAAAAAADgM/FCPob7lHqGU/s320/IMG_1892.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Die tente staan op die rant van die berg en kyk uit oor die vlakte en die Waterberge in die verte.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StbA9MtHu4I/AAAAAAAADgU/3n_dGwQrIdU/s1600-h/IMG_1897.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StbA9MtHu4I/AAAAAAAADgU/3n_dGwQrIdU/s320/IMG_1897.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Die pers van Jakarandas teen die blou van die bosveldhemel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StbBJidLCmI/AAAAAAAADgc/MUulUZC5bE8/s1600-h/IMG_1900.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StbBJidLCmI/AAAAAAAADgc/MUulUZC5bE8/s320/IMG_1900.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Die KLR het in sy leeftyd al baie gesien: Woestyne, die Alpe en sneeu, en die Waterbergbosveld.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StbBlQoWh-I/AAAAAAAADgk/seHRDOgJmd4/s1600-h/IMG_1902.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StbBlQoWh-I/AAAAAAAADgk/seHRDOgJmd4/s320/IMG_1902.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;Ek wens ek kon nog langer in die laaste sonstrale daar bly sit het om na die sonsondergang oor die berge te kyk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StbB3B-14OI/AAAAAAAADgs/Gtk4HQ0_3Z8/s1600-h/IMG_1906.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StbB3B-14OI/AAAAAAAADgs/Gtk4HQ0_3Z8/s320/IMG_1906.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;Die swakste foto denkbaar! Ek moes net die kameelperd in die laatlig sonder blits afneem. Dis hoekom alles op die foto "blur".&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Mountain View&lt;/b&gt;: 014 / 743 0731 - Maureen &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-2989583443400336611?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/2989583443400336611/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/10/mountain-view-game-lodge-naboomspruit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/2989583443400336611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/2989583443400336611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/10/mountain-view-game-lodge-naboomspruit.html' title='Mountain View Game Lodge, Naboomspruit'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/Sta_Qbv3BHI/AAAAAAAADfs/1Mp8JfbMG-w/s72-c/IMG_1877.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-3132753774333453358</id><published>2009-10-12T15:43:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-12T16:22:14.853+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Monday 12 October, 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StMqyxdJguI/AAAAAAAADfE/G0qwYg1Jsr8/s1600-h/TrustyKLR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StMqyxdJguI/AAAAAAAADfE/G0qwYg1Jsr8/s320/TrustyKLR.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Naboom2Vladivostok....&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;What an amazing feeling to start preparing for a next, long journey!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;The KLR is still doing fine. It has done now more than 41 000 km.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;Welcome back to my diary! Enjoy all the highs and lows of my travel preparations with me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-3132753774333453358?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/3132753774333453358/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/10/monday-12-october-2009.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/3132753774333453358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/3132753774333453358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/10/monday-12-october-2009.html' title='Monday 12 October, 2009'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StMqyxdJguI/AAAAAAAADfE/G0qwYg1Jsr8/s72-c/TrustyKLR.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5685371955671047244.post-8427408150158691588</id><published>2009-10-12T14:47:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-12T16:47:47.284+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='KLR'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Naboom2Vladivostok'/><title type='text'>Maandag 12 Oktober 2009</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StMmKG-BUXI/AAAAAAAADe8/sz-uIaXTJ5w/s1600-h/bygiza.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="271" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391695134003908978" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StMmKG-BUXI/AAAAAAAADe8/sz-uIaXTJ5w/s400/bygiza.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" width="271" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Inskrywing 1 op my nuwe dagboek. Soos die titel sê, Naboom2Vladivostok.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Dis lekker om van voor af te begin met die beplanning van 'n nuwe avontuur.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Die KLR is nog flink en aan die gang en het reeds meer as 41 000 km gedoen.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Welkom terug!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5685371955671047244-8427408150158691588?l=naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/feeds/8427408150158691588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/10/maandag-12-oktober-2009.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/8427408150158691588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5685371955671047244/posts/default/8427408150158691588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://naboom2vladivostok.blogspot.com/2009/10/maandag-12-oktober-2009.html' title='Maandag 12 Oktober 2009'/><author><name>Lodie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16284038599596931180</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StM-e_eVtUI/AAAAAAAADfM/syzL5WzA2WA/S220/aoh2009-28.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6z-qwk3Mc44/StMmKG-BUXI/AAAAAAAADe8/sz-uIaXTJ5w/s72-c/bygiza.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
