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Best Route from Port Shepstone to Garden Route
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Lol..enjoyed the transkei roads?
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Thanks man. I was physically in one piece but after being in the car for 2 days with grandma, her cat and those towns, my sanity was in many pieces haha.
No, it wasn't so bad. Took the N2 straight to East London. Would do it again, in a safer car though. Not a Fiesta. Must be a massive loud thing with skulls on the side to ward of the locals when I pass through their towns again... Other than the towns, the rest of the roads were beautiful and the scenery was just breathtaking. The vast settlement of the Transkei is mind boggling. Hundreds of square kilometers of houses with no sign of work for them all in sight. Makes me wonder what they do to survive, where they go to work or even how they get to work, and how the children get to school. Just amazing. Those roads are BMW territory, that's for sure. Just not the sections with the roadworks and loose stones, nor the towns themselves. I would have been crying if it were my car being showered like that.
Stayed in East London for the night, then took the R72 down the coast to Mossel Bay. I have always wanted to do the coastal drive, and in a way it was a bit boring (I expected more), but also gave me the opportunity to see things I never had before, and to finally tick something off my list of things to do.
I absolutely loved the Tsitsikamma area, and seeing the wind farms around Port Elizabeth. I was highly intrigued by the vast area used for wind farming like I had only ever seen in movies of American deserts. Also, I have always done the route down to Mossel Bay from Joburg on the inland side of the mountains. To do it on the other side was a nice change of scenery.
I had never been in the Eastern Cape before, and from the southern coast side I had only ever been as far up as Plett. I can honestly and proudly say that I have been to almost every corner of the country now. What's left is the western coastline, which I hope to do soon.
I did not know what to expect, but I am glad I took the route I did.
No, it wasn't so bad. Took the N2 straight to East London. Would do it again, in a safer car though. Not a Fiesta. Must be a massive loud thing with skulls on the side to ward of the locals when I pass through their towns again... Other than the towns, the rest of the roads were beautiful and the scenery was just breathtaking. The vast settlement of the Transkei is mind boggling. Hundreds of square kilometers of houses with no sign of work for them all in sight. Makes me wonder what they do to survive, where they go to work or even how they get to work, and how the children get to school. Just amazing. Those roads are BMW territory, that's for sure. Just not the sections with the roadworks and loose stones, nor the towns themselves. I would have been crying if it were my car being showered like that.
Stayed in East London for the night, then took the R72 down the coast to Mossel Bay. I have always wanted to do the coastal drive, and in a way it was a bit boring (I expected more), but also gave me the opportunity to see things I never had before, and to finally tick something off my list of things to do.
I absolutely loved the Tsitsikamma area, and seeing the wind farms around Port Elizabeth. I was highly intrigued by the vast area used for wind farming like I had only ever seen in movies of American deserts. Also, I have always done the route down to Mossel Bay from Joburg on the inland side of the mountains. To do it on the other side was a nice change of scenery.
I had never been in the Eastern Cape before, and from the southern coast side I had only ever been as far up as Plett. I can honestly and proudly say that I have been to almost every corner of the country now. What's left is the western coastline, which I hope to do soon.
I did not know what to expect, but I am glad I took the route I did.
