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Thanks guys.
Hi Johann...Red Pepper Products is in Vredenburg on the west coast. Cobus is a great guy and has a passion for his work. You should see his Hilux! His contact number is on the forum...just search red pepper products and there is an advert for his stuff that the boss put on.

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vital info! thanks. Hope this isn't reaching the fairest Cape yet!

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So finally back on the forum with some pictures.... got the full OME kit fitted. Took measurements of before ride height, but not yet after. will post those pics when I am back at home. Here are the Rock sliders I had fitted!!! They are seriously tough and well made. I used the services of Cobus fro...

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Hallo creatures of the night...Getting close to the last night shift for me for another while

Have a good night / morning to all.

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compulsive clicker...

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True Dat!

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Thanks for an amazing TR Mark :!: :!: :!: :!: Really truly awesome! Dit maak my so lus ek ry somer vif die naweek Nam toe :wth: Sorry 'bout the burglary, but strangely enough, the only place on our entire trip we had issues was in Outjo, but the butchery there is tops :thumbup: Thanks again for a ro...

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Why o why do we need money!!!

Evening all

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Damn graphs!...click people click

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Gysie...don't worry, it's like Thys said...don't sweat the small stuff...focus on the positive like GI Jane said...that's 51 less than most other days :thumbup: Ek sukkel ook so bietjie, but if I can make it through a shift like yesterday without smoking, then I think I am doing pretty well so far!!...

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over and out...

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Good one the wife sent! THE BLACK BRA The Black Bra (as told by a woman) I had lunch with 2 of my unmarried friends. One is engaged, one is a mistress, and I have been married for 20+ years. We were chatting about our relationships and decided to amaze our men by greeting them at the door wearing a ...

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Awesome TR Chris...ongelooflike fodies! Daai avataar foto is n keeper :!:
Thanks Eric for the download and post

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I have managed to manage my smoking over the years and have even stopped for up to two years at one time....obviously very addicted seeing I start again after such a long time, but my smoking is another story all together. I have a book I strongly recommend reading. "The Nicotine Trick" by...

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Mike Snow!!?? Very cool, but not everyones taste

Something new I saw a music video of first....Gotye!
Check him out here...gotye.com
and listen to his music on his myspace page...gotye MySpace

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Hilton-2011 3.0D4D - Rhinoooooo

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more than likely I qualify for this during my work time...night shift

, but at least I get to check the interweb on duty

Good Evening/Morning night owls

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Only seen this now...clicking away daily...passed on to my wife too...she is a massive animal activist and will get serious amounts of help happening in her circle of friends alone!

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Lovely report and loads of awesome pics...Yip...I can go any time, and a TR like that makes me wanna pack and leave pronto. Glad to hear you joined the Gondwana collection thingy...Definitely a no brainer to my wife and I too! Worth every cent and you are assured of a quality camp site! Thanks for t...

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Now that looks like a proper ride!

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For some reason, I can't find the photo's of the stretch between Ai-Ais and the orange river :beg: But it is stunning and we both enjoyed the drive. You seem to drive downhill at a steady pace and then all of a sudden we got our first views of the river....and the most beautiful informal settlement ...

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So after an early lunch and awesome sunset, we decided it was time to have a bit of a late snack and something to drink!...Very happy to see one of our local west coast wines on offer and ordered it straight away as it is one of our favorites. :thumb up: TR_195.jpg Don't know who enjoyed the wine mo...

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Been gone from here for too long, and won't waste time with lame excuses.....have to post the last few pics to close out this report, because the next one is coming real soon! So after leaving Aus and the wild horses behind we took a long stretch of tar before turning onto the C12's gravel road, and...

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Amazing Photo's Andre!!! Hopefully the wife and I will have this opportunity too one day soon. Really awesome photo's :crazy: Looks like some proper 4x4ing though!!! If there was one modification to your vehicle you could advice as a necessity, what would it be? I'm asking because I am looking at ma...

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Up pre-sunshine to pack and make our way back to Aus to spot the wild horses! :excited: Leaving pre sunrise got us a few more beautiful sunrise shots.... TR_180.jpg and some moon set shots too! TR_181.jpg Beautiful! TR_182.jpg And then on to the watering hole to see the horses. We were blown away by...

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This has got to be the best looking Nedbank I have ever seen....from the outside obviously :laugh2: TR_173.jpg After the Kolmanskop tour we continued to do the tourist thing and took a drive to Diaz point and went to check out the cross, and then took a drive through down all the bays south of diaz ...

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PAUSE

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Here are some of the pics from the tour of Kolmanskop. TR_165.jpg TR_166.jpg TR_167.jpg TR_168.jpg Guess who hated School... :lol: :laugh2: :lmao: TR_169.jpg TR_170.jpg The still relatively pristine bowling alley in the main house TR_171.jpg And the finger plant...that has a much naughtier name in A...

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We went to check out the camp site on the point. We had been warned of being blown away here. Only one camper in site...in a caravan, and literally nothing else. also evidence of some shady business here at night, so we opted not to camp here and went looking in the town for some alternatives. Not b...

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So onward to the land of wild horses and diamonds :) Again excited to see the coast and visit a town I haven't been in since....a long time ago. Fond memories of working in Luderitz with my father and brothers and some good friends. I job I would love to still have! Now we know where we are again :l...

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Keep heading south, looking for somewhere to stay over....and found :beta: :lmao: :lmao: :lmao: so we spent the night at Beta Campsite. Very cool. and also very cool little chalets there...each one with their own unique finishes., and a donkie for hot water :thumbup: We got here late, enjoying the l...

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Trying very hard to concentrate on the important things...like this TR....work is for the birds :lmao: Hi Rian. Unfortunately didn't do any fishing in Swakop of Walvis :thumbdown: . I am a surfer, and when I got there my main priority was to get some waves, as the swell had been running the entire t...

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So once through the canyons and passes, we continued on till we passed another landmark... TR_135a.jpg On the way to Solitaire we again were exposed to the side effects of a good rainy season.....Fires! TR_136.jpg This sort of damage again results in various forms of erosion, and we were lucky enoug...

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So leaving Walvis, next stop Solitaire. We had heard about amazing apple pie here and wanted to try it for our selves. A very good tip we recieved from a number of people was to always stay as close to the ocean as possible when choosing a route to travel. Sounded good to me and was the Modus Operan...

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Thanks for the comments guys...yes...the long pause was for that terrible thing called work :sick: So.....from Henties we made our way down to Swakopmund. The only other time I had been to Namibia for anything other than work was 3 years previously, when my wife and I drove to Swakopmund for the wee...

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So the next stop on our list was Henties. Louisa and myself had spent a few hours here before and were looking forward to being here with our own transport so we could explore the town a bit more!...but first the compulsory stop at Cape Cross to see the Seal colonies there! TR_117aa.jpg TR_117a.jpg ...

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It is so great to stand here fishing..you look left and see endless beach...look right and see more endless coastline..look behind you and you will see nothing but dunes and sand...and more than likely a little strandwolf. We weren't so lucky though. We did see many very very large paw prints though...

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So now the tempreture had dropped 20degrees from inland to the coast and we had to put on long sleeves all of a sudden :o: But both Louisa and myself welcomed the cooler weather after spending the last two weeks in the 30degrees region, with some days approaching the 40 already! This was also the fi...

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Baie Dankie Dawie...dit is baie cool om te weet. Die ou wat vir my van die plek vertel het net gese dat dit waar all die boere stop vir hulle eerste "official" vakansie dop, en ons mag nie daar verby ry sonder om die tradisie te behou.

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Again the vastness of the region is truly awe inspiring....Time and time again I say to my wife that I want to live here! TR_98.jpg Next stop....land of the galjoen! TR_99.jpg And finally we were at the entrance gates.....the temperature over the last 50km had dropped from 28 to 20 degrees at the ga...

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Cool looking road... TR_90.jpg Some Vehicles just weren't made for this... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: TR_91.jpg Bet you these pics aren't on the cruiser forum... :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: TR_92.jpg Yet Rhino stands tall :lol: TR_93.jpg Anyone who has driven this route will know about this pla...

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Louisa and me were both terribly excited to get to the Skeleton Coast Park. We had both been dying to see it, and me being a surfer and avid fisherman, I was dying to get to Terrace Bay for a few attempts at trying to catch our national fish!!! The route from Palmway over the Grootberg Pass is a rou...

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This is the last photo I took in Etosha, and is as close to trying to be artistic as I get :lol: TR_78.jpg The manager at the Dolomite camp was such a great guy, and I can see why he does so well with NWR. He shared a lot of info with us about where to stop and things we should see and was an amazin...

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This place wasn't cheap, BUT....I can seriously recommend it to anyone who wants a proper luxury holiday in the bush. :beach: The service is excellent and the chalets and facilities are amazing. The president of Nam was there two days after us to officially open the lodge, and since then it has grac...

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Had a surprise up my sleeve for the wife! I read about a new place that opened up in the west of Etosha, the restricted part, and if you booked a stay there, then you were allowed to drive from Okaukeujo through the restricted area to get there. I was hoping that this would get us some really good g...

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Once again...thanks for the help and info...Licensed

Call Sign X-ray 106

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Thanks very much guys...will continue as soon as I get the chance to download more photo's. Internet where I am is terrible. Taking ages to get this TR done.

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WOW!!!!

Stunning photo's man! Planning trip to Bots late next year...hope to bring back some photo's as awesome as yours!

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The next morning we woke up and had some breakfast and were deciding where to go for the day when my wife noticed that the rear left wheel looked a bit flat...either that or the grass grew really quick that night. And then it hit me...that strange gut feel I had was spot on. On the drive home from O...

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here are some more pics of sightings prior to leaving Etosha to find our alternative accomodations TR_46.jpg This Springbokkie was going mental for about 5 minutes, and we were laughing so hard at him that we struggled to take a decent photo. All his bokkie mates were standing dead still staring at ...

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We drove for kilometers seeing nothing but burnt out veld...quite sad, and quite weird that not one of the staff members mentioned anything? So on we soldiered. Despite the carnage, we still saw lots and enjoyed our driving....The next waterhole we spotted some of those elusive big cats, who were mo...

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All of a sudden we started to see what we heard whispers of that morning...fires! We drove and drove and drove and saw nothing but desolated bush....some areas worse than others, and needless to say, our spotting of wild became a bit less.. There was still game though. TR_35.jpg We later came to a w...

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On departing Namutoni, we heard someone mentioning something about a fire, but we were none the wiser, and surely the park staff would inform us if there was anything to be worried about :think: Straight away we started to see loads of animals. TR_30.jpg TR_301.jpg TR_31.jpg Then we came around the ...

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Right...next it was off to Etosha. Entered through the eastern gate to Namutoni. We arrived early to have a look around and set up camp site early enough to maybe drive around and have a look for some game. TR_23.jpg Walked around and checked out the old fort...very cool. TR_24.jpg And straight away...

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More of Lake Otjikoto TR_21.jpg Apparently the depth of the sinkgat has not yet been determined, as divers haven't been able to go deep enough. there is a somber reminder of the dark depths below the beautiful waterline.... TR_22.jpg That was that for Lake Otjikoto...all in all. this was my wife and...

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Hi Riaan...om jou vraag te antwoord...Tsumeb om. Dit is waar die TR weer op tel. So after spending a a fair amount of the day enjoying the gravel of the D2804 and a few other detours, we decided it would be wise to get to Tsumeb and find a place to test our new tent poles properly....and all the oth...

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This was also were the tyres were deflated for the first time! :yahoo: and would stay deflated :twisted: TR_8.jpg Along this road we came across this lost little okie, who seemed a bit scared. There were massive game fences either side, so this guy was obviously lost. TR_9.jpg As we cruised up to hi...

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My financial advisor emailed me early in September and "advised" me that unless I want SARS attached to me like a leach, I should do something about spending some more days out the country........and so my wife and I decided it was time to take that Nam holiday we had been dreaming of for ...

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Hi F_D Have been gone for a long time, so haven't had the chance to check on this till now. Checked and there are air bags in all the pillars and also confirmed with the guys who did the installation and apparently they have done quite a few vigo installations in the same place with no reported prob...

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