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Annette and I needed a bit of a break after the December holidays (which consisted of entertaining friends and family!).

I had a project meeting in Aliwal North on Thursday, so we decided to make a long weekend of it .
After the meeting in Aliwal North, we drove back towards the coast and booked in at Trennery's.
Trenneries is perfect for what we neede. Quiet, comfortable, affordable. We could just "muf" and rest.

On saturday we decided to drive to the Jakaranda Ship Wreck

We followed the "long way" round, but if it was not for T4A map, we would have got lost. There are no sign posts anywhere! A few days earlier, the hotel management had to recover a 4x4 which could not make the first km from the turn-off! We drove right up to the rocks near the wreck, adding a few scratches to the Touareg!
The wreck has deteriorated a lot, and only about 30% of the ship is still intact.
On out way back, we decided to take the "short-cut" via part of the Eco Trail.
Again, without T4A, it would have been absolutely impossible to follow the track, which is not a road, but just a track through very rough country.
The crossing through the Qolora river was fun. Not deep, but very tricky.
In retrospect, I would not advise anybody to do this trail on their own.
After the ample rains of the past few weeks, the Transkei black turf provided a lot of "fun" moments, especially the last stream crossing.
The semi-AT tyres on the Touareg (Pirelli Scorpion ATS) did not really make things easier, either. (I wish i can afford those BFGs!)

I was so busy driving that I did not have much time for photographs.
Next time I will take another vehicle or two with and document it properly.

The beauty of this is that it is only 120km from home!

See what happens when you leave the kids at home

I'll gladly play camera man next time round!

Hope you got some well deserved rest non-the-less.

Come now 4e... Where's the pics. The images of T4A and google dont count. The pic of the Jacaranda could be from anywhere

Pics (the few I have) are still on the SD card in the camera.
I will post later.

KaiV wrote:Come now 4e... Where's the pics. The images of T4A and google dont count. The pic of the Jacaranda could be from anywhere

OK, to prove that I was there, see the Touareg in the background
The Jacaranda Wreck Annette caught me checking out an obstacle (note my flesh-coloured cap ). This is a typical scene in the Transkei. Unspoiled nature! The Qolora River valley and Mouth (Trennery's is to the right of the mouth) I call this little hill "Scalectrix Hill", because once you tacle it, there is no steering - the wheels follow the donga in the black turf, like a Scalectrix car. The photgraphs don't really show the steepness of the hill. The day before somebody had apparently failed to make it up the hill (we saw evidence of the rocks and branches).