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So proud of you! What a wonderful adventure. It’s been such a pleasure to follow you over these last few weeks. Enjoy Cape Town and all that time with the family that will follow. You deserve it! All the best, Ed
1 month agoSome kind of aloe. Possibly cape aloe.
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/124412-Aloe-ferox/browse_photos
Thanks!
Nice to get confirmation of an ID from someone with on-site knowledge! I appreciate that, and if you see any ID where I am off-base, please offer the correction!
Yes, Common Slug-eater (Duberria lutrix). We all want them in our vegetable gardens :-). Also Carnivorous Snails which do a similar job.
1 month agoNot enough detail to really tell, but possibly a slug eater.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duberria_lutrix
Good luck tomorrow. We also found remote schools to be hospitable to cyclists.
2 months agoHi Jean-Marc,
That is extremely kind of you. Thank you!
However, I wont be passing PE this time as my route through SA starts at Mahikeng and then heads South West towards Agulhas.
Thanks again, and all the best,
Bijou
Hi Bijou.
Hoping that you will pass through my home town of Gqeberha (aka Port Elizabeth) on your way south. We are currently making our way back there and should be home by the beginning of December. So if you are looking for accommodation, you're welcome to stay with us.
Jean-Marc
Integrating... I can relate. When I was 10 (1956) my family moved from Ft Wayne, IN to Mojave, CA. My dad was a teacher, and at that age, teachers (and their kids) were generally very unpopular. I was also awkward, small and skinny. Despite being white in a school of mostly whites, some Mexican, American Indian and one black family, I did not fit in. Not even with the non whites. Only a few other socially inept whites were my friends. It lasted until I left for college, where I was immediately integrated. It took a year or so for me to become normalized to being one of the crowd instead of an outsider.
2 months agoSuch a lovely post Bijou. Amazing that only time really stands between such distinct chapters of our life, and how blessed we can be that memories flow back from across the ages. By the way, you kept quiet about the sponsorship deal with Nando’s!
2 months agoA former restaurant?
2 months agoAbsolutely glorious. What a trip down memory lane that must have been!
2 months ago
Congratulations! Great ride and i enjoyed following along through your journal. Patrick
1 month ago