Closed to Traffic - Bloukrans pass adventure

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Day4 Part2
Heavy rains and accompanying floods from November 2007 caused rock falls and damage to the road.
The Bloukrans Pass was closed.

Traffic was forced to travel on the N2 and forced to pay the toll fee. Those who travelled to (or lived in) Nature’s Valley from Port Elizabeth still had to pay the full amount (approx $1for a motorcycle), even though they only used about 14 km of the N2 before they could connect to the older R102 alternative again.
The Bloukrans River separates the Eastern Cape and Western Cape and as a result of the damage of 2007, only half the length of the road was repaired.
It was the half belonging to the (DA run) Western Cape.
The other half (ANC run)(Eastern Cape territory) stayed abysmal with debris of rocks and trees blocking the majority of the road.
It’s been more than a decade and the Bloukrans Pass is still closed.

The boomslang is an excellent climber and is highly arboreal, living mainly in forested areas. D. typus lives in karoo shrubs, savannahs, lowland forests, and in grasslands. The boomslang is not restricted to trees and can often be found on the ground hunting, feeding, or taking shelter. It will occasionally hide underground when the weather is harsh.
It has a highly potent venom, which it delivers through large fangs located in the back of the jaw.The boomslang is able to open its jaws up to 170° when biting.The venom of the boomslang is primarily a hemotoxin; it works by a process in which so many small clots form in the blood that the victim loses the ability to clot further and the victim may die as a result of internal and external bleeding. The venom has been observed to cause haemorrhaging into tissues such as muscle and the brain while at the same time clogging capillaries with tiny blood clots.Other signs and symptoms include headache, nausea, sleepiness, and confusion.
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