Hoedspruit Ride Report with lots of Pics

[SmokenFly]

Decided at the spur of the moment to do a ride to Hoedsruit, was a great weekend and a fun ride.

Bike packed and ready for trip

Pick up riding partner

River neat Tzaneen

On the road to Leydsdorp

Picture of the Deathwings .....sorry Battlewings not designed for offroad, well at least for novice offroad riders

Self portrait

Have fun in on the roads

Small water crossing

So the Tiger and i were very hot, and decided to cool off a little, Huge disagreement on the dismount though......LOL, OK OK I got windgat and went to quick lost it...DOH! I blame it on the tyres  ;D

So next stop Leydsdorp, stunning little ghost town loved it.

Still da moer in after the crash

We arrive safely at our campsite just outside of Hoedspruit called Phelwana, Stunning place and we had the whole camp site to ourselves.

First whiskey down, ego slowly being restored

What they dont tell you is the hippo's roam free....NO FENCES, indemnity form at reception ????

Fire time with the local ladies that run the place

Brief inspection of the bike, no damages...yeah....ok ok panniers broke, lucky they insured

Africa I will conquer one day

Hit the road back sunday morning, stop at a moerse big Baobab tree

Me inside the tree

ok so this pic does look a bit dodgy

Some of the flood damage

All in all was a fantastic trip, hope you enjoyed the pics

 

[Etta]

Well done  :thumleft:

 

[GO GIRL]

Thoroughly enjoyed the pics ....this all the terrain that I will be discovering soon...

Thanks for sharing... :thumleft:

 

[SmokenFly]

You will love the Ride Go-Girl such a stunning part of the country.

watch out for the cooling puddles

 

[DirtRebell]

it is a beautiful part of our country. nice report and thanks for sharing.

I dig the dodgy tree pic :imaposer:

 

[White Rhino]

Nice roughing it with those larnie panniers - the flood damage tells a story - thanks :thumleft:

 

[skydiver]

Nice RR.  :thumleft:

 

[Beltzer]

:thumleft:

 

[Frannarossi]

Lekker trip in a beautiful part of the country.Your riding buddy looks a lot like Lodie who did the Naboomspruit to Germany etc trips?

 

[SmokenFly]

Lekker trip in a beautiful part of the country.Your riding buddy looks a lot like Lodie who did the Naboomspruit to Germany etc trips?

indeed it is Lodie a very good friend of mine

 

[BlueBull2007]

:thumleft:

Nice RR

 

[dual]

Hippos are very dangerous, was there Crocks as well?
Nice trip and RR :thumleft:

 

[SmokenFly]

Hippos are very dangerous, was there Crocks as well?
Nice trip and RR :thumleft:

No Crocs that i was aware of, but at night the hippos were grazing about a meter from the tent, very un-easy feeling

 

[bernard@colorweisnursery]

Nice pics. I live close but never had the big rains and by the way -thanks for the invite  ot:

 

[Duster]

Nice trip, SmokenFly.  Looks like you and Lodie had a great ride.  Funny though to see him on his Yammie instead of the KLR!  Lodie also rode with me the first 80 odd km of my Botswana/Zambia/Zim trip last Oct.  We should do a ride together one day.  I live just around the corner of Lodie.  Happy riding!!

 

[SmokenFly]

Nice pics. I live close but never had the big rains and by the way -thanks for the invite  ot:

Eish Sorry Bernt, Next time im in the area for a ride will send you a PM  ;D

 

[roxenz]

Thanks for posting a lovely RR, SmokenFly! Great idea for a weekend breakaway.  :thumleft:

Uhm, almost forgot to add: yes those tyres are to blame!  :biggrin:

 

[Spore]

Thanks a lot - my area, and oh so beautiful! Great pics! :mwink:

 

[Swart Baard]

Hippos are very dangerous, was there Crocks as well?
Nice trip and RR :thumleft:

No Crocs that i was aware of, but at night the hippos were grazing about a meter from the tent, very un-easy feeling

Hippos kill the most people in africa  :deal: Would have also karked myself and fueled up with more whiskey to ease the pain when those underwater ballerina's decide to charge  :eek7:

Your Tiger is really nicely pimped  :thumleft: Just a pity about those larnie pannier that broke  :'(

Nice RR  :ricky:

 

[SmokenFly]

Hippos are very dangerous, was there Crocks as well?
Nice trip and RR :thumleft:

No Crocs that i was aware of, but at night the hippos were grazing about a meter from the tent, very un-easy feeling

Hippos kill the most people in africa  :deal: Would have also karked myself and fueled up with more whiskey to ease the pain when those underwater ballerina's decide to charge  :eek7:

Your Tiger is really nicely pimped  :thumleft: Just a pity about those larnie pannier that broke  :'(

Nice RR  :ricky:

larnie Panniers crap for offroad ...  :bueller: but had a great ride, after hearing the first hippo GRUNT by my tent i went into a coma otherwise known as a whiskey sleep! to kark scared to be awake..... :imaposer: :imaposer: :imaposer:

But in all honesty was an excellent ride