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06/01/2009

Managed to get away at George at 10h00 after the tyre was not fixed as promised.
Up the Outeniqua pass with no problems.
Reach Calitzdorp. The children are asleep in the Luton and we pop into a shop to purchase bread. The shop did not have bread and we go to another shop to find bread. We return with the bread, get into car and drive to De Kranz to purchase Port. We try to wake the children from the cab. No response. Try harder – no response. The phone rings, I answer and a little voice says “dad can you please come and fetch us as Rose Café”
The children actually woke at the first stop and went to the bathroom in a restaurant across the road. They did not see us drive away and we did not know they got up. Zante was very upset, but in hindsight, we all found it extremely funny and learnt a valuable lesson.
From Swellendam to Bredasdorp travelled through the Trudoux Pass. An impressive pass with sharp turns, rock formations and deep ravines . Travelled 388 km for the day and it took us 9 hours. That is just from sightseeing!!!

Reached Cape Agulhas, the Southernmost tip of Africa, and spent the night. It is beautiful and one of the few places in South Africa where you can view both the sunrise and sunset over the ocean.

Money Spent
Camping 130
Ronnies Sex Shop 45
Meat 84
OK Bazaar 28
Rolls 16

As a family we have started our own challenge to see who can buy the best, or most, of anything with $1. At this stage everybody is still playing a strategic game of waiting to see what the other guys are going to buy.

We have also met some really nice people from Europe that has said to come visit them once we reach Europe so we decided to extend our One Dollar Challenge to any person, group or company that feel like making a contribution to our trip.

It basically works like this. You offer us anything you want for $1. We decide whether we want to accept it and if we do then once we meet up we will give you $1 in exchange for whatever you offered.

Example: You offer to buy us a beer when we reach Paris. When we reach Paris and contact you we will exchange you our $1 for a beer.

Of course you can offer anything. Maybe a room for a night, a meal, a guided tour or whatever you are prepared to exchange for $1. Once we take you up on your offer we pay you $1.

If you have something to offer us please e-mail us on ericus@north-bound.co.za Keep in mind we are 2 adults and 2 children.

You can enter your own offer here. Just remember to send us your contact details as well.

We will display everything that anybody has offered us on this page and our heartfelt thanks to everybody that has taken the time and trouble to respond.

Play along. It can be fun.