We soon reached the border of the Karoo (Northern Cape) and the Orange Free State province. the vegetation had now noticeably changed to being slightly more thorny and bushy, but that probably had to do with the fact that it was a fertile valley next to the river. After that it got a little dry and sparse again.
We stopped on the bridge to chill out and look at the large river and the
Meccano type bridge. Even though it was a single lane bridge, there were a few places to park out of the way, as large trucks came over from time to time and shook the whole bridge.
This is the daily blog from Africa4Adventure.com. A short series on the Karoo Motorbike tour we took on during September 2011. See the plans for the trip blog here:
Planning a 6 day 2500km route through the Karoo maximising dirt
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| The Orange River bridge in the distance - the border between the Northern Cape and the Free State |
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| We reach a new more African thorny vegetation of the bushveld |
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| An Orange tree? |
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| Single lane bridge on the old road |
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| Nice structure |
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| Orange river looking west, gets quite large when it floods - see the sheep or goats below to the left? |
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| Looking directly down below |
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| Looking towards to the East |
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| Adventure bikes on the bridge |
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