In search of Pelargonium scabrum

Some people put on their skirt suit and heels to go to work. I open my cupboard, look for the oldest thing I own, and put that on instead. Then I head off into the hills... But the absolute best thing about my work (botanical research) is all the beautiful places I get to go to that I would otherwise never experience, the strange and wonderful plants we discover and the quirky people I meet along the way. I could fill a blog about these folk, but I digress.

Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park Camping Trip

We did this trip in Sept 2010 with friends Mark and Cathy

It went something like this:
3 Nts Twee Rivieren (Kgalagadi)

2 Nights Mabuasehube (on the Bots side)(actually the Landy decided to go half way there and no further due to major corrugations, so we just parked off in the bush for 2 nights and never actually made it to our camping destination on the Eastern border of the park)

Then a few nights in the Riemvasmaak Community Conservancy. We had one night in a cottage near the hot springs (which we never actually swam in because we disturbed a rather dodgey, giggly group of locals in the water with not a lot of clothing on), but it was a beautiful drive to get there and the accommodation was nice. After that we went further into the reserve and camped along the Orange River near Augrabies (but still in the community reserve) and that was so relaxing - no people around anywhere, just bush camping on the very edge of the river.