Fast Forward to 2024.
Every year over the December holidays we choose a holiday car. We’ve had bikes, bakkies, SUVs and the like, but in spite of having such fit for purpose vehicles, when we decided to visit Gamkaskloof we did it with a Suzuki Ignis! This started off our Suzuki Adventures and since we have taken a Ignis to the Namakwaland Flowers, the Malgas Pontoon and several other places. We called it the Suzuki Adventures.
This year we had the newly launched Suzuki Fronx. All we needed was an adventure. And all these years, in the back of my mind, I remembered that Kliphuisie next to the river. How can you discover a place like that and not go stay there?
The plan was set, the accommodation booked and paid. To end off our holiday we’d spend three days and two nights on the bank of the Sonderendrivier.
How interesting to drive back on the same roads again, seeing what changed and what stayed the same. The derelict buildings deteriorated quite a bit over time.
And there it was, just as beautiful as all those years ago. I can’t believe it took me this long to come back.
I can't believe it took me this long to come back!
Cosy inside:
Daily visit from the garden service to mow the lawn.
Romantic evenings with no signal. No distractions. True rest.
A stop on the way out next to the same old
building where I photographed the GWM H5 all those years ago.
And so, our holiday came to an end. As did the last chapter of the Vaandrigsdrif adventure.
It was time for the lovable Fronx to go back. We really enjoyed our time with this car. There may be much more Suzuki adventures in our future yet.
But for now, it’s back to work. Our first car for the year – the Mercedes A35 AMG. Life is tough when you are a motor journalist!
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