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Karoo - Day1 Leg11 - Big Sky

Karoo - Day1 Leg11 - Big Sky

Jan 21 Posted by Africa4Adventure in Southern African Rides 0

One of the things you notice very quickly out in the semi-desert is how big the sky is! it seems to go on forever. The cloud cover also seems much higher and thinner. We were half way to approaching the destination of Sutherland, which is where they have the Sutherland astronomical observatory, so it makes sense that you would need a big sky to be able to look out at space.

Wide open space

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I grew up in South Africa and got used to travel and bikes. In 1998 moved to live and work in the UK for 12 years. Living in London I always felt it too busy for bikes, but used to come back to SA to ride. Now back in Africa am making the most of the vast wonderful riding playground we have out here for miles and miles all year round.

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