About Us

PLEASE NOTE THAT WHILE WE ARE IN CAPE TOWN OTHER THAN TO MENTION CAMPS WE ARE STAYING IN, THIS BLOG WILL BE DORMANT UNTIL WE LEAVE UP THE W COAST IN MAY Entertainer Derek Gordon along with wife Christel, brother-in-law photographer Bernd Weimar and "hond" Jack the Russell are off on a minimum one year motorhome tour of the country. It has been a lifetime ambition to undertake this trip, put off many,many times, but come May 5th 2011, now a reality It is our intention to head up the East coast, Wild coast and into N.Kwa Zulu Natal. From there we will cross Umpumalanga into Botswana and eventually Namibia. Finally we head down the West coast back to Cape Town. The trip should take a year but that is not a factor. If we like a place we stay, if not we move on. I will attempt to do shows where and whenever I can as well as selling our artworks and T-Shirts at Farmers and Arts and Crafts markets as we go. It is not our intention to make money but merely subsidise our expenses. Follow this blog to find out where we are, who we've met, where we've stayed and how much its cost. We remain contactable by email at dpgordon@webmail.co.za

EXPENSES REPORT

Diesel cost getting "Gertie" our motorhome to PE was R998.00. This averaged 7.8lt per km. Not bad considering the couple of wrong turns we made and towing "Katie" the bakkie as well.

SPENT TO DATE: 30/06/11

"Gertie"Diesel R2306
Camp Fees: R8158.92
Food : R7636.31

TOTAL                                                 R18,101.68
DAYS TRAVELLED CAMPING:                 112
FREEBIES                                                        10
TOTAL DAYS TRAVELLED                        122
PER DAY COSTS:                               R148.37

PER PERSON PER DAY COSTS:       R49.45
You will notice that costs PP have come down substancially from over R70 to R49. This is due to staying longer in a place making use of monthly fees in camps and also thereby saving on diesel.

NB: To keep this report accurate, I am not including periods where we stay with friends or family for a period and do not incur camp costs. Costs reflected above are for actual camping nights.
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