2016-11-11
I finish riding to Sabie in the morning and head in to the Woodsman, which comes highly recommended from other motorcyclists I have met for coffee or a beer. I park next to some other motorcycles where I am met by Chris the owner of the restaurant. Once he finds out I am from BC he tells me about a trip he took there with Canadian friends of his. He buys me a coffee and sets me up with a table. The next thing I know I am making plans to meet Sue and John (Canadians) for lunch the next day.
After lunch I check into my tent hotel and drop my bags then head out to the local waterfalls.
![Bridal Veil Falls (I wonder how many times waterfalls are called Bridal Veil)](https://i0.wp.com/kirksmototravels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DSC2695-e1479586159543-683x1024.jpg?resize=676%2C1014&ssl=1)
Bridal Veil Falls (I wonder how many times waterfalls are called Bridal Veil)
![Lone Creek Falls](https://i0.wp.com/kirksmototravels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DSC2730-e1479586190583-683x1024.jpg?resize=676%2C1014&ssl=1)
Lone Creek Falls
![Horseshoe Falls](https://i0.wp.com/kirksmototravels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_20161111_144731.jpg?resize=676%2C507&ssl=1)
Horseshoe Falls
![Sabie Falls](https://i0.wp.com/kirksmototravels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_20161112_111244.jpg?resize=676%2C901&ssl=1)
Sabie Falls
![Sabie River](https://i0.wp.com/kirksmototravels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_20161112_111824.jpg?resize=676%2C507&ssl=1)
Sabie River
That evening I enjoy a Wildebeest steak and local craft beer for dinner.
![Wildebeest Steak and Sabie Beer](https://i0.wp.com/kirksmototravels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_20161111_173203.jpg?resize=676%2C507&ssl=1)
Wildebeest Steak and Sabie Beer
2016-11-12
Sue sounds the “call of the north” as she enters the bar, so I figure out who I am meeting pretty quickly. They moved here fourteen years ago when John was working with the UNDP to improve efficiency at a local sawmill. We talk about all the hot Canadian news topics like Vancouver housing prices and Justin Trudeau. John provides a great understanding of the local forestry industry. Here they grow pine trees in a quarter the time it would take in Canada, but much of the industry is ruled by old thinking causing production to suffer.
After lunch I ride to God’s Window, where they claim you can see the Indian Ocean from across Mozambique. I am not sure if I see the ocean but the view is impressive none the less.
![God's Window](https://i0.wp.com/kirksmototravels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DSC2752.jpg?resize=676%2C451&ssl=1)
God’s Window
![The Indian Ocean is somewhere over there](https://i0.wp.com/kirksmototravels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DSC2778.jpg?resize=676%2C451&ssl=1)
The Indian Ocean is somewhere over there
On my way to Bourke’s Luck Potholes I spot a motorcyclist on a KTM 1190 parked on the side of the road with a truck stopped to render assistance. I loop back to make sure they don’t need assistance as I am carrying a wide array of tools and may be able to help. Once there I meet Anna from the Ukraine who has been traveling the world for three years already and have a quick chat. Turn’s out her bike just toppled over when she stopped to take a picture but the bike is already upright so I head out.
![Anna and her KTM](https://i0.wp.com/kirksmototravels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2016-11-12-15.32.54.jpg?resize=676%2C451&ssl=1)
Anna and her KTM
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Bourke’s Luck Potholes is the confluence of two streams where waterfalls have carved impressive pothole structures in the canyon. Bourke was lucky because he found gold in the holes.
![Bourke's Luck Potholes](https://i0.wp.com/kirksmototravels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DSC2804.jpg?resize=676%2C451&ssl=1)
Bourke’s Luck Potholes
I ride to a lodge in Hoedspruit where Alex, who I met at the Horizons Unlimited event the other week, works as a guide. Don’t worry the next post has impressive wildlife pictures coming.
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