{"id":2454,"date":"2017-01-25T19:50:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T17:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2019-03-18T13:44:57","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T11:44:57","slug":"karoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/karoo\/","title":{"rendered":"KAROO VISTAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Karoo has a beauty of its own \u2013 you either love it and see the beauty in the simplicity of the landscape or\u00a0 completely hate it and just want to pass through as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>The Karoo landscape comprises of big blue skies, typical Karoo koppies, windpumps of all shapes and sizes, sheep, the smell of Karoo vegetation, long and dusty gravel roads, beautiful churches and some interesting people in the countryside. \u00a0Priceless!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2465\" src=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Karoo-vistas-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Karoo-vistas-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Karoo-vistas-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Karoo-vistas-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Karoo-vistas-190x190.jpg 190w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Karoo-vistas-60x60.jpg 60w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Karoo-vistas-335x335.jpg 335w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Karoo-vistas.jpg 404w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you spent some time in the Karoo \u00a0you will fall in love with the\u00a0little creatures, the spring flowers in bloom, the total quietness and \u00a0sultry evenings on offer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2456\" src=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-035-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-035-300x297.jpg 300w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-035-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-035-600x593.jpg 600w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-035-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-035-768x759.jpg 768w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-035-1024x1012.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-035-190x188.jpg 190w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-035-60x59.jpg 60w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-035-339x335.jpg 339w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-035.jpg 1823w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And last but not least if you get your timing right you may get rewarded with the most amazing sunsets you can imagine. \u00a0These are things that money cannot buy!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2455\" src=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-071-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-071-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-071-600x401.jpg 600w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-071-768x513.jpg 768w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-071-1024x684.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-071-190x127.jpg 190w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-071-60x40.jpg 60w, http:\/\/travelbucket.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Gamkaberg-071-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">After experiencing all of this you will want to come back again and again and again, my friend. \u00a0Come and see it with your own eyes &#8230;&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u00a0&#8212; Money fills your pocket, but travels fill your soul! 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