SA Country Life

Too Good To Pass Up

One of my favourite pastimes (or should I say, pass-times) is tackling mountain passes, be they on tar, gravel or something a little rougher. Here in South Africa we’re blessed with many of these to choose from. In fact, the village of Rhodes in the Eastern Cape has even made some of these passes part of its tourism route, and they’re drives to

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