Hogsback, South Africa

Travel Blogs from Hogsback (17)

Hogsback - Rambling Country, Hogsback, South Africa travel blog
Hogsback - Rambling Country
Jan 18, 2009

... from abusive backgrounds, I have called my favourite, 'Dogbert'. Hogsback and especially AWTF are well worth straying away from the Bazbus route for. South Africa's towns and villages are what the country is all about (but I am looking forward to Durban).

A travel blog entry by stephen.j.booth
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Hogsback - Away With the Fairies!, Hogsback, South Africa travel blog
Hogsback - Away With the Fairies!
Nov 6, 2007

... . This is a beautiful little village set up in the mountains inland from the coast. It is said that the landscapes of Hogsback was the inspiration for JRR Tolkien to write The Hobbit. Considering he was here when he was only five years old, this fact ...

A travel blog entry by djchurch
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Hogsback, Hogsback, South Africa travel blog
Hogsback
Jan 24, 2006

... a ridge along the top. They really do look like the backs of the wild hogs in the area. They are respectively called Hogsback 1, 2 and 3. This area is where the famous J.R. Tolkein was born. The community proudly boasts that this is where he got his ...

A travel blog entry by audreyandjack
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Garden Routing, Hogsback, South Africa travel blog
Garden Routing
Oct 1, 2004

... hour hike in the forest with a guy staying at the same hostel. After an overnight stay in Port Elizabeth, I rode to Hogsback, a tiny hamlet in the mountains and supposedly Toiken's real inspiration for the Lord of the Rings trilogy (not New Zealand like ...

A travel blog entry by marqual

Forum Discussions on Hogsback (1)

Bazbus or car hire?
Posted on Jan 20, 2009, 05:48:07
... to hire a car in SA. Make sure to check your car tyre pressures properly. We recently came across a few travellers in Hogsback, having hired a car, with very different pressures on all the wheels. Only checked because we helped them change a flat... In ...

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