ÿþ<html> <head> <TITLE>Welcome to Bastille de Blignaut - The 4x4 Adventure!</TITLE> <meta name="keywords" content="Survival Skills, hunting, African bush, 4x4 Guide, 4x4 Tour guide, Tourists, tours, self-drive, 4x4, safari, camping, Africa"> </TITLE> <META NAME="Description" CONTENT="Author: L.B. Blignaut, Category: The 4x4 Adventure"> <META NAME="Author" CONTENT="zls@telkomsa.net"> <!-- Update your html tag to include the itemscope and itemtype attributes --> <html itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/4x4 Adventures"> <!-- Add the following three tags to your body --> <span itemprop="name">Adventure series</span> <span itemprop="description">4x4 adventures</span> <!-- META Tags generated by http://submitexpress.com/metatag.html --> </head> <body bgcolor="#d0d0d0" id="ctl00_masterBodyTag" class="entire"> <table border=5 width="100%"><td> <center> <img src="images/map/logo1.jpg" align="left" width=200 height=150 BORDER=0 ><p> <h1><a name="C4"><u>~Bastille de Blignaut B&B~</u></a></h1></center> <center><h2><a name="C4"><u>~4x4 Adventures~</u></a></h2></center> </div> <!-- what I want --> <pre> <center><a href="bastilledeblignaut.htm">Home</a> <a href="N Mozambique.htm">N Mozambique Trip</a> <a href="RUCE.htm">RUCE</a> <a href="mailto:zls@telkomsa.net?subject=From the 4x4 page">Send Mail</a><center> </pre> <p> </td> </table> <table border=5 width="100%"><td> <p><img src="images/4x4/ontoure.jpg" align="right"width=300 height=300 BORDER=0 usemap="#4x4"> <map id="4x4" name="4x4 Adventures"> <area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="Check out our 4x4 Music Video" href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=43964453" target="_blank"> </a> </p> <p><center><h1><u><b>INTRODUCTION</b></h1></u></center> <center>Leonard has always loved the African Bush, and a 4x4 is essential to discover its secrets.<br> His vast knowledge and experience of Engineering, Survival Skills, hunting and the African bush make him the ideal 4x4 Guide.<br> Having qualifying as a 4x4 Tour guide, he passionately enjoys leading Tourists on tours into the African Bush.<br> Ideally Leonard prefers to take not more than eight self-drive 4x4 vehicles on Safari s<br> mostly camping in the open Bush, close to the Natural Africa.<br> </p><p> Often times he will pack his family into his vehicle and venture into the unknown& alone.<br> It is his experience and knowledge that enables him to venture out there with confidence.<br> Apart from the general African wildlife, the Big five, poisonous snakes and so on,<br> Leonard knows how to contend with the African.<br> These People have unique cultures and too many languages to learn.<br> Communicating with them can be tricky, often resorting to sign language.<br> </p> <pre><h1><u><b>4x4 Tours</u> </b></h1></pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/4x4_camp.jpg" align="right"width=450 height=350 BORDER=0> We prefer to allow Customers to experience 4x4ing in Africa in small groups of capable vehicles.<br> Driving hired 4x4 s is encouraged, and Leonard offers training in this regard.<br> Many times we will venture into areas where there are no camping facilities, and we make do with our own.<br> There are a few set routes, but we are always keen on taking customers on dedicated safaris into the unknown.<br> By the time we get back home, our drivers are quite capable of handling a 4x4 and eager to book your next African Excursion.<br> <br> We hoped to take an expedition to <a href="N Mozambique.htm">Northern_Mozambique</a>,<br> however we haven t had any enquiries so we are keeping it on the back burner for a later date<br> We invite church and other charity organizations who are interested in uplifting the Mozambique people to contact us in this regard. Leonard is passionate about renewable free energy such as solar and wind, protecting the environment and promoting a better life for Africans. <br></center><pre> <pre><h1><u><b>The LA Sport 4x4 Challenge on 11 Feb 2012 will be held at Onderstepoort</u> </b></h1></pre> <iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=211321284697102187677.0004b71a252da3c239e46&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=-25.583513,28.180484&amp;spn=0,0&amp;t=h&amp;vpsrc=6&amp;output=embed"></iframe><br /><small>View <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=211321284697102187677.0004b71a252da3c239e46&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=-25.583513,28.180484&amp;spn=0,0&amp;t=h&amp;vpsrc=6&amp;source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">LA Sport 4x4 Challenge 11 Feb 2012</a> in a larger map</small> <table border=0 width="100%"> <td> <pre> </pre> </table> <center> <p><h1><u><b>Check out some of our 4x4 Clips</b></u></h1></center> <table border=0 width="100%"> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/4x4 Music Video.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4A"><map id="4x4A" name="4x4 Music Video"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="4x4 Music Video" href="http://www.myspace.com/video/leonard/my-4x4-music-video/43964453" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.myspace.com/video/leonard/my-4x4-music-video/43964453" target="_blank">4x4 Music Video</a></pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/4x4 Training Video.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4T"><map id="4x4T" name="Training Promo"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="The 4x4 Training Promotional Video" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0tBnj94kcM" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0tBnj94kcM" target="_blank">Promotional_Video</a></pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/river crossing.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4D"><map id="4x4D" name="River crossing"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="River crossing in Zambia" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVejKyTox90" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVejKyTox90" target="_blank">River crossing</a></pre> </td> </pre> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/diflock2.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4E"> <map id="4x4E" name="advantages of diff-locks"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="advantages of diff-locks" href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=58773130" target="_blank"> <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=58773130" target="_blank">diff-locks</a></pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/wheel.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4F"> <map id="4x4F" name="wheel circumference experiment"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="wheel circumference experiment" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2l5bOhHNxU" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2l5bOhHNxU" target="_blank">Tire experiment</a></pre> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/advntreSeriesPromo.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4G"> <map id="4x4G" name="Adventure Series Promo"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="Adventure Series Promo " href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4DY2z7-MwI" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4DY2z7-MwI" target="_blank">Adventure Series Promo </a> </pre> <le> </pre> </table> <table border=0 width="100%"> <td> <pre> Please support our Sponsors, without them we would not be able to reach our goals! <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-3660781394604471"; /* Leonard1 */ google_ad_slot = "1843865985"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <pre><center><p><u><b><h2>Training videos</u </b></h2></center></pre> <table border=0 width="100%"><td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/VCTesting.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4G"> <map id="4x4G" name="VC Testing"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="Viscous Coupling Testing " href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiVXgo_yBs4" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiVXgo_yBs4" target="_blank">VC_Test </a> </pre> <td><pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/cvout1.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4H"><map id="4x4H" name="Remove Front CV Prt1"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="Remove Front CV Prt1" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuMFDmrtkTU" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuMFDmrtkTU" target="_blank">Remove CV prt 1</a></pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/cvout2.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4I"><map id="4x4I" name="Remove Front CV Prt2"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="Remove Front CV Prt2" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ro-h1qwzc" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ro-h1qwzc" target="_blank">Remove CV prt 2</a></pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/ERChallengePic.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4J"> <map id="4x4J" name="ER 4x4 Challenge"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="part 3" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jMIl031Fhk" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jMIl031Fhk" target="_blank">ER 4x4 Challenge</a></pre> </pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/sorry.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4K"> <map id="4x4K" name="part 4"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="part 4" href="http://www.bastilledeblignaut/sorry" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.bastilledeblignaut/sorry" target="_blank"> coming soon</a></pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/sorry.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4L"> <map id="4x4L" name="part 5"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="part 5" href="http://www.bastilledeblignaut/sorry" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.bastilledeblignaut/sorry" target="_blank"> coming soon</a></pre> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/sorry.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4M"> <map id="4x4M" name="part 6"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="part 6" href="http://www.bastilledeblignaut/sorry" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.bastilledeblignaut/sorry" target="_blank"> coming soon</a> </pre> </table> </table> <pre><center><p><u><b><h2>SA Syncro Saamtrek 2005</u </b></h2></center></pre> <table border=0 width="100%"><td> <td><pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/prt1.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4H"><map id="4x4H" name="part 1"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="part 1" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1b0B3DXMlc" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1b0B3DXMlc" target="_blank">part 1</a></pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/prt2.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4I"><map id="4x4I" name="part 2"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="part 2" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGoYcKVivDk" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGoYcKVivDk" target="_blank">part 2</a></pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/prt3.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4J"> <map id="4x4J" name="part 3"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="part 3" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH6ZKCA_ar0" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH6ZKCA_ar0" target="_blank">part 3</a></pre> </pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/prt4.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4K"> <map id="4x4K" name="part 4"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="part 4" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpb4Axaywzg" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpb4Axaywzg" target="_blank"> part 4</a></pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/prt5.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4L"> <map id="4x4L" name="part 5"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="part 5" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwgyR746xyU" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwgyR746xyU" target="_blank"> Part5</a></pre> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/prt6.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4M"> <map id="4x4M" name="part 6"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="part 6" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0bjhpk-xjM" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0bjhpk-xjM" target="_blank"> Part6</a> </pre> </table> <pre><center><p><u><b><h2>Maxxis 4x4 Funday</u </b></h2></center></pre> <table border=0 width="100%"><td><pre><center> <td><pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/Maxxisfun1.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4N"><map id="4x4N" name="Funday 1"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="Funday 1" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja530jDCqxk" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ja530jDCqxk" target="_blank">part1</a></pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/Maxxisfun2.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4O"><map id="4x4O" name="Funday 2"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="Funday 2" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iujTfL5uY1g" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iujTfL5uY1g" target="_blank">part 2</a></pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/Maxxisfun3.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4P"> <map id="4x4P" name="Funday 3"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="Funday 3" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOKa21vWGK4" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOKa21vWGK4" target="_blank">part 3</a></pre> </pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/Maxxisfun4.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4Q"> <map id="4x4Q" name="Funday 4"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="Funday 4" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQdoN93J6Ik" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQdoN93J6Ik" target="_blank"> part 4</a></pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/Maxxisfun5.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4R"> <map id="4x4R" name="Funday 5"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="Funday 5" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GIEtmjEJGw" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GIEtmjEJGw" target="_blank"> Part5</a></pre> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/Maxxisfun6.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4r"> <map id="4x4r" name="Funday 6"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="Funday 6" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKw6aw7Bld8" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKw6aw7Bld8" target="_blank"> part 6</a></pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/Maxxisfun7.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4s"> <map id="4x4s" name="Funday 7"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="Funday 7" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_GpuV0DqxI" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_GpuV0DqxI" target="_blank"> part 7</a></pre> </td> </pre> </td> </table> <table border=0 width="100%"> <td> <pre> Please support our Sponsors, without them we would not be able to reach our goals! <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-3660781394604471"; /* Leonard1 */ google_ad_slot = "1843865985"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <p><h2><b><u>Maxxis Challenge Alberton 20115</u> </b></h2> <object width="320" height="240" ><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/219907421393777" /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/219907421393777" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="240"></embed></object> Please support our Sponsors, without them we would not be able to reach our goals! <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-3660781394604471"; /* Leonard1 */ google_ad_slot = "1843865985"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <pre><center><p><u><b><h2>Maxxis 4x4 Challenge in Brits</u </b></h2></center></pre> <table border=0 width="100%"><td><pre><center> <td><pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/Maxxispart1.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4N"><map id="4x4N" name="part1"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="part1" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w6IXv6X6j8" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4w6IXv6X6j8" target="_blank">part1</a></pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/Maxxispart2.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4O"><map id="4x4O" name="part 2"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="part 2" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHRhtSDRM8U" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHRhtSDRM8U" target="_blank">part 2</a></pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/Maxxispart3.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4P"> <map id="4x4P" name="part 3"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="part 3" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsmrRR7moKk" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsmrRR7moKk" target="_blank">part 3</a></pre> </pre> </td> <td> <pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/Maxxispart4.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4Q"> <map id="4x4Q" name="part 4"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="part 4" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nyH2TIX6tM" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nyH2TIX6tM" target="_blank"> part 4</a></pre> </td> <table border=0 width="100%"><td><pre><center> <td><pre> <div ><img src="images/4x4/Maxxispart5.jpg" align="top" width=100 height=100 BORDER=1 usemap="#4x4R"> <map id="4x4R" name="part 5"><area shape="rect" coords="0,0,800,1000" alt="part 5" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUxtj2E-psk" target="_blank"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUxtj2E-psk" target="_blank"> Part5</a></pre> </pre> </td> </table> <!-- Place this tag where you want the +1 button to render --> <g:plusone annotation="inline"></g:plusone> <!-- Place this render call where appropriate --> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var po = document.createElement('script'); 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