It was a late afternoon on a gloomy day, our only day, in Knysna and I was taking a walk around Leisure Isle with a couple of friends. The mission was actually one of a Geocaching kind, but two of us had our cameras with us as well and once the cache was found it became a photography trip. With not a lot of sunshine around it meant that there would be no spectacular lagoon sunset so we found ourselves…
Every time I visit Durban and see how over developed their beachfront it is, I think of our own. We truly are very fortunate in Port Elizabeth that our beachfront wasn't developed like the one in Durbs. That we can drive normally along our beachfront and not struggle along narrow roads through tons of traffic. The we don't struggle for parking. That we can see the ocean from most of it without having a lot of buildings on the seas side…
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D-6dSpQRl8&w=500&h=400]The guys over at Chasing the Rainbow has been exploring around Port Elizabeth using the Nelson Mandela Bay Pass. One of the experiences they went to do was to cruise on the Sundays River Ferry and go sand sledding on the dunes at Colchester. Looking for a video to post for today I found this vid they posted on their blog (and YouTube). So here they are, chasing the rainbow in the sand.
Table Mountain. Probably the most iconic attraction in South Africa. Something every visitor to the country wants to visit. Being in the tourism industry I often get asked about Table Mountain by visitors and one piece of advise I always give is to go to the mountain at the first opportunity you get. I was guided a tour down the Garden Route to Cape Town and on arrival in Cape Town we noticed the mountain was open. There was bad…
Everybody probably knows the well known line from Game of Thrones. "Winter is coming..." Well, going by the weather out there today it is clear that SUMMER IS COMING!
This was my favorite photo from our visit to the Kouga Dam in the Gamtoos Valley to see it overflowing. I just slapped I with a bit of HDR to give it a bit of a more striking look. A dam like this overflowing is always a sight to behold.
Looking at the Boardwalk Hotel from Shark Rock Pier
A week or two three ago we spent the weekend at Tia Ghee Tented Camp in the Gamtoos Valley and heard that the Kouga Dam was still overflowing after good late winter and spring rains. We immediately decided to take a drive up to the dam for a look and we definitely weren't disappointed. From the tar road, very close to where it becomes dirt going into the Baviaanskloof, there is a dirt road turnoff to the left and about 7…
Driving along the N2 from Port Elizabeth to Colchester you pass the Coega harbor and then it's a straight stretch to the Sundays River with not much to see on either side. Have you ever driven that road and wondered what the coastline between the harbor and Sundays look like? I didn't get to see it up close but I did fly over it (and man was my arms tired - yes, old joke, I know) just after takeoff on our way…
I've been watching people flock to Shark Rock Pier for a walk on it since it reopened last week after a lengthy refurbishment spell. Do they go and walk on it to see the new wood and cleanly painted railings? Probably. But they also go and walk on it because of the fact that it is one of Port Elizabeth's iconic attractions and has beautiful views of the surrounding coastline.