The Wild Coast. Creates pictures in one's head of rugged coastlines, rough seas, shipwrecks and storms... Or in this case a sunrise over the Nxaxo River Mouth on a windless morning.
A sunny winters day in South Africa is probably close to a summers day in parts of the UK. We've had a few of those in the last week or two and this is what Hobie Beach looks like on a week day like that.
I met a fellow travel professional for coffee at Blue Waters Café the other afternoon and before heading back to the office took a walk over to the Pier to see how the work is (not) progressing. Looking towards Humewood Beach and the city beyond this was the view. Don't you just love sunny winters days?
A trip out to Colchester to try out the new Addo Sand Sledding experience meant that I had the opportunity to climb the dunes next to the Sundays River again to enjoy the magnificent view over the dunes and Algoa Bay towards Port Elizabeth. I caught my friend Erenei snapping a couple of pics at the top and made him sit and hold his pose for a while for me to get a few pics of my own. Always nice to…
The Wild Coast is literally just a couple of stone skips away from where I am based in Port Elizabeth, yet except for quick visits to Morgan Bay and Trennereys I've never explored it properly. Some people even told me that those are situated on the Mild Coast and that I would have to venture further north to be able to properly say that I've been to the Wild Coast. In May circumstances allowed me to spend a few days…
The view west from the top of the dune by the parking area at Sardinia Bay. It can't be denied that we have some of the most beautiful scenery in the country right here on our doorstep.
The Sardinia Bay migrating dune has now decided that it is time to occupy the parking area as well. The entrance to the parking area now barely has space for one car to pass through and I'm sure it won't be long before a new plan will have to be made.
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGicWAkYgvg&w=500&h=400]I was looking for a video about this year's ABSA Kirkwood Wildsfees for this week's Friday Video post. Unfortunately they haven't uploaded a video for this year yet so I decided to go with a video about the 2014 Wildsfees. A couple of artists and activities may have been different, but the vibe is still the same and you can get a good idea what it's about if you haven't been there.
We've all driven past the Sundays River at Colchester while on the N2, but have you ever wondered what the river mouth look like. I can't say that I have actually been to the river mouth before, but I have seen it from the top of the dunes at Colchester.
The Radio Kalahari Orkes rocking the the ABSA Kirkwood Wildfees stage on the first night of the festival. Click this link to read my whole full post about the festival on The Firefly Photo Files.