Sport can be divided into team sport and individual sport. When it comes to Geocaching it can be a bit of everything depending on your mood or situation. You can go caching on your own, with friends or with family. I actually enjoy every one of these and for different reasons. I find caching on my own is a great way to have "me" time while caching with friends can be lots of fun. As both Chaos Boy and especially…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwmfLZ765Xw&w=500&h=400]Looking for a video to post today I came across this one of the Boardwalk Fountain Spectacular. It looks like an advert for Aquatique Show who could be the company who installed the fountains at the Boardwalk. The video is spectacular and really shows off how awesome this show really is.
After yesterday's post on Happy Valley there was a comment by Grunt saying - "I understood that visitors get mugged when visiting Happy Valley. Used to love it as a child, but based on what I have heard, I tell visitors to avoid it." There probably hasn't been a mugging in Happy Valley for close to a decade. Yes, it was a problem area but it has been cleaned up and sorted out. The municipality even has two security guards stationed…
The South African coastline stretches over 2500 km (give or take a couple of km) from the desert border with Namibia to the subtropical border with Mozambique. I say give or take a couple of km as I have seen exact distances given of between 2798 km and 3751 km. Whichever it is, its a heck of a piece of coastline varying between long sandy stretches, rugged inaccessible areas, rural and uninhabited beaches and developed pieces in populated areas. This all means that there are…
As some of you might know, I have a very special place in my heart for Happy Valley and it was the best news ever when the NMB Municipality fixed it up before this year's summer season started. I walk up Happy Valley quite often but with the Damselfly's operation we didn't really get a chance to go over the December holiday. A week or so ago we had a perfect Saturday evening and we bundled the KidZ in the…
On top of the Prince Alfred's Guard Memorial in St Georges Park stands a guy with a gun. Who or what is he? Not to leave the question open ended and you all wondering what the answer is, here it is. He is a life-size figure of a sergeant-major of Prince Alfred's Guard, in full dress and standing at the "charge".
About 50 km south of Cradock on the way to Port Elizabeth and the cool breeze of the coast, is one of the Karoo Heartland's most popular farmstalls. Daggaboer Farmstall is one of those "you just have to stop and try their goodies" spots and was voted the WEG & GO! travel magazines' best farm stall in South Africa in 2011.According to their website they are best known for their• Cheesecake, lemon meringue & milk tart• Crunchy koeksisters, millionaire’s shortbread, fudge…
Lauries Bay is situated on the Wild Side close to Kini Bay and is a collection of shacks (as the owners call them) on private land. To get to it you either need to know somebody there to get access via a dirt track or walk about 2km along the beach from Kini Bay. On the eastern side of Lauries Bay is the locals' most popular fishing spot called the Red Rocks. I headed that way not to fish but…
Port Elizabeth's Wildside has a notably rugged coastline. It's not called the Wildside for nothing. It does mean that there are countless gullies and spots between the rocks to explore and enjoy. Like this one at Lauries Bay near Kini Bay.
Have you ever driven down the road and saw a random person on a ladder against a street light pole? Or up a random tree for that matter? It does look suspicions but at the same time it doesn't quite look like they are up to no good or doing anything wrong. You are probably right. But what could they be up to. Well, in most cases, they are probably Geocaching, specially if they are trying to look as nonchalant and inconspicuous…