[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDpJMZ4CEFw&w=500&h=400]While looking for a video to post for this week's Video Friday post I found this World Rugby (previously IRB) destination video for Port Elizabeth as host of round three of the IRB 7's World Series. I'm just wondering where they found the number they are throwing around for PE's population.
I am amazed at the places I have discovered while out Geocaching. One of my recent discoveries is the Evangelical Mission Church in Uitenhage. Approaching down the road I didn't realize the corrugated iron building was a church until I stopped, had a good look and noticed the roof lantern. According to the cache listing "this little church is a ridged and gabled, timber framed building. The building is a good example of a genre which has mostly disappeared. It retained some detail features such…
The Cape Dutch style Drostdy building in Uitenhage was completed in 1809 during the time that General Jacob Glen Cuyler was the Landdrost of Uitenhage. The building houses the town's Africana museum following the historical development of Uitenhage and the surrounding districts. The museum contains various exhibits which include historical artifacts from the town, toys, porcelain, clothing and an archive library.
If you go back through my blogs (or is a regular follower), you may notice that for some strange reason I have a peculiar interest in historic graves and cemeteries. I used to work very close to the South End Cemetery and placed a Geocache there so I visited it quite often to check up on the container. Since changing jobs a year ago I haven't been back that often but stopped by last week and took a stroll through…
The Apartheid era is a part of the South African history that will never go away. It shaped South Africa's past and future to what it is today and the results of it will be seen for generations to come. Even though it isn't something that should be celebrated it is something that must be remembered to make sure such things will never happen again. Ja, ja, I can already hear comments about some of the situations we find ourselves…
Lauries Bay is a collection of cottages - or shacks as the owners call them - on private land along Port Elizabeth's Wild Side just before Kini Bay. The only way to get to them is along a private track which only the shack owners have access to or walking along the beach. I've never been to Lauries Bay before but an ex-boss of the Damselfly invited us out there for a day and I got a chance to explore…
I don't get to go to Uitenhage that often. Don't always have a reason to go but if I do and have somebody with me who hasn't been there before, I like to stop by Canon Hill to show them the view of the town.
Port Elizabeth is fortunate to have quite a lot of Geocaches to keep the local cachers, specially newbies, nice and busy. Uitenhage unfortunately hasn't been that fortunate until recently. A year ago there were probably only four caches in the town but thanks to cachers like Franmarie and Snuffeltuffies who live there the town now has enough to keep visiting cachers busy for a couple of hours. We spent a Sunday exploring the town a little bit while picking up…
https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/OIfF88IRZas&source=udsWith Ironman 70.3 taking place in East London this weekend I thought it to be appropriate to post this awesome promotional video that has been put together for this year's Ironman African Championship here in Port Elizabeth. I can see there is a bit of confusion out there, Yes, Ironman South Africa is now known as Ironman African Championship and is one of only five championship level events in the world. It means more prestige, more entries and more international…
The Karoo Town of Nieu Bethesda is the kind of place everybody needs to try and visit at some stage in their lives. Its not a big tourist orientated city but rather a small village that embrace their visitors. The most famous attraction in Nieu Bethesda is the world renown Owl House. The late Helen Martins spent most of her life in the town and the latter part of it transforming her ordinary Karoo home into a place of colour and light. Over the…