My Kidz have never been on a train in their lives and the ideal opportunity for that first train ride presented itself while on holiday in Cape Town. Cape Town has a very good rail commuter service and we decided to catch the train (along with quite a few other tourists) from Kalk Bay to Simon's Town. The tickets cost next to nothing, probably less than the petrol if we had taken the car. Waiting for the train at Kalk Bay…
Party mense vind die baie vervelig om deur die Karoo te reis, maar vir meeste het die groot ooptes met die weie blou hemel bokant 'n spesiale aantrekking. Na 'n warm somers dag kan 'n donderstorm baie gou opsteek soos hier net buite Steynsburg in the Ooskaap. Die twee Karookoppies in die agtergrond is Teebus en Koffiebus omtrent 10km buite die dorp. Die "bus" is blykbaar ou Nederlands vir pot en die naam kom van die feit dat hulle soos 'n teepot…
Port Elizabeth is really fortunate to be surrounded by some of the best game reserves in South Africa. I recently joined a group of tour guides on an educational to Amakhala Game Reserve situated about 75km from the city. This is the view from the plateau down towards the Bushmans River during our game drive. What an view!
On Saturday Drama Princess participated in her first Ironkids South Africa and we are so proud of her for doing it. She has been parading her medal for everybody to see for two days now, even showing it off in church on Sunday and going to the headmaster's (who has participated in Ironman himself) office at school and show him.The organisation around Ironkids was amazing and everything planned to a tee. Ironkids start with a 60 meter swim at McArthur Pool and the kids are…
Die groot kat wat seker die meeste onderskat word wanneer daar oor die diereryk gepraat word is die jagluiperd. Wildkykers wil gewoonlik leeus en luiperds sien en as tiere natuurlik in Afrika voorgekom het sou hulle ook seker bo die arme jagluiperd op die lys gewees het. Die Jagluiperd is die vinnigste landsoogdier en kan snelhede van tussen 112 en 120 km/h bereik. Hy kan 100 km/h binne 3 sekondes bereik en kan tot 450 m ver die spoed handhaaf voor hy moet stop om te…
This past weekend was Ironman South Africa weekend in Port Elizabeth and what an incredible event it was again. It truly is one of Port Elizabeth's flagship events. It started on Friday afternoon with the Irongirl ladies 10 km run. Saturday morning kicked off with the Corporate Ironman where teams of three (or individuals) do a 1/10th of the full Ironman distance. This was followed by the hugely popular Ironkids consisting of a 60m swim and 1,2km run for kids aged…
We really enjoy camping and usually try to camp at two different places for our summer camping holiday. Last year (2011) we planned to start out in Montagu and then head down to Cape Town for the second part. It was a bit of a struggle to find a family friendly, sheltered and nicely situated caravan park, but finally decided on Chapmans Peak Caravan Farm in Noordhoek and we weren't disappointed. Not just was it a fantastic caravan park but also very…
The Ibhayi, one of the Port Elizabeth harbour tugs, busy pushing a container ship into position at the container quay in the harbour
Besoekers aan die Addo Olifant Nasionale Park word aangeraai om twee (of drie of vier) keer te kyk en seker te maak dat daar nie leeus in die omgewing is voor hulle by die uitkykpunt op Suurkop uitklim nie. Omdat die park die tuiste is van die Groot 5 - om die waarheid te sê dit is die enigste park in die wêreld wat kan sê hulle het die Groot 7 - is die kanse goed dat daar dalk 'n paar leeus êrens…