Today may well be April Fool's day, but this is no joke. Visitors to Amakhala Game Reserve situated about 75km outside Port Elizabeth have the option of booking a boat trip on the Bushmans River which, depending on the time of the cruise, can coincide with high tea. This toilet with a view is the pit stop you can use when nature calls while down by the boat's jetty. Guests just have to make sure that they use a coordinated queueing system…
This is the beautiful view overlooking Humewood Beach you have relaxing in the Town Lodge's swimming pool
Looking up Slangkop Lighthouse in Kommetjie on the Cape PeninsulaVisit Skywatch for some more neck cranking pictures of the sky from all over the world
I hope to one day have the opportunity tick off all the lighthouses on the South African coast on my list of places visited. A lighthouse is just such a powerful symbol and the fact that each one is unique means that when you visit one its not a case of saying "just another lighthouse". In January I had the opportunity to tick the Slangkop Lighthouse in Kommetjie on the Cape Peninsula off my constantly growing list of places to visit. The…
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum consist of two buildings flanking the main entrance into St Georges Park. In the foyer of the right hand building the figure of Thobeka welcomes visitors to the gallery. Thobeka is a work of art by artist Willie Bester and consist of welded recycled metal. She was purchased by the museum in 2002 and has been on permanent display in the foyer.
Like these rain drops I haven't been hanging around much lately. Not because I've been lazy but because I've been away for about a week and didn't have time to prepost anything. But I'm back. Hope you missed me.
A different view of the giant South African flag on the Donkin Reserve. This time seen through the Donkin River memorial piece.
Summer may be packing her bags to head up north but the days are still nice and warm and people are still going to beach for a swim.
Is it just me or does this look like a couple of 1950's gang members trying to look very inconspicuous
The old Fisher's building in the Port Elizabeth city centre may have close links to Fischer's Jewellers in the city, but isn't used as a jewellery shop anymore. The old jewellery showroom has been revamped by the owners and is used as a gallery and shop for art, ceramics and glass ware.