At had a meeting with Nadine of Passing the Open Window, a fellow travel blogger, yesterday and got to take this photo from their balcony looking down the Baakens Valley towards the harbour. Nice!
At the end of each thunderstorm in the Drakensberg there is a rainbow. Something campers look forward to when the first drops come down.
On passing through Lower Valley Road today I decided to sop and have a closer look at the new mural that has been put up at the Tramways Building. The mural, in black and white, depicts scenes and items linked to the harbour, South End and Central. Included are lots of harbour cranes, trams, city scapes, the Donkin Reserve with the Great Flag and the Grey Institute, birds, a boat and even the St Peter's Church ruins.
How can one visit the Drakesnberg and not do some of the amazing hiking trails the Berg has to offer to take in the magnificent mountain views, streams and waterfalls around? Over the ten days we spent camping at Mahai in the Royal Natal National Park in the Northern Drakensberg we split our time between doing some of the day walks around the park and just chilling in the campsite. Over the first few days we took the walk up…
If you sit in traffic on Main Road through Walmer every day then it would be hard to think its the same road when you look at it on a Sunday afternoon
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAmpHcbEAKc&w=500&h=400]Everybody has been making America First, whatever country Second videos so why should South Africa be left behind. I think we've all been waiting for it and now KFM radio station in the Western Cape has done it. An America First, South Africa Second video. I know it's not a Port Elizabeth related video this week, but its just too good not to share.
Robin Hood does it. Legolas killed orcs doing it, Princess Merida did it in Brave, Hawkeye and Green Arrow are seen as superheroes for doing it, Katniss Everdeen has been doing it and Rambo even took down a helicopter doing it. Did you know there is an archery club at Londt Park? Well, on the SAACI Amazing Race a few weeks ago we got to shoot arrows like all the characters above. It's not as easy as it seems though...
A couple of weeks ago I participated in the annual SAACI Amazing Race along with my friend Stefan of Fish River Sun. These Amazing Race type fundraisers is a great way to explore the city and take participants to places they've never been to or haven't been to for a while. It does also bring out a very competitive streak in people and once the race gets going the adrenaline literally pumps the whole time.Selfies made up a big part…
The Drakensberg is famous for the trails that crisscross her spine, meanders across her back, explore her valleys, marvel at her fabulous buttresses, enter her wooded vales, wade through her streams and end up at waterfalls flowing over her. It's enough to want to throw your head back and shout in ecstasy. Yes I know what that all sounded like, but heck, that mountain truly is sexy. For our ten days of camping at Mahai in the Royal Natal National…
Did you know you can zipline right here in Port Elizabeth? No? Well now you do. Pine Lodge has a three cable zipline as well as a high ropes course that is well worth the visit if you don't have the time to travel to the Addo or Tsitsikamma areas.