Drama Princess watching the Boardwalk Fountain Spectacular from the balcony of the La Vino Wine and Tapas Bar at the Boardwalk. The best seat in the house if you ask me.
Port Elizabeth is an awesome place. Viva Port Elizabeth!!! Viva!!!!
Haters are quick to say that tourists don't come to Port Elizabeth. They are wrong. Tourists do come. You just need to go around the city and have a look and you will see them. There are coaches parked at hotels. Tourists walking around the beachfront and through the Boardwalk. Addo Elephant National Park and all the surrounding game reserves are full of tourists. They are visiting local attractions like Kragga Kamma Game Park, Bayworld, SAMREC, the Donkin Reserve and…
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9es0xoF9x3o&w=500&h=400]If you have never flown into Port Elizabeth, I have something for you today. If you have flown into the city before I'm sure you'll still enjoy it. This week's Video Friday post is a video by Angelo the Explorer shot out the window of the plane as he came in for a landing in Port Elizabeth. It starts as the plane comes in from the east over Kings Beach, then Humewood and Forest Hill before touching down.
Last week I got to attend the launch of the new Le Vino Wine and Tapas Bar at the Boardwalk. Le Vino is in the space where Dulce used to be and has a great upstairs area with a balcony. It's on this balcony we sat watching the sun go down over the Boardwalk lake with a glass of wine and some yummy tapas.
A week or so ago Pine Lodge at Cape Recife celebrated their 25th birthday. I was invited to the events of the day and snapped this pic of the resort from the first zipline platform. What is great of Pine Lodge is that they offer a range of accommodation types from camping and self catering to more luxury accommodation in their honeymoon suites. Add to this all the activities, including ziplining, high ropes, thick wheel bikes to ride on the…
Fort Frederick is the oldest building in Port Elizabeth and said to be the first permanent stone structure built by the British in Africa south of the Equator. The fort was built in August 1799 near the mouth of the Baakens River in Algoa Bay to safeguard the fresh water supply and to keep watch for a possible landing of French troops send to assist the Graaff-Reinet rebels during the Napoleonic wars. The fort was named after Frederick, Duke of York and…
Last week I got to attend the opening of the Le Vino Wine and Tapas Bar at the Boardwalk complex in Port Elizabeth. The restaurant has an upstairs area with a balcony overlooking the Boardwalk lake and it was here we were toasting the end of another beautiful day in the Bay while the sun was going down. The sky was stunning and this is exactly why I always like to have my camera with me.
The Donkin Reserve and Route 67 truly are two of Port Elizabeth's iconic attractions. The one is historic and linked to the very early history of the city while the second brings together all the aspects of the city's cultures, history, peoples and art. The pyramid is actually called the Donkin Memorial and was built in 1820 by Sir Rufane Donkin in memory of his late wife after whom he named the town. Next to it stands the tallest flag…
This is the view standing on the Boardwalk Hotel's pooldeck looking towards Millers and Pollok Beach. The middle rock of the lot is Bird Rock and Hobie Beach is just to the left of the picture. With all the palm trees one who don't know the PE beachfront could easily think it's somewhere tropical. Heck, with some of these hot and humid days we've been having it could just as well be.