A little while ago I got to go on an Instawalk around the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium and was looking for something a little different than just a straight forward stadium photo. Just holding the camera at an angle did the trick for me. What do you think?
Last weekend we attended a Geocaching weekend at Welgelegen Camp on the Cockscomb road outside Uitenhage. Over the weekend we got to do over 50 new caches and events along with walks in the game area and spending time with good friends. Geocaching heaven. On the way back from the camp there is 20 km dirt road before you hit the tar and host cachers Kitchenboss and Pumtim, with the help of a few others, made sure it wasn't all…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJkPLS5HQy0&w=500&h=400]While looking for a video to post for today I found this video postcard by Hostelworld. Its just over three minutes long and covers beaches, history, game reserves and a couple of general attractions around the city. It's not an expensive and flashy production but really shows off what the city has to offer. Something a lot more people aught to do. Destination marketing should be something every tourism product and establishment in the city should be doing as tourists choose a…
Graaff-Reinet is one of my favorite towns to visit for so many reasons. I spent a night in this beautiful Karoo Heartland town a week or so ago arriving on a Sunday afternoon for a Monday morning meeting. Getting up early the morning I headed out to one of the view points looking out over the town before doing a little sightseeing to still be back in time for my meeting. Graaff-Reinet is the fourth oldest town in South Africa and…
Today's post is the second of two picture collages I made after my walk on the Bushbuck Trail in the Island Nature Reserve a while ago. I posted the first collage yesterday but have to apologise right off the bat. For some reason I referred to the trail as the Grysbok Trail yesterday and didn't pick it up till a friend phoned me this morning to point it out. How could I mix the names up like that? Who knows. …
A little while ago I got to go for a hike on the Bushbuck Trail in The Island Nature Reserve near Seaview. The Island is located about 25 km from Port Elizabeth and is accessed via the Seaview Road. The reserve forms a sub section of the Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve and comprises 480 ha of indigenous Alexandria coastal forest boasting tree species such as Outeniqua yellow-wood, white and hard pear as well as white milkwood. Fauna include small blue duiker, bushbuck, vervet monkey and…
Port Elizabeth may not be Jeffreys Bay when it comes to being famous for surfing, but we do have a couple of half decent surf spots. Pipe next to Pollok Beach are one of those and I snapped these two surfers heading into the waves there a little while ago.
Most people visiting the Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet take a drive out to the Valley of Desolation to enjoy the magnificent views of the town and surrounding Karoo plains as well as the very sheer cliffs and unique Dolerite stone columns of the valley. I wonder how many people have spotted the monument on the left as you pass the dam just after leaving town. The Gideon Scheepers Monument remembers Commandant Gideon Scheepers who was a Boer scout and commanding officer during the Anglo-Boer War. …
Port Elizabeth has 40 kilometers of sandy beaches and that isn't counting the rocky shoreline in-between. Our main beachfront is our pride and joy with beaches like Kings Beach, Humewood, Hobie and Pollok Beach attracting thousands of visitors every week. And that's just the locals. I wonder how many people remember what Hobie Beach looked like before Shark Rock Pier was built in the 90's. A rocky little beach famous for the fact that many people launched their hobie cats…
It is Sunday the first of March. Flip, can you believe we're two months into 2015 already? Anyhow, I've spent my weekend at Welgelegen Camp on a Geocaching weekend away but not everybody is into caching. Some people spent their time on the beach while others headed out of town or tackled one of the stunning hiking trails we have around the city. Some decided to just chill at home. This couple spent their Sunday afternoon fishing off the rocks…