Selfies is the "in" thing these days, specially while on holiday or doing activities. Its a way to remember places by talking a picture of yourself somewhere. In a world of social media its also a way of "look where I am and you're not". There seem to be two types of selfies though. The one is the obvious one of taking a picture of, well, yourself. As in your face. But there is also a growing tendency in taking…
I found this picture which I took a couple of weeks ago when we went to watch Varsity Cup netball at NMMU. During half time spectators were invited to come and shoot hoops. Drama Princess was the smallest participant and even got one or two in from this distance.
This week's Friday Video of the Week covers an area a little wider than just Port Elizabeth and Nelson Mandela Bay. I am very passionate about the Eastern Cape and will promote it at any opportunity I can get. A couple of years ago the Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Agency has a stunning promotional video made with two options. A short two minute one and a longer option. Today I want to show you the shorter one of the…
Visitors to SAMREC in the Cape Recife Nature Reserve get taken on a tour of the facility which includes the penguin hospital, the admission room and finally the penguin pool. Here you get to see the penguins that are busy recuperating before they get released back into Algoa Bay again.
In a world of social media smileys its always nice to find a real one. In this case outside the front door of SAMREC in Cape Recife
One of the African Penguins at SAMREC swimming past a window in the centre's penguin pool
Uniondale between the Klein Karoo and the Langkloof is famous for it's ghost, but I'm sure most people know very little else about the town. Visitors will also find a lot of history in the area. Amongst that is the fact that the town was protected by 6 British Forts during the Anglo Boer War. One of these have been restored and can be visited on a hill overlooking the town. I've always looked up at it passing through but on my…
The story of Prester John is a mysterious one. In some circles he was believed to be a descendant of the Three Wise Men, some believed he was a crusader-era Christian king based in Ethiopia or possibly a high-born Mongol from the time of Genghis Khan. Then there were those who said that he watched over Holy Grail, never growing old but wiser and wiser as the years went by. Whoever this mythical king-priest Prester John was, it was the quest of the Portuguese explorers not…
Returning from Gauteng on a recent road trip I decided to make a little detour via the Gariep Dam and take the Steynsburg and Hofmeyr road through the Karoo to Cradock. I made a lunch and leg stretch stop at the lookout overlooking the Gariep Dam wall. The Gariep Dam was opened in 1071 and initially called the Hendrik Verwoerd Dam after the first prime minister of the Republic of South Africa. After the end of Apartheid it was decided to change the…
On Saturday we headed into the Gamtoos Valley for the annual Gamtoos Tourism Adventure Drive. This year the event took place around the towns of Loerie and Hankey and it was a heck of a lot of fun, to say the least. The Adventure Drive takes the form of a 60km round trip which gets completed by following directions given at the start of the race. Along the way there are 9 stops with challenges that need to be completed. …