Picture this. The R60 between Robertson and Worcester in the Western Cape. Kinda in the middle of nowhere. Nothing in sight other than the remains of an old railway station Two guys park next to the road and dash across, climb through an old fence, hop over the railway line and run of into the bushes and fynbos. Moments later they emerge and start walking back to the car. What do you make of this? For most regular folk it would probably…
Some people just know CJ Langenhoven Drive as the road that goes beneath The Bridge Shopping Centre, but its also the road that links Newton Park down towards the Korsten and North End area, becoming Kempstone Road at the bottom by Mercantile Hospital. A caching expedition over the weekend took us to a church just behind Greenacres and this view along with it. A view looking down Langenhoven.
September is Tourism Month and on 27 September every year we celebrate World Tourism Day. Tourism is one of South Africa's biggest export products and with that I mean its something that brings foreign tourists and thus also foreign money into the country. Tourism is an important player in our economy as it creates a job for every 12 tourists visiting the country. But I'm not here to talk about the economy. Over the last couple of years SA Tourism has…
We don't often get to go out to coffee shops on a Saturday morning but today was different. The Damselfly suggested that we stop for coffee at Brioche in Main Road, Walmer and we weren't sorry that we did. Arriving at the door we found the place "packed to the bleachers" but the staff was friendly and welcoming and we took a seat out on the stoep until a table became available inside. While we waited I decided to take a walk…
https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/W8fSATToZJY&source=udsLast Sunday it was time for runners to tackle the city in the annual Urban Run again. After participating the last two years I missed this one but will definitively be back next year. Check out this video by the organisers and see for yourself how much fun this event really is.
My three favorite flowers are aloes, proteas and arum lilies. All flowers you can see in gardens and parks but at their most beautiful when you see them out in the wild. Aloe flowering in the Karoo, proteas in the Fynbos on a mountain side and lilies growing wild in the forest. This lily I found next to the path on the way to Kerneels se Klip in the Tsitsikamma National Park. I was hoping to find one in the sun…
Port Elizabeth has some excellent short hiking trails that are perfect for a morning or day out in nature yet still within a stone's throw of the city. As an outdoor enthusiast and avid Geocacher I've had the opportunity to do most of the trails around the city with one of the exceptions being the Bushbuck Trail through the Island Nature Reserve. For this reason I was very excited when I got a call from Erenei Louw of Nelson Mandela Bay…
One of the art pieces installed on the Donkin Reserve as part of Route 67 is a woman standing behind a chair. It’s become quite a popular piece with visitors climbing onto the chair for a photograph with this strange looking woman. But why do I say strange? This untitled sculpture by Anton Momberg takes the form of a female figure without any distinct features and clothing. This leaves her neutral and open for conversation and interpretation rather than being…
The 24th of September is National Heritage Day in South Africa and all the different cultures like to braai in one way or another. Somebody latched onto that and National Braai Day was born on the same day. This morning I joined my fellow Geocachers on a fun day out at the Van Stadens Wildflower Reserve for a Geocaching Amazing Race followed by a braai. Unfortunately the weather didn't play along and it rained the whole morning meaning that even…
The road (R72) between Port Alfred and East London runs through what used to be the former independent homeland of the Ciskei. All along the way one sees small Xhosa villages scattering the countryside. Coming from the East London side just before the Keikamma Pass there is a little village on a hillside on the left. I've always wanted to snap a photo of it and the chance finally came on my last trip to Slummies.When you look at a scene…