When people talk about the Eastern Cape, Wild Coast and Transkei then the road are always one of the first things mentioned. "The road is bad." "The road is full of potholes." "The road this", "the road that" and "the road whatever". I've never been further than just past East London and got to fly to Durban every time I had to go to Indaba. The only time I drove to KwaZulu Natal I went via the Eastern Free State to…
I took the KidZ on a Geocaching outing over the weekend to find a cache called Arc of the 30th Meridian. It's located close to a trig beacon in the Humble Ways private nature reserve on top of Lovemore Heights and is one of the oldest caches in Port Elizabeth. In the picture Chaos Boy is signing the logbook while Drama Princess strikes a pose. The trig beacon is one in a series of 26, which are the first set of historic…
Bartholomew Dias was the first European to discover South Africa. On an expedition looking for a sea way to the East he sailed around the Cape in a storm without knowing it. On 3 February 1488 he landed in Mossel Bay which he called the Bay of Saint Blaise. On 12 March they reached the furthest point of the expedition when he anchored at Kwaaihoek near the Bushmans River mouth. It was here that Dias planted a stone cross (padrao) before…
If locals didn't realize that it was winter yet, they were reminded a week or two ago when a big coldfront hit and temperatures plummeted. Suddenly it was freezing outside for a couple of days before normal winters weather resumed. I was driving back to the office when the coldfront passed over and snapped this pic from the beach at Bird Rock.
The first sighting of the Cape, False Bay and Table Mountain one gets approaching from the east is from the top of Sir Lowry's Pass on top of the Hottentots Holland Mountains. The view sight is situated at the top of the pass and about 920 meters above sea level. The view site gives a beautiful panorama from Gordon's Bay and Strand on the shore of False Bay on the left towards Somerset West and the Helderberg on the right. …
The aloes are in full bloom along the beachfront walkway past Pollok Beach and Pipe surf spot
I think most Port Elizabethans take Marine Drive along the Wildside for granted. I took a location scout from Cape Town that way last week and she was very impressed with the stunning views you get of the coastline from the road. It may not be Chapmans Peak Drive, but it sure can be classified as a scenic coastal drive of note.
Last weekend I decided to scale Lady Slipper west of Port Elizabeth for the first time... No, I didn't do it up the front having to do rock climbing and the such. I went up the back on the road leading to the Telkom tower at the top. Lady Slipper has about 17 geocaches situated along the road and at the top so it was long overdue to make a trip up to the top. I will have to go…
The Wheel of Excellence (or just Waterfront Big Wheel as most people refer to it) at the V&A Waterfront has become a favorite activity for visitors in Cape Town to do. The surrounding view of the Waterfront and city from the top is stunning. My last visit to Cape Town was a brief one and there wasn't time for a trip, but I did snap this pic of it on a walk through the Waterfront before heading to dinner.
The bell outside the Humble Ways Chapel. Humble Ways is a private nature reserve on Lovemore Heights and the perfect spot to go for a short walk to get away from it all yet still being less than a kilometers from civilisation.