The second of the art pieces that was installed at Sydneham Primary School as part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Arts and Teaching Legacy Project. The piece is called "An united and cohesive people marching in unison towards a shared destiny" and was created on one of the walls on the stadium side of the school. The first piece I featured is called "Post 1994 period until the present time" and can be seen here.
The Sydneham Primary School was one of the schools that benifitted greatly from the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa due to its close proximity to the Nelson mandela Bay Stadium (seen in the background of the picture). Chaos Boy played in a chess tournament at Sydneham Primary and it gave me an opportunity to take a walk through the school grounds to have a look at some of the art pieces installed at the school as part of…
The little beach on the south side of the McArthur Swimming pool complex is generally part of Kings Beach, but amongst the local surfing community its known as Denville's. The name came from a couple of guys, Dennis Buchman and Neville Mandy, that used to surf here around the 60's. Its still a favourite surfing spot, specially with beginners.
The Sacramento Trail is probably Port Elizabeth's most popular day hike around the city. The hike starts in the village of Schoenmakerskop and follows the coastline to Sardinia Bay over a distance of 4km before returning along the bridle trails on top of the vegetated sand dunes. The 8km trail includes beautiful bays and coves, stunning views and even a little bit of history. The trail is named after the Sacramento, a Portuguese galley carrying a cargo of cannons, that wrecked…
The three star Humewood Hotel on Marine Drive is one of the oldest hotels in the city and started its existence as the Humewood Mansions. The same family that was responsible for the building of the hotel still owns it now, three generations later. I dug around the internet a little and couldn't find a lot of information on the history of the hotel. Little snippets did crop up from an interview with Dave Snuggs, the general manager of the…
I know I often post pictures of the art pieces which form part of Route 67 on the Donkin, but with 67 art pieces around plus the history and beautiful surrounds I just can't help throwing in one every now and then. These are some of the art pieces that was installed next to the mosaic steps leading up towards the flag. Most of them seems to have been taken down since I took this picture. Not sure if they…
I want to share a couple of scenes from the recent Indaba with you, but first a quick generic explanation to those who don't know what Indaba is. Tourism Indaba, hosted by South African Tourism, is an annual tourism trade show that takes place in Durban in early May. Indaba is the biggest tourism trade show on the African continent and one of the top three internationally and brings together product and destinations with buyers from all over the world. But Indaba is so…
Yesterday I posted a picture of the lake on Lakeside Road saying that I haven't been able to find any information on the internet where the actual name of the lake is given. In general people just talk of Lake Farm but you never hear a proper name. Last night Grant Slater, one of PEDP's regular followers, sent me the above which is a Surveyor General map dating back to 1860. On the map the lake is named as Landmans Lake. Just shows…
Its not every day that I get to have lunch in a smart place like the 5 star Twelve Apostles Hotel and looking at me in my Batman t-shirt in the last picture I clearly wasn't ready for it either. The Twelve Apostles sits overlooking the surrounding mountains and ocean on Cape Town's Atlantic Seaboard just a couple of kilometres past the upmarket suburb of Clifton. The hotel with all its facilities is truly award winning and amongst their accolades are the following.Sliver's Silver…
After all the rain we had in Port Elizabeth the lake on Lakeside Road flooded its banks and closed the road for quite some time. I took a drive past there the other day to see how high it still was but it seems to have dropped back to its normal level. The lake is the biggest natural fresh water lake in Port Elizabeth. Just one problem. I can't really find what the lake's proper name is other than the area being…