September is Tourism month and on the second Saturday of September a group of about 40 people went on a guided walk around the South End Museum Heritage Trail organised by Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism. I found this patch of fygies growing next to the road close to the green mosque. I dashed down to get a picture of the group passing it in the background and with my somewhat slow camera only got one shot before they had past. Pity…
Met sy inheemse woude vasgedruk tussen 'n pragtige kuslyn en die Tsitsikammabergreeks en bruingekleurde riviere wat daardeur vloei is die Tsitsikamma een van my gunsteling plekke in Suid-Afrika. Wanneer mens die dorpie Stormsrivier besoek vind jy hierdie ou bosbouhuisies langs Eikelaning wat van die dorpie na die ou pad deur die woud lei.
I'm fascinated by a lot of things so I won't say that war memorials fascinate me, although I find it very interesting how the war memorial in every town - because yes, just every town has some kind of war memorial - looks different. Ranging from cenotaphs to historic cannons and massive monuments to small simple objects. This is the war memorial in Uitenhage containing a list of men from the town who died during the two World Wars.
On Sunday I tackled the 2nd annual Urban Run along with about 1000 other athletes runners competitors adventurous people. What an amazing experience!!! Urban Run is a 10,5km urban obstacle course through the Port Elizabeth city centre, the historical part of town, St Georges Park, Settlers Park and surrounding area. The 17 obstacles along the way included crawling through cement pipes, scaling Fort Frederick, crossing the Baakens River on poles and running trough a train. Did I mention the steps? No? There were lots of steps. And…
Road running isn't for everybody. Pounding away at the road for kilometer after kilometer bores me a little bit, but I do like to participate in races with a difference. The Urban Run around Port Elizabeth's city centre area surely is one of those. Urban Run is a 10,5 kilometer urban obstacle coarse which 1. helps to get people back into the city centre, 2. get people to visit places that they may not have seen or visited in ages,…
It seems that all three weekend posts for this week have some kind of link to food. It wasn't planned, it just worked out that way. Stanley Street in Richmond Hill has become one of the most vibrant spots in Port Elizabeth with its wide variety of eateries and sidewalk seating. The offering from the restaurants range from steaks and pizzas to sushi, seafood and the most delectable cakes. Njam!
I seem to be getting to know more and more township spots to go and grab something for lunch (see Tsisha Nyama and Beef stew and liver). There are also a number of places I've been shown where you can stop for a snack like vetkoek or roosterkoek, amongst them the container near Red Location Museum where this lady works. They make the most divine roosterkoek (bread rolls made on the coals) - R1.50 plain and R1.80 buttered - and mini verkoek (dough that gets deep…
Its Friday afternoon and the end of a tough work week. Feel like a quick drink with some friends to celebrate the coming of the weekend before heading home? One of the best place in town to do that is the very popular Bridge Street Brewery next to the Baakens River on Upper Valley Road. The plan was to start out as a pub, move on to food and the open their own micro brewery. Fortunately for us they were kinda "forced", due…
Browsing through the historic cemeteries in Port Elizabeth I often find the graves of people who were prominent Port Elizabeth residents back in its early days. One of the graves I found in the St Mary's Cemetery belongs to George Impey who died in 1890 and was the editor and part proprietor of the Eastern Province Herald and the first president of the Newspaper Press Union.
Yesterday (12 September 2012) was the 35th anniversary of Steve Biko's death and I got to join a group visiting the cell Biko was held in at the Walmer Police Station in Port Elizabeth shortly before his death. This post isn't about the Biko story though but rather something a little bit more light hearted. It seems that one of the suspects held in this cell at some stage not too long ago had a black permanent marker with him…