I am hectically busy at work. In actual fact as this pre-scheduled post appears I am in Jozi for the annual Gauteng Getaway Show. I kinda wish I could just sit back and relax with a coffee like the designer ginger biscuit flavoured one in the pic I had at Como Cafe in Walmer the other day.
Port Elizabeth has a stunningly beautiful coastline starting with the huge sand dunes at Colchester, white sandy and safe swimming beaches on the main beachfront, a rocky shoreline along the Wildside through to the "long walk on the beach" beaches at Sardinia Bay and Maitland. There are two guided hikes on during Tourism Month where the public has been invited to join Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism and the metro's nature conservation unit in enjoying this stunning coastline. Follow the links for…
Do you remember Saturday morning sport at school? Waking up early, getting dressed and ready to go before your parents even had the first coffee? Running around the rugby field or netball court while the other kids and parents cheer you on? Those were the days (although I don't think everybody was always as enthusiastic as I remember them to be). Anyway, Drama Princess played her first netball game last Saturday and even though they were totally outplayed we shouted…
Right outside the New Brighton train station stands the ruin of what clearly used to be Esitishini Cafe. Does it have any significant historical links? I really don't know and didn't pick anything up on the net. I did think that it would make for a nice picture when I saw it though. Why was I at New Brighton Station? We were busy with a recce for one of the events that we are hosting for Tourism Month at work. …
Addo Elephant National Park is such an awesome place and probably the best place in the world to view wild African elephants fairly up close from within your own car. This young bull was having a drink at Gwarrie Dam on my last visit and I kinda wish I could just plonk a camp chair next to the dam and sit and enjoy the place with him.
Lalibela Game Reserve is situated about 85 kilometers east of Port Elizabeth. The reserve has three lodges (Lentaba Safari Lodge, Tree Tops Safari Lodge and Mark's Camp ) and I recently had the opportunity to stay at the latter. Mark's Camp is the reserve's family friendly camp and have facilities to cater for families with small children. One of our favorite parts of the lodge was the pool deck next to the waterhole at the bottom of a walkway from…
The clubhouse bar at the Humewood Golf Club is covered in golf balls. Each and every one of these balls have been the the subject of a hole in one somewhere on the course. If you hit a hole in one the ball gets mounted on a plaque along with you name, the hole number and the date.
This rock pool along the Sacramento Trail gets fed with fresh water by one of the springs along this piece of coastline at low tide.
The aloes are in full bloom and where ever you go around the Eastern Cape its bright orange flowers are visible. These are next to the walkway by the lookout over the Addo Elephant National Park's main camp waterhole.
The Grey Institute across the road from the Donkin Reserve was completed in 1859 and housed Grey High School until 1915 when they moved to their present site in Mill Park. Since then the building housed Pearson High School (now in Summerstrand) and then the Albert Jackson Primary School. Since it was bought by the Mediterranean Shipping Company the building has had extensive renovations done to it although the historic look and feel was kept. When I got to visit a little…