Attending The Wine Show at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium I had the opportunity to peek inside the stadium at the field without the flood lights being on. Calm before the Springboks take on England in a rugby test on 23 June.
I never really "learned" to drink wine but that surely didn't stop me from attending and really enjoying the annual The Wine Show at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth this past weekend. The weather over the weekend was miserable, wet and cold, so there was no better way to warm up the insides than going on an all out wine tasting safari at the show.Most of the "big" and well known wine estates weren't represented at the…
Port Elizabeth is fortunate to be surrounded by some of the best game reserves in South Africa and if I had a choice between a bush or a beach holiday I would probably choose the bush holiday 8 out of 10 times. If only I could afford it, but that's another story. The picture was taken at Lalibela Game Reserve about an hour outside Port Elizabeth during a morning game drive as one of the other game viewing vehicles was…
I was enjoying the slightly hazy sunrise in Durban when I noticed a ship approaching through the haze on its way to the harbour.
This past weekend the Nelson Mandela Bay leg of the annual The Wine Show took place at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. The city really needs more shows like this and looking at the popularity people are hungry (or in this case perhaps thirsty) for them. Most of the exhibitors were boutique cellars and visitors to the show got the opportunity to taste and get to know a lot of wines which they perhaps have never heard of before. I think John Woodward,…
The view from the top of the Donkin Lighthouse is truly magnificent doesn't matter which way you look. This is looking south at the beachfront. Click on the picture to see the original size.
Returning to Port Elizabeth on the same flight I snapped yesterday's Colchester dunefield on, I got this picture of the Sundays River estuary as one looks up towards Uitenhage from Algoa Bay.
Most people living in Port Elizabeth has driven along the N2 past the Sundays River and Colchester at some stage in their lives and would have seen the sand dunes beyond the river. But I want to bet that very few actually realise how big the dune fields out at Colchester really is. Its huge, as you can see from the pic I snapped on the return flight from Indaba in Durban the other day. The Colchester Dunefields are just the first…
Imagine a bunch of small town children going to Johannesburg and getting to ride on the Gautrain for the first time. Now imagine a bunch of small town adults having fun and really being in the spirit of things riding on the Gautrain for the first time. Well, I don't know what you are imagining, but the experience itself wasn't much different than it would be with kids. Big eyes, lots of fun, comments and laughter Earlier in the year…
Dit is 'n hartseer realiteit dat die renosters in Suid-Afrika onder 'n hengse druk geplaas word as gevolg van stropers wat hulle skiet en die horings uitkap. Die horings word dan na die Ooste gesmokkel waar daar 'n groot aanvraag is omdat hulle dink die horings medisinale kragte het. Dis 'n baie hartseer situasie en as dit nie gou gestop word nie mag daar dalk geen renosters oor wees in hierdie land oor 10 jaar nie.Die witrenoster (Ceratotherium simum) is nie regtig wit nie. Hy…