Today is a historic day in Port Elizabeth. The Southern Kings are making their (very controversial)Super Rugby debut against the Western Force in the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium tonight. A capacity crowd is expected and let's hope the boys don't disappoint in front of their home supporters.
You get to see the most interesting and unusual sights when visiting the townships. Well interesting and unusual sights for those of us who don't live in the township because for the inhabitants its everyday sights. Like this sight of an informal butcher working from an roadside shack hacking open a cow skull with an axe. I took this picture on a trip with an Argentinean journalist a little while ago and posted it on The Firefly Photo Files, but…
I feel like I am having one of those days where I just want to get out and go for a walk somewhere relaxing. Somewhere in nature. Somewhere with a stream. But alas I am stuck in the office. I do have this picture of a couple of friends doing just that in Settlers Park.
Ziplining is probably one of the most fun and exhilarating yet safe activities that I have participated in. I remember my very first time, sitting on the first step and trying to get my pounding heart to just slow down enough for me to get my breath and push off. The joys of being afraid of heights. But I did it and has now done ziplined six times at three different locations. The best known spot to zipline in South…
Don't you just want to cuddle up to him? Well I wouldn't dare, but this male white lion at Seaview Preditor Park does look very inviting to cuddle up with for a bit of a afternoon snooze. Also just want to wish Drama Princess a happy 8th birthday today. My little girl is getting big very quickly.
Some people probably think caves are all small damp passages full of creepy crawlies and only accessible to the most adventurous. If so then clearly those some people have never been to the Cango Caves outside Oudtshoorn in the Klein Karoo. The Cango Caves are magnificent, huge and probably one of the best show caves in the world to visit. What makes it even better to visit is the fact the because the caves go into the mountain and not…
The colourful and vibrant side wall of the artEC Gallery in Central has really become one of Central's new landmarks
I recently started Geocaching, so you may just hear me mention it every now and then as it gets me to be out and about a bit more than usual. One of the places I found a cache was at the St Peters Church ruins in South End. The church was opened in 1877. After the people of the area were removed due to the Group areas Act in the late 1960's the church was demolished to stop the congregation coming…
I had to pop down to Settlers Park for a quick visit the other day and just couldn't help to take a couple of moments to enjoy the view up the Baakens Valley. The valley truly is Port Elizabeth's green lung.