I have seen stunning photos of the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium with some of the best interior ones being taken from the top tow of seats right in the very corner. So late last year during the IRB 7's I decided to venture up into the nose bleed section and get my own photo. Mmmmm.... Quite clearly the stunning pics I've seen were taken with a SLR with wide angle lens. Both of which I don't have. So for now I…
Visiting the Montagu Dried Fruit factory shop we found out that they have a sightseeing tractor tour of the farm for which we immediately booked. The tour takes about an hour and a half to two hours and passes the fruit drying area and orchards before heading up the hill behind the farm. Once you are out of the actually farming area you start ascending the adjacent hill with its typical Karoo vegetation. The Kidz were obviously very excited about the trip and…
The well known Nanaga Farmstall about 50 kilometers outside of Port Elizabeth may be famous for its pies, roosterkoek and pineapple juice, but there is so much more to see and purchase at the farm stall. Amongst others they have a fantastic range of jams and jellies lined up on their shelves.
Sniffing about one of the township corner "take aways" that I posted about yesterday, I was invited inside the shack to have a look at the sit down area. Nothing fancy. Wooden benches with tables covered in plastic. No fancy cutlery. This guy was eating out of a tin bowl with a spoon. I often think all white people should go on a township tour to see how the residents of the township really live. Break down a couple of…
I just can't get enough of observing the township corner "take aways" with their pots cooking away. These pots could contain chicken being fried or cooked, offal, sheep heads (smileys) or the inside of a cow's head. The pots are traditional three legged cast iron pots which are very popular with both black and white South Africans to prepare food over the fire. The gentleman in the green shirt is a customer waiting for his meal being dished up.
I love summer fruits (well, any fruit actually) like peaches, plums and apricots. That was one of the many reasons I looked forward to spending the first part of our summer holiday in the Klein Karoo town of Montagu. The area has a rich soil and amazing micro climate and along with the fact that there is an abundance of water makes it ideal to farm summer fruits.On our first day in Montagu I discovered the Montagu Dried Fruit Factory Shop. …
Elephants need to eat about between 160 and 200kg of vegetation per day which means that they basically eat all day as they go. For them, life is on long buffet.
Some of the residents of Colchester jokingly refer to the water monitors living in the Sundays River as Sundays River Crocodiles. The reason for this is because visitors spotting them swimming in the river often think that they are looking at a crocodile. Crocodiles never occurred in the area naturally as it gets too cold for them during the winter. Water monitors (or Water liguaans) can grow over 1,5 meters in length with their biggest defence being their tail which…
Even though I have a nifty little panorama setting on my camera I don't always do a lot of panorama photos. The reason for this is mainly because the photo often looks a bit distorted if the horizon is a flat one. Standing at one of the lookout spots overlooking the town of Montagu surrounded by beautiful mountains and summer fruit orchards (peach and apricot), I decided to give it a shot. The result encouraged me to take a couple more…