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.
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,…
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…
On a game drive at Pumba Game Reserve near Port Elizabeth our ranger pointed out a Brown-hooded Kingfisher sitting in a tree next to the game drive vehicle. The next thing he said kinda got our attention. He asked us to look around and see if we could see any body of water. There was none. The Brown-hooded Kingfisher doesn't necessarily feed on fish but also on insects such as butterflies, bees, wasps, locusts and ants. These invertebrates are usually hawked…
South End in Port Elizabeth is similar to District 6 in Cape Town where the original inhabitants where removed because of the Group Area's Act of the 1960's. St Peter's Anglican Church was built in 1877 and the school next to it was the first church school in South End to produce pupils to standard six (grade 8), the highest standard for coloured people at the time. The church was deconsecrated in 1972 and most of it demolished to stop the congregation from returning…
I little while ago I joined a couple of tourist guides from Port Elizabeth on a visit to Amakhala Game Reserve about 75 km east of the city. Although we got to do a game drive we were actually there to see their new boat and to go for a short cruise on the Bushmans River which flows through the reserve. As we were cruising upstream this reflection presented itself for a photograph and I just couldn't say no.
Teen 216 meter hoog is die Bloukransrivierbrug op die grens tussen die Ooskaap en Weskaap die hoogste brug in Afrika. Die brug is een van vyf enkelboogbetonbrûe op die N2 tussen Port Elizabeth en Plettenbergbaai en is 415meter lank. Maar dis nie regtig hoekom ons hier is nie, is dit?Die eintlike rede hoekom die Bloukransrivierbrug bekendheid verwerf het is die feit dat dit ook is waar die hoogste brugrekspronge (bungee) in die wêreld plaasvind. Alhoewel honderde adrenalienverslaafdes elke jaar van die brug afspring…
"Are you joining us for lunch of liver and stew in the township ?" That was the question one of my colleagues asked me the other day. Now I can be a bit of a picky eater and there are a couple of things I won't touch. So I thought about it... for about two seconds... and agreed. And to be very honest, I haven't been sorry I did. There we were, a Xhosa, two Afrikaners and a Coloured, four South Africans…
Mens is so gewoond om monumente in dorpe en stede asook langs groot paaie te sien, maar daar is wel monumente wat min mense te sien kry weens waar hulle gelee is. Die Karel Landman Monument is een van dié en kan gesien word op 'n grondpad so 'n entjie van R72 tussen Port Elizabeth en Alexandria af. Karel Landman het in die omgewing geboer tot 1837 voor hy een van die prominente Voortrekker leiers geword het. Landman het 'n groep van omtrent…