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Karoostorm

Party mense vind die baie vervelig om deur die Karoo te reis, maar vir meeste het die groot ooptes met die weie blou hemel bokant 'n spesiale aantrekking.  Na 'n warm somers dag kan 'n donderstorm baie gou opsteek soos hier net buite Steynsburg in the Ooskaap.  Die twee Karookoppies in die agtergrond is Teebus en Koffiebus omtrent 10km buite die dorp.  Die "bus" is blykbaar ou Nederlands vir pot en die naam kom van die feit dat hulle soos 'n teepot…

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25/04/2012
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Jagluiperd

 Die groot kat wat seker die meeste onderskat word wanneer daar oor die diereryk gepraat word is die jagluiperd.  Wildkykers wil gewoonlik leeus en luiperds sien en as tiere natuurlik in Afrika voorgekom het sou hulle ook seker bo die arme jagluiperd op die lys gewees het.  Die Jagluiperd is die vinnigste landsoogdier en kan snelhede van tussen 112 en 120 km/h bereik.  Hy kan 100 km/h binne 3 sekondes bereik en kan tot 450 m ver die spoed handhaaf voor hy moet stop om te…

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23/04/2012
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Waar is die leeus?

Besoekers aan die Addo Olifant Nasionale Park word aangeraai om twee (of drie of vier) keer te kyk en seker te maak dat daar nie leeus in die omgewing is voor hulle by die uitkykpunt op Suurkop uitklim nie.  Omdat die park die tuiste is van die Groot 5 - om die waarheid te sê dit is die enigste park in die wêreld wat kan sê hulle het die Groot 7 - is die kanse goed dat daar dalk 'n paar leeus êrens…

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21/04/2012
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Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium

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…

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23/01/2012
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Bain Street Grill – Port Elizabeth

Over the last couple of years the area around Stanley Street in Richmond Hill has developed into a hub of restaurants, side walk eateries and deli's and has become one of the best places to go for a meal in Port Elizabeth.  One of the restaurants I have heard a lot about but hadn't had a chance to visit is the Bain Street Grill (32 Bain Street, Richmond Hill) just around the corner from Stanley Street.  But this was about to change…

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11/01/2012
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Lighting the way

Arriving back at Camp Figtree in the Zuurberg after a late afternoon game drive in Addo Elephant National Park, you are welcomed by lanterns lighting the way to the lodge.

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05/01/2012
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So it is Christmas…..

To quote John Lennon "So this is Christmas, And what have you done, Another year over..."  It really feels like Christmas has creeped up on me and shouted "WHA!!!"  Last year I was in the Christmas spirit from late November already, but this year the working year seemed to have been so busy towards the end that it was halfway through December before I really started to hum Christmas songs. "Tra la la la laaaa, la la la la...."  Merry Christmas…

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25/12/2011
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Flightless Dung Beetle

One of the smallest but best known inhabitants of the Addo Elephant National Park is the Flightless Dung Beetle (Circellium bacchus).  The Flightless Dung Beetle is endemic to the Addo Elephant Park and surrounds and very unique in the fact that they can't fly and hence the name.  This fact also makes the beetle a vulnerable species as they only use elephant and buffalo dung to feed off and lay their eggs in and at the time when these animals…

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19/12/2011
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Zebras

Donkeys in pajamas must be one of the animals that visitors to game reserves love seeing most.  The Burchell's Zebra is the most common zebra that you will find in the game reserves of the Eastern Cape.  They are identifiable by the fact that the stripes go all the way underneath their stomachs and by the brownish phantom stripes visible on their wide white stripes.The endangered Cape Mountain Zebra are found only on a few game reserves in the province. …

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17/12/2011
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Lower Guinea Fowl Trail

I'm always in awe when I read Helen's blog, Walking the Cape, to see how many trails and walks there are around Cape Town.  But living in Port Elizabeth doesn't mean that we don't have trails around the city.  It just seems that the locals over here either tend to rather walk on the beach or use a safety excuse not to head onto the trails.  A bunch of us from work decided to celebrate World Tourism Day on 27 September…

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12/10/2011