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Wrestling with the South African flag

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1ku-HPjTwg&w=500&h=400]People don't want to believe me when I tell them that the Great (South African) Flag on the Donkin Reserve is 15 meters by 10 meters in size.  That's about the size of a tennis court.  Flying at the top of the 65 meter high flagpole it's hard to imagine the size, but when they bring it down in the afternoons you actually get a better idea of how big it is.  Now imagine a flag that size being taken…

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17/07/2015
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There’s a glow in the waves again

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE_88qziYYM&w=500&h=400]There seems to be a little bit of red tide in the bay at the moment going by this video by Jared Cassidy showing up so bioluminescent on the beachfront earlier this week.

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26/06/2015
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Sand Sledding on the dunes at Colchester

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CGBYdFmE1c&w=500&h=400]Last week I got to check out the new sand sledding activity in Colchester.  Addo Sand Sledding is presented by The Sundays River Ferry and includes a leisurely cruise down the Sundays River towards the river mouth, a climb to the top of the dunes for the awesome view across Algoa bay back towards Port Elizabeth and then sand sledding.  Les Kingma had special sand sleds designed and made and believe you me, it is an awesome experience enjoyed by…

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19/06/2015
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Diving at Bellbuoy Reef with Pro Dive

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYV-xCHBAq4&w=500&h=400]Port Elizabeth truly has some outstanding dive sites both inside Algoa Bay as well as on the Wildside.  So what can one expect from a dive in PE? Colourful soft coral, lots of fish species, shark sightings, ship wrecks and so much more.  I found this video on the Pro Dive YouTube channel of a diving excursion out to Bellbuoy Reef in Algoa Bay.  Makes me want to dust off the ol' wetsuit and book a dive.  

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12/06/2015
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Surf lessons at Kings Beach

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ry31qGdUGrQ&w=500&h=400]I was looking for a video to post for today's Video Friday post and found this one of a surfing lesson at Kings Beach on Blake T's YouTube channel.  I've never surfed in my life but perhaps it is time for me to try.  The lessons look like fun.

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05/06/2015
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Addo Elephant National Park – well worth the visit

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zwZblA5UwA&w=500&h=400]Addo Elelphant National Park is on Port Elizabeth's doorstep.  Literally.  Matyholweni, or the south gate as most just refer to it, is located at Colchester on the Sundays River, just outside the boundary of Nelson Mandela Bay.  Up to just over a decade or so ago Addo was mostly all about elephants.  Today it is so much more than that.  The Greater Addo Park stretches from the southern Karoo around the Darlington Dam, across the Zuurberg Mountains through the main game area and…

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29/05/2015
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Port Elizabeth sunsets

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_mMp-2oXqc&w=500&h=400]Port Elizabeth has had a couple of absolutely stunning sunsets this week.  Yesterday local surf blogger MillersLocal posted a time lapse of Wednesday night's sunset taken from her apartment window overlooking the beachfront *seriously jealous*.  I immediately asked if I could post it as this week's Video Friday and she proceeded to also send me pictures of the sunsets earlier this week. Monday (18 May 2015)Tuesday (19 May 2015) Wednesday (19 May 2015)

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22/05/2015
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A Color Run video from last year

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28G-N5ow588&w=500&h=400]This weekend the Color Run is taking place in Port Elizabeth.  Unfortunately I don't have any more information to share with you about it.  Not that I couldn't go and look for the information but rather more a case of not being included in any of the media releases or invitations so I didn't go and look for it.  Last year I was invited to participate in the event as a blogger and even though it was a bit of…

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15/05/2015
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Cruising with Raggy Charters

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXCbY-KcHyY&w=500&h=400]Raggy Charters made Port Elizabeth proud during 2014 by being announced the national winner in the Marine Adventure Category of the Lilizela Tourism Awards.  I found this video posted on YouTube two years or so ago by a visitor who went on one of their cruises to St Croix Island just to give you a bit of a taste on what to expect if you go out with Lloyd and his team.

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08/05/2015
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The 1968 floods video footage

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1leO6N2YJs&w=500&h=400]The older Port Elizabeth residence all remember the 1968 flood, something that gets brought up quite often when big rains come around.  I was born nearly a decade later but have seen many pictures of it over the years.  I discovered this video on YouTube with a number of video clips of that fateful day on 1 September 1968 and just had to share it.

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01/05/2015