Fishing in the Baakens Mouth

A week or two ago we went for lunch at This is Eat at the Port Elizabeth harbor and I was watching a couple of fishermen fishing where the Baakens River (Mouth) and the harbor meets. Going back to the pre-1960's this whole area around the harbor was where the residents of the old South End … Continue reading Fishing in the Baakens Mouth →

My Kuzuko cheetah experience

Kuzuko Lodge in the Greater Addo Elephant National Park is one of my favorite lodges to visit. Because its on the Karoo side of the Zuurberg mountains the animal sightings may be slightly less than on the coastal side, but I have had some magnificent encounters and combined with their lodge and service it has been … Continue reading My Kuzuko cheetah experience →

South End Angels

South End Cemetery - A City of Angels

Caching at Lauries Bay

Sport can be divided into team sport and individual sport. When it comes to Geocaching it can be a bit of everything depending on your mood or situation. You can go caching on your own, with friends or with family. I actually enjoy every one of these and for different reasons. I find caching on … Continue reading Caching at Lauries Bay →

Boardwalk Fountain Spectacular

Looking for a video to post today I came across this one of the Boardwalk Fountain Spectacular. It looks like an advert for Aquatique Show who could be the company who installed the fountains at the Boardwalk. The video is spectacular and really shows off how awesome this show really is.

Walking through Happy Valley

After yesterday's post on Happy Valley there was a comment by Grunt saying - "I understood that visitors get mugged when visiting Happy Valley. Used to love it as a child, but based on what I have heard, I tell visitors to avoid it." There probably hasn't been a mugging in Happy Valley for close to … Continue reading Walking through Happy Valley →

Discovering Lauries Bay in Port Elizabeth

The South African coastline stretches over 2500 km (give or take a couple of km) from the desert border with Namibia to the subtropical border with Mozambique. I say give or take a couple of km as I have seen exact distances given of between 2798 km and 3751 km. Whichever it is, its a heck of … Continue reading Discovering Lauries Bay in Port Elizabeth →

Visiting Happy Valley in the evening again

As some of you might know, I have a very special place in my heart for Happy Valley and it was the best news ever when the NMB Municipality fixed it up before this year's summer season started. I walk up Happy Valley quite often but with the Damselfly's operation we didn't really get a … Continue reading Visiting Happy Valley in the evening again →

Prince Alfred’s Guard sergeant-major

On top of the Prince Alfred's Guard Memorial in St Georges Park stands a guy with a gun. Who or what is he? Not to leave the question open ended and you all wondering what the answer is, here it is. He is a life-size figure of a sergeant-major of Prince Alfred's Guard, in full dress and standing at … Continue reading Prince Alfred’s Guard sergeant-major →

Daggaboer Farmstall in the Karoo Heartland

About 50 km south of Cradock on the way to Port Elizabeth and the cool breeze of the coast, is one of the Karoo Heartland's most popular farmstalls. Daggaboer Farmstall is one of those "you just have to stop and try their goodies" spots and was voted the WEG & GO! travel magazines' best farm … Continue reading Daggaboer Farmstall in the Karoo Heartland →