Gamtoos Series 4 – Phillips Tunnel

This is post #4 in the Gamtoos Valley series. The town of Hankey was started as a mission station on behalf of the London Missionary Society by Dr John Phillip. The main purpose was to grow corn and mielies for the mission station at Bethelsdorp as well as to carry out evangelistic work in the valley. Dr Philip's son, … Continue reading Gamtoos Series 4 – Phillips Tunnel →

Gamtoos Series 3 – Dusk in the Gamtoos Valley

Dusk in the Gamtoos Valley with the Cockscomb Mountains in the background photographed from the stoep at Nikalandershoek Guest Cottage just outside Patensie. PURE BLISS

Gamtoos Series 2 – water canals

This is post #2 in the Gamtoos series featuring the Gamtoos River Valley west of Port Elizabeth. The valley is referred to as the food basket of the Eastern Cape due to the amount of fruit and vegetables being grown here. These farms all get their water from the Kouga Dam. Water is taken from the … Continue reading Gamtoos Series 2 – water canals →

Gamtoos Series 1 – Kouga Dam

I'm going through a very busy period at work having just come back from World Travel Market Africa in Cape Town and off to Durban for Indaba in a couple of days. Because of it I'm running low on photos and rather than skipping days I decided to keep the daily photo concept going and recycle some … Continue reading Gamtoos Series 1 – Kouga Dam →

Outeniqua Yellowwood Tree at Natures Valley

I used to travel down the Garden Route quite often while I was still tour guiding but these days don't often get a chance to go further than the Tsitsikamma. Driving down to Natures Valley on our recent Easter weekend Sho't Left in the area I had to stop at one of the view points on … Continue reading Outeniqua Yellowwood Tree at Natures Valley →

A dairy farm experience in the Crags

A holiday experience can be made up of anything and for our Easter long weekend Sho't Left to the Crags and Natures Valley we were expecting it to be made up of camping, swimming in the Natures valley lagoon, walks and Geocaching. Little did we expect a farm experience that got the KidZ a lot more excited … Continue reading A dairy farm experience in the Crags →

Preparing smileys

Smileys is a delicacy in the townships and visiting Njoli Square in Zwide you get to see vendors prepare this sheep head meal for the lunch time and after work rush coming past.

Late afternoon at Van Stadens lagoon

The sun slowly heading down after a perfect day at Van Stadens lagoon

Grysbok Reserve road

Very few people know that the South Campus of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University is situated on a nature reserve. The Grysbos Nature Reserve can be accessed (with permission) from the campus along this road. I went to a meeting at the campus and snapped the pic over the gate on my way past.

The lagoon at Van Stadens Mouth

We spent a day at Van Stadens Mouth Resort for the first time in many years and the KidZ absolutely loved the lagoon next to the resort. There are paddle boats for hire but we took along our own little blowup boat along and it was a huge struggle to get the KidZ out of … Continue reading The lagoon at Van Stadens Mouth →