Grahamstown

The town of Grahamstown, 120km east of Port Elizabeth, is situated in the middle of the Frontier Country. The area was the site of 9 frontier wars between the settlers and the Xhosa people over a period of a hundred years from the late 1700's. The town saw a lot of development from 1820 onwards … Continue reading Grahamstown →

Private Game Reserves

Over the next three weeks or so I am going to be deviating off the traditional City Daily Photo rule of posting only something from the city and immediate surrounds and show you some of the towns and places that surround Port Elizabeth and Nelson Mandela Bay. We will be following some of the tourist … Continue reading Private Game Reserves →

University

Continuing our little jaunt down Marine Drive, we pass the grounds of the University. Previously known as UPE, it recently amalgamated with the nearby Technikon, and the two are now together known as Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, or NMMU for short.The buildings are a classic example of what is now called "brutal architecture", the raw … Continue reading University →

Beware, this road is not for sissies!

We end our journey with a warning to anyone wanting to go on this road, leave your low slung sedan at home! If you want to see the completion of the journey, and the delightful town of Patensie, you can hop across to Sue's post on the drive in the country, part 3

outlying areas #3

Heading for the hills.... You can see lots more pictures of this trip on Sue and Max's personal blogs.

outlying areas #2

Yesterday we started on a journey to the nearby farming village of Patensie, via the Winterhoek mountains. Along the way (at S33 43 36, E 25 05 59, if you want to look it up on GoogleEarth) we came across one of the dams that supply PE with water. The Bridge we stood on to … Continue reading outlying areas #2 →

outlying areas # 1

We went for a wonderful drive yesterday, along the Eland's River Valley, round to the little farming village of Patensie. It is one of those "where do I start situations because we went BALLISTIC taking pictures, the scenery changed around every bend, and each view was worth several shots... ho hum. Anyway, in coming days … Continue reading outlying areas # 1 →