Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Winter is back... or still here: Just yesterday I asked somebody if they also thought that we didn't have a very cold winter this year as I stood sweating in the sun outside the lodge at Mount Camdeboo Game Reserve outside Graaff-Reinet. This morning we woke up to a freezing wind and snow on the mountains in the area. On my way back this afternoon I heard it hailed in some parts of Port Elizabeth. I pulled off the freeway and … [Read more...] about Winter is back… or still here – Featured Blog
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Have you booked your bed with us for The Urban Run? – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Have you booked your bed with us for The Urban Run?: Tackle the city for charity at The Urban Run on the Donkin Reserve. Where? Nelson Mandela Bay, that’s Port Elizabeth too. When? 10th & 11th September 2016 Where to stay? Dempsey’s Guest House, 3.8kms to the Donkin For the rest, visit: www.urbanrun.co.za Source: Dempsey's Self Catering. Guest review from: Nadine.: Quiet place, very clean, the … [Read more...] about Have you booked your bed with us for The Urban Run? – Featured Blog
Guest review from: Noeleen and Chris. – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Guest review from: Noeleen and Chris.: Lovely stay, rooms are well equipped, bed is sooo comfy. Thank you for your kindness. Noeleen & Chris booked out of Dempsey’s on 08/08/2016. Place your Dempsey’s guest review here. Source: Dempsey's Self Catering. Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily feature. CLICK HERE to get a daily digest of PE Goodness straight into your inbox with the MyPE Monday … [Read more...] about Guest review from: Noeleen and Chris. – Featured Blog
The week that was… – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: The week that was...: © Robbie Irlam Yssss, wish I could stop saying "that was a pretty quiet week" but yet again it was. Monday was the pick of the bunch with super fun lil waves coming through, albeit with long lulls in between. The rest of the week was a scratch inside the bay, but if you took a drive, even a short one, you were rewarded. Alex van Rijswijck © Petronel Posthumus The usual array of lekker winter … [Read more...] about The week that was… – Featured Blog
Women in Tourism: Nikki Bolton – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Women in Tourism: Nikki Bolton: In the spirit of celebrating the sixtieth national Women’s month in South Africa we are chatting to some of our local women in tourism in Nelson Mandela Bay. Today we talk to Nikki Bolton, who was involved in the One Land Love It Expedition, an expedition that took her husband (and herself) 6000 kms across South Africa on a bicycle to raise awareness and funds for rhinos. … [Read more...] about Women in Tourism: Nikki Bolton – Featured Blog
Driving the Woody Cape dirt road between Kenton and Alexandria – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Driving the Woody Cape dirt road between Kenton and Alexandria: I have always just driven the R72 between Alexandria and Kenton-on-Sea and have only just seen the coastline and Alexandria dune field from the air on the occasion that the plane did fly this way en-route to or from PE airport. I have also always just heard how beautiful the drive along the loop past Woody Cape is and during a weekend in Kenton-on-Sea decided that it … [Read more...] about Driving the Woody Cape dirt road between Kenton and Alexandria – Featured Blog
Baakens Bench – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Baakens Bench: A bench ideal for contemplation. The difference between this one and others with similar views is that you don't have to hike for an hour to get to it to enjoy it. It's located next to the Baakens Valley on the corner at the bottom of 2nd Avenue and Fordyce Road in Walmer Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Giraffes on the beachfront: The harbour giraffes aren't the only giraffes you see on the … [Read more...] about Baakens Bench – Featured Blog
Hello Aliens. Are you among us? – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Hello Aliens. Are you among us?: Yesterday morning while taking a walk around Kings Beach Park, my eye caught this piece of graffiti at the top of the steps at the water feature. HELLO ALIENS along with pictures of a rainbow, pegasys, two unicorns and a bunch of butterflies. Does this mean that there are aliens walking among us or is it a welcome for an imminent arrival? Or are we just all aliens? Source: Port … [Read more...] about Hello Aliens. Are you among us? – Featured Blog
Fishing with Jan. Port Alfred – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Fishing with Jan. Port Alfred: A Whale Watching Port Alfred video selected by Expert Tours: This video was uploaded from an Android phone. Click here to book your Sardine Run Experience | Expert Tours on YouTube. Source: Sardine Run Port Elizabeth. Image from page 25 of “The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade” (1885): Image from page 25 of “The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade” (1885) … [Read more...] about Fishing with Jan. Port Alfred – Featured Blog
St Georges Park Instameet – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: St Georges Park Instameet: On Sunday, the 14th of August, people from the Bay gathered with cameras, picnic baskets, bubble wands and colour clouds for yet another Instameet hosted and organised by Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism in collaboration with Colours of You SA. Source: NMBT Blog. Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily feature. CLICK HERE to get a daily … [Read more...] about St Georges Park Instameet – Featured Blog
Women in Tourism: Francine Zana – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Women in Tourism: Francine Zana: In the spirt of celebrating the sixtieth national Women’s month in South Africa - a day commemorating the 20 000 women who have marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria in 1956 in protest against the apartheid laws - we are chatting to some of our local women in tourism in Nelson Mandela Bay and today we talk to Francine Zana. Source: NMBT … [Read more...] about Women in Tourism: Francine Zana – Featured Blog
The week that was…. – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: The week that was....: © Sean Pretorius Bit of a slow week in the bay again this week. But as usual, if you put the k's in you could find something to surf. Sunday had looked to be a good day on the forecast, but didn't quite deliver as expected. Although in this case it wasn't the early birds, but rather the late one's that scored - with the swell jacking up a bit right before dark. In the barrel but on the bricks © … [Read more...] about The week that was…. – Featured Blog
Lifeguards not currently on duty – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Lifeguards not currently on duty: It's winter at the moment and the beach is pretty much empty, especially during the week. But the lifeguard tower, although not manned at the moment, is waiting. Summer will come again and so will the beach-goers. Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Late early still... is tired: I are tired... tired is I. Probably more like exhausted. Makes it feel even worse when … [Read more...] about Lifeguards not currently on duty – Featured Blog
Golden glow on the beachfront – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Golden glow on the beachfront: Regular Port Elizabeth Daily Photo follower Gerhard Burger sent me this picture last week. Isn't that just the perfect winters afternoon in the Bay? Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Swartkops estuary birds: Not a lot of non-twitchers would know that the Swartkops River estuary is one of the best places around Port Elizabeth for bird watching. It is home to a huge amount of estuarine … [Read more...] about Golden glow on the beachfront – Featured Blog
Swartkops Bridge – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Swartkops Bridge: Looking up at the N2 bridge over the Swartkops River from the river mouth Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Hoisting the Campanile Bells: After taking down the Campanile bells and the renovation process, the bells have just been hoisted back into the top of the Campanile with Bell #23 going up on Wednesday. Somebody thought it may be a good idea to attache a GoPro to the bell before it went up and thus we … [Read more...] about Swartkops Bridge – Featured Blog
