Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: The views of Coffee Bay: At the bottom of the beach in Coffee Bay is Bomvu Hill offering stunning views of both Coffee Bay to the north side and Bomvu Bay to the south. The village is located to the left just out of the picture next to the Nenga River. Looking at the Coffee Bay view the white building at the top of the beach is the Ocean View Hotel where I have now stayed twice already. Comfortable accommodation, great dinner … [Read more...] about The views of Coffee Bay – Featured Blog
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Looking along Kings Beach from the harbour – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Looking along Kings Beach from the harbour: When was the last time you've walked to the bottom of Kings Beach and back? Been a while or even never? Do reward yourself with this stunning view up the beach looking at the beachfront skyline from the harbour wall. Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily feature. CLICK HERE to get a daily digest of PE … [Read more...] about Looking along Kings Beach from the harbour – Featured Blog
An enchanting meander along Retha’s Trail, Schoenmakerskop. – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: An enchanting meander along Retha’s Trail, Schoenmakerskop.: Two years ago I photographed Retha’s Trail and intended sharing but kept on forgetting. The title of the post then was “Retha’s Trail, the best kept secret in Port Elizabeth.” I can no longer use this title, the secret is out, many people have since been visiting the trail and talking about the trail. Schoenmakerskop resident Retha, created and … [Read more...] about An enchanting meander along Retha’s Trail, Schoenmakerskop. – Featured Blog
St Augustines stained glass window – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: St Augustines stained glass window: St Augustine's Cathedral has some stunning and striking stained glass windows. Dating back to September 1875, the windows are part of the original design and are from F. Barnett of Leith. Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. 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 to … [Read more...] about St Augustines stained glass window – Featured Blog
I finally got to visit Hole in the Wall – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: I finally got to visit Hole in the Wall: One of my absolute travel highlights during 2017 is the fact that I finally got to visit the Hole in the Wall near Coffee Bay on the Wild Coast. It was somewhat of an embarrassment to be somebody promoting and marketing the Eastern Cape but having to say that I have never been there. It's not the closest destination to where I live in Port Elizabeth though so it's not like I could just pop … [Read more...] about I finally got to visit Hole in the Wall – Featured Blog
Idiocracy – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Idiocracy: Watch this space about the life and times of Bob and Grace … Source: BrainStorms – Ed Lunnon's Blog. 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 to Friday Newsletter. … [Read more...] about Idiocracy – Featured Blog
Be a beekeeper for a day in the Bay – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Be a beekeeper for a day in the Bay: If you’ve ever had a dream of being a beekeeper or had a keen interest in bees or simply just enjoy the sweetness of the gold liquid it produces, you can now get a “behind the honey” experience at the Apiarist Farm Shoppe, situated in Nelson Mandela Bay. Source: NMBT Blog. Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily … [Read more...] about Be a beekeeper for a day in the Bay – Featured Blog
An Afrikaans inscription in a Catholic Cathedral – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: An Afrikaans inscription in a Catholic Cathedral: Imagine my surprise when I found an Afrikaans inscription on a plaque behind the baptismal font in the St Augustine's Catholic Cathedral. Very unusual. Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. 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 to Friday Newsletter. … [Read more...] about An Afrikaans inscription in a Catholic Cathedral – Featured Blog
A refreshing new bee experience awaits you in Port Elizabeth. – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: A refreshing new bee experience awaits you in Port Elizabeth.: Anje Rautenbach is a local travel addict “Going Somewhere Slowly” and enjoys the world in slow motion. She’s in love with good coffee, obsessed with beautiful words and getting lost; she explores places off the beaten path. Here she shares her experience of a bee tour at the newly opened Apiarist Farm Shoppe. Dempsey’s Guest House wishes the … [Read more...] about A refreshing new bee experience awaits you in Port Elizabeth. – Featured Blog
Spending a day in the Tsitsikamma – video – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Spending a day in the Tsitsikamma - video: I have always wanted to make travel videos. When I started working as a tourist guide in 1998 I had a little video camera which I filmed my tours with. Back then I didn't know anything about editing. The video was basically what I shot and I had to make sure the video was rewound just far enough for the next shot to start where I wanted it to. All those videos are … [Read more...] about Spending a day in the Tsitsikamma – video – Featured Blog
Sardinia Bay, Port Elizabeth, a beach of note. – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Sardinia Bay, Port Elizabeth, a beach of note.: Sardinia Bay, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, SA Nature at her best The sand dune climb is worth the view from the top A delight to watch horses take command of the beach A day for a daydream: 19 Nov. 2017 Sardinia Bay, Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, Eastern Cape Source: Dempsey's. Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily feature. CLICK HERE to get a daily digest of PE … [Read more...] about Sardinia Bay, Port Elizabeth, a beach of note. – Featured Blog
St Augustine’s tour – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: St Augustine's tour: I got to see the inside of St Augustine's Cathedral for the first time a few weeks ago while on a tour of Route 67. The church isn't generally open like St Mary's on the other side of the Public Library, so if you want to see it you need to make special arrangements or alternatively just attend a service. Source: Port Elizabeth Daily Photo. Click HERE to submit your blog to be part of this daily … [Read more...] about St Augustine’s tour – Featured Blog
The history of St. Augustine’s Cathedral – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: The history of St. Augustine’s Cathedral: When the first Catholic priest, Father George Corcoran, set foot in Port Elizabeth in 1840 it wasn't just a case of getting off the boat and taking up his position. No, he was shipwrecked in Cape St Francis and had to travel the last 100km to town on horseback. Once he arrived here he found that there were only 42 Catholics in the town. But the show had to go on and in the ensuing … [Read more...] about The history of St. Augustine’s Cathedral – Featured Blog
Coffee Shop Offices: 6 ‘Coffices’ to work from in the Bay – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Coffee Shop Offices: 6 ‘Coffices’ to work from in the Bay: In an ever-evolving world of clicking here and digitally being there, traditional meetings, conference calls and offices have changed forever. More and more people - from creative entrepreneurs to fancy pants suites - are ditching their desks and choosing to be location independant because where there is a will, there is a way, And where there is Wi-Fi … [Read more...] about Coffee Shop Offices: 6 ‘Coffices’ to work from in the Bay – Featured Blog
St Mary’s church (or cathedral) tower – Featured Blog
Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: St Mary's church (or cathedral) tower: Port Elizabeth has two cathedrals, both located in the city centre. St Mary's Anglican Cathedral, where the foundation stone was laid in 1825, and St. Augustine's Catholic Cathedral where the first stone was laid in 1861. Standing in front of St Mary's and looking up at the tower, I was wondering if it is referred to as a church tower or a cathedral tower. Source: Port Elizabeth Daily … [Read more...] about St Mary’s church (or cathedral) tower – Featured Blog
