City Lodge - Port Elizabeth -

... roar) and our binoculars confirmed its not just by paw size either !<br>2 ostriches put on a nice little show for us, which included a "dance" with all feathers blooming and a stage performance to boot - they weren't shy with an audience. <br>Saw many other animals including zebra, rhino's, elephants (including a 2-3 week old baby), giraffe, buffalo, birds of prey, monkeys ...

... Der var jeg ogsaa inde sidst jeg var her med min familie. Der er derfor tale om en Rasmus Dahlbom Memorial Tour hvor man tager rundt til nogle af de steder hvor jeg har vaeret i Port Elizabeth. Dermed giver man turister muligheden for at foulge i mine fodspor og faa den aegte Rasmus Dahlbom Experience. Lasse er helt op at koere over det. Jeg tror at han virkelig er hook paa ideen. Han viser det ikke rigtigt, men jeg kan maerke at han er beaeret over at vaere den foerste der skal ud paa den.<br>

I woke up feeling like **** but in a rush as I had to get onto the Bazbus. I think I was still drunk, my stomach was not at its best so I made a quick decision to make myself sick as I could not take the risk to throw up on the bus. <br><br>I was so rough, even though I had a shower; I think I probably stank of booze but all I wanted to do was to get back to sleep so I went to back of the ...

<br><br>Saturday 26th September. Port Elizabeth is a disappointment as the Laundromat couldn&#8217;t do our washing and closed at midday and the water front was sad looking and jaded. We had a nice hot breKky though at a café down the road and then returned to the backpackers where I have ...

... become a surfers haven, and for good reason. The swell is incredible, and tubes not unusual (see, I can do surfers talk). So, some of the time was just spent sitting on the seafront and watching the highly skilled surfers tackle the waves with seeming ease. Spectators are anticipated as a result of the professionalism the Bay attracts, and as a result there are wooden benches and platforms ...

... and probably not one of the safest either but when you have friends there it seems perfect. We got on the plane and I was soon distracted by a random woman, "Excuse me, can you hold me baby?" Okay sure, why not. And the next thing I knew I had a 4month old baby girl on my lap. Not exactly the flight I was expecting but hey the kid was cool and even Justin had a hold and tickle. The mum was sitting next to us and was more ...

... the main road in town, its a great little place.They sell ****** walking sticks and little figurines of pigs and zebra and whatnot but they're made of mud and not fired in a kiln so if they get wet they disintegrate. But then again there only 2 Rand I think (60 cents Cdn) so what can you expect. The touts certainly are persistent though. One guy followed us all the way through town (not that Hogsback is very big) then part way to a small waterfall. He didn't ...

... this was great fun and took me back to my experiences at Sherwood College in India during my gap year. We did manage to coach some sport at the end of the week which was just as well as it had been two weeks since I had last done any. I now have just two weeks here in PE, I really can't believe how time is flying. My plan is to head down to Cape Town when I finish here on the 23 March, spend a weekend there before heading up to Namibia for a ...

... the people here are bad and 95 per cent are just like the rest of the world. I've met some of the poorest, and kindest people here, helpful and open and nothing like the stereotypical South Africans. I've met those, too, and especially ever sine I've been walking around barefoot (which coincides with the time that my tevas were stolen; alright, I've had this petty theft happen, but it really was my own damn fault), and that was about 3 weeks ago ...

... as other public transit and dropped us off at the desired intersection. Following a quick dip in the pool, a man came to say he had arrived to take us on our Township Tour. We had booked it a few hours earlier and had no real idea of what to expect. Climbing into his ratty red car (running on empty - I love Africa! :) ) he began by informing us of our trip to Walmer Township, his current residence. It would be useless to do such a drive with a well-paid coach bus driver ...