Articles tagged ‘Port Elizabeth’
Blatter: World Cup Doubts Just So Much (Health-Threatening) Blather
By Ben | April 25th, 2006 |
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FIFA boss Sepp “Capo di Tutti” Blatter, who was honored yesterday with an doctorate of philosophy at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University - in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Municipality, or NMMM, formerly known as Port Elizabeth, or PE, and what a bloody mouthful! - used his new credentials to philosophize about jackals like RW Johnson, [...]
New Brighton, Nelson Mandela Metropole (Port Elizabeth): Township Tour Review
By BootsnAll | April 4th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
New Brighton & Others, Nelson Mandela Metropole (Port Elizabeth)
Eastern Cape Province
Calabash Township Tour
Operator: Calabash Tours
Township based? No
Will pick you up? Yes
Cost per person: R300 (avg. excl. tip)
Departs from: NMMM (Port Elizabeth)
Duration: 3 hours - evening
Sites visited: Red Location, Ramaphosa, Kwamagxaki, Kwazakhele, New Brighton & others (depending on tour)
SA Blog recommends? In a heartbeat!
Snippet
The Calabash evening [...]
South Africa’s Sunshine Coast
By Ben | March 22nd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
South Africa’s coastline is almost 3,000 km long, offering a wonderful variety of experiences. In this series, SA Blog dips a toe in the country’s major destination coasts.
The Sunshine Coast
Where: The long, sun-drenched Indian Ocean coastal strip between Jeffrey’s Bay and East London, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province.
Attractions: Jeffrey’s Bay, a major surfing center [...]
Baz Bus Blog: Drifting into the Eastern Cape
By Trekker | March 16th, 2006 | Add a Comment »
SA Blog is exploring South Africa on the Baz Bus, following the adventures of intrepid Baz Blogger Kathy - a.k.a. “Trekker“.
Continuing our Leg One coverage of the Baz Bus route, we pull out of the Garden Route, and into the Eastern Cape. But first a -
DINNER BREAK
Somewhere between Storms River and Cape St. Francis, the [...]
Port Elizabeth Airport
By Ben | February 9th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
SA Blog’s handy guide to Port Elizabeth Airport.
Vital information:
Airport code: PLZ
Street Map: Click here
Floor plan: None available, nor needed.
General info: +27 (0) 41 507 7319
Flight info via telephone: +27 (0) 86 727 7888
Flight info via SMS/text: Send flight number to 35007.
Hired/Rented cars: Outside of arrivals.
Wifi? No
Former & alt. names: H.F. Verwoerd, Lughawe (Afrikaans for “Airport”).
Free [...]
Hiring a Scooter or Motorcycle in South Africa
By Ben | January 13th, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Hired a scooter or motorcycle in South Africa? Tell us where, when and how it went! SA Blog links follow.
Scooter hire in Cape Town is a rich wilderness, but elsewhere in the country, along with motorcycle hire, it’s a not-quite-endlessly-barren desert.
To drive either form of two-wheeled transport, your driver’s license must be coded for motorcycles.
Scooters
We’ll [...]
Link of the Week: The Daily Dispatch
By Ben | January 3rd, 2006 | Add a Comment »
(An SA Blog Beta post from Your Correspondent)
SA Blog’s Link of the Week will be especially useful for travellers visiting the Eastern Cape. Click over to the website of the Daily Dispatch, South Africa’s best daily online newspaper, for good coverage of East London, Nelson Mandela Metropole (NMMM - a.k.a. Port Elizabeth), Grahamstown, Umtata, and [...]
