This is a favourite time of year for most South Africans. For those living in the Northern Hemisphere, a South African Christmas might boggle the mind a bit. A white Christmas with snow covered roofs, toasty fires and eggnog is a far cry from a summer Christmas and New Year in South Africa. Our [...]
South African band, Bright Blue released the anti-apartheid song “Weeping” in 1987. Censorship in those days was fierce and song-writers had to use parables and innuendo to pass on any political message that was contrary to the government’s beliefs. International superstar, Josh Grobin has recently rereleased “Weeping” and I was so moved by the powerful [...]
I am in two minds whether to write about this or not. We have discovered such a special, untouched beach in our hometown of Plettenberg Bay, that we thought we might keep it all to ourselves. The coastline along the Garden Route is a mixture of sandy bays, and dramatic cliffs dipping down to rocky [...]
South Africa is the best place to live. I can guarantee you of that. And one of the reasons I love it so much is the cultural diversity that exists in our everyday lives. I am a 37 year old English-speaking white woman born in South Africa. I grew up in Johannesburg during the Apartheid [...]
A few weeks back we went to Global Village in Plett, we had a really wonderful breakfast and the price was superb. After breakfast we walked around the village and did a bit of window shopping however with all the great things they have for sale we couldn’t help ourselves and had to buy something. [...]
Message from the whale company: On our 12h00 boat trip, we encountered a juvenile Minke Whale just behind the back line near to Keurbooms Village. This Whale was very interested in our boat Damara and swam up to our boat circling us a few times. We than left the Minke and on our way home [...]
Another great day of whale watching in Plettenberg Bay with Ocean Blue Adventures!!! This male breached eight times off the Keurbooms coastline on our 12h00 boat trip. We had a total of 13 Southern Right whales and 3 calves in our bay today. Let’s hope we have good weather this weekend, so you can get [...]
Message from the whale companies: On our 12h00 Whale watching boat trip we noticed a 2nd Southern Right Whale calf had been born. We now have two calves that had been born in our bay so far this year. This shows that our bay is in a pristine condition as we are only two weeks [...]
Today is Madiba’s birthday and we have decided that we are going to be cooking some rice and stew to go serve to all the poor people of Qulweni today, we will be arriving at 15:00 and doing our bit for 67 minutes. Happy birthday Madiba and we love you lots. What are you doing [...]
Message from the whale company: On our 09h30 boat trip we encountered 4 Humpback whales at the Point of Robberg. While watching these 4 whales, a Brydes whale swam past us. On entering the Bay we spotted 4 Southern Right whales off Robberg beach and then a further 5 Southern Right whales off the Keurbooms [...]
