| The
vistas along the south Coast consists mostly of rolling hills and
cane field with the odd blue gum plantation of wild banana outcrop
as can be seen in the first few photos with houses on the far-away
hills and a glimpse of the ocean in between.. |
|
 |
|
 |
|
Houses
on the far hill |
|
Plantation
on a hilltop |
|
 |
|
|
|
Cane
field |
|
Blue
gum trees |
|
|
|
|
|
A
church and a cane field |
|
More
sugar cane... |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
A
glimpse of the ocean... |
|
|
|
|
Banana
plantation (left) and Wild Banan or white Strelitzia (right) |
|
| Craft
shops abound in every town and along the roadsides. Lots of
artists have their studios close to the main roads and short
distances into the interior. I took lots of photos of
the crafts on display. Many roadside crafters sell the
usual wood carvings and stuff that is seen all along the
pavements but some really good art can be found by exploring
the shops advertised in the local tourist guides.. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Barn
Owl is one such craft shop... |
|
|
|
Some
of the crafts sold at the Barn Owl... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wire
crafts became popular as household items (right) lately... |
|
|
|
|
|
 |
The Mud
Hut (left) is a more classy craft shop |
 |
|
|
|
| A
little more towards the interior one comes to the rural
villages...Here you can see some of the houses and a panorama
image of a rural village called Gamalakhe (The white spot on
the horizon is a ship LOL!!) |
|
 |
|
 |
 |
|
 |
|
|
And
then of course there is the ocean...Seascapes at Port
Alfred... |
|
 |
|
An
ocean panorama.. |
|
 |
 |
|
and
the breakers... |
|
|
 |
|
|
|
After
enjoying the sea view at Port Alfred we decided to go to the
Wild Coast Sun to try our luck at the one-armed bandits or at
least to feed the cannibal(s)... since Patsi had her free pass
to get in there...
Left: Crossing
the bridge to the Eastern Cape on our way to the Wild Coast
Sun |
|
|
The
golf course at the Wild Coast Sun |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
fish pond at the entrance to the casino and a flower
arrangement in the smokers' lounge |
 |
|
|
Coffee
time! |
 |
| ...and
then they became hungry... |
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
 |
...the
end...:-( |
