Pete, Caroline & Kate at the PE foreshore
From last Thursday we have had a bit of a reality check. Pete’s sister (Kate), 21 month old nephew (Max), and friend (Caroline) arrived.
They had arrived after holidaying in England so the warmer and slightly humid weather of Port Elizabeth was a welcome change. After a day to relax and acclimatise, we whisked them off to Addo Elephant Game Reserve so that Max and Caroline could experience their first wild African game. Caroline was so excited at spotting her first flightless dung beetle we had to literally hold her down to prevent her from jumping out of the car. Next hilarious episode was her response to elephants... continual screaming and yelling with excitement! Max seemed to favour the kudu’s, yelling out their name and pointing whenever we saw them. We stayed for a couple of nights in a forest cabin which had a great braai area and nice pool enabling Jen to use her flotation device, and Pete to play with Max. We saw 4 of the big five (lion, black rhino in distance, elephant, buffalo)... not bad for a weekend.
Kate, Caroline and Max then had a brief visit to Cape Town for 2 nights enjoying the imposing Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch Gardens, Constantia wine region and V&A Waterfront. This enabled Pete and Jen to rejuvenate their energy levels for their return visit!
When in PE, we enjoyed the relaxed beach lifestyle including walks on the beach, exercising, seeing the ODI cricket match between Australia & RSA and entertaining Max.
We loved having them visit and enjoyed spending time with the ever-growing Max.
They had arrived after holidaying in England so the warmer and slightly humid weather of Port Elizabeth was a welcome change. After a day to relax and acclimatise, we whisked them off to Addo Elephant Game Reserve so that Max and Caroline could experience their first wild African game. Caroline was so excited at spotting her first flightless dung beetle we had to literally hold her down to prevent her from jumping out of the car. Next hilarious episode was her response to elephants... continual screaming and yelling with excitement! Max seemed to favour the kudu’s, yelling out their name and pointing whenever we saw them. We stayed for a couple of nights in a forest cabin which had a great braai area and nice pool enabling Jen to use her flotation device, and Pete to play with Max. We saw 4 of the big five (lion, black rhino in distance, elephant, buffalo)... not bad for a weekend.
Kate, Caroline and Max then had a brief visit to Cape Town for 2 nights enjoying the imposing Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch Gardens, Constantia wine region and V&A Waterfront. This enabled Pete and Jen to rejuvenate their energy levels for their return visit!
When in PE, we enjoyed the relaxed beach lifestyle including walks on the beach, exercising, seeing the ODI cricket match between Australia & RSA and entertaining Max.
We loved having them visit and enjoyed spending time with the ever-growing Max.
An excited Caroline at a biltong van in PE
The flightless dung beetle
Max keeping a watch for game!
Zebra & buffalo
Warthog grazing
Max very excited at the large herd of elephants (with Kate)
Pete & Max- a trip to RSA just wouldn't be complete without a power outage. There was no power for the last 16hrs of their visit, resulting in dinner by headtorch!