Tour of a life time
Final report of tour guides
On this page you will find a movie, video, photos and paragraphs written by the team on all the information on our East London and Port Elizabeth tours.
Kragga Kamma Game Reserve
This is Lithemba's brochure. All photos were taken by Lithemba and Luzuko.
File Type: MS Word Document: 1.12 M
A tour around East London
Mr. Lyon took us on a tour around East London. Tristan and I created the movie.
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Nelson Mandela Bay brochure
This is Luzuko's brochure. He has permission from Nelson Mandela Bay Tourism to use the map. See More Citations page. All photos were taken by Lithemba and Luzuko.
File Type: MS Word Document: 1.47 M
East London's first Post Office was a Tree!
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| This is the Fig tree which is over 200 years old! It is on the West Bank of East London |
East London's first PO
Post Office + Tree:
The post office in East London is actually a monument. In 1982 the Post Office was a Magistrate Office. It also became a local library. Before the Post Office was established, people used the tree that was across the road. People had to find ways to post their messages, so they used the tree. This tree is a fig tree, and it is a big one too. The fig tree is over 200 years old! The branches were so big that they put their messages in bundles and put them in the branches. Later on they built the Post Office, and today you can still see the Post Office and tree. Today you can also see the plaque on the Post Office, but the one on the tree was stolen a few years ago.
The double decker bridge
This is a video I took of the only double decker bridge made of metal (for cars and trains) in SA. I took it at Latimers Landing at the harbour.
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Old collectors items
| This is a 1880 ferry coin. This coin was used when people wanted to go on the ferry trip, on east bank to the west bank. This is a private collection from Mr Malherbe. | There are many shipwrecks are along our coastline. This is over 400 year old ming porcelain. It came China. It is a underblaze of blue and white. |
Mr Malherbe's permission letter
Mr Malherbe gave permission to scan and upload the ming porcelain and the old ferry coin.
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