The plan was to get takeaways for supper and then to take them to watch the musical fountains at the Boardwalk. When we got there we saw the perfect seats outside the Wimpy. Well, I thought, Wimpy is just about like takeaway. So some of us procured the table and ordered cappuccinos for 5 while the others went to get their meals from other places.
The sun was just setting and we settled down to enjoy our cappuccinos.
We can’t claim that they didn’t warn us. On the railings near our table were signs saying that the area could get wet when the fountains are playing. Well, we have fountains in Randburg – at the Brightwater Commons - and a little bit of spray never bothered me. It would, in fact, cool us all down because we were having a lovely spate of ideal holiday weather, sunny and hot and sometimes windy.
Our food was arriving just as the fountains were introduced and we were advised to get our wellies, raincoats and umbrellas and enjoy the show. Well, this was not a bit of spray! More like a torrential downpour. I was wearing an all weather jacket so I put up my hood and zipped up. Brian evacuated immediately with the tray of food but some of us die-hards stayed put. And the spectacle was magnificent.
However, when my denims were getting wet and there were so many drops on my camera lens that they interfered with my photography, even the die-hards caved.
We went inside to eat our supper.
The next day we were in the beach area again. We decided to spend a short while at Kings beach and to investigate the possibility of hiring bicycles to cycle along the beach front. The beach was much more crowded than Sardina Bay!
After spending about half an hour enjoying the waves and trying to avoid other people enjoying the waves, we made our way along the beach towards the MacArthur Pools.
It turned out that bike hire was R100 per day and we didn’t want to spend a whole day cycling. We lingered at the flea market and wondered at the chair set in a pool of shallow water. Some kind of art perhaps? We thought of sitting in the chair and taking a photo but wondered if it was a tourist trap and somebody would jump out and ask for R20 or R50 for the privilege.
Another sunny day in Port Elizabeth.
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