Lu-Gerda's Travels

As I wrote in my post about our favourite kids outings in Mossel Bay ,  I don’t know why we have not been to Blaster yet and in January we changed this. It was a rainy Saturday morning when I took my 3-year old son JW to Blasters in Mossel Bay.   We found parking easily and went inside.   I paid the entrance fee of R30 (for 3 hours) and completed the form for JW to play and he could not wait to start playing. Within seconds of telling him “Go play” he was climbing to the slide. Blasters is a family restaurant with a great play area for kids. There is the great indoor play area for kids from 1 -12 years.  The jungle gym has three levels, slides and lots of interesting things to do with soft balls like machines that blows wind and then the balls blows out at the top.  These “blasting” machines kept JW busy for a long time. There are lots of tables and benches for parents to sit. I found a table and ordered a coffee for me and cool drink f...

On 3 February 1488, St. Blaise’s day, Bartolomeu Dias landed at Mossel Bay, which Dias named Aguada de São Bras (St. Blaise’s Watering Place). The first Dias Festival I attended was in 1988 for the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Dias’ landing.   During the weekend of 1 to 4 February 2018 it was once again time for the Dias & Port Festival.   This year the festival was expanded to include two festival grounds…Santos and the harbour.   At the Dias festival in 1988 with my brother and sister Looking at the Carvel in the harbour Dias Festival @ Santos On Saturday morning I took my son JW to the festival ground at Santos.   Entrance to the festival ground and all the shows were free.   JW had no interest to sit down and watch a show.   He just wanted to explore and play.   We walked through a lot of stalls selling toys, clothes, food, etc and then reached the play ground. JW ran to the nearest ride and I had to qui...

The George Wildlife and Animal Park opened on 16 December 2017.   I visited the park on a very warm Saturday in January 2018 with my parents and 3-year old son JW.   The entrance fee was R 20 per adult and JW could enter for free. JW did not want to wait for me to buy the tickets.   He could see the jungle gym and just wanted to get inside to start climbing.   The park has a lovely play area for kids.   There is a big jungle gym to climb with monkey bars and swings and slides. JW was in heaven and could not decide where to start.   He is still too small for some of the equipment and I had to help him but he tried everything. There is a large grass area with lots of tables under trees or umbrellas to sit.   Between the tables are lots of wooden animals for the kids to play on.   There is a pond with ducks and beautiful water lilies.   After playing for a while we walked to see the farm animals.   We saw pigs, bunnies, ...

This is my first post for 2018 and after a few years of only posting occasionally I hope to continue to post regularly during 2018.   We spent our summer holiday at home in Mossel Bay and also made a few trips to George.  During this trips we had a lot of adventures from swimming at the Point and Pikkieland to Happy Valley in George and a visit to the Dias Museum.  We also hosted lost of visitors in our apartment . One of the highlights for JW (my 3-year old son) was the morning at Pikkieland at Diaz Water Park.  The entrance fee for Pikkieland was R 40 per child and there is no fees for the adults that are with the children. Pikkieland has two shallow pools for small children to play in.  In the smaller pool the water is only about 30cm deep.  In the bigger pool the water reached just above my knee and is is the perfect dept for the children to play in.  There is a tower in the middle with lots of slides that let them slip int...

I did a post last week about our favourite kids’ outings in our neighbouring town, George.   Our home town, Mossel Bay, a small town next to the ocean and mainly a  summer holiday destination.  Thousands of people come here to spend time near the ocean during December and January.   Here are some of our favourite things to do with our  3-year old son JW: 1.   The Ocean – Swimming, Playing in sand, collecting shells…. and many more Mossel Bay’s main attraction during the summer month is the beach.   And there is a lot of them to choose from.  For toddlers and younger kids I would suggest the paddling pool at The Point (I usually take my son early, before it gets too busy and the sun to hot) or Santos with is small waves.  For bigger waves rather try Hartenbos or Diaz Beach. 2.   Hartenbos Seefront Fun Park There is a lot to do at the Hartenbos Fun Park… Swimm...