Rural countryside near Kei Mouth and Seagulls beach hotel in the Transkei

These sheep were just a few of the many farm animals we encountered on the way to Seagulls beach hotel in January 2009. The drive on this 20 km dirt road between the pontoon at Kei River in Kei Mouth, and the gorgeous little seaside holiday spot, Seagulls beach hotel, is all part of the holiday getaway and escape from the city - East London, in South Africa is not a terribly large city, but this little countryside road is still an escape! Some of the other animals that we met in this wonderful little country environment were: cows, bulls, goats, ducks, geese, chickens, donkeys - plenty of animals. Ah, the countryside!

Construction cranes at Hemingways shopping complex and casino in East London

These metal construction giants at Hemingways in East London looked impressive against the early morning sky. Construction equipment like cranes really can actually look quite beautiful!
Building the Hemingways shopping complex involved a mean bit of contruction work, and we're glad we took a photo before the building work was complete. You may like to visit our site about building too, or perhaps read about the frustrations of slow traffic and long lines of cars on the roads prior to the completion of the Hemingways shopping complex, when lots of road construction was also going on in the area. We think there were lots of angry, frustrated and impatient drivers on the roads in East London around that time, who simply couldn't wait for all the Hemingways complex and road construction work to be over!