My hometown for 23 years now. Absolutely the best place ever... and seen through your eyes even better.!😊

Ah my city! 🤩I've lived here for almost 19 years😁😁🙌all over the show! Nice to see it on KZfaq for once 🤗

Love PE.Still the most relaxed city in SA.

Hi DustBugs, Port Elizabeth was my home town. I was born in South End. This was the district six of P. E. I Worked on the harbour and watched the dismantling of the community in South end. My grandmother and great grandmother lived there. All races lived together in peace there. The dome of green mosque overlooking the harbour was removed to make way for the freeway. This never materialize. The dome was replaced years later. The fort overlooks the Baakens River. In the a early days sailing ships used to Moor there (before the development of the harbour) In 1968 we had a flood that covered the whole valley. Factories and housed were under water. Cars, caravans etc. ended up in the harbour. I lived there for 40 years. I still have family and friends that I visit from time to time. Great place. NB: the area around the fort is not safe for tourist. Hope you visit Jeffries Bay and Cape St. Francis. Thank you once again for a great video. Always appreciate your work.

Port Elizabeth always for me

Thank you for this special video. I used to live at 12 Fort street, just up the road from the Fort. You drove past it. In my days there were no trees in the road. I was aged 6 at the time. We used to play endlessly at the fort as 12 Fort street had little garden. The building you showed at the back of the Donkin was my school - Alert Jackson. The class room building on the left was my class. We used to swim at Kings beach. All very special memories. Those buildings in Fort Street are all national monument's now. Cheers.!!

All looks so familiar, including the road resurfacing, which was going on back in 1992 also. I can understand naming after the Baakens River, but what does it ACTUALLy mean? Windy all right. Some places more than others. First year we we there we were in Kamma Park suburb, and my washing blew right off the line! That wasnt funny as most of it was nappies, having just had my first baby. So we invested in a drier. Then we bought a house in Mill Park and the wind wasnt so bad there. My fave beach was Kings Beach. In summer the best time to go swimming is 8AM! Its so warm, and the wind hasnt got up yet. Love the skate boarding thing...whoops! Spectacular fail!! The pier is so awesome. Seeing the waves rolling by. PE is not short on beautiful old buildings. Starting with the main library, I used to spend hours in there.Its good that you explored the Prospect Hill area, its one of the best areas to see historic buildings.St Georges park is not far from where I used to live. Had many good walks around there. And my first two babies were born in St Georges Hospital. You really need a few weeks there to explore.Thank you for so many happy memories

Hi guys fantastic accommodation. Top class place. PE is so big now and has florida look and very modern nothing like I remember but the the old part of PE, is more like I remember the architecture stunning and would not look out of place in London and how great to see your family name on that wonderful monument loved the pier and stalls saw some tyre sandals and kobkeries .l especially liked the drill hall and the Fort as I'm ex British army I must say I struggled to take all in but I'm glad to see the reference to the 1820 settlers l still have a post card of the statue from 1970s stunning RC Cathedral and another RC convent loved the minibus graveyard fantastic video of PE thanks for another great trip cheerio till the next one

Can't believe it's episode 300 - we enjoyed every one of them and sometimes watch the old ones again.

Welcome to friendly city. I been there by windmil farm last Night. I always stop there. Its nice.

I always watch you video( almost all the video)

This is a nice city. It reminds me of Charleston, South Carolina. I really enjoyed the video. Thank you for posting.

Thank you for this trip. It was so nice to see it once again but long ago. You covered such a lot in this vidoe excellent done. These days i am waiting for the next one like a small child waiting to open his presents. Well done till the next one. Luckily my seat is booked.

Welcome to PE/Gheberga,the friendliest city,lol,my hometown

Hi you two. Two things struck me about this trip. When you entered PE the blue skies opening up and the palm trees waving to welcome you. And of course the Apple Express tracking you right into town! I've never been to PE and you taking us to those historical parts blew me away, as it did Sonia. I'll have to make this short. I'm in the Waterberg at the moment with Wifi coming and going. Suffice it to say thank you for this most interesting trip and Keep safe!

another great episode, my grandfather was born in a house on donkin street on the 11th november 1901.

This episode was priceless, you forgot your lines in the morning re Qqeberha...possibly due to the previous nights horrendous driving that you unfortunately had to experience and the best one was when you were referring to the construction of the cathedral on the hillside your comment "how the devil 😅😂..." I also haven't been to Gqeberha for some time, and am very impressed as always with the tourist pleasing development around Summerstrand. Cape Town and its environs pale in comparison, the V&A Waterfront is really a tourist trap, theres not really that much to do if one is not into spending money or sitting in restaurants. When Sonia mentioned "holiday vibe" , I was thinking "Strand vibe" as that area is perhaps the closest to the Strand, and what the Strand can easily become with more hotels and tourist friendly amenities and infrastructure. The name "international" for the airport is as odd as naming the airport after a "polarising" fellow who no one really knows. Instead of names, the focus should be on job creation, houses, food on plates, electricity and clean water. Thanks again for the great content 👍

My heart warms. This tour is a treat for me. Lived in Pe for three years. What a wonderful time

Episode 300, wow, and right on our doorstep finally. Great episodes of an area we take so gorgranted, eyes reopened ❤

I just remembered that you did go to Cape St. Francis. I'll blame it on age.

Great video, my late mother lived on Hope Street, just above St Augustine’s Cathedral. My family are devout Catholics. My grandparents and my mom and her siblings attended mass at St Augustine’s and my grandparents were buried from the cathedral. My mom and her sisters went to the Holy Rosary Convent, now closed sadly. The building with the high windows is the Feather Market hall which originally was where the ostrich feathers from the farms surrounding PE and the Karoo were sold.

Welcome to my city, the Holy Rosary convent is now my grandsons school, Elson Academy, we travel there everyday to run a little tuck shop. Must say i was a bit nervous while you were traveling through Central especially the Fort, sadly not very safe these days . Enjoy your stay here & thanks for visiting 🥳

Port Elizabeth it will remain to us international students ❤

Thanks for a great video. Hometown vibes, welcome to our town. Good old PE. The Central part is very beautiful but needs to be protected and preserved for future generations. Thank you for throwing the spotlight on our beautiful dorp.

I just found your channel this morning and have been binge watching all your videos. I especially enjoyed the Loerie video and Humansdorp. I live in Uitenhage now called Kariega and we had a beach house in Gamtoos when I was growing up. So Loerie is a place I basically spent a great deal of time as that's where we got supplies while staying at our Gamtoos beach house. Pity you guys didn't have time to come to Uitenhage as there is quite a lot of history here too and many monuments. Keep up the great work. I'll be watching in the future from now on. 🤗

Ha Curtis en weer is mijn reactie ineens weg 😵. Hopelijk heb je hem ook vandaag toch wel kunnen lezen voordat ie verdween. Wat raar dat dit opnieuw gebeurt … enfin, alles wederom prachtig, ik gaf je de eerste like vanochtend, fraaie palmen, Britse grandeur oude gebouwen, een echte kathedraal, de kanonnen van weleer waarmee de Dutch de wereldkusten ook vol mee hebben gezet en bovenal mooi om te horen en zien: je liefdevolle zorg voor Sonia’s veiligheid ❤. Dat we nog veel mooie reizen met jullie mogen maken 🎉🚗

Very very beautiful 😍😍😍

Aaaaw, the Baai!!! I L❤VE PE. our City

Great episode, one of your best and you didn't even cover the big, beautiful weathy neighborhoods. Some amazing real estate there. I'll forever hope they regain their sanity and it will once again be officially Port Elizabeth.

I was amazed by Port Elizabeth. The most beautiful city I have ever sern.

so beautiful

People used to be on my case about this name change. There are so many costs which come with changing a city's name, and in my opinion the funds could've been allocated elsewhere. The city has been experiencing a water crisis and energy crisis. It is better to improve the quality of life of the people, services, infrastructure, security, and to make it worthwhile for businesses to invest in the city than simply changing the name.

Love it

Wow, beautiful video right there 😍🎉, I've always dreamt of living in a coastal city,gave me good insight and knowledge of P.E lekker.

I moved to cape town from port elizabeth a year ago.i miss p.e dearly.watching this puts a ache in my heart😭

Looked up the strange name... The local name for the Baakens river. Was apparently the "border" between the Cape colony and the eastern side.... They could have chosen an easier name....😥🤨😐

It was nice to travel with you 👌💯

Wow…..all is grand in Gqeberha!!! Beautiful buildings man👏👏👏🙌

Peeps, I imagined P.E. very differently, having never been there myself. Those palm trees and the mosaic design brick paving was so, so welcoming. Like any other place here or overseas it's worth researching the "hot" spots before regrets. Just as I cannot go to New York and just wander anywhere. If I don't catch cold because I return to my B&B only in my socks, I may not live to tell the tale. P.E. is a beauty, the history and the preservation of the old hotels, catholic religious buildings et al. and that was just a snippet of P.E. I didn't that so many of my traveling fiends (like Jim Reeves sang "a stranger is a friend you do not know") were from the windy city or still live there. Now I have to get my sixpence worth in as well. Just as Port Elizabeth rolls of your tongue with ease but is referred to as P.E. as well, what will Gqeberha be initialised to, I wonder.

Best video of its kind I have ever seen. I felt as if I was there with you. A real treat. I am now living on the island of Madeira but there is no place on earth like South Africa. Port Elizabeth seems quieter than Johannesburg. The buildings were were beautiful and the whole place looked so clean and neat.

I remember we use to go to Cadilac Jacks , The Blinking Owl and Barney's there in the late 1990'S

Lived there for many years. Best place and best people in SA

Bring terug wonderlike memories. Het daar vir n paar jaar gebly

You can go anywhere, we live in a beautiful country .

Visited PE now Gqeberha 6 years (Nearly missed my flight going back but had my best Hake and Chips here). Lovely to revisit again in your back seat👏👏

Loving it, guys! Don't forget to come visit or stay with us in Cintsa East, when you visit Buffalo City (East London)!

Hello hello😊... This is my first time see P. E. It is way better then i imagined it to be... Thanks for letting me tag along😀

Sadly for us, the wife and I haven't been back to PE from 2001. We lost our son 28 yrs old the same year 2001 by accident. He worked and lived there from 1995. We still have family there.😢😢

Windfarm reststop looks interesting

❤ loved your longest video ❤ it will always be PE to me. Have a few friends living there. They love it. Your info is always next level.... Ugh you guys are great 🎉🎉🎉❤❤🎉🎉🎉 did you drive home or fly??

Finally!

the best garage stop iv ever seen in SA, as someone who like traveling long distances i really get bored with the option of steers, debonaires and that third one, this one has kfc n spar.

I'm New friend here 🙏

Hi Everyone @ Dustbugs Travel Also The Beautiful Red And White Lighthouse In Port Elizabeth Is Also A Beautiful One To See In Port Elizabeth And The Beautiful Dolphins And The Beautiful Dolphin Show at Different times in the morning and in the afternoon They Are So Clever and Beautiful To Watch 🐬👍👍❤️❤️ and The Beautiful Sharks In The Shark Tank's And the Turtles and Different Beautiful Fish In The Beautiful Aquarium Thank You So Much For Sharing Your Beautiful Video @ Dustbugs Travel 👍👍❤️❤️

I like your "double-barrelled" version of the city with its new name. There's no need to choose one or the other, and it's better to have both. It's still "P.E", just because that's what it's always been called (and I don't need to know which Elizabeth is involved; it's just a familiar sound); and then Gqeberha, since we need to try and speak each other's languages as far as possible (with the understanding that for most people languages are quite difficult). And to retrieve the river's ancient name, too. (Just like Durban-Ethekwini has retrieved the bay's ancient name, and still has the familiar Durban-sound that once referred to some or other Victorian politician, or something - who cares.) We do probably need an American version of Gqeberha (also for South Africans who find that the click just doesn't want to work for them). For starters, very few Americans can say the, "rha" (they call Bach, "Baack"), so that one would have to go semi-phonetic, and just be "Ha" (like the Californians call the Baja Peninsula "Baahaa" while the "Baj" in "Baja" is really the "Bach" in "Bach" - but it's impossible to pronounce that). And then the "Gqe" is going to just have to turn into "Gê" ( ;-) ). At that point you might think I'd be done with the American version of Gqeberha, but that's thinking like a South African, if you do. You'd be thinking the "be" would just be "bê" - easy kapeazy. But not so fast, Jose ("Hohzay") ... In American a "be" like that would be pronounced "Bay" (as in the English version of Die Baai - maybe the city needs a triple-barrelled name?). Sorry, that's turned into a mess. Let me gather up the bits and pieces of Gqeberha (good idea to say it often, then it sticks). Guh-Bayr-Hah. Not for local consumption, but necessary for international use.

My father worked for Goodyear. My school was Collegiate School for Girls. We lived on Belmont Terrace just across from King Edward ( I think?) Hotel overlooking the Donkin. Swam around St. George’s Park and always had to visit the donkey statue and see the monkeys at Happy Valley. Sound familiar to anyone out there? When I was 7 I was in love with an older man, ( at least 10!) Andrew Pickup. Does that ring a bell with anyone?

Best city in SA. Cool calm and collected place. Love your work fam. What is your opinion about Gqebera?

You got soooo close to the oldest school in SA...soooo close.

It is Port Elizabeth..................... From its origin

Looks like somewhere in Europe, could've sworn it was if you didnt mention its South Africa

You guys are just down the road from us in East London … will you be coming through to East London ?

L stay in Port Elizabeth In central

We really enjoy watching your little tours plenty, but we do have an odd question... Why does Sonja never get out the vehicle to explore Curtis?

What does it mean? Ghweb..........!

Nie meer die Port Elizabeth wat dit was nie. Niks in die land is meer wat dit was nie. Sal nie verder mening lig nie😢

Can I take a walk around the historical buildings you show, or do I need a car? The streets are pretty empty, is it dangerous to walk there?

My name is dillon😅 26:17

PE is super quiet alot of times. Its a middle and lower class dominant city. People spend money very carefully😂

12:03 theres now chicken licken in pe? interesting

Die Baai !

a Stupid name vir Port Elizabeth the Walmer Township is Called Gqeberha which is the old Walmer Location and there is a School with the same name. The Committee did not do their homework. The Municipality is Nelson Mandela Municipality and the City is called Ibayi by the Xhosa people. They should actually reconsider the name change to NMBay The problem is that 90 % of the Inhabitants can not pronounce that name. The previous ANC Mayor already requested the name Change to either NMBay or Ibay but it was refused.. The refusal is damage to the Governing Party. Yet they should listen to the people because the government is not the owner of the land, but the land belongs to the people.

never ever heard such s rediculous name for Port Elizabeth , people don't even pronounce it properly because its not a proper name , they mixed it with suppose to be Xhosa and Khoisan, who is this person that' gave that name , i don't even want to know, waisting money on name change, feed the poor , with that