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“You have to stamp out in some regions because there are no borders on Lake Malawi except for where there are harbours. We were pirates on the lake for a couple of days when we’d stamp out of one country and it would sometimes take us two days to get to the next point where we’d be able to stamp into the next country.”
I happened to pop in to Sundays River Adventures on the Tuesday following Port Elizabeth’s hosting of the Half Ironman World Championships, and was taken on a sand-boarding outing with none other than four Costa Ricans, three Belgians and two Colombians.
Walking through the front door of The Phoenix Hotel is like taking a few steps back in time; you can almost smell the history and hear the singing. It is no wonder that in the late 60s, the hotel is said to have sold the most beer per square foot of any establishment in the city.
For one of the most talked-about entrepreneurs in Port Elizabeth, Mike Chizeya is very relaxed and down-to-earth. When he is not making coffee or racing between his three Micoffee shops, Mike loves to play a bit of soccer and spend time with his family. "You're famous," I tell him. "Not really," he replies with a grin.
In the last decade or so, good old PE has become a city transformed, rejuvenated, and full of hip humans and hangouts.
