Eat Your Way Around the World with Culinary Tourism

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Admin

People travel for many reasons. They want new experiences; they want to explore different cultures; they want to see bits of history; they collect passport stamps. How many do you know who travel specifically to try new food?

Culinary tourism or food tourism or gastronomic tourism is becoming quite popular, as it provides a different way for travellers for get to the heart of a country.

Does it really?

How can staying in five-star hotels and eating in five-star restaurants or haunting the McDonald’s in Japan deepen your experience?

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5 Hot Diving Sites in Cape Town

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Admin

If you like scuba diving then you’ll definitely like Cape Town. The city and its surrounds offer divers a variety of diving sites where you can do anything from gentle open water dives to wreck dives, diving with Cape fur seals and, of course, shark cage diving.

Let’s look at five of the best diving opportunities Cape Town has to offer.

1) Castle Rock

Castle Rock is off Miller’s Point, near Simon’s Town. It’s in a marine reserve and offers relative peace and tranquility as it’s not crowded by hoards of other divers. It abounds in marine life and has several points of interest, including the pinnacles, point reef (outside castle), and south (inner castle) – Wikitravel.

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Orange River Wildlife

Posted on October 30, 2012 by Admin

Rafting down the Orange River has become a popular tourist activity due to the wealth of diverse wildlife and scenery. Though physically demanding, the waters are relatively forgiving compared to some other locations, and the more dangerous areas can be circumvented, making it a family-friendly rafting location.

Rafting trips can go for about 680km. The river stretches through wilderness without ever touching city regions, allowing travellers to immerse themselves in the African wild. Here are some of the unique birds, fish and animals one should look out for on an Orange River rafting trip.

Fish:

Catfish:

The cat-like whiskers that protrude from their mouth are the cause for their name; this, along with their lack of scales, gives them a unique appearance amongst fish.

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Adventuring in the Outback

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Craig

The Call of the Outback

The outback is not so much a location as a term for the vast space between Australia’s population centers, which are concentrated mostly along the eastern and southern coasts. It’s a wilderness inhabited by unique wildlife and offers incredible spectacles of nature.

A desert surrounded by grassland, surrounded by tropics surrounded by ocean. The landscape and the plant and animal life varies greatly depending on the region – one of the reasons the outback is such a popular destination for adventure tourism. Travel in the center and it may seem like a never-ending stretch of desert lands, but venture to the coast and it becomes a series of beaches and islands rich in marine life.

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Hit the Road

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Craig

There are jobs galore in Oz, for locals and immigrants about to embark on an Australian job search. People from all corners of the globe are drawn to this large country.

But, work aside for the moment; have you ever thought about taking a road trip across this great land?

Without too much road trip experience the basics of what you would need for this adventure should be quite apparent. You would need lots of petrol for your car, and lots of water for you.

It can get very hot in the land down under. When you are away from towns and heading into the depths of the countryside, you should be prepared for anything, really. The extreme heat during the day can drop dramatically and turn to freezing cold at night.

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Connections Down Under

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Craig

If you have decided to give the land down under a bit of a look-see and you start trying to find jobs in Australia, you might find yourself conjuring up all the usual Australian associations.

What is the first thing you think of when someone says ‘Australia’?

I think of trying to say “car park” in an Ozzie accent.

But you might think of the grand, red Ayers Rock (Uluru) or the outback in general with miles of open land.

Or the long tubular didgeridoo might hover into view: a piece of bamboo with a difference.

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From Russia with Love

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Craig

Are you feeling tired and listless? A bit bored with the way you are spending your time? Do you dread your alarm going off in the morning?

You could be stuck in a rut and in need of a change.

What about taking one of SAP’s contract jobs in Russia?

You hear of people moving to the United Kingdom, America, Australia or even far flung New Zealand a lot more often than you hear of them moving to Russia.

There is something quite enticing about the thought of being a stranger in Moscow.

You could hang out in Red Square, the heart and soul of Russia, and recapture the rich history filled with turbulence and intrigue.

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G’day, mate

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Craig

Oz might seem like some far away, fuzzy, distant country that you can’t quite picture. But it is a happening place.

It’s not all yellow-brick road, Dorothy and red shoes, although, that brings back memories of childhood. Maybe not everybody’s childhood, but the characters seem to be lingering somewhere there on the outer edges of subconscious: Tin Man, Scarecrow and the Cowardly Lion; not to forget the magical tornado.

While it is nice to go down memory lane every now and then, it might not be enough to make you want to go and check out the lay of the land.

The indigenous people of northern Australia created the didgeridoo and that is not a musical instrument that is easily overlooked.

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The Holistic Mother City

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Craig

Cape Town is known for a lot of things. For example, it is a rather unique to have a gigantic mountain in the middle of your city.

Office workers can look up from their concrete jungle and see the magnificent Table Mountain right on their doorstep. Not only do they get a breath of reasonably fresh air when they go outside, but they also get a vision of beauty.

There are many reasons why foreigners are attracted to Cape Town. It is a very popular holiday destination for tourists. For lovers of the outdoors there are many beaches to choose from, forests to walk in and mountains to climb.

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Think Positive Thoughts

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Craig

It seems like spring is trying very hard to be in the air in Cape Town, but winter is hanging in there with fierce determination.

This Saturday, the signs of spring were definitely visible. Sheets of white suddenly appeared along the roadside with wild flowers out to worship the sun. Splashes of pink were spotted across the mountain side. The birds decided that spring has arrived and couldn’t stop twittering in their excitement. And it seems that the whales have arrived in the South Peninsula. There were a few of them lazily bobbing around close to the sea’s surface.

Spring was taken away quite abruptly only a day later when the icy wind returned and brought with it buckets of rain.

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