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16/11/2016

It's hard, but it's not impossible.

15/11/2016

More than 159,000 of our readers rated their favorite cities in the world (outside the U.S.) in the 2016 Readers' Choice Awards survey. Is your favorite on the list? Counting down...

15/11/2016

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We recently went on a trip to Djuma in the Sabi Sands. It was our first drive and we were all extremely excited. It was late afternoon and the sun was in the...

15/11/2016

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“Surfers Paradise to me means fun and freedom” - Lou McGregor, a Surfers Paradise mum and local business woman. She knows how to make the most out of the pre...

01/11/2016

http://www.cntraveler.com/story/where-to-see-novembers-supermoon-the-biggest-in-nearly-70-years?mbid=social_facebook

Start preparing for November 14, when the moon will be the closest to Earth since 1948.

01/11/2016

http://www.food24.com/Restaurants-and-Bars/CapeTown/culture-club-cheese-the-epicentre-of-cape-towns-cheese-culture-20160420

A feature on the great little yellow cheese store on Bree Street, celebrating their first birthday.

01/11/2016

http://www.food24.com/Drinks/Cocktails-and-Drinks/9-cocktails-bars-in-cape-town-you-have-to-visit-20160421

And a heads up of what to order at each place.

01/11/2016

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/ukraine/articles/amazing-fact-you-probably-didnt-know-about-ukraine/

To mark 25 years of Ukrainian independence from the Soviet Union, here is an array of facts and trivia you probably did not know about the Eastern European country. 1. It is large Not counting Russia, which has an ambiguous relationship with Europe, Ukraine is the continent’s largest county at 603,6...

31/10/2016

Cape Town in NUMBER 1 food place in the world.

http://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2015-04-07/worlds-best-food-cities-readers-choice-awards-2014/15

We're always thinking about our next great meal on a trip—and so are our readers. As part of our Readers' Choice Awards survey, we ask our readers to rank their favorite foodie cities around the world.

27/10/2016

Stop thinking, dreaming and postponing. Cape Town is NOW the place to visit. Here are just a few reasons, why:

You really can’t overstate the case for visiting Cape Town. First, there’s the in-your-face beauty of a craggy mountain range that drops precipitously into a glittering sea, its flanks carpeted in greens and delicate florals – the Cape Floral Kingdom, smallest yet richest in the world.

Then there’s the pristine white beaches lapped by – it must be said – a chilly Atlantic, their curves defined by giant granite boulders to bake on, and burbling mountain streams in dappled forests. The proximity of nature is a constant source of amazement here, whether it is spotting zebra and wildebeest grazing on the slopes of Table Mountain from the highway, watching whales breach from a restaurant deck overlooking False Bay, supplicating before the Twelve Apostles mountain during a yoga class on Camps Bay beach or being halted by cavorting baboons near Cape Point.

Yet Cape Town has a cool urban edge, too: excellent art galleries, hip bars, world-rated restaurants, design-savvy shops, and home to Africa's innovative artists and designers, drawn by the city's innate beauty.

Certainly it has always been the most cosmopolitan city in Southern Africa: the Dutch who planted the first gardens and built the sombre Castle of Good Hope in 1666 were followed by the French, who augmented the wine-making skills and gabled homesteads of the original colonists; Malay slaves brought spices and minarets; the English left Georgian mansions and Victorian terraced homes, and refugees from all over Africa have made their way south to seek their fortune in the shadow of its flat-topped mountain.

Food, jazz and gospel tours introduce a broad spectrum of cultural experiences, and no visit is complete without at least one full day exploring some of the surrounding vine-carpeted valleys, their rich terroir spawning not only award-winning wines but superb produce, accounting for some of the best (and most affordable) fine dining in the world. It’s a city that has only really been open to the world for the last two decades, and - at R17/18 to USD 1 – still offers excellent value for money, and a sense of new discovery.

Small wonder then that Cape Town has - for many years in a row - won plenty of survey award as the best city in the world to visit.

Despite this the city remains highly seasonal, which keeps a cap on development – and the number of beds. Like most things, it pays to plan ahead.

We will be delighted to assist you with planning tips, advices and itineraries so your african journey will be the best experience of your life.

27/10/2016

We are proud to announce that our portfolio of tours increased and now we offer tours to Ukraine. Our tours include visits to the one of the most important landmark of the three East Slavic countries – Ukraine, Belarus and Russia - Kyivo Pecherska Lavra.

A lavra is a senior monastery, while pecherska means 'of the caves'.

The Greek St Antony founded this lavra in 1051, after Orthodoxy was adopted as Kyivan Rus' official religion. He and his follower Feodosy progressively dug out a series of catacombs, where they and other reclusive monks worshipped, studied and lived. When they died their bodies were naturally preserved, without embalming, by the caves' cool temperature and dry atmosphere. The mummies survive even today, confirmation for believers that these were true holy men.

The monastery prospered above ground as well. The Dormition Cathedral was built from 1073 to 1089 as Kyiv's second great Byzantine-inspired church, and the monastery became Kyivan Rus' intellectual centre, producing chronicles and icons and training builders and artists.

Wrecked by the Tatars in 1240, the Lavra went through a series of revivals and disastrous fires before being mostly rebuilt, with its prevailing baroque influences, in the 18th century. It was made a museum in 1926 but was partly returned to the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in 1988.

The complex is divided into the upper lavra (owned by the government and Kyiv Patriarchate) and the lower lavra (which belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate and contains the caves).
As this is the city's single most fascinating and extensive tourist site, you will need at least half a day to get a decent introduction. Try to avoid the Lavra on weekends, when it gets extremely busy. If you must go then, visit early and head for the caves first.

To enter the caves, women must wear a headscarf and either a skirt that extends below their knees or, at a pinch, trousers. (Trousers are officially forbidden, but nowadays a blind eye is frequently turned.) Men are obliged to remove their hats, and wearing shorts and T-shirts is forbidden. Men and women will also feel more comfortable doffing hats and donning scarves in the monastery's churches.

27/10/2016

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