Africa
Photo: NASA Goddard (Some rights reserved) Africa is the world’s second-largest and second-most-populous continent (the first being Asia). Countries Features Planeta.com
Category: Africa
Indaba
Lingo Cards (Some rights reserved) Indaba = Gathering or meeting. The term has found widespread use throughout southern Africa Durban, South Africa hosts the Indaba Travel Conference in May. Key [email protected]_indaba Embedded Tweets Previously Planeta.com
Freedom Day in South Africa
Photo: GCIS, Freedom Day Celebrations at the Union Buildings, Pretoria. 2014 (Some rights reserved) April 27 is Freedom Day in South Africa. Hashtag: #FreedomDay Elsewhere on the Webmzansigirl.com/freedom-day http://ewn.co.za/2016/04/26/Are-you-free-or-are-you-dom-freedom-day-quiz http://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/freedom-day-celebrated-south-africa Embedded Tweets WikipediaFreedom Day Planeta.com
Cape Town’s Table Mountain
Photo: South African Tourism (Some rights reserved) Google Mapsgoo.gl/maps/utSxmnkaz96RS2GE9 Table Mountain National Parksanparks.org/parks/table_mountain Cablewaytablemountain.nethealth and safetyfloral [email protected] Wikipedia: Table Mountain (Khoekhoe: Huri ‡oaxa, mountain rising from the sea; Afrikaans: Tafelberg) is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape Town in South Africa. It is a significant tourist attraction, with many …
Cango Caves
Photo: Delyth Angharad, Caves (Some rights reserved) Kudos to Delyth Angharad (@welshpixie) for sharing photos of the Cango Caves located in foothills of the Swartberg Range near the town of Oudtshoorn, in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Cango Caves is the only show cave in Africa which offers a choice of easy or …
Ethiopia Links
Ethiopia Flag What would locals like others know about Ethiopia? Presenting relevant links in a somewhat random fashion: HeadlinesWhy Ethiopia wants to expel UN officials sounding the alarm on famineWhy Ethiopia is invading itselfEthiopia’s unfolding humanitarian crisis, explained by a top aid officialThe sacred forests of northern Ethiopia – BBCSahle-Work Zewde becomes Ethiopia’s first female …
Zulu
Indigenous Peoples Zulu = Indigenous group of southern Africa The Southern Bantu language of the Nguni branch spoken in Southern Africa has about 12 million native speakers, who primarily inhabit the province of KwaZulu-Natal of South Africa. Mzansi = SouthUgu = Coastwikipedia.org/wiki/Ugu_District_Municipality WikipediaZulu people or amaZulu, an ethnic groupZulu language or isiZulu, a Bantu languageZulu …
Knysna, South Africa
Photo: FlowComm, Knysna (Some rights reserved) Publisher’s note – Kudos to Martin Hatchuel and Greg Vogt for contributions to the wiki page that preceded this guide. We continue to update our guide to Knysna and the surrounding region. Knysna is a historic town built around a beautiful estuary in South Africa. Headinesmillwood-mine-tourSlow Tourism RouteKnysna kicks …
Cape Town
Photo: Ron Mader, Bus Station (Some rights reserved) The port city of Cape Town (Afrikaans: Stad Kaapstad; Xhosa: IsiXeko saseKapa) is the metropolitan municipality which governs the city and its suburbs. We’d like to explore this further: Cape Town is located on an underground river called Camissa, meaning ‘place of sweet waters.’ Google Mapsgoo.gl/maps/fr6YWocfEDPShqkq5 Natural WorldCape Town …
Egypt Links
Egypt flag What would locals like others know about Egypt? Presenting relevant links in a somewhat random fashion: HeadlinesEgypt’s New Cabinet Includes a Historic Number of 8 Female Ministers Ministry of the [email protected]_environment Sharm El-SheikhTrip AdvisorLonely PlanetWikipedia Tourism portalsegypt.travel – @ExperienceEgypt – @turismoegiptoMinistry of Tourism and Antiquities- Egypt – @TourismandAntiq Antiquitiesantiquities.org.ilhttps://www.facebook.com/165143053508665/photos/a.288123147877321.71044.165143053508665/1056115677744727 ParksNational parks – Wikipedia …