Archive for September, 2010

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    The big bargains in Cape Town part 2
    As you watch a huge seagull which soars high in the air and you could see a clam in the birds’ beak. Later they drop the clam on the sands and after about twenty five times later the bird finally succeeded in opening the shell. And then the bird, finally ripped into the flesh of the Clam. When you go father on, you might get a see a dark form that moves in the sand. This is probably a seal in its dying days.  The injured or dying seals usually wash up on the shore all the time.  There is nothing that could be done to help these seals.  The seal wags its flippers and then just lay still. After careful observation you might see its head flopped up and the down. It would be a good idea to look away and go about your business. There a certain wild nature to Cape Town that you may not find anywhere else. The big blue sky, the massive,  [...]
    Posted at September 27th, 2010 at 05:09 am
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    The big bargains in Cape Town
    Noordhoek Beach is a five mile strip of white sand which is bordered by cliffs which stand tall on the Atlantic coast. . The cape peninsular which is about fifteen miles to the south west of Cape Town is supposed to be one of the nicest places to be on earth. At about four I the afternoon, you should just look at the overcast sky and follow trails on horsebacks.  Go through large and small dunes and wetlands that lead all the way to the coast.  There is a long beaked Hadeda ibis which is also called the Egyptian geese. These are waded together in fresh water and the stream are then swollen and become apart of the natural rain system over here. The horses make the whole experience here even more thrilling.  They break into a trot and then a canter. Just as you reach the beach, which is speckled with driftwood and big strands of  [...]
    Posted at September 24th, 2010 at 04:09 am
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    Memories from the Ivory Coast part 2
    In the Ivory Coast, it is believed that a good host is the one who believes that his guest carried a promise that he wants to reveal to anyone who shows any kind of genuine interest. According to Henri J  who is a famous priest and scholar who wrote in his book which is called ‘reaching out’, that ‘poverty makes a good host’. A lot of people in this country are quite poor and they are brilliant hosts.  A friend of mine ended up spending a night at the home of his Ivorian teacher in Abidjan. And after the dinner was done, he was offered one of the many clay serving bowls as a gift so that he could take it home to his wife. One of the places that you should visit is Yamoussoukro, which is a city that has been given a lavish makeover by someone who happens to be born there, Felix Boigny who was the president of the country  [...]
    Posted at September 20th, 2010 at 11:09 am
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    Memories from the Ivory Coast
    The Ivory Coast will give you back memories of going to Minneapolis and how it was about twenty years ago. The idea of diversity is barely just difference between Lake Woebegone and the city. While you are here the airport driver will probably tell you not to trust anyone. The airport shuttle, its driver would then take you right in front of your hotel. It would be a good idea to tip the bellman as a lot of your luggage would be needed to be handled with care after this. The cabdriver on your first night there would drive onto the sidewalk to go round a traffic jam. You can do this while the many pedestrians duck for safety.  The can would seem just like a microcosm in the entire city. Since the driver won’t really understand what you are up to, he would probably be going at breakneck speed. The city planets would be really good  [...]
    Posted at September 17th, 2010 at 10:09 am
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    Take home the history of Mauritius part three
    Jose Ramar left the Comajora partners in the year nineteen seventy three. After this he also opened another workshop which was called the Les plus belles Maquettes. This place has the most amazing models. The smell here is quite heavenly and the shops smell of camphor wood. There are shops that also import teak from Malaysia.  Mala Maroo has been working for Mr. Ramar for about eight years.  Teak has been chosen because it doesn’t even wear out in cold climates. The artisans of the Maquettes make the boats entirely by their own hands.  There are shops that make model ships that use machines to accelerate the entire process of boat production. There are many models of French ships and the most popular one if Cutty Sark. This ship is built of teak and elm.  This ship is of Dumbarton Scotland and was made in the year eighteen  [...]
    Posted at September 14th, 2010 at 11:09 am
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    Take home the history of Mauritius: part Deux
    In the first part of this article we looked at the model ships of Mauritius, now we could go a little more into what is happening. There are workshops which are located at Curepipe which is in the interior of the island. This industry is made of about three thousand boat makers. These people are usually Indian immigrants.  These people came here in the nineteenth century. The model here has a boat business which started in the year nineteen hundred and sixty nine. This basically started when Raphael Touze who was the French ambassador to this country arrived into the country. He later took notice of a model ship which was made by a friend of his chauffer. Jose Ramar who happened to be a hobbyist was quite good at making these model ships, and so Raphael Touze asked the Musee de La Marine in Paris, for the plans of many great ships  [...]
    Posted at September 13th, 2010 at 11:09 am
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    Take home the history of Mauritius
    There are many travelers who go from one place to the other place by jet. Most of these are dram back to the days where people traveled in sailing ships. Mauritius which is located about five hundred and thirty miles east of the mainland of Madagascar which is in the Indian Ocean.  The entire fascination that this place conjures up is created by the popular and rare craft of building model ships. Mauritius is one of the places that institute a large scale production of, no not really ships that actually do sail in the sea, but of model ships. These model ships are not just built in random. They are in fact faithful representations of the sail ships through history.  These ships were only found formerly in museums and were quite inaccessible as they were expensive antique. Although now, things have changed.   Now you can actually  [...]
    Posted at September 10th, 2010 at 06:09 am
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    The Pyramid of Cheops, Egypt
    While you enjoying yourself in the beautiful gold course here, you are bound to get a little dumbfounded as your attention goes to the pyramid of Cheops. When you arrive here in Egypt, the first thing you should do is get yourself into a decent hotel; the Old Mena House is run by the Indian Based Oberoi group. What’s more are you can ask for a room that overlooks the pyramid. . The pyramid on its own is already quite amazing, what’s more is during the evenings, while the sun starts to set, the pyramid lights up by the fancy ground lighting that has been infused into the structure. The pyramid then looks completely out of this world. On one side you have one of the most amazing pyramids in the world and on the other side you have a lovely landscaped world class, eighteen whole golf courses. The golf course is about one hundred  [...]
    Posted at September 7th, 2010 at 06:09 am
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    Fun and Crude Adventure in the Glorious Namibian Desert
    When the rays of the sun first pierces into the thick and haunting darkness that is in the Namibian desert, you will see many ridges of quarts sand, just igniting over in a firestorm which looks like a marvelous searing orange.  This sky here lights up into a new day altogether and the mountains looks like seas of sand.  Sand mountains have nice crisp edges that form just perfect curves which looked as though they are polished by the chisel of the Kalahari Desert along with the many Atlantic winds. There are many visitors who come here everyday and have their fun in the Dunes of Sossusvlei which have their major dunes all burnishing in the breeze. You should also try trudging as it is pretty tempting anyway. You could plod and crawl as well.  Try heading up on one of the many beautiful and pristine hills.  Some of these hills  [...]
    Posted at September 6th, 2010 at 07:09 am
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