Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Tourist Information
South Africa is a country located at the southern tip of Africa. South Africa is known for its diversity of cultures, languages and religious beliefs. Eleven official languages are recognized as the Constitution of South Africa.
- The most important cities
South Africa is divided into nine provinces, with their respective capitals. Provinces all with many peculiarities, amazing cities, the cities of Cape Town in Western Cape province, or province of Gauteng, where Johannesburg.
Kimberley, Bhisho, Pietermaritzburg, Nelspruit, Polokwane ... are some major cities, other places to note are the cities where we find the largest ports in South Africa, the link between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, with places like Port Elizabeth, Mossel Bay or East London among others. The nine South African provinces were born in 1993, and previously was only 4.
- Typical food
- Amasi: sour milk.
- Biltong: salted cured meat (similar to a dried meat).
- Bobotie: a dish originating in Malay cuisine is like a meat pie with raisins and cooked egg on top, and often served with yellow rice, sambals, coconut, banana slices and Chutney.
- Boerewors: a sausage that has been traditionally subject to braai (barbecue).
- Bunny Chow: It is a kind of bread filled with curry.
- Chutney: Fresh salsa is usually poured on meat, especially a local brand called Mrs Ball's Chutney.
- Frikkadelle: meatballs.
- 5 Important place to visit
South Africa is an ideal destination for tourists in search of variety.
-Beautiful beaches, lakes, forests and mountains, interspersed with virgin forest and desert, like the Kalahari, Kruger Park, Pilanesberg, Santa Lucia, Blyde River in Mpumalanga Panoramic Route, Tsitsikama.
- In the Kalahari-Gemsbok National Park, for example, predators can see that one looks only at the Animal Planet, Discovery, such as leopards, lions, tigers, cheetahs.
- But not all nature and landscapes, the country offers cities with hundreds of activities, entertainment, shopping and nightlife interesting. The craft shops are a delight to put things you like native.
- Scuba diving is a fairly sought among tourists and is performed in the beautiful South African beaches.
- Stadiums
- Atteridgeville Super Stadium
- Boet Erasmus Stadium- Danie Craven Stadium
- Ellis Park Stadium
- Orlando Stadium
- Loftus Versfeld Stadium
- Mbombela Stadium
- Kings Park Stadium
- Moses Mabhida Stadium
- Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium
- Peter Mokaba Stadium- Royal Bafokeng Stadium
- Soccer City Stadium
- Lenguages
In South Africa we find different types of languages, including the most popular are: Afrikaans, English, Zulu, Xhosa, seZutu, sell and five other languages for a total of eleven official languages.
- Religions
The main religion is Christianity (about 80%), followed by Islam and Hinduism.
- Nature and Animal
South Africa has more than 20,000 different plants, which represent about 10% of all known species of the world, so it is considered an area particularly rich in plant biodiversity. The vegetation is more sparse towards the northwest due to low rainfall.
In the Bushveld habitats are numerous mammals such as lion, leopard, blue wildebeest, the kudu, impala, hyena, hippo and giraffe.
The Cape Floral Kingdom has been identified as one of the most sensitive of South African biodiversity as it will be seriously affected by climate change and has an enormous diversity of life.
Drought, increased intensity and frequency of fires and increasing the temperature lead to the extinction of many of these alien species.
Begining of the FIFA world cup and the FIFA cup 2010
The World Cup is the international tournament in men's soccer national team at the world's largest.
This sporting event is held every four years since 1930.
South Africa is the country responsible for organizing the next World Cup Soccer 2010, becoming the first World Cup on African soil in place.
The opening match of World Cup 2010 will be held on June 11 at 16:00 pm and will face South Africa to Mexico. The game will be played in Johannesburg, one of the main venues of South Africa 2010 and will welcome many of the major parties that take place throughout the competition.
Here we present a small table with the locations of the world year after year, and teams that have raised the cup.
Uruguay 1930 World Cup ----> Champion: Uruguay
Italy 1934 World Cup ----> Champion: Italy
France 1938 World Cup ----> Champion: Italy
Brazil 1950 World Cup ----> Champion: Uruguay
Switzerland 1954 World Cup ----> Champion: Germany
Sweden 1958 Worl Cup ----> Champion: Brazil
Chile 1962 World Cup ----> Champion: Brazil
England 1966 World Cup ----> Champion: England
Mexico 1970 World Cup ----> Champion: Brazil
Germany 1974 World Cup ----> Champion: Germany
Argentina 1978 World Cup ----> Champion: Argentina
Spain 1982 World Cup ----> Champion: Italy
Mexico 1986 World Cup ----> Champion: Argentina
Italy 1990 World Cup ----> Champion: Germany
United States 1994 World Cup ----> Champion: Brazil
France 1998 World Cup ----> Champion: France
Korea - Japan 2002 World Cup ----> Champion: Brazil
Germany 2006 World Cup ----> Champion: Italy
South Africa 2010 World Cup ----> Champion: Nobody Knows
Items required for travel to South Africa
1. Make sure you have all your personal documents in order: unexpired passport and visas if required by the destination country.
2. Read the brochures and ads (and especially public announcements or travel warnings for health and other issues) of the consulates or embassies of the countries you plan to visit.
3. It is very convenient familiar with local laws and customs of the countries they are traveling. Remember that the freedoms and rights stated in the constitution of his country are not always applicable in the countries they are going to travel. You are required to respect and enforce the laws of the countries he visited abroad.
4. Make two copies of the identification page of your passport. This will facilitate replacement if your passport is stolen or is lost. Leave one copy at home with friends or family that can easily connect from abroad. Take the other and keep them separately from your passport.
5. Leave a copy of your travel route with your family or friends so they can easily contact in the event of an emergency.
6. Permanent care of your luggage. Not left alone or unattended in public areas (airports, hotel lobby ...). Do not accept packages from strangers.
7. Learn from the embassies and consulates in your country in foreign countries who are preparing to travel. Postal addresses and telephone numbers are very useful in the event of any problems. It is easy to obtain this information online. See for example: Spanish embassies abroad.
8. Try not to draw attention to countries, cities or areas in which not much information. Avoid these situations bear faces and clothing or jewelry that might draw attention, and not carry excessive amounts of money or credit cards. De carry store in different places.
9. To avoid compliance with local laws concerned only with authorized agents when changing currency or purchase art or antiques.
10. If you encounter any problem, promptly contact your nearest embassy.
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