One of the American golf pros the world famous Tiger Woods have been designing golf courses lately. The living legend has been busy designing golf courses all over the world. Recently, South Africa has started construction on a Woods signature golf course. Woods always looks into the minute details of the course details. He looks at the game form an architectural point of view. According to a recent interview with USAToday: Every golf course I play, I look at the golf course differently now -Why would they construct that? Why would they build this? . So now we can see why Woods signature courses are pretty much all over the world. In South Africa, golf is really picking up. People are getting more and more into it. More golf courses are being constructed. Golf tours are really popular with South African tourists. Located in picturesque Cape Town, there’s probably about 12 courses. Al around you there will be great mountains with awesome vistas to stare at while playing golf. Some of them are Royal Cape Golf course, Paarl course, Milnerton Golf course, etc. I think the unique thing is that some courses are right along the shoreline while others are right in the mountains. So you get plenty of different things to try out. Along with the golf course, the visitor is guaranteed a well deserved drink at a 5 star lounge. Also, you can chill out and eat some good food at the local restaurant called Maestro’s on the Beach. With the 2010 soccer world cup date closing in,there will be more tourists in the country. When the soccer is not on, they can have some fun on the courses and try their luck on the Woods designed course as well. This makes me feel like going down to South Africa right now and playing some golf. Image Credits: Wheretogolf, Cache Eb
Daily Archives: January 19, 2012
Tourism in Ghana reeks of the bane of disguised Pedophilia
Single tourists and other backpacker-mass-tourists slipping into Ghana have resorted to preying on truant and delinquent kids idling on the beaches and streets by luring them with money, immigration abroad and other gizmos. This is the sordid byproduct of an increase in the international student educational tourist flood. In some cases, parents have even condoned the involvement of their kids in gay pedophilia and child sex for money. Some of the hotel and lodging operations in Ghana are pimping for such tourist and using child sex tourism as a promotional tool for their businesses. The tourism sector in Ghana, both public and private, do not seem to be doing much or taking the issue seriously and neither those agencies responsible for the protection of children. Moreover the international community should make some arrangements to put a stop to such nefariously disgusting activities. Image Source: All Africa
Night safaris in the wilds of South Africa
Night brings on a dangerous yet active time for all wild animals for this is the time when the heat cools off. The night is full of dark mystery, terror, silence and predation. Crepuscular creatures began to stir with the dying of the light. You could be a part of this memorable experience by going on night drives into Africa’s game parks. The opportunities range from Kruger National Park, Mkuze Game Reserve, Mountain Zebra National Park and Itala Game Reserve. And budget night drives cost under $25 Mountain Zebra National Park: one of South Africa’s most ruggedly beautiful but least-visited preserves, offers night drives for 100 rand (about $13 at 7.6 rand to the dollar) a head. The park’s mix of dry river valleys, high grassy plateaus and recessive mountain chains rising in the distance to 7,000 feet, with black rhino, Cape buffalo and herds of foaling zebra. Addo Elephant National Park: Night drives at Addo cost 180 rand a person. Here the vehicle are bigger and the guides more. Elephants have to sleep on their feet in brief power naps. Given the bulk they must support, elephants don’t dare to rest too long from eating. Night drives force us to develop our senses. We’re reminded how much we lean on sight and how, by animal standards, we’re amateurs. Well if you do go for the drive, hope for a guide who enriches the experience with silence and is yet informative. Source: The New York Times