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SOUTH AFRICA TRAVEL GUIDE - Travel Blissful

SOUTH AFRICA, officially a Republic of South Africa. It is the southernmost country in Africa. Inland safari destination Kruger Nation Park is popular by big game. South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. The World Bank classifies South Africa as an upper-middle- income economy country , and a newly industrialized country . Its economy is the second-largest in Africa and the 34th-largest in the world. Information Languages spoken: Zulu, Afrikaans, Xhosa, English Currency: Rand (R) Best time to go: Summer Concern for travelers: tour Destinations Port Elizabeth Port Elizabeth is a city on Algoa Bay in South Africa’s Eastern Cape land . A major port, it’s also known for its many beaches. The Donkin proper procedure Trail takes in the Old Hill neighborhood’s Victorian landmarks. Famous in coastal boat tours , whales and rare seabirds. Most of the wildlife lovers visit Port Elizabeth , while wildlife reserves outside the m...

Laura Lippman Reveals the Stunning Cover of Her Next Book, Sunburn, Plus an Excerpt

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Fans of best-selling crime novelist  Laura Lippman  will want to be sitting down for this announcement. Lippman’s next book, Sunburn ( William Morrow ), may come out in February 2018, but you can start reading it now. That’s right—Lippman, author of the acclaimed Tess Monaghan series , has exclusively shared the jaw-dropping cover of Sunburn for the very first time with  Parade , and she’s also giving us a sneak peek at the first few chapters. (Spoiler alert: We’re already hooked on Lippman’s newest characters, and you will be too.) When you’re done staring at the gorgeous cover, read on for an excerpt from  Sunburn . OneJune 11, 1995Belleville, Delaware It’s the sunburned shoulders that get him. Pink, peeling. The burn is two days old, he gauges. Earned on Friday, painful to the touch yesterday, today an itchy soreness that’s hard not to keep fingering, probing, as she’s doing right now in an absentminded way. The skin has started sloughing off, soon those narrow shoulders won ’t b...

Germany's Black Forest and Cologne – Rick Steves' Europe TV Show Episode

After visiting Germany's greatest Gothic Cathedral in Cologne, we'll enjoy the good life German -style at a top mineral spa and try our luck at the Versailles of casinos in Baden-Baden, then crank some old-time music and explore an open-air museum in the romantic Black Forest . Roman-Germanic Museum One of Germany's top Roman museums offers minimal English among its elegant and fascinating display of Roman artifacts : glassware, jewelry, and mosaics. All these pieces are evidence of Cologne's status as an important site of civilization long before the cathedral was ever imagined. Cologne Cathedral The Gothic Dom — Germany's most exciting church — looms immediately up from the train station in one of Germany's starkest juxtapositions of the modern and the medieval. One-hour English-only tours of the cathedral are reliably excellent (2/day Mon–Sat, 1/day Sun). For a workout of 509 steps, you can enjoy a fine city fiew from the cathedral's spire, ...

50 hotels under £50 | Travel

The Americas Hotel Marionetas, Merida, Mexico It takes its name from a puppet theatre that once resided in the building. It was bought by an Argentine/Macedonian couple in 2004 and converted into what is now the best B&B in the Yucatan capital. The high-ceilings and wooden floors of the 100-year-old colonial building remain , with boutique touches applied to large terracotta-floored rooms. The historic heart of Merida is a 10-minute walk away. · +52 999 928 3377, hotelmarionetas.com, doubles from £39.10 per night B&B. Centro Ecologico Sian Ka 'an, Sian Ka'an, Mexico A collection of cabins in a palm forest on the Caribbean coast. The lodgings are based in a small ecotourism centre where guests can explore the canals and wetlands with guided kayak tours , or spend the day fly-fishing for bonefish, tarpon and barracuda on the salt water lagoons . The deluxe cabins each have beautiful, hand-painted headboards and rocking chairs set on patios with sea views. · +984 871 ...