Cape Peninsula ~ The Most Scenic Drive in the World
Cape Peninsula, The Most Scenic Drive in the World Our three-week visit to South Africa ended on a high-note … literally! On a clear, sunny afternoon we enjoyed a narrated helicopter flip from Cape Town over the gorgeous Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, nature’s awesome Table Mountain, the upscale coastal suburbs of Green Point and Sea…
BEST of Cuba food : Ropa vieja!
Ropa vieja. Cuba seems poised to become a greater tourism destination, but the infrastructure is still severely lacking and we continue to be concerned about the severe controls over internet access in Cuba. Ropa vieja a la cubana could easily be considered Cuba’s national dish. Ropa vieja, which is spanish for “old clothes”, is a…
New Year’s Day falls on January 1st since when?
The answer: January 1st, 1753. If you live in America or in any other country then part of the British Empire, 1753 was the first year where January 1st was celebrated as the first day of a new calendar year. The Calendar Act of 1751 was the British law which set 1752 as the…
Battielal and the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve!
Battielal was our naturalist guide for our game drives through the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in Sawai Madhopur, a town located about 100 miles southeast of Jaipur, reached by way of a four-hour hair-raising, constantly bumpy but most interesting drive. Until 1971, the year Indira Gandhi brought about a constitutional amendment which took away most of…
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