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Nothing beats that intuitive sense that says, “I know exactly the place I’m traveling to.” Unfortunately, we are simply not programmable, as robots are. We cannot just download directions into our brains to be stored forever, so we rely on maps. Over the years, mapping has turned out to be so much more than just street maps and road atlas functions. Today we use online maps to advise us on local businesses, political news, weather, traffic and more. Google Maps has become the template of choice for a number of local food maps. At Menurequest, you can plot meals on a map of your city, as well as read/write reviews, make bookings and get driving directions. In Philadelphia, Community walk is an amazing resource for local event organizers who want to ask a number of nearby restaurants to participate. If traveling to Toeat, you will find a number of dining options in your neighborhood. In major cities like Philadelphia, Paris, Bangkok and Chicago, you will find baked goods at Yummybaguette. Or you may require to get your burrito fix at Burritophile. Drinkers can appreciate Wineandtimes, which helps plan a winery tour, as well as Drinktown, which lets you know all the local booze specials.

Google Maps is not the single “mashup maker” on the block to help a traveler, certainly. A number of non-Google applications have popped up to serve a wide variety of functions. For instance, if you live on a fault line, then visit Lerdorf, as you might appreciate the “Real-Time Earthquake Map.” If you are looking for nearby bloggers, movie showtimes, gas prices or driving directions, then you can see Atlas (based on MSN’s Virtual Earth interface) at Atlas Freshlogicstudios.

One of the most popular mapping sites is Flickr, where amateur photographers can share their pictures and create maps of their favorite places, people and things. Readers have given rave reviews for Gutenkarte, where lit lovers are able to read full books (such as Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days”) chapter by chapter, while seeing a map of the locations discussed in the book. When you prefer news to fiction when you travel to Jackson Hole Wyoming, see the world and local news at Mappedup or Poly9 Viavirtualearth (where MSNBC information is plotted out on a map!) You can find directions on your computer, on your positioning device or even on your cell phone when going to Jackson Hole Wyoming. The trend is that programmers are finding ways of bringing online maps to you, no matter where you are. For instance, if you find yourself lost anywhere with little time to recoup, never fear : Loki can track your location via satellite and send you a map to your next location in Jackson Hole Wyoming on your mobile phone. A number of phones, from the iPhone to the Android G1, are making MapQuest, Google Maps and Yahoo Maps techniques available to you when you are on-the-go.

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Cape Town, the city of World cup 2010, is famous not only for its beautiful scenery of Table Mountains, historical Victoria & Alfred (V&A) Waterfront, Robben Island, but also famous for its culinary. Many restaurants in Cape Town are well known in the world for its cuisine. There are various cuisines offered in Cape Town, ranging from African cuisine to Asian cuisine. If you are in Cape Town for the World Cup just for a short time, you ought to try the seafood.

Flight ticket has been confirmed, hotel deals has been grabbed and Cape Town Hotel has been booked, attractions and where to go has been arranged, prepaid international phone card has been taken, the last thing that you might have missed is places to eat in Cape Town. It is not be perfect without the satisfying meal during your travel.

In this article, I will suggest 10 top and famous restaurants in Cape Town.

1. La Colombe

La Colombe is listed to be one of the World’s best 50 Restaurants in the world and has won Platinum Award for the wine list (each meal is paired with selected wine). It is situated in the wine farm of Constantia Uitsig, approximately 25 km driving from Cape Town to this restaurant, but it is worth the drive. The chef uses fine ingredients to create a good balance of butters, froths and sauce of the cuisine and the presentation is supreme. Some of the dishes are also added with Asian element and Asian inspired. The menu of French cuisine is also served with the touch of Asian. It is an unforgettable dining experience in La Colombe. Tips: Because of the high demand from the local and tourist, you have to book in advance.

2. The Roundhouse (Camps Bay, Cape Town)

You have to try the desert while dining in The Roundhouse, as it is very delightful. The food in the round house is full of flavour with beautiful and elegant presentation. You will be surprised of what the kitchen will present you. The fish, the meat, the scallops and the wine are utterly superb. It has a romantic atmosphere as well for those of you with your partner.

3. Ginja, Cape Town

After you have tried La Colombe and the Roundhouse, you ought to try Ginja. Ginja is listed to be one of the most popular restaurants in Cape Town. The dishes are created with imagination and full of creativity; many of the ingredients used in the dishes are organic. There is table seating with mountain views if you sit in the terrace. Leave Cape Town with a delicious meal.

4. Wharfside Grill

It is a seafood paradise in Wharfside Grill. If you are looking to taste seafood in Cape Town, come to Wharfside Grill. The lobster, calamari, mussels, jetsam, mussels, oyster etc are prepared in special ways that will leave you speechless. The view from Wharfside Grill is also spectacular; table seating with mountain, the sunset and the oceans.

5. Baia
Baia is another best seafood restaurant in Cape Town, situated on the well-known Victoria and Alfred Waterfront. As the restaurant near V & A waterfront, be sure to book for the seat earlier to be able to book for the seat with the views of harbour. A must try in Baia is the prawns curry and fillet trinchado.

6. The Food Barn

The Food Barn has one of the finest, famous chefs Franck Dangereux working himself to make the excellent cuisine. He has magically created a beautiful creation of cuisine with buttery and creamy sauce to serve. You should try the famous sweet bread, smoked salmon, steak tartare, prawn tian, and for those vegetarian, Franck Dangereoux has created delicious vegetarian dishes.

7. Africa cafe.

Wondering what African food taste like? This restaurant is a cool place to go. It sure is a wonderful restaurant, with the waitresses dressed in national dress.

8. Bibi’s Kitchen

Yes, it’s Africa, but even in Africa, there is famous Indian restaurant named “Bibi’s Kitchen”. In this restaurant, ordering butter chicken is a must. The sauce, the meat is just melting in your mouth! Indian food is also a good place to go for vegetarian.

9. Bizerca.

Bizerca has very simple interior design with simple designed table and plastic chair. Bizerca dishes is a mixture of Frech, Australia and South Africa fusion. From your table you can also see the chefs working themselves through the dishes, quite a nice experience. In Bizerca, there is everything for everyone, ranging from vegetarian dishes, beef, and pork to seafood.

10. The Grand Café & Beach

This Grand Café & Beach has a beautiful beachfront overlooking Table Bay, be sure to book yourself a seat on the terrace. In this restaurant you can taste dishes from all around the world; pizza from Italy, Waldorf salad from United States, tempura from Japan and many more.

Enjoy your stay at Cape Town hotel and your food at Cape Town well-known restaurant. Just final tips: In many restaurants, 10-15% service charge is usually charged on the restaurant bill, however in some restaurant if the service charge is not put on the bill; good service waiters will expect the tip of 10-15%. Enjoy your trip!

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Isle of Wight is famous for family holiday and also it’s music festival that goes on few times over the summer and many people are looking to go those festival one of which starts this weekend for few days. You will have to catch a wightlink ferry to get there as there is no luxury cruises that you can take to get to Isle of Wight (for posh people, joking).

How to get to Isle of Wight from London? You can catch a ferry from Portsmouth to Isle Of Wight and from London you have to choose which method of travel you will take to get to Portsmouth. There are different ways you can take to get to Portsmouth one is to catch a coach from Victoria or catch a train from Victoria or you can always drive. If you going to Isle of Wight for sight seeing then I would recommend taking your car.

Taking your car is the best thing to do as the public transport is not good in Isle of Wight and also you will need to drive to see beautiful scenery of Isle of Wight and the best thing is it will only tkae 1 to 2 hours to drive around the whole of the island. From London you can take the M25 then take M3 exit towards Southampton then merge into M27 after 52 miles in M3. From M27 Portsmouth is only approximately 20 miles away. Then take A3 which will take you to Portsmouth town centre and then you follow signs to Car Ferry. Taking that route will take you to the ferry station where you will be able to take the car ferry to Isle Of Wight. Then you will be asked to drive in to the ferry park and enjoy the 40 minutes ferry to Isle of Wight. You didn’t have to take silversea cruises or royal caribbean cruises to visit Isle of Wight. So all in total it will take two and half hours to get to Isle of Wight from London.

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Many people, especially women become enthusiastically thrill to hear that the movie Sex and The City 2 movie has been released in cinemas around the world. This new Sex and The City movie was originally a popular TV series staring 4 beautiful, fashionable career women living in New York, has a new filming location in Morocco. Ever wonder what travelling to Morocco is like? Let us explore Morocco cities.

The filming takes place in 3 famous Morocco’s city, which are Marrakech, Erfoud and Rabad. Let’s explore all the 3 cities.

Marrakech
Marrakech is one of the most popular tourist destination cities and is the city with most well-known for the traditional market (Souk) which is also featured in the movie. There are so much to buy in Souk market; cashmere scarves, textiles, ceramics, bags, authentic jewellery, fine crafts goods, various Morocco spices, tea, carpet as well as the famous dried dates. The famous pointed slippers that you often seen in Aladdin movie are also sold here. Just one tip, you have to bargain at the market and bargain with a smile. If you are good at bargain, you might get a really good price for the stuffs that you are interested in. Some shopping in Souk!

In Djemaa el Fna, you can find all the unique attractions; performance with snake, charmed story teller, musician, acrobats, monkey attraction, healer etc. There is no place for boredom in Djemaa el Fna during the day. You can also taste and explore unique food such as lentils, snails, salads, skewers etc at night. All day attraction from day to night is certainly entertaining. For those of you who wants to relax but still enjoying the shows, you can sit around cafes in Djemaa el Fna .

Take a camel ride or wild ride ATV or horse ride through the dessert dunes of La Palmeraie. Explore the dessert dune.

After a long and tiring day, it’s time for Moroccan hammam where you can relax yourself in a good, warm bath with special Moroccan black soap. Like Japan where Japan has onsen (hot springs), Marroccan style bath is Moroccan hammam. Try and judge it yourself.

Visit and stay at Palace-like Amanjena Hotel, the hotel featured in Sex and the City 2 for Marrakech hotel. Or stay at La Mamounia Hotel and complete your stay by trying the famous Moroccan hammam.

Erfound
You will be surprised to find Erfound is surrounded by sand dunes; however you will be more surprised that Erfound has some of the most spectacular and best scenery in Morocco. In fact the scene of Sex and The City girls riding camels on sand dunes is said to be filmed here.

Find your hotel deals at Erfound hotel before you book your stay. Staying in Erfound is like staying in the middle of the desert,but with the facility of 5 star. Many hotels in Erfound is beautifully design and furniture is authentic. The popular hotel to stay in Erfound is Kasbah Tizimi Hotel Erfoud and Kasbah Hotel Chergui Erfoud.

Rabat
Rabat is the capital of Morocco and the home of Kings. The buildings in the city of Rabad are all painted white and surrounded by beautiful gardens, where some filming of Sex and The City 2 has taken place here.

In Rabat, the popular destination to visit is Medina of Rabat. There is seldom hassle found in Rabad, where you can shop and relax in the cafe in Medina of Rabat. You can find stuff from traditional to modern, and Rabat is a leather heaven where many sort of leather goods can be found here.

One other place that is beautiful and a must visit is Kasbah des Oudaias (old castle). The view overlooking the blue water, white sanded ocean is spectacular; and if you visit here do not forget to have a drink in the cafe.

For Rabat hotel, the popular stay is at Balima Hotel Rabat. Balima Hotel Rabat is a 3 star hotel right in the centre of city and near the main Rabat attractions and train station.

Do not forget to buy prepaid international phone card that you can use to call back to your home country. Surely you don’t want to pay expensive call charges rate imposed by hotel if you can save by using calling cards. Enjoy your travel in Morocco, let’s explore Morocco and visit places where Carrie and the girls enjoy!

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If you were to visit Johannesburg for World Cup 2010, herewith below are the suggested attraction and destination while you were in Johannesburg. Johannesburg not only offers World Cup 2010, but there are also a lot of things that you can see and do.

Before you travel, always remember to search for travel deals for flight, tour etc, and hotel deals for Johannesburg hotel. And do not forget to use phone card or calling card when you call from Johannesburg – this will save you a lot of money that you can spend during your holiday.

Kruger National Park

It is not visiting Africa if not take a look at the wildlife. In other countries when you want to see wildlife, you can simply goo to the zoo. However in South Africa, you can see the animals and wildlife living in the wild with your naked eyes; you can experience like in what discovery channel and national geographic camera man always experiences. Imagine yourself seeing your favourite animal’s style of living.

Kruger National Park is a must visit if you would like to experience the wildlife experience. The national park is about 2 million hectares wide and a home to hundreds of trees, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.

Even if you are not a wildlife fan, visit Kruger National Park for once in a lifetime experience!

Heia Safari Ranch

If you only stay for a short time for the world cup and on the rush but still want to experience the famous African wildlife, you ought to stay at the Heia Safari Ranch. During your stay, you will meet animals such as Zebra, Giraffe, Monkeys, Gazzels walking just outside your Bungalows or hut. You can enjoy your meal here with view of Zebra, Giraffe etc.

When you fell not enough only by seeing the Zebra, Giraffe, Monkeys at the ranch, you can also join the “Game Drivers” provided by the ranch where you will be sitting in a drive and guided throughout your journey of about 1.5 hours seeing rhino, buffalo, hippo, wildebeest, impala, kudu, giraffe, eland in wilderness.

Museum Africa

Museum Africa is not like other museum in the world. It is an interesting and unique museum; it will sure leave a mark in your experience. The museum brings you back to the history of Africa to South Africa.

Apartheid museum

This museum is another not to be missed visit for those who wants to further more their South Africa experience. It is one of the top tourist attractions in South Africa. There are huge display of photographs, metal cages and monitors filled with videos playing Apartheid scenes (it is so emotionally moving!). It’s a total new experience of museum and for museum fan; you have to visit Apartheid Museum. There is just so much to see that you might be able to spend 4-5 hours inside.

Even if you do not like museum much, you might find Apartheid museum a worth visit in Johannesburg.

Golden Reef City

For those who visit Johannesburg with the family ought to go to Golden Reef City.
Even if you travel alone, Golden Reed city is one of the highlight in Johannesburg. In Golden Reef city, you can take Heritage tour where you will see all the shop and houses, even royal house similar to that was in the old days.

Not only you can see the old days building, there are also theme parks which have over 30 fantastic rides, restaurants, 4D theatres, farmyard, and many more.

Lion Park

For that wildlife lover, Lion Park will draw a lot of your attention. There are always huge crowd attracted to Lion Park.

Croc City Crocodile Farm

Another wildlife visit would be Croc City Crocodile farm. There are over 800 crocodiles in the farm, from the eggs, baby to the adult.

Nelson Mandela Square

Are you into Food and shopping? You should go to Nelson Mandela Square in Johannesburg. Nelson Mandela Square has good restaurants and also it is popular for the place to buy souvenirs for those back home.

Sandton City

It is said to be the shopping paradise place in Johannesburg. Come and visit to prove it.

Sun City

In the Legend, Sun City was a place where royal families lived during the ancient South Africa; however the place was then vanished because of an earthquake. If you stay for a longer period of time, you might want to visit the famous Sun City. It is about 2 ½ drive from Johannesburg.

The resort and hotels in Sun City offer attraction and activities ranging from glamorous casino, restaurants, golf , tennis, mountain biking, parasailing, archery etc and for those with kids, there are lots activities design for kids, ranging from wildlife games, magic performance, huge water parks (valley of the waves), sport etc. It will sure have no time for your kids to be bored. Sun City also offer a huge range of pools and gardens.

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Have a dream of travelling to outer space? Thinking of one day to be an astronaut to see the amazing view of planets? Well there is new travelling adventure in town, space travelling. To be astronauts is not easy and very tiny likelihood to be picked to become one. Astronauts are not in high demand.

There is just one option for you who wish to see the earth or travelling through space, away from earth. How does it feel like? Well, now with new technology space travelling is open to public. You can fly through space.

There is no hassle on booking a hotel if you travel in space. You don’t need to book hotel anymore as the accommodation will be provided on outer space. Hotel accommodation, everything will be on plane. The tourist attraction on outer space is more amazing than anything that on earth. You can say that from space, you can view all the tourist destinations in world; the mountain, the lake, the forest, the snow, the ice etc but just in a tiny view. To view all the wonders in the world at one glance is just amazingly beautiful. Not only earth wonders that you can view on space, but also you can see in a distance the view of stars, moon and other planets.

Space travelling is currently very costly hence not many people can go on that trip. Currently one of the space travel charterer, Virgin Galactic, charges $200.000 for travelling in space.

Not like ordinary hotel deals and travel deals, there are not yet deals available for space travelling. However in the very near future, as the demand of space travelling is high, the price of space travelling will be more affordable. People who want to travel to space is getting higher each year; from hundred to thousand and even to hundred thousand. The space tourism just grows each year. There is even a thought that hotel for space tourism will be built soon.

Travellers are always searching for a new place to travel. Not like the travellers in olden day which count on tours to travel and only travel to popular tourist destination. Currently there are more and more independent travellers emerging and seeking more and more authentic yet unique place to travel to. Space travelling is one of the high demand destinations. More and more people want to explore the space.

History bring us to hot air balloons travelling to aircraft, rockets, jets as medium to travel and now space travelling.

Not like other travel destination, in space travelling you can experience what its fells like to be in a place with ZERO gravity! Moving around in zero gravity might be hard at first. However after you get used to it, you will like it more than walking on earth. Well, if you are not a gymnastic or acrobatic person, you can be one in space! You can juggle around, spin around, and do whatever you like, because you are weightless.

And also not like travelling on plane, before you are allowed to board on a space travelling plane, one are obliged to go through extensive training. To board on Virgin Galactic, the passengers have to take a health check and training for about 3 days.

The view on space is nothing like earth; it is just unbelievable. It might be once in lifetime experience. Some space travellers even sacrifice their several months or years working salary to experience the space travelling.

However as I was saying before, in the near future, it will become more accessible to travel on space. Just like on plane, long years ago, it is a dream to fly on a place, however now in current days, it is just like taking a taxi. Many people can even travel back and forth in different country within a day!

Unlike travelling to other countries where you normally get prepaid phone card to get in touch with your family in home country, you won’t be able to get such facilities when travelling to outer space. Sit back, relax, clear your mind and enjoy your outer space adventures.

Happy space travelling!

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Is it hard to travel to Caribbean with children?

When you think about vacation in Caribbean, what most people have in their mind is the beach, the romance, the water and the sun. Not many people thought about spending their family vacation or holiday with family, especially with children. Well, after you read this article, you might have to change your thought about it.

More and more people travel to Caribbean with children; from new born to older. I would not suggest travelling to Caribbean with your new born baby under 5 months as it might be a bit troublesome as baby need a lot of time to spend with; obviously that is not a holiday for mother anymore but other family members.

There are now more hotel and resorts in Caribbean that create fun activities designed especially for children, some hotels even have dance class for kids. Not only children, many of them also cater for day care or babysit for infants. In this way, both the parents and the children can all enjoy their holiday in Caribbean.

Just remember always to check out for hotel deals in Caribbean before you travel

For travellers who bring their babies during the travel in Caribbean, there are popular hotel below which offer nursery for newborn and toddlers:

Almond Beach Village in Barbados
In Almond village, the nursery for babies and toddlers are free. Not only that, for child under 2 years old they also provide an indoor and outdoor full service nursery. And as the parents you can enjoy yourself in your own activities provided by the resort too, which include golfing, water sport, kayaking, banana boats, snorkelling and with instructor too. For parents, just look out for the DRESS CODE in the resort

Almond Morgan Bay in Saint Lucia
There is FREE kids club for babies, children and even teenagers. For parents, do not worry as the activities are separated according to the age of the children. This hotel is also popular for single traveller or honeymoon destination. For those who is seeking for relaxation, you out to try the SPA packet. To make it more exclusive, the kid’s free zone pool is also available to those who seek for peacefulness in the pool. Again, watch for the DRESS CODE

Beaches Boscobel Resort & Golf club in Jamaica
Who would not fall in love with Jamaica? Even the kids will! This resort offers a range activity for kids; from the camps with certified Nannies to DJ academy for teenagers. Not enough of the fun? There is Pirates Island Water Park for everyone to enjoy.

Your children will be showered by toys and range of activities that they will ask for more Caribbean! Currently there is also sailing activity design for older Children in Caribbean. So think twice before saying no to family vacation to Caribbean.

For older children below 14, consider to have vacation on Atlantis Royal Towers in Bahamas. The water park is amazing, with 20 different slides and they can even have a swim with the dolphin. Children will also love the giant aquariums and shark tanks. For teenager, there is also for teen only night club in Bahamas. For the parents, enjoy a long SPA in the hotels where you can find a really nice massage and does not have to think about your kids as they are going to be busy for the whole day at the water park. Going to Atlantis Royal Towers can be a great birthday presents for your kids. Consider it.

There are also a lot of activities apart from the activities provided in the hotel in Caribbean. Hiking, mountain biking, shopping will be great for older children and also parents, in that ways you can do the activities together. Even in the beach, families can enjoy lots of fun activities together, such as building sand castle and swimming.

You can certainly spend your holiday in Caribbean with your children from young to teenagers. There are all sort of activities offered in Caribbean to make the family holiday to be a memory. Surely you will miss your other family members in home country when travelling to Caribbean. To save on your travel cost, always use prepaid phone card or calling card to call back to your home.

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Today, more and more people are searching for cheap hotels, discount hotels and hotel deals. Not only hotel deals and travel deals that attracted people to holiday, but also importantly flight deals. For that reason, more airlines are offering cheaper flight rates. In addition to that, more low class carrier airlines emerging in every country, extending their flight to popular travel destination.

In the post Global Financial Crisis era, there are many holiday travellers and business traveller downgrade their airlines class. Those who used to travel on first class downgraded their class to business class, and for those who travel on business downgraded to economy class. Even those who travel on traditional airlines economy class downgraded their airlines to low cost carrier airlines.

Business travellers, who used to travel in business class, now have to squeeze themselves in a long haul flight in economy class. It might not be a good choice if the business travellers have to attend a meeting a few hours after arrival however, for a company the downgrade has saved up to 20-30%. And by downgrading first class to business class, the company has saved up to 70% or even more in some airlines costs. Travellers with big family will surely choose the cheaper option for flight, such as economy class or even low cost carrier.

With the competitive price in low cost carrier, the carrier company try to maximise their revenue by just offering travellers with the maximum 20kg bag per traveller. Some low cost carrier even put the maximum of 10kg per bag per traveller. Some low cost carrier even charge extra for 3rd checked in baggage, and some airlines is also planning to charge extra for hand luggage. This means, if you want to travel on long haul flight in a longer than just a few days holiday, which include shopping spree, you have pay extra charges for the overweight baggage. Some travellers end up paid more than travelling in traditional flight.

Many flight companies are now making some changes to the plane in order to meet the new needs of travellers; Qantas is planning to remove first class in many of their aircraft (which include A380), others remove first class totally and replace it with more business and economy class seats. Many airlines are now introducing premium economy class, which is half price cheaper than business class, with larger seat and separate exclusive cabin. Air France introduced a similar premium voyage cabin, which has fix shelf seat, with 40% space more than economy class.

Put more business and economy class seat, put extra premium economy class is what some airlines make changes to adapt to the current trend. To encounter more demand of low cost carrier, some low cost carrier is planning to remove some of the toilet in their airlines and replace it with more seats.

The introduction of premium economy class has also earned huge interest for travellers who seek for good flight deals with a maximum comfort. This option has gained the most interest the business travellers. Deals are what people looking for these days. Flight deals are just as important as hotel deals as it might cost more to fly than to stay. Check out travel blogs to see more updates from hotel and flight industries. This will definitely help you to plan for your future holiday. Always note to buy international prepaid phone card prior to your travelling to save you time looking to buy phone card when arriving in your destination cities.

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