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  1. TRAVELLING IN
  2. SOUTH AFRICA
  3.  
  4. Despite current
  5. political and social
  6. unrest, the country
  7. of South Africa has
  8. potentially one of
  9. the biggest tourist
  10. possibilities in the
  11. world. There is a
  12. vast range and variety
  13. of scenery,culture and
  14. peoples and should
  15. hopefully the situation
  16. resolve itself peacefully,
  17. then South africa could
  18. well become THE boom
  19. travel area of the
  20. 1990's.
  21.  
  22. There are already a 
  23. small number of tour
  24. operators flying to
  25. SA and very frequent
  26. flights from Manchester,
  27. Gatwick and Heathrow
  28. to Johannesburg as well
  29. as other possible
  30. flights through Lisbon
  31. with TAP or even
  32. through Luxiar and
  33. Luxembourg - shop
  34. around for a good
  35. flight deal and
  36. remember the more
  37. indirect the flight,
  38. the cheaper it is
  39. (normally!)
  40.  
  41. South Africa boasts
  42. beaches,safaris,
  43. mountains,city tours
  44. and family reunion
  45. and the climate is
  46. best in our winter
  47. -south of the 
  48. equator remember the
  49. seasons are reversed!
  50.  
  51. CAPITAL:
  52. Pretoria
  53. (Administrative)
  54.  
  55. Cape Town
  56. (Legislative)
  57.  
  58. Bloemfontein
  59. (Judicial)
  60.  
  61. Other main towns:
  62. Durban
  63. Jo'burg
  64. East London
  65. Port Elizabeth
  66. Kimberley
  67.  
  68. Pop:26,000,000
  69.  
  70. Languages:
  71. Official language is
  72. Afrikaans and English.
  73. There are nine main
  74. African languages
  75. the most widely spoken
  76. being Xhosa and Zulu.
  77.  
  78. Time:GMT+2
  79.  
  80. Electricity:
  81. 230 volts
  82.  
  83. Passports/visas
  84. Full 10 year
  85. British passport
  86. required but no
  87. visa needed if
  88. staying up
  89. to two weeks
  90.  
  91. Currency:Rand=
  92. 100 Cents.
  93.  
  94. Credit Cards:All
  95. major credit cards are
  96. widely accepted.
  97.  
  98. Airline:
  99. South Africa's
  100. national airline is
  101. South African
  102. Airways.
  103.  
  104.  
  105. By sea:
  106. South Africa is a
  107. popular cruise call
  108. destination and its
  109. main ports are
  110. Durban,Cape Town,
  111. Port Elizabeth and
  112. East London.
  113.  
  114. Health:There are no
  115. compulsory health
  116. regulations from the
  117. UK and the tap water
  118. is considered safe
  119. to drink -though take
  120. precautions in rural
  121. areas.
  122. Rabies is a hazard 
  123. and is endemic.
  124.  
  125.  
  126. Airports:
  127. South Africa has
  128. THREE international
  129. airports at -
  130. Capetown
  131. Durban
  132. Johannesburg
  133.  
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