Vacation Africa!

Today, I will begin my journey to Africa, right now I am currently at LAX awaiting for my departure to Egypt. The following is my schedule, or list of places I will be visiting! I will make sure to post either on, during or after my arrival in each part of my schedule. I will write down the amazing journey's and post pictures hopefully some videos of all the greatness I visit!

List of places to visit:
1) Alexandria, Egypt
2) Khartoum, Sudan
3) Kisumu, Kenya
4) Johannesburg, South Africa
5) Cape Town, South Africa

To start off this trip my playlist is playing....

Huge Eruption in Africa Volcano

Africa's most active volcano recently erupted on 11/14/2011 in Nyamuragira, Africa. Tourists and anyone who wants to get close enough to see this erruption was allowed. They had set up areas in which it were safe to watch from a distance. The volcano is located in a remote area of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park.

Botswana has many wild spots and safaris to offer. Many of these Safaris are treated as vocation spots. People who do enjoy these adventures usually end up spending 7 to 14 days exploring there! Here is a list of safari's one may want to take part in...

• Mokoro Safaris
  
• Horse-back Safaris
  
• Walking Safaris
  
• Fly-in Safari
  
• Quadbike Safari
  
• Self Drive Safari
  
• Elephant-Back Safaris
  
• Mobile Camping Safari
  
• Bushmen Safari
  
• Birding Safaris
  
• Fishing Safari
  
• Mountain Biking Safari
  

As you can see there are tons of safari's to choose from. These are all great in what they have to offer. Some have amazing vacationing homes to stay in as well. To be sure of which one suits you best here our some questions to ask..

• Your Tourist Destination in Botswana
  Some safaris can only be done at specific places. For example, Elephant Back ,Horseback and Fly-in Safaris are common in the Okavango region.
  
• Your Budget
  Some safaris are pricier than others. So if you are on a budget it would be near impossible to take on a fly-in safari whereas a walking safari would be very affordable.
  
• Time
  To truly enjoy and appreciate some Safaris in Botswana you would need to be prepared to spend at least several days on them. 

African Cup of Nations

The African cup of Nations trophy will take a tour in Botswana. This is great for the country because Botswana's team has qualified this year (2012)! Botswana's team in the AFCON is called Zebra. Prediction were that Botswana was not going to make it that far, but to prove a point they have made it. This is one step closer to making history in Africa!

Here is a short little video showing the pride in Botswana!

**Breaking News** Botswana plane crash!

Here is an article posted on the devastating plane crash that killed 8 out of 12 people on a light weight plane. They are still investigating the scene and reported the plane crash about 3 days after it had occurred. Earlier I spoke about how Botswana was well known for its wild life and how I will introduce these safaris on the blog. To show how popular the safari's are the plane that has crash was headed to one of the luxury safari camps on Pom Pom Island.

Read more by clicking here: Botswana plane crash kills 8 out of 12.

Botswana is known for its safari's to be filled with wonderful wildlife. 2 of the major parks for this spectacular site seeing are  The Okavango Delta and Chobe National Park. Simontaneous Botswana is well off thanks to its diamonds and politically stable also the standard of living is only rising.

In this blog not only will I mention the stability, living, and the effect of diamonds, but I will focus on its main attraction...Safari Wilflife and the sites to visit. I hope I can make all of my followers want to visit Botswana one day and just enjoy one of countries from the mother land of Africa.

Wave the mighty flag!

Botswana Pula (P)

Botswana's currency is claimed to be one of the more stable currencies in Africa. The Botswana Currency is called the "Pula". Pula in English is translated to mean rainfall. All currencies such as Pound, US Dollar, and Euro can easily be exchanged at major banks in Pula. Another interesting fact is if one wouldn't want to exchange currencies, all major credit cards and travelers check are accepted in Botswana.

The symbol of the Pula is P AND its currency code isBWP.

One unit of currency(P1.00) is divided into 100 thebe(t).