Holiday travel and tourism: September 2009

SEPTEMBER 30: The Republic of Botswana: a date with history

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Greetings to the citizens of the Republic of Botswana on their Independence Day.
Name: Republic of Botswana
Region: South Africa
Currency: Pula (BWP)
Official language: English
Surface area: 582000 sq.km
Population: 1882,000
Capital city: Gaborone
UN Membership date: October 17, 1966
Tourism: Tsodilo is a World Heritage Site located in Botswana.
As Kalahari desert occupies nearly 2/3 of the country wild life tourism is very important for the country.

Map of Botswana

Flag of Botswana

Coat of Arms of Botswana

Zebra, national animal of Botswana

Zebras in Botswana

Skyline of Gaborone, Capital city of Botswana

Gaborone city centre

Debswana headquarters

Botswana Parliament

Aerial view of Gaborone

Gantsi town, main street

Tsodilo hills, a World Heritage Site, Botswana

Tsodilo rock paintings

Mochudi village

Kalahari Desert

Mokolodi Nature Reserve

View from Sweneng hill

Yellow mongoose

Water buck

Spiny mouse

Lechwe Antelope

Male Impala

Great white Pelican

Elephant

Cattle Egret

Black backed jackel

Image courtesy: Sodacan, Elmar Thiel, PanBK, Mirko Raner, cj Huo, joachim Huber, Eddie Chuan-Shun Ho, Claudia, JackyR, R Gale, Freddy Weber, Marcel Burkhard alias cele4, D. Gordon E. Robertson, Tram2, Ralf Ellerich, su neko and wikipedia.

SEPTEMBER 24: Republic of Guinea-Bissau: a date with history

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Greetings to the citizens of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau on their Independence Day.
Name: Republic of Guinea-Bissau
Region: Western Africa
Currency: CFA Franc (XOF)
Official language: Portuguese
Surface area: 36125 sq.km
Population: 1695,000
Capital city: Bissau
UN Membership date: September 17, 1974

Map of Guinea-Bissau

Flag of Guinea-bissau

Coat of Arms of Guinea-Bissau

Bissau, Capital city of Guinea-Bissau

Bissau seen from Rio Geba

BECAO Bissau

Bissau

Bissau carnival

Bissau residential area

Guinea-Bissau village

Guinea-Bissau scenery

Sitatunga

Pied crow

Great Cormorants

Chlorocebus monkey

Black crowned heron

Banded mongoose

images courtesy: Colleen Taugher, Yoky, Lip Kee Yap, TKnoxB, Aviceda and wikipedia.

SEPTEMBER 23: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: a date with history

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Greetings to the citizens of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on their National Day.
Name: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Region: Western Asia
Currency: Saudi Riyal (SAR)
Official language: Arabic
Surface area: 2149690 sq.km
Population: 24735,000
Capital city: Riyadh
UN Membership date: October 24, 1945
Tourism: UNESCO proclaimed Mada'in Saleh as a site of patrimony, becoming Saudi Arabia's first World Heritage Site.