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Here at BootsnAll Travel Network headquarters, I’m pretty sure I’m the only one in the office who is not a big soccer fan (or should I say “football” fan?). This means I am often left staring blankly when office lunch discussions erupt about the big game yesterday, and my eyes glaze over when fantasy teams are discussed and trades involving big time players who I have never heard of happen.

Despite time spent traveling in Europe and Latin America, playing soccer for years growing up, working in an office surrounded by soccer fans and living in a city where local soccer games outsell baseball games 2 to 1, I just haven’t really boarded the soccer train yet. You’d think given all those factors I may have absorbed some of the soccer frenzy through osmosis, but I’ll still take American football and basketball over soccer any day. Sorry.

If you travel to South Africa today and spend any time in one of its major cities you are likely to come across more than a few construction spots. The country is on the move as it builds its way towards the 2010 World Cup. The world’s most watched sporting event will focus the world’s attention on South Africa and the country is investing considerable capital to improve its infrastructure.

What does this mean for you, the traveler? It means that there might be some delays and some pain in the near term, but in the end South Africa will be even easier to travel through. Undoubtedly the crowds will start building up before the games kick off in 2010 and they likely will continue to be large well after the final whistle. Unless you are a soccer fan, it might behoove you to travel to South Africa now while you can have the place practically to yourself.

You can do you searching for cheap tickets to South Africa. You can also learn about where to go, what to see, and how to do it from an insider living in the country on the one and only South Africa Logue.

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Cape Town is growing rapidly as a favorite tourist destination in Africa. For travelers seeking the most popular sites in the city, be sure to explore the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront and Table Mountain. The waterfront has more than 45 restaurants and 400 stores featuring everything from ethnic treasures, handmade art and gemstones to shark’s teeth and jewelry. To get a closer look at the natural beauty of South Africa, visit Table Mountain, one of the city’s most famous landmarks because of its unique feature, a flat summit measuring around 3 kilometers.

For great views of Cape Town and the surrounding area, visitors can ride a cable car to the mountain’s summit. Travelers looking to explore sites just outside the city should consider visiting the Winelands region. In just a short drive from Cape Town, travelers can visit this world-famous wine tasting location with both small wine boutiques and larger wine estates.

For more on South Africa, check out SouthAfricaLogue, updated 4-8 times daily.

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