Here are five very short reasons why you should eat breakfast.Breakfast restores our body's blood sugar levels after up to twelve hours of not eating.
It can raise metabolism by as much as 10%. People who eat breakfast are more successful at losing weight and at sticking to a diet.
It is extremely difficult to get all of your necessary daily nutrients and fibre without breakfast.
Adults who skip breakfast are less mentally and physically efficient for longer periods during the day.
Eating breakfast has been shown to increase concentration and lower the risk of heart disease.
Kulula has announced the launch of its new online check-in service, allowing travellers to print boarding passes from their home or office.
Self-printed boarding passes are accepted at most South African airports except Durban, George and Nelspruit. Kulula customers can select their preferred seat 24 hours prior to departure, with a cut-off time of two hours before departure. The online check-in service is only available for flight numbers with three digits, for example MN101.
Customers with a self-printed boarding pass can simply drop off their luggage at the ‘fast bag drop off’ airport counters located near the check-in counters. Passengers without luggage may proceed directly to security.
“Online check-in with the option of printing boarding passes at home or work means our customers can spend their time planning fabulous trips rather than waiting in queues. It’s a great way to start the new year!” says Nadine Damen, kulula Marketing Manager.
Source: SA Tourism Update
They want to see the world and explore unknown destinations. They want to eat things they have never heard of. They want to abseil and scuba dive.
No we're not talking about gap year students... these are a new generation dubbed the ‘Golden Globetrotters' - and they're likely to be a pensioner. New research has revealed that it is the more mature generation that make the most adventurous travellers, with over 4.6 million UK ‘pensioners' spending their free time travelling to exotic locations, trying new things and meeting new people. Research revealed that:
· 35 percent of those aged 55 and over prefer to travel away from the beaten track on holiday - a higher figure than any of the younger generations.
· Whereas 56 percent of the over 55s crave a holiday which allows them to see something new every day, the younger generation are much more likely to want to spend a week lying on a beach.
· 10 percent aged over 55 has abseiled, one in two has eaten something when they didn't know what it was and one in 25 have done a parachute jump.
Not only are they more adventurous with what they do, but the study revealed Golden Globetrotters - or Boldies as they are also known - are also far more frequent with their trips away than the younger generation.
Psychologist Dr David Lewis explains: "In the past many people felt trapped by some of the myths of ageing imposed by society. Myths like ‘You can't teach an old dog new tricks' or ‘Act your age'. Today more and more people over the age of 50 are refusing to become victims of chronology. Increasing numbers are prepared to strike out into unfamiliar territory, to visit new places and take on unfamiliar challenges. "In relation to travel, this is due to several factors. Golden Globetrotters gain encouragement from the fact that increasing numbers of their generation are grabbing life by the horn and modern media gives them a wider awareness of what is happening in the world. They often have a more balanced and mature approach to travel that comes from greater experience of life in general. In addition they may be bored with familiar places which they perhaps visited with their children, and that goes hand in hand with a natural desire to recapture some of the excitement and challenge of their carefree youth."
After a tense few months with poaching scares at Aquila as well as a week that has seen the first rhino lost to poachers in the Western Cape at a Mossel Bay reserve, Aquila has announced the birth of a baby rhino.
The calf is the third rhino born at Aquila and mother and baby are both doing very well, reported the reserve.
Under two hours from Cape Town, Aquila is now home to a herd of six rhino as well as a large variety of game and the rest of the Big Five.
Towards the end of last year Aquila experienced suspected poaching activities in the area, when at around 21h00, a helicopter flew suspiciously low approximately 25-50 metres over the reserve, making two passes at 15-minute intervals, and then disappeared. The chopper’s lights were off, except for one small red light, which could be seen, so it was assumed that the chopper was using night vision.
“These activities are a major concern to the owner of Aquila, Searl Derman, as this has proven to be the modus operandi of poachers practising in the major parks up north. Derman has taken necessary measures to keep his herd of rhino safe. He said that although he did not want to share too much detail on the measures taken to secure the rhino, these did include a 24-hour elite team of anti-poaching security staff and no expense has been spared to secure the latest equipment needed to complete the task.”
Guests visiting the reserve are able to see the new addition on the regular game drives and are invited to send any photographs to the reserve’s Facebook page.
The campaign to install Table Mountain in Cape Town as one of the 'New 7 Wonders of the World' has moved up a notch with new social media activities and ambassadors climbing on board to support the cause.
The campaign has been running for over a year now and Table Mountain has made it into the top 28 sights, from which the final seven will be chosen. The South African attraction is, however, in the bottom 14 and currently needs about 30 million votes to win.
To bolster excitement about the competition and gain more votes, a new website http://www.votefortablemountain.com/ has been launched and Twitter, Facebook and Flickr campaigns have been started.
Celebrity ambassadors on board so far include Desmond Tutu, Soli Phillander, Kia Johnson (presenter of Expresso, SABC3) and Carol Thorns and her band, Coda.
Have you voted for Table Mountain yet?
The Chief Executive Officer of South African National Parks (SANParks), Dr David Mabunda, has announced that in the month of January 2011 South Africa has lost 21 rhino to poaching.
In the same period there have been 31 arrests made throughout the country, with 16 having been made in North West province, 10 in the Kruger National Park, three in Gauteng province and two in Limpopo. Since the beginning of the year five suspected rhino poachers lost their lives during skirmishes with park rangers in the KNP, while two suspects have been wounded and are still hospitalised.
“The loss of 333 rhinos to poaching in 2010 was a devastating loss for us but we are determined that in 2011 that should not happen. Anyone who is involved in poaching at whatever level will be a prime target for our investigations and we will leave no stone unturned in this respect, including going for the kingpins of these operations”, said Dr Mabunda.
Last week SANParks announced the implementation of a new tool to assist with the fight against rhino poaching. By documenting individual rhino DNA and using this information to link recovered rhino horns to specific crime scenes, it will be able to pin individuals to a specific crime and to prosecute them for more than the lesser crime of possession alone.
Source: SA Tourism Update
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