Travellers hoping to enjoy a little music on their trip will find the waterfront nightlife sported by Chicago brings music to their ears. From packed nightclubs to dark and atmospheric jazz venues, there are musical styles to suit all tastes while the high concentration of restaurants in Chicago ensures you’ll never go hungry on a big night out. You’ll also be able to select between anything from high class dining experiences to quick and cheap food on the go, as Chicago’s dining options suits all manner of budgets.

Theatre fans will also find themselves well catered to, as Chicago is home to a robust theatrical community. Broadway style shows can be found at venues such as the Bank of America Theatre, Cadillac Palace Theatre and the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Oriental Theatre while many smaller venues provide a base to the modern improvisational theatre that Chicago has gathered renown for. Fans of the more traditional will also find performances to please, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra providing world class performances and the Joffrey Ballet and Chicago Festival Ballet bringing beautiful dance to venues around the city.

After reportedly landing in the Bahamas, Christopher Columbus named these islands the Indies, because Columbus thought he had finally reached Asia (and the East Indies).

The region consists of the Antilles, divided into the larger Greater Antilles which bound the sea on the north and the Lesser Antilles on the south and east and including the Leeward Antilles, and the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, which are in fact in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba, not in the Caribbean Sea.

Long called the West Indies, the overall area is now commonly referred to as the Caribbean, a name that became popular after World War II.

Geo-politically, the West Indies are usually regarded as a sub-region of North America and are organized into 27 territories including sovereign states, overseas departments, and dependencies. At one time, there was a short-lived country called the Federation of the West Indies composed of ten English-speaking Caribbean territories, all of which were then UK dependencies.

The Spanish Empire expanded to include most parts of South and Central America, Mexico, southern and western portions of today’s United States, the Philippines, Guam and the Mariana Islands in the Pacific, parts of northern Italy, southern Italy, Sicily, cities in Northern Africa, as well as parts of what are now France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.

Spain have four official languages. If there is one thing which all Spaniards love, it is to eat, drink and be merry, whether enjoying tapas over fine wine in Madrid, Seville or Barcelona, or the elaborate Basque Country equivalent, pintxos, over cider in the north.

Sport in Spain has been dominated by football since the early 20th century. Basketball, tennis, cycling, handball, motorcycling and, lately, Formula One are also important due to presence of Spanish champions in all these disciplines. Today, Spain is a major world sports power, especially since the 1992 Summer Olympics that were hosted in Barcelona and promoted a great variety of sports in the country. The tourism industry has led to an improvement in sports infrastructure, especially for water sports, golf and skiing.

Spanish cuisine consists of a great variety of dishes which stem from differences in geography, culture and climate. It is heavily influenced by seafood available from the waters that surround the country, and reflects the country’s deep Mediterranean roots.

Major Cities of italy are :

Rome, Lazio, Venice Veneto, Milan Lombardy, Verona Veneto, Naples Campania, Messina Sicily, Turin Piedmont, Padua Veneto, Palermo Sicily, Trieste Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Genoa Liguria, Taranto Apulia, Bologna Emilia-Romagna, Brescia Lombardy, Florence Tuscany, Reggio Calabria Calabria, Bari Apulia,Prato Tuscany, Catania Sicily, Modena.

Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within the Italian Peninsula, and Campione d’Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. Italy is a country full of interesting things for the casual tourist and the educated tourist, it has deep Roman Catholic roots.

Tourism is one of the fastest growing and most profitable sectors the national economy: with 43.7 million international tourist arrivals and total receipts estimated at $42.7 billion, Italy is the fourth highest tourist earner in the world.The Romans are much to be proud of. They have the wonderful remains from 500 years of being the world’s greatest ancient empire now . Then, there is the heritage of the great popes of the Renaissance and Baroque. Rome is one of the great wonders of the world.

Tourists mainly come to Italy for its well known rich art, cuisine, archaeology, history, fashion, and culture, its beautiful coastline and beaches, its good Mediterranean weather, its mountains, its lakes, and priceless ancient monuments, especially those from the Greek civilization and Roman civilization. Rome, Italy’s capital, According to new studies it is one of the most visited cities in the world in today time, with an average of around 7-10 million tourists a year. The Colosseum and the Vatican Museums are the 39th and 37th (respectively) most visited places in the world now. Other main sights in the city include the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain, Piazza Navona, St Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Forum, Castel Sant’Angelo, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Spanish Steps, Villa Borghese park, Piazza del Popolo, the Trastevere and the Janiculum.

South Africa is a paradise for anyone interested in natural history and wildlife. A wide range of animal species (some are considered potentially dangerous) may be encountered in parks, farms, private reserves and even on the roads.

1. The Kruger National Park is exceptionally well managed and a favorite tourist destination in South Africa .
2. Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in the heart of the Kalahari desert with wide open spaces and hordes of games including the majestic ‘Gemsbok’. This is the first park in Africa to cross political borders.
3. Also there are large numbers of smaller parks, like the Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park, Addo Elephant National Park, Pilanesberg National Park or the iSimangaliso Wetland Park.

South Africa has a generally temperate climate. South Africa is very known for its diversity in cultures, languages, and religious beliefs. There are elevan official languages which are recognised in the constitution of South Africa while English is the most commonly spoken language in official and commercial public life; however, it is only the 5th most-spoken home language. It is ethnically diverse country , with the largest Caucasian, Indian, and racially mixed communities. Allmost 80% of the South African population is Native, this represents a variety of ethnic groups and different Bantu languages, nine of which have official status. About a quarter of the population is unemployed and lives on less than US$ 1.25 a day.

Famous Destination and Cities : Gauteng (Pretoria), Western Cape (Cape Town), Pietersburg, Mpumalanga (Nelspruit), North West (Rustenburg), KwaZulu-Natal (Durban), Free State (Bloemfontein), Northern Cape (Kimberley, Eastern Cape (Bhisho).

If you want to travel in southern Africa then South Africa is a good place to start. While you can fly into any country in southern Africa, most flights will route through South Africa anyway. South Africa is also a good place to get used to traveling in the region with Namibia.. Of course South Africa is not only a jumping off point, it is itself a superb destination which is a beautiful desitnation and also rich in culture, fauna & flora and history.