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# Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay/Seal Island

The dive site Seal Island is an offshore site in the northern False Bay, near Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

## Understand

    See also: Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay#Understand
This is a place you go to see Great White sharks.

### Position

* S34°08.25’ E018°34.95’ -34.137518.58251 Seal Island
This site is not in a Marine Protected Area (2004). A permit is not required.

### Name

The island where the seals breed has been known as Seal Island for a long time, and is identified by that name on the official maps

### Depth

Shallow - less than 2 m in the cage.

### Topography

The island and offshore reefs are granite of the Peninsula pluton, and have the familiar rounded look of other similar outcrops.
Geology: Late Pre-Cambrian granite of the Peninsula pluton.

### Conditions
## Get in

    See also: Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay#Boat dives
Boat dive with licensed Shark Cage Diving charter.
The site is about 12 km from Kalk Bay harbour, 14 km from Miller's Point, or 25 km from Harbour Island, Gordon's Bay

## See
### Marine life

    See also: Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay#The marine ecology
These dives are for one purpose only: to see sharks. Other fish may be attracted to the bait, but this is not what you do this dive to see.

### Suggested Routes

Get in the cage, watch for sharks, get out again. Repeat if you have the time.

## Stay safe

    See also: Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay#Stay safe

### Hazards

No significant hazards as you dive in the cage.

### Skills

No special skills required. Cage dives are usually done on snorkel.

### Equipment

    See also: Diving the Cape Peninsula and False Bay#Equipment
All you need is wet suit, weights, mask, snorkel and camera

## Nearby

* -34.13341718.75451 Choirboys Reef
* -34.1426918.763822 Drop Zone
* -34.14833318.6463893 East Shoal
* -34.152518.82754 Moddergat
* -34.15606718.750655 Sterretjies Reef
* -34.15611118.5930566 York Shoal
* -34.18053318.5649177 SAS Fleur
* -34.20788318.5158338 Offshore Barges – North Barge
* -34.210718.75839 Steenbras Deep - South Pinnacles
* -34.21061718.55593310 Blue Flame Pinnacles
* -34.22798318.63816711 SATS General Botha
* -34.239418.58078312 Off-Whittle Ridge
* -34.244318.665913 SAS Bloemfontein
* -34.2474318.561914 Whittle Rock
* -34.24818.58133315 Bruce's Mark
* -34.27356718.56681716 Deep South Whittle Reef
* -34.370318.51816717 Anvil Rock
* -34.3918.49416718 SS Lusitania
* -34.415518.59166719 Rocky Bank
Back to the Alphabetical list of sites, or list of reef dive sites in the northern False Bay offshore area
Other regional dive sites:
* Dive sites of Table Bay and approaches,
* Dive sites of the Cape Peninsula west coast
* Dive sites of the Cape Peninsula east coast
* Dive sites of False Bay east coast
* Fresh water dive sites of the Cape Town Metropolitan Area
# Staunton (Illinois)

Staunton is a city in Southern Illinois.

## See

* Henry's Rabbit Ranch, 1107 Historic Old Route 66, ☏ +1 618 635-5655, route66@midwest.net.

## Sleep

* Super 8 Motel, 1527 Herman Rd, ☏ +1 618 635-5353, fax: +1 618 635-8255. Check-in: 2PM, check-out: 11AM. $75.
# Baikonur

Baikonur (Kazakh: Байқоңыр Bayqongyr, Russian: Байконур Baykonur) is a city in Kazakhstan but is administered by the Russian government.

## Understand

Baikonur is famous worldwide for its cosmodrome, the site of many spacefaring feats including the first operational ICBM, the launch of Sputnik and the launch of the first manned orbital flight by Yuri Gagarin. The modern town of Baikonur was built near the existing village of Toretam (Төретам), the name still used by the railway station, and was known as Leninsk (Ле́нинск) until renamed in 1995 by then-president of Russia, Boris Yeltsin.
The cosmodrome is rented by Russia with a contract extension until 2050 signed in 2005. Russia and Kazakhstan are both unhappy with the US$115,000,000 yearly rent and thus Russia is building another spaceport on Russian territory to be less dependent on Kazakhstan. The replacement spaceport has already had its first launch in 2016 and was planned to be fully operational by 2018, taking over most launches now handled in Baikonur through the 2020s.
Baikonur was a closed city during the Soviet era, and remains one today. However, unlike during the Soviet era, it is now possible to visit on a guided tour.

## Get in

The easiest way to visit Baikonur, and the only way to visit the cosmodrome, is by guided tour. Prices vary wildly but are always steep: a one-day tour starting from Almaty starts from US$700 per person, while a multi-day excursion from Moscow can cost US$5,000. As the cosmodrome area (6,000 km$^2$) is rented by Russia, no Kazakh visa is needed if you fly in directly from Moscow.

### By plane

Baikonur's two airports, Krainiy (in city) and Yubileyniy (in cosmodrome) serve only semi-regular chartered flights from Almaty and Moscow. The nearest town with scheduled service is Kzyl-Orda (267 km away), which has scheduled daily flights to Almaty and Astana on Air Astana.

### By train

Baikonur's station, Toretam, is on the Moscow-Almaty main line. The station is 1445 km from Almaty and the trip takes around 27 hours on an express train.

## See

* 45.96563.3051 Baikonur Cosmodrome. A lot of Russia's space exploration missions were launched from here. Permits are necessary and must be arranged at least 45 days in advance; the only practical way of doing this is through a specialist travel agency. Visits during space launches are particularly popular, but scheduling is subject to unpredictable delays.
* 45.90931463.3177592 Baikonur Cosmodrome Museum. (updated Mar 2024)

## Do

* Hike into Baikonur Cosmodrome. It takes slightly longer than expected, roughly 40 km each way, and it is best done at night to avoid the guards.

## Sleep

If you're on an official tour, there are hotels in Baikonur in which you can sleep. However, if you are visiting the area in a private capacity, then you will struggle for accommodation.
* 45.6889263.380241 Kafe "Ray", Elshibay. This is one of the few options available. They seemed to have hiked the prices up for Westerners, and the rooms are inferior quality: slightly salty shower water, no locking doors and unclean bedding. However, the staff were friendly. (updated Sep 2023)
# Diving in Mozambique/The Office

The dive site The Office is an offshore rocky and coral reef near Inhambane in the Inhambane municipio of Mozambique.

## Understand
### Depth

Maximum depth is about 30m. Average depth is likely to be about 23m.

### Topography

The site is on a rock shelf that rises from the sea floor 70m below. The northern part is the top of a 3 m-high, S-shaped wall with ledges and overhangs that provide habitat for resident honeycomb morays, turtles and potato bass. Pinnacles of rock jut out from the wall
At the bottom of the “S”, three huge rocks rise from the sand, and provide divers with narrow gullies and crevices to swim through.

### Conditions
## Get in

This is a boat access dive. The site is about 10 km from Barra Lodge

## See
### Marine life

Office has a manta cleaning station, so encounters with mantas are common.
Fish seen at this site include: goldies, butterflyfish and moorish idols, devil firefish, whitetip and blacktip reef sharks, bowmouth guitarfish, leopard sharks, old woman angelfish.
# Lakes Region

There are several places called Lakes Region, see also Lake District.

### Australia

* Highland Lakes, commonly referred to as the Lakes Region in Western Tasmania

### Brazil

* Lakes Region (Rio de Janeiro) — a region in Rio de Janeiro State.

### South Sudan

* Lakes State, a state in Bahr el Ghazal region in the centre of the country.

### United States of America

* Lakes Region (New Hampshire) — a region in New Hampshire.
* Prairies and Lakes — a region in north-central Texas.
# Kwara State

Kwara is a state in the North Central part of Nigeria. It's capital is the city of Ilorin and the state has 16 Local government areas.

## Cities

* 8.54.551 Ilorin – the state capital
* 8.314.522 Afon
* 8.2666674.7833333 Ajasse Ipo
* 8.0822225.0705564 Aran-Orin
* 8.8255174.9220955 Babaloma
* 8.11474.70826 Erin-Ile
* 8.3333334.8333337 Ilala
* 8.8200234.9673228 Ifelodun
* 8.25095.00689 Ijara Isin
* 9.6051933.94194610 Kaiama
* 8.8419035.39917811 Lafiagi
* 8.844934.5567112 Moro
* 8.1474.7213 Offa
* 8.3166674.714 Okanle
* 8.26674.815 Omupo
* 8.333335.2333316 Oro-ago
* 8.733335.7517 Pategi

## Understand

A majority of the inhabitants speak Yoruba. The major ethnic group in this state is the Yorubas, with Fulani, Nupe and Bariba forming the minorities. The capital of the state is Ilorin. The state is known for its natural resources such as petroleum, gold, limestone, marble, feldspar, clay, kaolin, quartz and granite rocks.
Kwara is split between the West Sudanian savanna in the east and the Guinean forest–savanna mosaic ecoregion in the rest of the state. Important geographic features include rivers with the Niger flowing along the northern border into Lake Jeba before continuing as the border while the Awun, Asa, Aluko, and Oyun rivers flow through the interior.
Economically, Kwara State is largely based on agriculture, mainly of coffee, cotton, groundnut, cocoa, oil palm, and kola nut crops. Other key industries are services, especially in the city of Ilorin, and the livestock herding and ranching of cattle, goats, and sheep.

## Get in
### By plane

There is an international airport in Ilorin the state's capital. You can enter the state by flight

### By train

There is a train service from Ibadan to Ilorin and also from Kano and Kaduna. Although the train is not really reliable.

### By bus

There are several bus terminals in Kwara State. You can get a luxurious bus or local buses into the state

## Get around

You can move around the state by using either a bus, car, taxi or bike. Their taxis are relatively cheap and they are usually painted green.

## See

Important tourist attractions in Kwara State include Esie Museum, Imoleboja Rock Shelter, Ogunjokoro, Dangote Flour Mill, and Agbonna Hill Awon Mass Wedding in Shao. Owu waterfalls is one of the highest and most spectacular waterfalls in west Africa. Sobi Hill is the largest landform in Ilorin, the state capital. Ero Omola waterfall is also a tourist attraction.
The University of Ilorin is one of the most prestigious institution in Nigeria.

## Do

In the far northwest of the state is the Borgu section of the Kainji National Park, a large national park that contains populations of grey heron, kob, hippopotamus, African bush elephant, olive baboon, and roan antelope along with some of the last remaining West African lions on Earth.
In the far southwest, a small part of the Old Oyo National Park contains crowned eagle, martial eagle, African buffalo, oribi, and patas monkey populations.
The people of Kwara are fond or parties. You will always see a party every weekend. You should try and attend one.

## Go next

* Kogi State
* Lagos State
* Ogun State
* Kebbi State
# Ajingi

Ajingi is a Local Government Area in Kano State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Ajingi. It was created out of Gaya Local Government in 1996.

## Get in
### By bus

Bus is the easiest means of transportation to Ajingi from anywhere in Kano. There are other means of transportation like bicycle, tricycle, motorcycle.

## Buy

* Ayiya Store, Ringim Kano. 10AM- 10PM. A provision store where you get any kind of drinks, and light beverages. In-store shopping. In-store pick-up. Delivery. (updated Sep 2023)

## Eat

* 4101 Inganchi Restaurant, 19, wuro bagga, ☏ +234 903 553 8929. Dine in. Take away. Delivery. They offer different kind of affordable food and pocket friendly. (updated Sep 2023)
# Kano State

Kano State is in North West Nigeria. Kano State is the most populous state in Nigeria.

## Cities

* 128.5166671 Kano — an ancient trading city with surprisingly many attractions to visit
* 11.979.039172 Ajingi
* 12.15788.135833 Bagwai
* 11.9166677.9333334 Gwarzo
* 11.55728.583335 Rano

## Other destinations

* 12.43318.515281 Dambatta
* 12.0166678.4833332 Dala
* 12.029718.5431393 Gwagwarwa
* 11.78338.016674 Karaye
* 12.17838.659175 Minjibir
* 11.9658.256 Rimin Gado
* 12.058.266677 Tofa
* 11.258.48 Tundun Wada
* 12.0905568.4966679 Ungogo
* 11.88338.6833310 Warawa

## Understand

Kano is a Nigerian state in the north. It was created from Kano province in 1968, and its northeastern portion was broken off in 1991 to become Jigawa State. Jigawa to the north and east, Bauchi State to the southeast, Kaduna State to the southwest, and Katsina State to the northwest are its neighbours.
Challenges faced by Kano State in the 21st century include attacks by the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram, inter-religious violence, and extreme poverty. A Muslim-majority state, Kano State is one of the twelve states in Nigeria to operate under Sharia law within the legal framework of the Nigerian Constitution.
The Hausa and Fulani peopkes make up the majority of Kano State's population. The Hausa language is the dominant language in the state, as it is in most of Northern Nigeria.

## Get in
### By plane

* 12.04758.5244441 Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (KAN). It was the first airport in the country. Even though it is only a shadow of what it used to be, it has international flights coming in from Egypt (Egypt Air), Addis Ababa (Ethiopian Airlines), Saudi Arabia (KSA), Sudan and some other airlines.

### By train

* 11.99928.53892 Kano railway station, Fagge Rd. Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) operates long distance express passenger train services from Port Harcourt to Kano and Lagos via Ibadan and Kaduna to Kano every Friday (as of 2021). These services offer full air conditioning to the 1st class “seater” or “sleeper” luxury saloons, with restaurant cars equipped with conveniences. There are also standard class-coaches with luggage racks. Travel time from Lagos is just over 30 hours. There's also a once-weekly service from Nguru. Delays are common and dates of service changes frequently, always check at the station. (updated Jan 2022)

## See

Tourist attractions in the state include:
* Kurmi Market in Kano city established in the 15th century
* Kano city's centuries-old city wall
* Gidan Rumfa in Kano city (Emir's Palace, the oldest continuous site of authority in Nigeria)
* Kano Zoo
* Dala Hill and Gwauron Dutse in Kano city
* Gidan Makama (Kano Museum)
* Bashir Tofa Mosque
* Gidan dan Hausa Museum
# Upper Franconia

Upper Franconia (Oberfranken) is a region in the state of Bavaria in Germany.

## Cities

* 49.94805611.5783331 Bayreuth - is famous as the host of the Richard Wagner Festival, furthermore the Markgräfliches Opernhaus is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List
* 49.88361111.2283332 Aufseß — tiny town which the Guinness Book of World Records recognises as the town with the most breweries per capita! There's even a beer trail that you can hike with stops at all the local Biergartens
* 49.89166710.8916673 Bamberg - the whole old town of Bamberg is listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List
* 50.09910.99624 Bad Staffelstein - with ten breweries
* 50.25846910.9578695 Coburg - it has been the household name for some royal dynasties in Europe
* 49.71972211.0580566 Forchheim
* 50.31666711.9166677 Hof
* 50.10805611.4555568 Kulmbach - known for the Kulmbach Beer Festival
* 50.41444411.8830569 Mödlareuth is a tiny border hamlet divided between Bavaria and Thuringia, placing it directly on Cold War Europe's East German border. A wall divided the village in two; the site is now an open-air museum.
* 49.75638911.54510 Pegnitz
* 49.77098411.40881711 Pottenstein - in the heart of Franconian Switzerland with Cave Teufelshöhle and a Sommerrodelbahn (a kind of summer-only dry toboggan)

## Other destinations

* 50.0511.851 Fichtelgebirge — is arranged like a horseshoe around an inner hill-landscape; the highest mountain is the "Schneeberg (Snow Mountain)" with 1053 m above sealevel
* 49.83911.3022 Franconian Switzerland (Fränkische Schweiz) — breweries, castle ruins, hiking, canoeing

## Understand

There are three holy hills that are important for Upper Franconia. Those were already populated in prehistoric times. The Walberla near Kirchehrenbach, the Staffelberg near Bad Staffelstein and the Kreuzberg near Hallerndorf with a pilgrimage church built in 1463 and beer cellars of three breweries.
Tradition An old tradition in Upper Franconia is the Stärk’ antrinken (drink force) on the evening before 6th January or on 6th January itself. The force in this context stands for health and strength for the new year to be aware of upcoming contrarieties.

## Talk

You can find a great variety of franconian dialects. There are differences in every village. The “breite Brett” (broad board) is named e.g. in the Bayreuth area as “braades Breed” and in the Coburg area as “breedes Braad”. Half a liter beer is commonly known as “Seidla”.

## See

* Deutsch-Deutsches Museum (Mödlareuth)
* Dom (Bamberg)
* Festung Rosenberg (Kronach)
* Internationale Hofer Filmtage (Hof)
* Wagner Museum (Bayreuth)
* Wagner Festival Theater (Bayreuth)

## Do

* Botanical Garden (Hof)
* 50.2411711.327351 Flossfahrt (Kronach).

## Eat

    See also: Franconian cuisine

## Drink

Breweries in Franconia lists breweries, beer cellars, brewery museums.
* Schlenkerla Brewery (Bamberg)

## Stay safe

In regular statistics of the police Upper Franconia is named the area in Bavaria with the least felonies per habitant. Bavaria is one of the most secure areas in Germany.
# Pegnitz

Pegnitz is a town of some 14,000 people (2023) in Upper Franconia. The entire preserved inner city centre is a listed building, including the medieval town hall from 1347.

## Understand

Pegnitz shares its name with the river which originates here and flows through Nuremberg before joining with the Rednitz in Fürth to form the Regnitz, which ultimately flows into the Main river.

### Tourist information

* Pegnitz Tourist information website

## Get in
### By train

* 49.75877811.5474721 Pegnitz Station. This station sits along the non-electrified line linking Nuremberg and Cheb with direct trains running hourly to places like Nuremberg or Bayreuth. Pegnitz is in the VGN and VGN tickets are valid on regional trains

## See

* 49.764811.4831 Burgruine Hollenberg. A ruined castle of which not much remains
* 49.825311.492 Schloss Trockau. The castle is located on the western edge of the town of Trockau. The building, which dates back to the 18th century , has a floor plan in the form of an irregular square.
* 49.756411.54123 Medieval Town Hall (Rathaus), Hauptstraße 37. from 1347 (updated Dec 2024)

## Drink

As is common in Upper Franconia there are still a few small and mid-sized family run brewpubs with good beer and good food at affordable prices.
* 49.7586511.54291 Jura Bräu, Am Buchauer Berg 8-10, 91257 Pegnitz, ☏ +49 9241 2019. (updated Feb 2019)

## Sleep

* 49.726411.530211 Gasthaus Peter, Weinstraße 14, 91257 Pegnitz/Horlach (some 2 km from the off-ramp), ☏ +49 9241 3459. Also has a restaurant serving Franconian cuisine single from €35.00, double from €56.00 incl. breakfast.
# Altai (Mongolia)

Altai (Altay) is the capital city of Govĭ-Altai province. Straddling the western edge of the Gobi Desert where the Altai Mountains rise out of the sands, the region seems to symbolize emptiness. To the south of the city is the massive Great Gobi Strictly Protected Area 'A' and 'B'. Area A lies to the east with part of the park in Bayanhongor, and Area B is smaller and to the west. Together they cover some of the driest and more remote parts of the Gobi. Many high snow-capped mountains are closer to the city in the Altai range just to the south and west.

## Understand

With a population of about 18,000 (2017), Altai is one of the smallest provincial capitals in Mongolia in one of the least densely populated provinces in the country.
Govĭ-Altai is home to many rare mammals like the Govi Bear, wild Bactrian camels, Argali sheep, black-tailed gazelles, and wild cats. Many other large mammals like wolves, foxes, marmots, and birds and reptiles live in different parts of the province.

## Get in

Buses and microbuses leave for Altai from Ulaanbaatar from the Dragon Center every day at noon. It is also possible to take a shared jeep from either Hovd or Bayanhongor and sometimes Uliastai.

### By plane

46.37921496.2224431 Altai Airport has a grass runway located just outside the city that has flights to Ulaanbaatar and Bayanhongor.
* AeroMongolia, ☏ +976 11 330373 (Ulaanbaatar), +976 -8808 0062 (Altai), altai@aeromongolia.mn. Office Hours: M Tu Th-Sa 09:00-18:00. It is generally cheaper, but uses older planes. Charges foreigners double the local rate. Flights on M W and F.
* Hunnu Air, ☏ +976 7000 1111 (Ulaanbaatar), info@hunnuair.com. Formerly Mongolian Airlines. Flights from Ulaanbaatar via Bayanhongor on Tuesday and Friday.

## See

* 46.374196.2491 Narvanchin Khiid (adjacent to Entum Hotel). A monastery to explore. (updated Sep 2020)
* 46.36988796.2527912 Altai Stadium. (updated Dec 2024)
* 46.36998696.247383 D. Suryagi Neramjit Public Library. (updated Dec 2024)
* 46.37498296.2608974 Museum of Govi-Altai Province, No. 10, Khantaishir Street, ☏ +976 70484213, +976 99489939, gobi-altai_mus@monheritage.mn. (updated Dec 2024)

## Do

* 46.3726696.254461 Khantaishir. A cinema. (updated Sep 2020)

## Eat

If you get tired of eating at the Entum Hotel, you could eat at one of these:
* 46.3714296.254921 Dariv Bakery/Coffee, ☏ +976 8596 1833. Pizza and desserts. (updated Sep 2020)
* 46.3687296.25562 Sutai. (updated Sep 2020)

## Sleep

* 46.374396.25071 Entum Hotel, ☏ +976 9918 6775. This hotel is very Stalinist looking, complete with cyrillic characters on top, but it looks better than the competition (rough). It has a restaurant and you get to look out on the ashen-looking town. (updated Sep 2020)
# Sri Thanu

Sri Thanu is a volcanic peninsula just north of Thong Sala on Ko Pha Ngan in Thailand. The coral reef offshore allows snorkelling with the protection of the bay.

## Get in

From Thong Sala and the ferry terminal the taxi ride is just ten minutes.

## Get around

Walking, renting motorbikes or sharing taxis to Thong Sala, the main port.

## Do
### Diving

The volcanic peninsula has pushed the land into the coral reef allowing snorkelling and diving just offshore.

## Eat

* Mama Pooh's Kitchen. Delicious, authentic Thai food. Cheap prices for Ko Pha Ngan. Big portions. 10:00 - 22:00 daily.

## Sleep

* Loyfa, 14/1 Moo 8. Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 11:00. Affordable, modern resort with pools, beachfront access, and restaurant. Combination of standard rooms and bungalows. 600-2,500 baht.
* Phangan House (Houses for rent), 42/2, Moo 8 (beside Laem Som Lake), ☏ +66 84 6899318. House rental agency. Offers ranges of houses with air-con, Wi-Fi, and equipped kitchen for a minimum 2 weeks period.
* SeeThanu Bungalows, 81/3 Moo 8, ☏ +66 77 349 113, info@seetanu.com. Check-in: 14:00, check-out: 11:00. 16 well-maintained bungalows in a range of styles and prices, including bungalows. Wi-Fi and A/C. 400-2,700 baht.
# Begues

Begues is a small town near Barcelona. It has a population of 7,000 people (2018). It’s on the mountain although the beach is just 8 km away in Gavà. It’s a quiet and beautiful town. It has a town centre, where there are almost all the shops, bars and restaurants. In the town centre there is a church. Behind that there is Iglesia’s Avenue, where the people like walking and talking.

## Understand

The weather is very different from Gavà, because we are at an altitude of 350 m. The temperature in the winter can be about –5 °C, while in Gava the temperature is always 4 or 5 degrees higher. The summer is very pleasant, it’s sunny but not usually too hot.

## See

* 41.3290371.9438711 Sant Cristòfol de Begues, C. Alacant, 8, barri de la Rectoria. A church built in the 10th century that is included in the Inventory of the Architectural Heritage of Catalonia. (updated Sep 2020)

## Do

Begues is an interesting village for the mountains that belong to Parc del Garraf, where most people come to hike.