Archives: 2008 November

Kulula Air, the recently re-branded kulula.com, is a highly popular low-fare domestic air travel provider in South Africa thanks, in part, to its edgy and humorous marketing message.

In business since 2001, Kulula is owned by Conair Limited. It was named the best domestic airline by the Airport Company of South Africa in 2003 and operates a fleet of Boeing 737s with the following routes: Johannesburg to:

Cape Town Durbs George PE Lusaka Harare Windhoek Ndola Cape Town to: Johannesburg Durbs PE Lanseria Durbs to: Johannesburg Cape Town PE George to Johannesburg PE to: Johannesburg Cape Town Durbs Lusaka to Johannesburg Harare to Johannesburg Windhoek to Johannesburg Lanseria to Cape Town Ndola to Johannesburg.

Travelers receive seat assignments at check-in.

Kulula began by offering flights between Johannesburg and Cape Town. Over the next few years, its route map incorporated destinations in Durban and Port Elizabeth while its number of flights in operation increased. International destinations now include, Blomfontein, Windhoek, Harare, Ndlola, Lusaka and Mauritius.

Recently, South African online shoppers bought some 55,000 airline tickets for R27 million as part of Kulula’s ‘garage sale.” Kulula’s mega-website (kulula.com is the country’s largest online retailer, handling more than R1.6 billion annually) processed up to 150 flight quotes per second during the shopping frenzy’s peak hours. Nearly 145,000 visitors viewed more than one million web pages, shopping for travel specials from October 2008 through January 2009.

Barcelona is one of the great architectural Meccas of the world. One only has to stroll through the streets of the Barri Gtic (Gothic Quarter), to encounter some of the world’s finest Gothic buildings, arresting structures left over from the golden age of Catalonia. Yet it is the 19th century figure, Antonio Gaudi, who is considered the patron saint of great Barcelonan architecture. Much of the landscape of Barcelona has been touched and transformed by Gaudi’s genius.

The Temple of the Holy Family is the perfect example of the kind of halting impression the master architect has left on the city. In 1883, Gaudi began to work on the Temple of the Holy Family, however due to his untimely death by a tram accident in 1926, this masterpiece of late 19th century architecture was left unfinished. Today, the Temple of the Holy Family remains a poignant monument to the great architect’s passion, standing almost as tall as the neighboring mountain of Montjuic. Not surprisingly, the magnificent structure is considered one of the great man-made wonders of Barcelona. Although over 120 years have elapsed since Gaudi’s death, construction on the cathedral still continues and is expected to proceed for at least another 40 years.

The exterior of the Temple is in itself the picture of divine inspiration. A series of towering, awe-inspiring spires surround the narrow portal of the entranceway. These same spires were the inspiration for the celebrated Petronas Towers, designed by the influential, living architect, Cesar Pelli.

The Most Popular Lisbon Portugal Spot – Gulbenkian Museum

This is the single most popular spot to visit and it’s on everyone’s itinerary. Once you see it you’ll understand completely why. Here you’ll discover some of the finest works of art anywhere. It’s not as well known as the Muse D’Orsay in Paris, this gallery is deserving of lots of praise.

Does your taste run to Egyptian masks or do you fancy Japanese screens? Perhaps you’d rather relax among the Rembrandt collection. But, the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga (Museum of Ancient Art) also demands your attention. Museu Nacional is popularly known in Portugal as the MNAA, it affords the visitor a wide array of sculpture, drawings and more, beginning with the Middle Ages through to the early 1800′s.

Warm sunshine and warmer people, this is Lisbon! You don’t need a travel guide to experience that. This city’s resident’s reputation is well known. However, what guests do not know is that this city on Europe’s west coast, is also home to more things to do and see than you could possibly handle in a single holiday. The city is actually divided into numerous districts, each with its own places of interest.