| Name |
URL |
Description |
| CricInfo |
www.CricInfo.com |
The most comprehensive source of cricket information available. The full scorecard of every first-class cricket match ever played can be viewed. All international matches are covered live, with ball-by-ball commentary. |
| Karen Gray-Kilfoil |
www.animal-behaviour.org.za/KarenGray |
My wife (Karen Gray-Kilfoil), who is one of the foremost animal behaviourists in South Africa. She has written and self-published two books and often appears on radio station "phone-in" programmes as a guest. |
| Lonely Planet's Thorn Tree |
www.LonelyPlanet.com/ThornTree |
A set of forums for travellers to post questions, answers and other travel facts. I am a fairly frequent contributor to the Thorn Tree. |
| Loot Online |
www.Loot.co.za |
The best online bookstore in South Africa. Everything they sell (books, CDs, DVDs) is cheaper than anywhere else and their ordering and delivery system is outstanding. |
| Nine Planets |
www.NinePlanets.org |
A fantastic general interest astronomy site, containing all manner of facts and figures about the Solar System and everything in it. The site was launched several years ago (when there were indeed nine planets in the Solar System), and has retained the same name even though Pluto is no longer classified as a planet - today the Solar System contains eight planets and five dwarf planets. It is extremely unlikely that more planets will ever be added to this list, but additional dwarf planets will almost certainly be discovered in the future. |
| South Africa Rocks |
www.SARocks.co.za |
A great site that showcases all the many good things that happen in South Africa. People are generally so negative about South Africa that it is fantastic to have a forum highlighting positive stuff for a change. And if you're not convinced, all you have to do is think back to the dreadful finger-wagging days of that tyrant PW Botha and the madmen that preceded him to realize that we are way, WAY better off now than we ever were pre-1994. |
| The Man in Seat 61 |
www.Seat61.com |
The most comprehensive, thorough and up-to-date information about worldwide rail travel. It is divided into sections, with pages for each country that has a functioning passenger rail system. Do not embark on any train journey in the world without reading up on it here. Amazingly, the entire site is maintained by one person in his private capacity! |
| Toastmasters International |
www.toastmasters.org |
Resources, information and help for all aspects of public speaking. |
| TripAdvisor |
www.tripAdvisor.com |
A great resource for independent reviews of hotels, guest houses, campsites and resorts all over the world. If you're thinking of staying somewhere, search for the place on TripAdvisor and see what previous guests have said about it. |
| Two Oceans Toastmasters |
TwoOceansTM.webs.com |
A Toastmasters club based in Fish Hoek, a suburb of Cape Town in South Africa. |
| Wikipedia |
www.wikipedia.org |
A free online encyclopedia. The contents can be edited by anybody. |
| WikiTravel |
www.wikitravel.org |
A free online world travel guide. The contents can be edited by anybody. |
| ZDNet |
www.zdnet.com |
An excellent site for technical news, product reviews and free software downloads. All the latest shareware and freeware computer software can be downloaded from here - you can find utilities to do virtually anything on any operating system. |