World Directory, Oceania, New Zealand, Northland, Northland

Coopers Beach is a sheltered beach protected by two pa sites close to Mangonui and considered one of the finest beaches in Northland. It offers extremely safe swimming and small boat launching facilities. Coopers Beach is fringed by beautiful pohutakawa trees, which are in full flower from December through January. Tuatua are easily found at low tide, and you can surfcast from the beach and rocks. Coopers Beach is a good starting point for recreational and historically interesting walks.

World Directory, Asia, Japan, Tohoku, Aomori

Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in Japan. The city faces the Tsugaru Strait via Mutsu Bay to the North and the Hakkoda Mountains to the South. It has the biggest seaport in the prefecture. Before the Seikan Tunnel opened, Port Aomori connected the city via train ferry to Hakodate in Hokkaidō, and therefore the city served as the main entrance to Honshū for passengers and cargo to and from Hokkaido.

World Directory, Asia, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Hong Kong has the big city specials like smog, odour, 14 million elbows and an insane love of clatter. But it's also efficient, hushed and peaceful: the transport network is excellent, the shopping centres are sublime, and the temples and quiet corners of parks are contemplative oases.

World Directory, Asia, China, Beijing, Beijing

Beijing is China's second largest city, after Shanghai. Beijing is a major transportation hub, with dozens of railways, roads and motorways passing through the city. It is also the focal point of many international flights to China. Beijing is recognized as the political, educational, and cultural center of the People's Republic of China, while Shanghai and Hong Kong predominate in economic fields. The city hosted the 2008 Olympic Games.

World Directory, Asia, Russia, Kola, Kola Bay

Murmansk is a city and seaport in the extreme northwest part of Russia, on the Kola Bay, 12 km from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from Russia's borders with Norway and Finland. Murmansk is the administrative centre of Murmansk Oblast. The port remains ice-free year round due to the warm North Atlantic drift ocean current and is an important fishing and shipping port.

World Directory, Europe, Ukraine, Sevastopol, Sevastopol

Sevastopol is a port city in Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimea peninsula. The city, formerly the home of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet, is now a Ukrainian naval base mutually used by the Ukrainian Navy and Russian Navy. It is also a popular seaside resort and tourist destination, mainly for visitors from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries.

World Directory, Africa, South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town

Wynberg is a southern suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated between Plumstead and Kenilworth. It is a main transport hub for the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town.

World Directory, Africa, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal

Underberg describes that town's location beneath the Southern Drakensberg Mountains. The southern Drakensberg presents more fly-fishing opportunities than anywhere else in South Africa, with the Underberg Trout Fishing Club holding rights to more than 160km of river plus 60 dams with a surface area exceeding 400 hectares. The Underberg district further boasts three golf courses and numerous rivers for swimming, rafting, canoeing and tubing. Horse trails and polo fields add a further dimension to the available fun and excitement.

World Directory, Africa, South Africa, Western Cape, Cape Town

The Cape Town suburb of Sun Valley lies on the slopes of the Silvermine Nature Reserve, in the beautiful Fish Hoek valley.

World Directory, Africa, South Africa, Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape

Rhodes is a hamlet or small village alongside the trout rich Bell River, at the foot of Ben MacDhui (at 3,001m the highest mountain in the Cape region) in the Drakensberg mountains of the north Eastern Cape, South Africa.