Not every one of the maps of South Africa are the same and it really depends on your needs as to which type you get. For example, if you need one for finding your way around streets in the city or a town then you may do well with a mapbook. If you are travelling across the country then you will need one which shows National roads and clearly indicates things like which are dirt roads and those that are tarred. Most of the good ones will indicate places of interest and some will even show the more popular guest houses and places to stay in and around SA.

Most of us have at some point in time got lost while driving and know how frustrating and difficult it can prove to be to find your way again. Also, with SA having a high crime rate it can be dangerous for tourists to get lost on route and end up in a not too friendly neighbourhood where opportunist criminals may be lurking. Even if you do have a good navigation system fitted to your vehicle have a look at and consider buying one of the various maps of South Africa available to you.

When using the online dictionary and words come up that people need to translate into a different language then the useful text translator tool is available offering translations in many different languages including English, Afrikaans, Sotho and the Zulu language. There is also a Thesaurus functionality for those who need to find different words with similar meanings. Useful for those who write poems or even novels and fiction.

An interesting area of the site is the FAQ where readers have asked word related questions such as what is the difference between a road and a street? Or what is the difference between roast and bake? Also grammar related questions come up such as should I use a singular or plural verb with none? Whatever words you may need to learn meanings of or are maybe stuck on how to spell them and need to check for the correct spelling then using the online dictionary facility will help you tremendously.

Poetry scam artists then ask a payment fee for the poet to have their poems published on a page of their own within the company website. In addition some con artists will even ask for more money for a book that the poets work is featured in along with other winners. Soon after another mail may be received asking for a payment for a cd on which all poems that were good enough have been included. All these emails are false and are scams to con people and excited poets out of their hard earned money.

These poetry schemers rely on the law of averages, it’s a numbers game for them. The more people they get to submit their poetry to, the more chance they have of conning people out of their cash through flattery and outright lies.

If you are a poet and thinking of submitting your work to an online company that makes big promises and claims then be very cautious. If you want to test the waters then you could always write an amateur type poem and submit that first before sending any of your real work and see if you receive any dubious looking emails of flattery. There may be a few genuine websites around that are completely legitimate in wanting to help you publish your poems or get noticed but just be cautious as there are still many of these poetry scams on the Internet floating around.