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The southern tip of Africa is dense with parks, panoramas and possibilities. The only thing likely to constrain adventurers here is their own physical limitations and phobias. White Sharks wait in the water, lions prowl on land, and tourists who so choose swim in a shallow sea of adrenaline.

A baboon notorious for robbing parked cars and stealing from tourists at a scenic Cape Town lookout has been euthanized because he has been showing increased signs of aggression, officials say.

Time to get down and dirty and up close and personal with some sea beasties, naughty little creatures that they are. Here's how-and where-you can experience some of the ocean's most unusual creatures up close.

Shrien Dewani, the British man accused of killing his new bride on their honeymoon in South Africa last year, did not attend a preliminary extradition hearing in London this week.

Ever heard the story of the guy whose identity was stolen after his personal information was swiped from his electronic room key? Or the one about thieves drugging passengers with sleeping gas on trains in Eastern Europe? What about money hidden in hotel bibles? These are just a few of the myths that make the rounds on the travelers' circuit that make good stories -- but, for the most part, simply aren't true.