Visiting Zambia in South Africa

 

Beautiful Zambia is a landlocked country in South Africa where you can enjoy a very rugged landscape and diverse variety of wildlife. The capital of Zambia is Lusaka and the official language spoken is English.



Although relatively peaceful for Africa there is still an underlying threat of terrorism in Zambia 60,000 British tourists visit there every year. It’s wise to take precautions like not driving outside the towns after dark and it’s a must to take out travel insurance before you go.



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Review Of Eva Fraser’s Facial Workout

 

Approaching her mid thirties, Lydia was terrified of looking and growing older. Then in the summer of 1991 I read in a national newspaper about a new book that had been released that could help you to look younger. Lydia’s birthday was the following week so I thought perfect and trotted off to WH Smiths and bought Eva Fraser’s Facial Workout for £3.99.



When I got home I was curious yet dubious about the content, especially as at the top of the front cover it states ‘Look fifteen years younger’. I read it through and it made more sense than the promises on the labels of expensive lotions and potions, so I kept that copy for myself and bought another for Lydia.



At the time I was training regularly at a gym and had learned that exercising the muscles in my body was helping to tone my skin up and diminish the dreaded cellulite. This book takes exercise one-step further and teaches you how to use the muscles in your face to tone your skin up.



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Botswana in South Africa

 

Botswana is one of the most stable countries in Africa and has a population of just over 2,000,000.The capital of Botswana is Gaborone and the official languages are Twsana and English, making it easier for English speaking tourists to understand and be understood when they are on Package holidays in Botswana.



It is a comparatively small landlocked South African country with the amazing landscape of the Kalahari Desert and the Okavango Delta. The Okavango Delta turns into a lush animal habitat during the seasonal floods. The huge Central Kalahari Game Reserve, with its fossilised river valleys and grasslands, offers a home to many wild animals including giraffes, lions, hippos, cheetahs, hyenas and wild dogs.



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Southern Ireland

 

Southern Ireland (Eire, as the Irish call it, or the Republic of Ireland) is not part of the UK as Northern Ireland is, but both are located on the same island and if not for history would be one whole country. Partitioned under the government of Ireland act in 1920, Southern Ireland is the larger of the 2 parts of Ireland. Southern Ireland is also a member of the European Union and United Nations in it’s own right.



Northern and Southern Ireland map
Northern and Southern Ireland map

Situated at the mouth of the river Liffey, the capital of Southern Ireland is the cosmopolitan city of Dublin. One of the fastest growing cities of Europe, Dublin is popular among tourists for it’s nightlife and culture.



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Wales Destinations

Although a country in it’s own right, Wales is also part of the United Kingdom or Great Britain. Originally a Celtic nation, Wales or Cymru is a bilingual country with both Welsh and English spoken. The largest city and capital of Wales is Cardiff which at one point was the worlds largest coal port.

Flanked on 3 sides by the sea, Wales has over 750 miles of beautiful coastline. The Welsh landscape is very diverse, from the beautiful heritage coastline to the impressive Snowdonia mountains and lakes.



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4 Main Fishing Villages In Halong Bay

 

Nature offers a moderate climate, which is really convenient for fishermen living among the ocean. Thousands of limestone islets jutting out from the sea make a nature border preventing winter strong wind and summer storms. The emerald seawater is ideal for aquiculture. The sea face is even more tranquil than Sword lake in Hanoi. Nestling beside Halong rocky islets, many fishing houses gather into the 4 villages living and working among this UNESCO wonder.

Among the 4 villages, Cua Van or Van Gia is the largest one, and also the oldest village of Halong bay. Now it’s the home to 176 households and 733 people, most of them live on fishing career. The boat is also their home, the school, the committee hall for all villagers. Cua Van is the farest living zone from the inland with the distance of 30km from Bai Chay tourist wharf. Although the deprivation, villagers are always happy with wind, sea and sunshine and smiles. Mostly quiet, calm sea, fishing boat anchors, nets, let the sentence, catching fish are their inspiration.

The establishment of the famous cultural center Cua Van has a great significance both economically and spiritually for residents. It is a model cultural center for the first floating fishing communities of Vietnam, not only to conserve, preserve cultural values through the fishing village activities as well as traditional works between local communities and tourists but also a place to create jobs for locals.

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Brexit The Theresa May Way

 

It seems like forever since we voted to leave the European Union but
at last we seem to be making some real Brexit progress. Today Theresa
May laid out her 12 point Brexit plan and I for one am happy with it. Of
course the serial remoaners Tim Fallon (who thinks that we aren’t being
democratic yet wants to remain in the undemocratic cess pool of the
EU), Nicola Sturgeon and Anna Soubry and their pals aren’t too happy but
blow them.

The UK has shown since the referendum last June that we can not only
survive but prosper outside the EU, not that the remoaners seem to have
noticed that. This country has defied the scaremongering tactics from
Europhiles and proven them all wrong. We should now be able to pull
together and make the Great in Great Britain strong again but the
remoaners are still complaining and making threats to derail Brexit in
the courts or otherwise.



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Activities Around The Gwydyr Forest

Activities Around The Gwydyr Forest

 

The Gwydyr Forest, set in the Snowdonia National Park, is home to some of the most celebrated scenery of forestry, lakes and mountains. Its enchanting community Betws-Y-Coed is in fact the outdoors capital of North Wales. Here you can walk, climb, cycle and even face adventure courses, high among the trees.

One of the area’s most famous biking routes is the Marin Trail. Don’t be fooled by its attraction though, this 25km long track is famous for its tough climbs but exhilarating descents. With a red trail grade, it’s not a route for the faint hearted but a thrilling experience for experienced mountain bikers. Though it’s a long track you can always cut it short, but you certainly don’t want to miss out on the breathtaking views the whole journey offers, over mountains, trees and lakes. With smooth open paths to rough and rocky single tracks, some areas of the route can be more rewarding to different riders but time and time again the final descent is said to have riders grinning from ear to ear.

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New York City For Travellers

Autumn in Central Park

New York, or as it’s nicknamed the Big Apple is home to around 8 ½ million people and rising. Made up of 5 boroughs with the densely populated Manhattan at it’s core New York City is one of the world’s top financial, cultural and commercial centres.

New York is sited where the Atlantic Ocean and the Hudson river meet. New York City is often claimed to be the centre of the world. That’s because about 800 different languages are spoken in the city and you can see influences of all parts of the world in this great place. Food, works of art and people sharing their culture from most countries in the world.

New York has most things including a magnificent skyline where you will see the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building, the New York Times building and other skyscrapers. Top locations to visit are the sprawling Central Park and the Broadway theatre in the neon lit Times Square.

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Party Bubbles for Party Favours

As far back as 400 years ago soap bubbles have been used in play. You can see that if you check out 17th century Flemish paintings that show kids using clay pipes to blow bubbles.

A painting of a child enjoying playing with bubbles by John Everett Millais was used by the London Pears soaps company in an advertising campaign in 1886. You can get your own copy if you click on the picture on the left.

In the 1940s Chemtoy, a company based in Chicago started to manufacture and sell a bubble solution which has been extremely popular with kids ever since. An industry estimate is that around 200 million bottles are sold each and every year.

I can remember blowing bubbles back when I was a youngster nearly 60 years ago. My mum used to top up the bubbles tubs with Fairy liquid and water to prolong my fun. Then when my daughter was around one I can remember sitting on the doorstep outside with her blowing bubbles together. She used to get so excited as the pretty coloured bubbles emerged.

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The Top Five Ports for Cruise Holidays in the Caribbean

The Top Five Ports for Cruise Holidays in the Caribbean
By: Emily Collins

The Caribbean is one of the most popular destinations for cruise holidays. With its white sand beaches, swaying palm trees and laid-back atmosphere it’s hard to think of a more idyllic paradise. If the Caribbean is the best region to holiday in, then it has to be said that a cruise ship is the best mode of transport. Not only can you drift into port at sunset, with a sundowner in your hand, but you can also avoid the dilemma posed by most people considering a Caribbean holiday – which island to visit. On a cruise you don’t have to choose, you can visit several in one trip! Here’s five of the top ports of call:

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Keighley, West Yorkshire – Where To Go

‘The dark satanic mill town of Keighley’ I have never forgotten that headline from a national newspaper in the late 60s. The article was about the Keighley rugby league team who are now called Keighley Cougars.
Back then wherever you looked on the horizon you could see mill chimneys towering over the rest of the town. The mill chimneys were gradually demolished and now as Keighley sits in a valley you can see fields and trees in the distance from almost any viewpoint.

Keighley in the West Riding of Yorkshire was a huge manufacturer of textiles, but now the mill buildings that have not burnt down or been vandalised have been converted into smaller units offering a wide variety of businesses or homes.

The population was over 51,000 at the 2001 census and apparently is the third largest civil parish in England. Approximately 18% of the population are of ethnic minorities, adding a multi cultural aspect to the town and some fine Indian, Italian and Chinese restaurants. Keighley is pronounced ‘Keeth lee’ but to the inhabitants annoyance many people outside Keighley insist on calling the town Keeley.

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The Great British National Health Service

The National Health Service

I was reading today about the massive problems within the British National Health Service. According to the Red Cross NHS overcrowding is a humanitarian crisis after it’s worst week in 15 years sees A & Es shut their doors. The NHS is supposed to be the envy of the world but when you read about bed shortages and people dying because they have waited too long for ambulances, or for treatment then there is cause for serious concern.

The UK’s free health service was launched in 1948 and has been since then the source of great national pride. I’ve been treated by NHS doctors and had stays in hospital 4 times over the years and can say from experience that the doctors, nurses and non medical staff do a marvellous job under difficult circumstances.

Shortage of Trained Medical Staff

The problem for a number of years has been a lack of funding and a shortage of training places for doctors and nurses. Because of the shortage of home trained medical staff we have been hiring doctors and nurses from abroad, some of who don’t speak very good English. That puts patients health and even lives at risk and we should ensure that all of our medical staff speak and understand good English apart from having a high standard of training.

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Start Scotland Tours With Glasgow Attractions

 

The city of Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland, the third largest in the UK and a great place to start your Scotland tours. Glasgow offers something for everyone from fun at the Glasgow Comedy festival to the sophisticated at Kings theatre Glasgow.

Luckily for Glasgow most of the main attractions are located around the subway circuit. There is always something to see within easy reach of the city centre. Because the city has many hidden secrets around every corner, not all of them are as obvious on the top of a tour bus and are best seen on foot.

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The Top Toys For Boys: Could They Be Mechanical Toys?

In this modern world where computer toys are so common and it seems like most children spend hours every week, sometimes every day, playing them, the mechanical toy is becoming so much more important. Mechanical toys are ones that boys seem to prefer as they learn to manipulate the outside world that they were born into. These toys are usually powered by all sorts of mechanical devices, from stretching elastic bands to compressing springs to spinning flywheels, usually you just wind them up and set them off.

Where the computer wins out in boy’s toys is that it captures their imagination, pushes their puzzle solving skills and their dexterity. Of course the manner and quality of the games they play really defines this. The mechanical toy however takes them out of this fixed zone and goes with them as they play, outside or around their play areas. Finding ones that spark the imagination is important and if it is done right will make them a firm favourite. Mechanical toys still occupy a number of places as top toys and remain as popular as ever, seemingly more important now as a balance against the virtual worlds of computers.

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A Review of Killing The Shadows by Val McDermid

 

I don’t think that I’ve read a book written by Val McDermid before so from the first page it was like starting out in unexplored territory, not knowing what to expect.

The main character in Killing The Shadows is Professor Fiona Cameron, in her late thirties and lives with crime thriller writer Kit Martin in London. She is a psychologist, teaches but also uses computers to build up crime linkage and geographical profiles to help the police in their search for serial killers. She works out where they may physically live and the links between crimes by inputting details into a specially designed programme rather than character profiles, an idea that I find fascinating.

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