Enjoy Your Next Cruise Without Gaining 10 Pounds

Written by Lee Dobbins


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When eating at a buffet, try to fill your plate up with fruits and vegetables. This will be much healthier for you and leave you full of energy and ready to dancerepparttar night away!

If you do overeat, there’s plenty of opportunity to burn off those extra calories. Take full advantage ofrepparttar 136572 exercise equipment onrepparttar 136573 ship and plan to get in a full workout each day. Walkingrepparttar 136574 deck can be fun and also a great way to get in some exercise. When you are inrepparttar 136575 pool, swim a few laps instead of just floating. Takerepparttar 136576 stairs instead of elevator whenever possible.

Lee Dobbins is editor of Choose Your Cruise .Com where you can learn about cruises, get cruising tips and choose your next cruise.


Santo Domingo – Imperfect yet Irresistible

Written by Al Smith & Ruth Ramos


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This atmospheric enclave is alive withrepparttar sounds for whichrepparttar 136571 Dominican Republic is justly renowned:repparttar 136572 mesmerising rhythms of marvellous 'merengue' merge with those of brash and bawdy 'bachata' andrepparttar 136573 strains of scintillating Cuban 'son'. This mellifluous melee of spirit-quickening, soul-enhancing, sun-filled music almost seems to illuminaterepparttar 136574 humid Dominican nights as it pumps insistently untilrepparttar 136575 early hours, fromrepparttar 136576 hive of hot and 'steamy' clubs that insinuate themselves intorepparttar 136577 City's myriad of alleyways.

Byrepparttar 136578 cold light of day, however,repparttar 136579 transient visitor torepparttar 136580 Dominican capital will soon become aware of an alternative reality as they absorbrepparttar 136581 'bigger picture' of Santo Domingo.

It is a sad fact that 80 percent of Dominicans live belowrepparttar 136582 poverty level. Inevitably, attracted byrepparttar 136583 merest possibility of scraping a meagre living from some form of activity inrepparttar 136584 thronging capital, destitute families live in desperate hovels cobbled from bric-a-brac and other junk. Such shantytowns formrepparttar 136585 basis ofrepparttar 136586 City's suburbs as you travel further fromrepparttar 136587 Sea.

Long beforerepparttar 136588 itinerant tourist may even become aware of these unfortunate favelas, though, their lungs and eyes will already be testifying torepparttar 136589 insidious incidence of airborne pollution that furiously fogsrepparttar 136590 Santo Domingo air. Petro-chemical emissions endlessly emanate fromrepparttar 136591 slothful streams of teeming traffic that tediously transitrepparttar 136592 Cities streets in a constant state of imminent grid-lock. Standing out amongstrepparttar 136593 tumult of trafficrepparttar 136594 manifold three spoke logos of innumerable Mercedes (Santo Domingo hasrepparttar 136595 highest proportion per capita ownership ofrepparttar 136596 marque inrepparttar 136597 world!) may jar their senses asrepparttar 136598 dramatic contrast betweenrepparttar 136599 city's Dominican denizens dawns upon them.

The Dominican Republic,repparttar 136600 country often referred to as Santo Domingo by Dominican themselves, hosts a truly amazing capital city. So, for anyone visitingrepparttar 136601 DR forrepparttar 136602 first time (which is no small place by comparison to most other Caribbean venues) if proximity allows, a visit to Santo Domingo,repparttar 136603 City, is undoubtedly mandatory! Ruth and Esther Ramos provide some useful insights torepparttar 136604 numerous culturally and historically significant sights, and sites, that may be found aroundrepparttar 136605 city via their increasingly useful Dominican Republic travel information resource at www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com. You will soon realize that it is little wonder that some visitors torepparttar 136606 Dominican Republic never find time to stray beyondrepparttar 136607 bounds of this enthralling City during their whole stay!

All in all, as a total experience, it is guaranteed that for anyone with a 'true' travelers spiritrepparttar 136608 Dominican capital, Santo Domingo, will make its indelible mark upon their heart. Like so many before them, they will discover that it is unlikely that one visit will ever be enough!

Ruth and Esther Ramos, www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com © Copyright 2005, All rights reserved.

Article must be published as is (unedited) and withrepparttar 136609 author's bio paragraph (resource box) and copyright information included.

Ruth Ramos and her sister Esther are native Dominicans who publish and maintain www.visiting-the-dominican-republic.com a wide ranging Dominican Republic travel and tourist information resource . They also provide website consultancy, sales and design services. They may be contacted through the site


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