Enjoy Your Next Cruise Without Gaining 10 Pounds

Written by Lee Dobbins


Lets face it, one ofrepparttar joys of a cruise isrepparttar 137637 sumptuous world class food that is available everywhere and in great quantities. Needless to say, nearly anyone who has embarked on a cruise has come back a bit heavier, but that doesn’t have to berepparttar 137638 case. There are many other amenities aboard every cruise ship that you can enjoy and still fit into your bathing suit atrepparttar 137639 end ofrepparttar 137640 trip.

One key to not overeating is to simply only eat when you are hungry. Avoidrepparttar 137641 temptation to eat at every chance you get and ask yourself “Am I really that hungry”. If you are then go ahead and fill up, but if you are not, pass onrepparttar 137642 food or eat just a little bit or a piece of fruit.

Another thing to remember is that you do not have to sample everything onrepparttar 137643 buffet every night! If there are many things you would like to try, then pace yourself throughoutrepparttar 137644 week. How about taking just a bite or two of that tempting dessert instead of eating two pieces? Those 2 bites will taste just as good as eatingrepparttar 137645 whole thing and leave you feeling much lighter.

On Safari in South Africa - Where Africa's Wildlife Never Disappoints

Written by Andrew Muigai


South Africa continues to enjoyrepparttar tremendous goodwill of holidaymakers worldwide. While travel to most long haul destinations declined in 2003, this country experienced an enviable 6.5% growth, according torepparttar 137608 World Tourism Organisation. The growth was jump started byrepparttar 137609 transformation heralded byrepparttar 137610 demise of apartheid and onset of democratic rule in 1994. Apartheid polices of racial discrimination protected by law greatly offended enlightened opinion in many parts ofrepparttar 137611 world. Andrepparttar 137612 enemies of these policies launched a very effective campaign against visiting South Africa. So it came to be that South Africa, a truly superior destination by any standards, remained hidden to many untilrepparttar 137613 dark cloud of apartheid blew over.

The wildlife safari is a key item onrepparttar 137614 South Africa tourist menu. Those who chose to see Africa's wildlife here will not be disappointed. The game viewing experience is excellent atrepparttar 137615 top rated Kruger National Park and at other well-regarded game parks inrepparttar 137616 country. Wildlife is protected in over 300 public and private game and nature reserves. SANParks (South African National Parks) manages 20 national parks spread throughoutrepparttar 137617 country.

Kruger isrepparttar 137618 place to see big game particularlyrepparttar 137619 "big five" - buffalo, elephant, lion, leopard and rhinoceros. Most ofrepparttar 137620 other parks have specialised in conserving particular species or are identified with specific animals. The Greater Addo National Park, for example, isrepparttar 137621 only place you find elephants inrepparttar 137622 Cape region. Some ofrepparttar 137623 parks alongrepparttar 137624 3000 km coastline host whales and dolphins.

South Africa's wildlife conservation policies are advanced and highly successful. An initiative targeting wildlife sanctuaries cutting across international boundaries hopes to replicate this success elsewhere. This is in recognition ofrepparttar 137625 fact that wildlife is no respecter of territorial lines covenanted between men. Transfrontier conservation areas have been identified in six regions alongrepparttar 137626 boundaries with Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana and Mozambique.

In South Africa,repparttar 137627 best places to see wildlife is at private game reserves and national parks. Private game reserves are not as expansive asrepparttar 137628 publicly owned national parks. Their key selling point isrepparttar 137629 superior accommodation and ranger escorted personalized tours. The national parks onrepparttar 137630 other hand are popular with self-drive tourists. They offer accommodation in a limited number of enclosed rest-camps, in thatched rondavels, bungalows and chalets. Tour companies also offer South Africa safari packages, including transport and guide inrepparttar 137631 national parks.

South Africa is home to numerous species of land animals, includingrepparttar 137632 celebrated "big five" - rhino, buffalo, lion, leopard and elephant. Most members ofrepparttar 137633 big five league are undoubtedly charismatic. But this is notrepparttar 137634 reason they are so named - otherwise I would petition thatrepparttar 137635 buffalo be ejected. The reason is that these arerepparttar 137636 animalsrepparttar 137637 early safari hunters found most challenging. The idea of viewing game without killing had not gained widespread acceptance then. The arrogant practice of killing animals as a sport is very unpopular today with those who valuerepparttar 137638 right to life and dignity of animals as full members of our planet.

In addition torepparttar 137639 disagreeable aesthetics, hunting brings about a bad relationship between man andrepparttar 137640 animals. I will illustrate this with an incident narrated to me by a guide on a recent visit to a country that allows hunting. The guide recalled an occasion when he was taken by surprise to see an elephant charging at his vehicle. This was contrary to his experience with elephants in that region. This unusual behaviour arose because hunters had woundedrepparttar 137641 elephant. The elephant hereafter dealt with vehicles and humans as enemies. It is regrettable that South Africa's otherwise stellar conservation policies, allowrepparttar 137642 practice of hunting in certain areas.

Game viewing is usually done fromrepparttar 137643 comfort of a vehicle but walking, horseback, camel and canoeing safaris are increasingly becoming popular. If you wish to view game in any of these modes, it is required that you be accompanied by an armed ranger. Full blood adventure types think that watching game aboard a vehicle is for wimps. Walking safaris are designed for such hardy souls. And it isrepparttar 137644 reason thatrepparttar 137645 thoughtful folks at SANParks maintain a network of wilderness trails inrepparttar 137646 parks. The typical walking safari will have a maximum of eight persons with ages ranging from 12 to 60 years and last for 2 nights and 3 days. Participants must obviously be physically fit.

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