Archive for January, 2009

Waiting For The Other Shoe To Drop

Thursday, January 29th, 2009

With different types of shoes making world headlines, you wait with baited breath to see where and when the next shoe will fall.

Win A Resort - shoeIn Saddam’s home town,Tikrit, Iraq, a fiberglass and copper shoe, the size of a lounge suite and standing three metres high, with a plant growing out of it, was the creation of Iraqi artist, Laith al-Ameri. The statue was erected in honour of the man who threw his size 10 shoe at President George W. Bush. Bush got more than he bargained for on his surprise visit to Iraq when an irate journalist shouted “This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq.” He hurled the shoe after calling the president “a dog”. Bush joked about the incident afterwards, particularly as he had managed to successfully duck out of the line of fire.

Inscribed on the statue is a poem honouring Muntadhar al-Zaidi, the 29 year old Iraqi shoe throwing journalist. In a world where showing someone even the sole of your shoe is a sign of contempt, throwing the whole shoe is the ultimate insult (next to shooting them).

Iranian students were quick to see the once in lifetime opportunity and organized a live shoe-throwing contest on their campus. Arabs around the world applauded the act , while quick thinking IT programmers produced a series of online games. Participants are able to succeed where the journalist failed to connect.

The shoe company, which is said to have manufactured and sold the now famous shoe, also saw this as a once in life time opportunity. Their sales have skyrocketed.

However, it now seems the other shoe has already dropped for the shoe statue. The govenor of the Salaheddin province ordered the shoe be removed. If the journalist, Zaidi, is convicted for aggression against a foreign head of state, he faces up to 15 years imprisonment. The question remains, what will become of the shoe? Will it be auctioned on eBay, eBay’s best alternative Bonanzle?

Sarah Palin, mother of five and grandmother of one and the ex-running mate for the recently failed McCain presidential election campaign, was noted for being an avid follower of fashion. The flashy red, 10 cm high sexy heels, Mussa by Apepazza, which Sarah wore in a family photograph, were recently sold on eBay for $2,025, by her quick thinking niece.

“I was given the shoes from Aunt Sarah after mentioning that I really liked them. They weren’t a good fit for me, so I decided to let someone else enjoy them. These are the exact heels that made headlines,” said Palin’s niece.

The shoes are not autographed, but the buyer has that option, said the eBay ad.  ‘The buyer will receive: Authentic Red Naughty Monkey Heels, size 7.5 worn/owned by Sarah Palin and an autographed picture of her in the heels.’

One can only wonder where the next famous shoe will come from. Will it be the shoe worn by the miracle girl, Sunday Rose, Nicole Kidman’s daughter, when she takes her first step, or the shoe Kate Middleton throws at Prince William as she finally leaves the royal courts, after having been courted by the prince for five long roller-coaster years?

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First Student Receives High School Education Grant In Vanuatu

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Twelve year old Maimona is the first student to receive a high school education grant from YouMe Support Foundation. Maimona is the third child in a four child family.

Education in the tropical islands of Vanuatu, in the South Pacific, are not free and only 18% of students got to go through high school. Maimona older sister was unable to go to high school, because of lack of funds and is forced to sit at home with no qualifications and no prospect of being able to get a job. There is no government assistance for the unemployed.

Maimona’s family managed to find enough money to put the one boy in the family through high school. He dreams of becoming a pilot.

Although Maimona is a bright and high achieving student, without assistance from charities like YouMe Support Foundation and Child Trust Fund, Maimona would be compelled to join her older sister at home. Many of the families in Vanuatu, a tropical island archipelago, tucked away in the North West corner of the South Pacific, live on under $1 a day.

Villagers in the far north of Vanuatu have tried in vain to send live coconut crabs to Port Vila, the capital, in order to raise money to send their children to school. The only airline to service the area, refuses to take the coconut crabs on board, even though the villagers have the money to pay the freight. The airline claims the live crabs pose a threat, as they are not sufficiently packaged.

Though many people in Vanuatu know the value of educating their children, finding the school fees is an ongoing nightmare.

Working with the local schools and education department, YouMe Support Foundation plans to put additional children each year, through an ongoing high school education grant program.

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Barbie Doll Promoter Had Manic Sex Drives

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Win A Resort - BarbieLaunched in March 1959, in her striped bathing suit, Ruth Handler was credited with the creation of Barbie, the doll with adult characteristics and loved by millions. Now in the year of her 50th birthday, Barbie, also known as Barbara Millicent Roberts, appears to have been popularized by a Yale-educated man who was a swinger from the 70’s. Jack Ryan was a man with a need for manic sexual gratification.

Ryan’s wives included the vivacious Zsa Zsa Gabor. Ryans’ friend, Stephen Gnass  described listening to Ryan talk about Barbie, as if he was discussing a sexual episode. Ryan is said to have patronzed high-class call girls and staged orgies at his Bel-air mansion. Ryan is reported to have suffered from gonorrhea.

Over the years Barbie was meant to have portrayed what is seen as a ‘normal’ kind of life. In 2004 Barbie split from her long time boyfriend, Ken Carson, but in February 2006 they got back together again.

Barbie has been the proud owner of over forty pets which include cats, dogs, horses, a panda, lion cub and even a zebra. Not only was she a flight attendant, she also held a pilot’s license. She has ranged from being an astronaut to a doctor. There is even an Islamic Barbie, called Fulla, along with African and Hispanic Barbies.

In the late 1990’s, the term ‘Barbie’ came to represent any woman who is considered shallow and empty headed. A flow on from the old ‘blondes have all the fun’, syndrome of the 1980’s. The greatest criticism aimed at Barbie was her unrealistic body shape, with the danger of promoting anorexia in young girls. According to the University Central Hospital in Helsinki, Finland, any girl with such a shape would lack 17 – 22% body fat required for her to menstruate. Finally in 1997 the Barbie mould was redesigned and given a wider waistline. In 1997 there also came a friend of Barbie in a pink wheelchair.

It was revealed in 2005 that some girls can go through a ‘hate Barbie’ stage, where Barbie can end up being decapitated or put into a microwave oven, in an attempt to end their ‘Barbie Days’. Yet it is also claimed that 90% of well over 100,000 avid Barbie doll collectors are women over 40 years of age. On an average they purchase more than 20 Barbie dolls a year, with 45% of them spending over $1000 annually. An original 1959 Barbie sold for $3. Fully wrapped in a mint-condition box she re-sold for $3552 on eBay in October 2004. The highest recorded price ever paid for a Barbie was nine thousand pounds sterling, at Christies in London. The doll was a Barbie in Midnight Red from 1965 and was part of a private collection of 4,000 Barbie dolls sold by two Dutch women, Ietje Raebel and her daughter Marina.

The original 1959 Barbie has been reproduced to celebrate the 50th birthday.

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Women Sold Into Forced Marriages

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Most young women in the free world, believe it is their absolute right to pick and choose their partner - the greatest risk being for it to end up in a divorce. Yet for millions of women throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East, the right to choose their own partner is a highly dangerous alternative, that threatens their very lives. For these women ‘No’ is not an option, as they are pressed into the grossly unreported global horror of families imposed forced marriages. In some cases it is believed that men are also coerced into forced marriages.

A recent survey In England, reported that 3000 women are victims of forced marriages, with little or no rights once married, in Britain alone.

Pakistan
Win a Resort - forced marriageIt was recently reported that Umrani tribesmen took three girls to a desert and buried them alive, as a mark of punishment for trying to get married at their own free will.

The girls were abducted by six men, at gun point, in a remote village of Bab Kot.  The teenagers were forced into a Land Cruiser jeep, bearing the number plate of the Balochistan government and taken to a field, beaten, shot and thrown into a ditch. When the mother and aunty protested and tried to stop the proceedings, the two older women were also thrown into the ditch. Though seriously injured,  the five women were alive and still breathing when they were buried with mud and rocks, in what relatives call ‘honour killings’. The graves of the victims have not been able to be located.

In some areas of Pakistan, it is believed hundreds of women are killed by male relatives every year for daring to try to make their own destiny. The figure in five months alone, in 2008 stood at 107. Very few of the culprits of these killings are apprehended or convicted. It is reported that 174 women were victims in 2005, 270 in 2006, and 280 in 2007.

Bangladesh Doctor Held Captive
Aged 32, a British trained doctor, who has resided in Britain for the past 6 years, Humayra Abedin found herself held captive by her own family, in an attempt to force her to marry a complete stranger. Humayra returned to Bangladesh, because the family said her mother was ill. Manhandled on her arrival, her travel documents and credit cards taken from her, Humayra was locked in a room and constantly monitored by four or five guards.

Injected with what she believed were mood stabilizers and anti-psychotic drugs, Humayra was forced to enter into a marriage ceremony against her will.

As a resident of Britain, Humayra came under the ruling of the recently passed Forced Marriage Act. A Bangladesh court ruled that Humayra was being held against her will and she should be freed, four months after being forced into captivity.

The British High Commission in Dhaka said it assisted in 56 forced marriage cases between April 2007 and March 2008.

Yemen

Nujood Ali, aged ten years old, says “I no longer think about marriage.” Ali’s family married her to a man in his 30’s. He beat and raped her every night for two months. She was eventually granted a divorce.

Saudi Arabia
An eight year-old Saudi Arabian girl was married off by her father, to a 58 year-old.  A judge ruled that the young girl could not apply to divorce her husband until she reaches puberty.

The girl still lives with her mother and the estranged father has set a verbal condition that the marriage cannott be consummated until the child is 18 years old. However, there is no guarantee this will be the case.

No figures are available of how many pre-adolescents have been forced into arranged marriages, but the number is believed to be considerable.

Turkey
When a 23 year-old woman divorced the man her parents forced her to marry, her brother shot her three times in the head. The brother remains unpunished by the authorities.

India
In India, young girls are married off as young as eight years of age. This is seen as the right of the parents, who often make the marriage arrangements, purely for financial benefits.

Education is having only limited success in breaking through these customs and traditions, as the victims are usually emotionally, socially and economically dependent on the family. It also requires legislation and most countries do not have a ruling on forced marriages.

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Dubai Jails British Adulteress

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Win While Dubai presents such a beautiful modern and glitzy face to the world, in the background there is an entirely different scene.

A British mother-of-two lost her appeal against an adultery conviction in Dubai. Her six month sentence has been halved, but it looks as if she is to still serve the remainder of a three-month jail sentence. This has been confirmed by the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Marnie Pearce, aged 40 years old, was fined 3,000 dirhams ($817), faces deportation, besides the prison sentence. It was not clear whether she had been taken into custody following the case on Thursday.

Pearce  was arrested last March and found guilty by the court, of cheating on her Egyptian husband, in adultery with a British man. She told the UK’s Daily Telegraph the man was merely a friend and that she had already been separated from her husband.

The couple, who married in 1999, have two sons, aged seven and four. Pearce was forced to remain in Dubai on bail, while awaiting her appeal.

Several questions arise from this incident:

  1. Firstly, why is it never the man who is jailed for committing adultery? Just as it was the woman who was stoned in the Bible – not the man.
  2. How many jails would we have to build to hold all those who cheat on their marriage?
  3. What about all those women who are forced into marriage in numerous countries, against their free will, by their families, such as the 32 year old British trained doctor?
  4. Last and not least, can anyone take their partner to Dubai and have them charged with adultery, as it was an Egyptian and British subject involved? What ruling did a Dubai court have over them?

It seems we are nowhere near past the age of women being treated as mere chattels, in spite of the many who continue to fight for women’s rights. Maybe the White House ‘pantsuit brigade’ will rise to the occasion, just as Barak Obama, on his first day in office, overthrew the Mexico Gag Rule that was anti-abortion, for any NGO that received federal funds from the USA?

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Abortion Gag Rule Gets Dizzy Deal

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Win A Resort - proabortion ruleAs one of his first acts in office, on January 23, 2009, President Barack Obama rescinded the Mexico City Gag Rule. This automatically increased the funding once again, to pro-abortionist health organizations.

The Mexico City Policy is also known as the Mexico City Gag Rule, or the Global Gag Rule.  It is a United States policy which demands that all non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who receive federal funding, refrain from performing, or promoting abortion services, as a method of family planning, in foreign nations. This ruling has had a head-spinning on again, off again, roller coaster ride with incoming presidents, since it was initiated.

The Gag Rule was originally instituted by President Ronald Reagan in 1984. Supporters argued that the policy was necessary so as to prevent the health agencies, working overseas, from promoting abortion as an alternative family planning method.

The Rule was subsequently rescinded by President Bill Clinton in January 1993. He said in stopping organizations promoting abortion as an option, it had “Undermined efforts to promote safe and efficacious family planning programs in foreign nations”. It was felt the Gag Rule openly opposed women’s rights to choose for themselves.

President George W. Bush reinstituted the Global Gag Rule in January 2001, once more cutting funding to any organization that did not abide by the Gag.This policy not only affected women seeking abortions, but also closed off their access to USAID supplied condoms and contraception. Critics also argue that the ban promoted restrictions on free speech, as well as restrictions on accurate medical information.

The European Parliamentary Forum on Population and Development presented a petition to the United States Congress which was signed by 233 members, condemning the Gag Rule policy. The forum stated that the policy “Undermines internationally agreed consensus and goals”.

“For eight long years the Global Gag Rule has been used by the Bush administration to play politics with the lives of poor women across the world,” said Gill Greer of the International Planned Parenthood Federation in London. “In rescinding this disastrous and unjust policy, President Obama has returned the United States to the international consensus on women’s health.”

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How To Deal With Rage

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Win A Resort - RageYou live in the era of ‘road rage’, ‘inconvenience rage’, ‘racial rage’, ‘patriotic rage’, ‘religious rage’ and a lot of other rages that arise from various aggravating, or threatening, situations. Rage that has all the hallmarks of murder in it.

The driver of a car was killed by a shot fired through his rear window, during an argument with another driver. On average, around 1,500 people are killed, or injured annually as a result of highway violence.

I have just finished reading a blog where the writer admitted to his rage over the fact that an easy-to-use-and-access-the-terminal carpark was under construction, when he went to pick his wife up at the airport. He had to go further out from the arrivals lounge and take a ferry-bus. On their return, he couldn’t remember which bus to take and what area the carpark was in. He ranted and fumed at an elderly cabbie, who suggested he ‘cool’ it for the sake of his family, standing by in dumb silence, waiting for their ‘real dad’ to reappear.

You live in a day whiz bang time-saving devices, yet you are more and more stressed, short of time and hounded with those ‘must do’ lists. You drive yourself crazy and everyone around you, then explode over the most innocent of circumstances. So it is time to take a good long hard look at yourself and just how you are behaving. So to begin with, you need to come to terms with what rage is and is not.

While rage is the extreme and intense spectrum of anger, it is not the same as anger. You need to be in touch with your anger, in order to protect yourself and stand up against wrongs. Rage however, is an overwhelming emotion (a reaction to a situation) that makes it very difficult to feel (a sensation, or energy of the body) and reason (intellect) is nowhere in sight.

Rage is usually a reaction to the threat of serious danger, of either physical, or psychological harm, which puts you in the fight or flight mode. The same adrenaline surge that can save the life of a wild animal.

Rage is mostly caused by an unpredictable situation, leaving you feeling out of control. It is more often than not the buildup of accumulated anger from past traumas. It overwhelms you, causing harm to your health and social life and those around you, even if bystanders have nothing to do with the cause of your rage.

Professionals say a lot of rage is caused because people have been forced to repress a healthy anger, until it becomes an underlying aggression. “You can’t say that!”, or, “That is not the way you should be acting right now!” are not the things to say to try to calm a person who is exploding in rage.

You have the ability to turn into the screaming, paddy-throwing two year old brat you once were. The difference is, as an uncontrolled adult you can do a lot of damage, both to yourself and to those you love best of all.

Intermittent Explosive Disorder (IED) is suffered by at least one in twenty people. This is an aggressive over-reaction to the everyday unexpected events and stress. It is recognizable by its severity, uncontrollability, frequency and non-negotiability. Recent studies show that there are a lot more incidents of IED than most people anticipate.

So find some easy keys that might help you the next time you find yourself in a raging bad temper:
1.    Take responsibility for yourself. No matter what the situation is, you are ultimately responsible for how you feel and react. You cannot lay the blame on someone else
2.    do not try to deny what you are experiencing, but face your rage. In other words, accept your rage for what it is
3.    Realize you are the only person who can change how you are feeling
4.    Do not play the role of victim. (That way the other side has won)
5.    You have to consciously make the effort to take hold of yourself and control the rage and find a healthy outlet for it
6.    Pummel a pillow if you need to release the pent up feelings, rather than pummeling a person, (even verbally)
7.    Write down what is bothering you, uncensored
8.    Know you can work your way through your rage, without harming anyone else or yourself
9.    Give yourself some space to come to terms with the strength of your emotions, before trying to deal with others. Take time out to step back from the situation and take a few good deep breaths. The old adage, ‘Count to ten before..’, is not a bad one.
10.    Make sure innocent bystanders are not forced into believing they are the cause of how you are acting
11.    Remember at the end of the day, no matter what you have experienced, you have to live with the results of your actions and reactions
12.    Above all, take a long hard look at yourself and try to discover if your fits of rage are ‘pain in disguise’. If so, acknowledge the pain and do something about it, even if it means getting professional help. Talk to a friend you can trust, or a doctor if you find yourself unable to control yourself

It takes courage to look at yourself honestly. The fact you are taking time out to read this shows that you have the kind of courage you need to deal with rage.

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12 Reasons To Choose Vanuatu Instead Of Fiji

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

A lot of people are saying they are prepared to make cuts in their Win A Resort - Vanuatupersonal budget, in order to maintain their annual holidays. After all holidays help keep you sane, in a world that is reeling like a drunken sailor from one financial crisis to another. It is not only vital you get value for money, but it is a once in a lifetime blue moon opportunity to try out something new. Discover and enjoy the hidden secrets of the tropical islands of the South Pacific. A great holiday destination that is right on the doorstep of New Zealand, Australia and New Caledonia.

We have discovered there are many people also trying to make up their mind whether to go to the highly publicized Fiji or lesser known Vanuatu, (New Hebrides). Here are some pointers that may help you. Access to both places is trouble-free – just a short flight from Australia or New Zealand and you will be able to find lots of accommodation and airline deals to both destinations, however…
1.    Vanuatu has not been commercialized like Fiji and there is no bargaining for goods
2.    In Vanuatu you still have easy access to a pristine wilderness experience, with a wide range of accommodation, from top end resorts to island bungalows
3.    Because of the French and British influence, you have a wide variety of fabulous cuisine in Vanuatu, which is not just limited to the resorts. Your taste buds can have a world wide experience in one short holiday
4.    Many visitors have commented on the wide variety of tours, to suit every budget, that are available in Vanuatu. You can have anything from a helicopter ride, to horse-riding on the beach,  a day on a buggy, snorkeling a coral reef, or an around-the-island tour, visiting local beaches and  villages
5.    In Vanuatu  you are not locked into the resort experience, as you are in Fiji, which makes it easier to interact with the local people, who readily greet you with a friendly smile. After all, Vanuatu was voted the Happiest Country on Earth in 2006
6.    There is nowhere else in the world where you can stand on the lip of a live volcano, other than Vanuatu. This is nothing short of an absolutely awesome experience
7.    Vanuatu is politically more stable than Fiji
8.    A wide variety of island experiences are easily accessible in Vanuatu, if you have the time and the money. Every island has its own individual culture and language. (Only Papua New Guinea has more languages than Vanuatu)
9.    Because of the uniqueness of each of the 83 islands in the Vanuatu archipelago, there is an equally wide variety of tradition and culture. All easily experienced by the visitor
10.    Vanuatu is the original home of extreme sport. A trip to the island of Pentecost to watch the land dive, is totally unforgettable
11.     Vanuatu is home to one of the world’s largest free standing musical instruments, the traditional tam-tam
12.    Vanuatu has some of the best deep sea fishing in the South Pacific

While Fiji has a high profile in the headlines of the advertising gurus, the tropical islands of Vanuatu, tucked away in the far North West corner of the South Pacific, has been the best kept secret of the South Pacific tropical islands. It is your year to discover these mystical and exotic islands, but remember we don’t want too many visitors rushing there, so that it can retain it its own special magic and individual Vanuatu charm. No one wants Vanuatu to become just another Fiji, Honolulu, or Gold Coast.

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Never Say Die

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Win A Resort - hilaryHeedless of what role Hilary Rodham Clinton plays in politics, past present or future, she has become a feminist icon of the saying, ‘Never Say Die’.

When Hilary Rodham Clinton (steadfastly refusing to take her husband’s name) weathered her way through the Clinton – Lewinsky scandal and the subsequent impeachment, a failed health reform, plus all that an 8 year roller-coaster-ride in the White House as First Lady could throw up, many would have expected her to  quietly lie down and disappear from public view.

Not only did Hilary not crumble from the bitter of loss of a failed presidential campaign, but has risen once more from the ashes, like the ethereal phoenix. Hilary, who has already made history in her own right, makes history again, in becoming Secretary of State to Barak Obama (the first  Black African- American President).

Hilary, having flown in from New York was trapped in traffic on her way to an Emily List luncheon at the Hilton. Emily’s List is the 24-year-old organization dedicated to increasing the presence and power of women in politics.

Not even Washington traffic could overcome the dauntless Hilary, who simply got out of the car and strode the rest of the way to the Emily List luncheon.  This was evocatively reminiscent of the ‘walk’ the Clintons had made at their inauguration 16 years earlier, when they had walked part of the route to the White House.

Present at the luncheon was House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, who is said to be the woman who will “Not only stomp out injustice, but stomp it out in 4-inch heels.”

Also present were Secretary of Homeland Security-designate, Janet Napolitano, North Carolina Sen. Kay Hagan and New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen.  The host, Ellen Moran paid tribute to ex-executive director of Emily’s List, who has been appointed as the new White House Communications Director.

Key women in the audience kept everyone’s attention, with impromptu anecdotes, as they waited for the missing Hilary.  Ellen Malcolm eventually introduced Hilary to the tumultuous crowd of women, when she called Clinton “An exceptional figure in American life and a powerful role model for women for our country and for the world.”

However, as Malcolm had pointed out, “For every one woman in Congress, there are still more than five men”.
It must be noted that Hillary’s favourite mode of dress, the pantsuit, has almost become a ‘uniform’ for the ladies in the halls of power.

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The Dream Destinations

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

The Swedish people are known worldwide for their discerning and innovative lifestyle. In a recent survey thirty thousand readers of Aftonbladet, the biggest evening tabloid in Sweden, voted the South Pacific the ‘hottest dream destination in the world’ . Maldives came in second with an African Safari third.

Win A Resort - spa Now everyone has a dream of that once in a lifetime Blue Moon trip. The one destination they would like to go to one day. The dream may include such exotic places as:

1.    Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef, Australia with its exotic colours and variety of wildlife
2.    Driving along the Amalfi Coast, Italy, with its luxurious lifestyle of the rich and famous
3.    Visiting Egypt and the great pyramids, soaking up the history and mystique of the desert
4.    Cruising the Southern oceans to admire the pristine wilderness of Antarctica
5.    Hiking the forests of New Zealand looking for the illusive Kiwi bird, or climbing the icy glaciers
6.   Shooting (with camera)  the exotic animals on safari in Africa
7.    Cruising the Rhine, Germany, sipping the rich wines of the area
8.    Skiing the majestic Swiss Alps
9.    Scuba diving the romantic wrecks of the pirate ships around Mauritius

But above all, plan an extended vacation and travel adventure, enjoying the many exotic tropical islands of the Dreamy South Pacific. A great idea is to start with the Happiest Country on Earth, Vanuatu, (New Hebrides), tucked away in the extreme North West Corner.  After all, it is much better to fall in love with Vanuatu, than with your psychiatrist. And it is half the price.

So you are too late for the dodos in Mauritius, the giant moa birds of New Zealand, the brown bears on the Rhine, but you are in time for the little explored thousand-year history and culture of Vanuatu. It is one place where you can actually stand on the lip of a live volcano, enjoy thousands of years of tradition, like it was yesterday and interact with the happiest people on earth.

2009 is your year to plan and make your dreams begin to come true. Choose your destination and make it a reality. Remember, nothing is impossible.

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