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Tourisphere: Catching the fun at the beach

Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Taken the area of tourism in to consideration, The Gambia is a success story in the sub region in term of tourism. According to UNDP two years ago, 60% of the tourist received in Africa came purposely for the beach. This shows importance of the sea and beaches in the Gambia.

Beach is made of very small loose rock (sand) that gathers at the shore of a water body. . Beaches are created by waves. The sand comes from erosion of rocks both far away from and near the water. Coral reefs are a major source of sand.

The shape of a beach depends on how the waves move. Some waves move materials up the beach, while others move it down the beach. On sandy beaches, the waves move sand away from the beach, making gentle slopes. The beach is steeper when the waves are not strong enough to move the sand away.

The beach is very useful to both man and animal. Crabs, insects, and birds feed on materials left by the waves. Some small animals dig into the sand to get their food. Birds use beaches to nest, and sea turtles lay their eggs on ocean beaches. Sea grasses and other beach plants grow on areas of the beach and sand dunes, where there is not much activity.

It is a playground and relaxation place for everyone as well. Different activities  take place at the beach. People think beach is meant for only Relaxation, Lying on the beach and Listening and watching the waves from the ocean.

Nowadays, people are getting more use to the beach. Children have learnt from the tourists who are commonly known to be the users of the beach. Gone are the days when actions are left to them alone. Visiting any of the beaches in The Gambia, you will see that we have come of age. The beaches are no more used only by the western tourists but everyone else.The beach also a sporting ground, for  fun and fast paced sports like horse riding, atheletics, aerobics/exercing of body, football, tennis, volley ball and fishing.All these  combined with the sun, sea and sand , you will be excited to visit the beach every day to get rid the loneliness  and meet different people  for fun.

Beach football merges the worlds of football and beach volleyball into one exciting sport. It can be played both competitively and recreationally and because it’s so simple to play, it appeals to all ages. Playing football at the beach is very popular among everyone irregards of sexes. So talking about beach football, it is like regular match except it is played without the regular refree, linesmen, normal goalpost and the number of 11-men for a team, but it is always play ed on sets. What makes it more exciting is how the players falldown when they slide. Running helter and skelter. No position changing that’s no half time. Since there is no refree nor linesmen no exact minutes of play, but because it is group by group number of goal determine the looser or the group to be out for another to play.

Beach is becoming more popular among the youth especially as the school holiday is around the corner. Numerous activities are always put in place like beach party, fashion show competition, sometimes organize by some companiesmostly, the communications houses to win more customers amongst the youths.Celebration s like birthday and different musical performances are not exempted.

Beaches in the Gambia continued to receive more attention and become more flourish and attractive due to renovation they undergoes every end of the tourist season. These renovations are bringing more development to the lives of everyone that earns a living from the beach. Most of beaches are scattered with  small kiosk selling snacks, soft drinks, African ornaments, and so on. Despite trying to make the beach clean, there are still some beach debris that can be found around.  

Beach debris takes many forms. Some are  man-made trash, that winds up on our beaches. Man-made trash has a huge impact on our environment, on wildlife, and on people. This can add up to a big problem. Take a look at some numbers. Sometimes one might be wondering how it got there.

Trash arrives on the beaches from near and far. Some of it is left by visitors. Some runs off city streets through storm drains, or washes down rivers and streams to the Gulf. Some are carried from long distances by wind.

Author: by Yunus S. Saliu

Dream Park: Dream Come True

Monday, March 17, 2008

One of five amusement parks in Africa and of course the first of its kind in Gambia, Dream Park exudes comfort, luxury and intelligence. The park is located in the Tourism Development Area, filled with bumper cars, self-control Unidentified Flying Objects, bumper boat, the flying man, the happy express, spaceship, crescent swing, tilts and whilts, fighting castle for kids and an array of other amusement games.

A perfect place for a weekend away, Dream Park is warm and inviting. “ It’s like staying in an amusing, intelligent and stately home. The park is a perfect place for a family. Not every family can go to the beach for fun, hence a need for Dream Park. Dream Park exposes children to technological innovations such as the spaceship, bumper car and boat,”  said Mohammed Ali Aveshi, one of the proprietors of Dream Park.

“The park can make kids intelligent. It has been Scientifically proven that amusement parks can make children more active from a brain power point of view,”  added Baddi Jaiteh, the park’s manager.

Dream Park, expected to contribute significantly to the growth of the country’s tourism industry, is for all colours, races, income bracket, age and it has a modern restaurant, a sweet and toy shop and toilet facilities.

Source: The Point

10 Creative Uses for Ecards

Thursday, February 28, 2008

Ecards were once only sent for fun and as special greeting cards, but now online users are finding many creative ways to maximize the benefits of ecards. Ecards are practical, easy to send, and even free or very low priced. So what exactly are ecards? Ecard is another word for "electronic card" and describes any digital postcard or greeting card that is sent by e-mail.

While many e-card services are free, some providers offer custom e-cards for a small fee. Both free e-cards and paid e-cards are created online using sophisticated, interactive graphic software. Let's explore 10 creative ways to use e-cards.

1. E-card Memos for Companies

Companies once delivered memos in print or by fax, but today many are turning to the use of e-mail, especially those with an intranet system in place. Employees each have their own company e-mail. E-cards can be used to send out creative memos to employees. These creative ecard memos can boost morale, remind employees of an event, instruct employees on a daily task, or even give praise for a job well done. The good news is employers can customize the ecards and send them to all employees at once or to only a select few.

2. Birthday E-cards

Birthday e-cards are great for sharing a surprise "Happy Birthday" message to your friend or loved one. You can create a custom e-card for their birthday based on their personality and you can even set the date for the e-card to be sent on their birthday in advance so you won't forget! Birthday e-card messages can be personal, humorous, lovely, or romantic. They can even play music.

3. E-cards for Weddings and Anniversaries

For weddings and anniversaries, there are a number of e-cards to fit your style. These can be sent on the wedding day to the bride or groom as a relaxing gesture. They can be customized with unique themes to reflect the type of relationship enjoyed by the couple. Anniversary ecards can be customized with the date of the wedding and number of years married.

4. E-cards for Holidays

Holiday e-cards can be customized with themes for Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Halloween, and so forth. You can find musical ecards that play Christmas songs or romantic Valentine's Day themes. For Halloween, send a spooky one! For Thanksgiving Day, send a "thankful" ecard with fall colors, pilgrims, turkeys, or harvest themes.

5. Mother's or Father's Day E-cards

For Mother's and Father's Day, customize e-cards with your own photos. You can also create e-cards with your own special designs. If you sign on for paid e-card services, your recipient will be able to print the card as a keepsake. If you have kids, get them involved in creating these special keepsake ecards.

6. E-cards for Kids

With adult supervision, kids can create e-cards of their own with puzzles, special effects, images, and photos. They can send these to their grandparents or other relatives, or even to their friends. Puzzle ecards are usually included in paid packages, but there are also many special effects and images to choose from with free e-card services.

7. Invitational E-cards

E-cards can also be used in place of mailed invitation cards. You can send printable e-cards to invite friends and loved ones to birthday parties, holiday parties, weddings, company parties, summer grill-outs, and other special functions. They're much cheaper than mailing out invitations, and you can always mail a few to those who don't use e-mail.

8. Friendship E-cards

Send an e-card just to say a quick "hello" to your friends. You can send notes of encouragement, funny ecards, and a variety of themed e-cards to let them know you're thinking of them. Some of the themes to choose from include animals, congratulations, friendship, missing you, love, flowers, cute animations, destinations, landscapes, and many others.

9. Note of Thanks by E-card

E-cards can also be used to send a note of thanks to friends or loved ones. Perhaps you received a gift and want to return thanks. You can also create e-cards as a "thank you" note to clients if you own an Internet business or a business with e-mail contacts.

10. New Baby E-cards

E-cards also come with great themes for new babies. Send a boy or girl themed e-card or unique themes such as animals with their younglings or storks carrying a baby. You can write a message of congratulations to the new mother and customize the card with love.

With e-cards, you can send messages quickly through e-mail for almost any occasion. Best of all, you'll save time and money. You won't have to spend countless hours writing out cards and envelopes. You won't have to pay for postage, and you'll avoid numerous trips to the post office! Free e-cards and paid services are definitely worthwhile for greeting cards, messages, memos, and more!

About The Author
Chris Robertson is a published author of Majon International. Majon International is one of the worlds MOST popular internet marketing and internet advertising companies on the web. Visit their main business resource web site at: http://www.majon.com

To learn more about subjects like ecards please visit the web site at: http://www.createe-cards.com

For more information and informative related articles and links about this subject matter and content, please visit Majon's Gifts and Collectibles directory: http://www.majon.com/directory/Gifts_and_Collectibles

Author: by: Chris Robertson
Source: articlecity.com

Do You Want To Create Fun Kid Websites?

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

The internet is here to stay. The internet has become so accessible you don't even need a computer to go online. You can go down to your local library and surf the internet to your hearts desire. I'm always amazed at today’s kids in the elementary school level about their knowledge of the internet. The creation of fun kids’ websites seems to be the order of the day. Kids understand what is going on and are quick to teach parents a thing or two about what you can or cannot do on the internet. If there is a way to show you how to create fun kid websites without a learning curve that will take you through a semester long course at college, would you be interested? If you were interested in knowing how to create fun kid websites quickly, would you be interested?

If you are then you probably would be considered the neatest parent in the neighbourhood that you are able to create fun kid websites that kids and parents can enjoy reading. You would be able to create funny websites, kid's websites, and any type of websites that you want.

This article will show you how to create fun kid websites in record time. You don't need a degree in internet terminology to understand how to do it either. You need to want to create a website with a learning attitude and some time on your hands. Do you have 3 hours to spare to create a website? No, neither do I. How about 2 hours? How about less than 30 minutes? If you can spare 30 minutes in your life online then there is a tool that will help you create fun kid websites at will.

This article will show you about the most developed website creation tool that is now being used by webmasters of all levels. Even talking about creating a website sounds like a foreign language to most people but what if creating a website was easy? What if you didn't have to know what html meant? What if you didn't have to know how to ftp your site? Site Rubix is here to save the day.

Site Rubix can be used to create your fun kids websites at will. You can create SEO websites or promotional websites, whatever you want. Once you comprehend and figure out how this neat tool works you will understand how important a tool this will be for you and how fun it can be to create websites in record time.

Site Rubix will allow you to drag and drop graphics to your website page without worry about resizing the graphic image to make sure it fits properly. You will be knowledgeable to fit any type template that you want and upload it to your host. It may sound complicated but it isn't because explaining it may sound complex but this tool is very user friendly.

There are still a lot more features with this tool that I haven't even touched upon because you have to make a decision if you really are interested in creating fun kid websites. If you are then you owe it to yourself to see what all the buzz is about. Be the first on the block to promote your website, show your kid a thing or too and be cool at the same time.

If you know that creating fun kid websites can actually be easy and enjoyable would you want more information? If you ever tried to build a bookcase without a hammer then you can understand how it is to build a website without the proper tools. Site Rubix can help you create any type of website quickly and easily. The decision is up to you.

Article Source: http://www.myarticlemall.com

If you have had a secret desire on how to create websites but either you don't have enough time in the day to learn all that you need to know or it's just plain too hard to do. Then times have progressed, you finally have an opportunity to create fun kid websites easily.

Author: By: Charlie Stelfox
Source: myarticlemall.com

Low-Impact Exercises Are Fun and Healthy

Monday, October 08, 2007

Not everyone is made for high-level exercising. But you can become fit without bouncing around in a leotard, battering your joints. Forget all the huffing, puffing, lugging, lifting, and straining. Movement therapy is a gentle – yet effective – group of sports that include yoga, tai chi, and Pilates. Just don’t be fooled by their mild manner. These activities can whip you into shape without breaking a sweat.

All three have ancient Eastern roots and are merely different interpretations of the same principle: keeping your body and mind in harmony naturally leads to better health.

It wasn’t until recently that modern science confirmed the many physical benefits of yoga, tai chi, and Pilates. With them, you can improve your balance, flexibility, and strength – no matter what your age, weight, or fitness level.

No Pain – but great gain

Yoga, tai chi, and Pilates are gentle enough for anyone to try. If you consider yourself in bad health or disabled in some way, you’re a perfect candidate for these movement therapies. You can ease into the programs slowly and set your own pace. It’s easy to stick with them and you’ll see improvement quickly.

Here are just some of the benefits you will get from these soothing approaches to fitness.

• When you were a child, tripping and falling meant just another minor scrape. But as you get older, taking a tumble can have serious and crippling effects. If your sense of balance is as bad as Humpty Dumpty’s, these are the safest forms of exercise for you.

Just like the trick to growing tomatoes is to keep the main stalk strong, the trick to great balance is to keep your core muscles strong. The bands of muscle in your abdomen, lower back, and buttocks are the center of strength and control for the rest of your body.

All three examples of movement therapy are relatively stationary, but because they strengthen your core muscles, your balance will improve quickly – preventing falls – and you’ll develop greater flexibility and strength. Soon you will be moving with confidence again.

• Tai chi and yoga are especially recommended for people with arthritis. Gentle yoga can improve arthritis in your hands, for example, and tai chi’s precise, flowing movements help keep your joints limber, relieve your pain, and keep you active.

• The dance-like stretches, poses, and maneuvers within each of these movement therapies will gently strengthen and tone your body. Pilates is especially good as a strength-training workout.

• Add yoga or Pilates to your exercise regimen if you need to improve your heart health.

• In today’s hectic world, it may be hard to squeeze an extra 30 minutes of exercise into your schedule – at least without feeling even more stress. The beautiful thing about movement therapy is that it combines stress relief with exercise, so you kill two birds with one stone.

All the activities – tai chi, yoga, and Pilates – are done slowly, with intense focus on proper breathing and posture. They all relax your body and calm your mind.

As you can see, you can boost your overall health with these joyful, health-giving movements.

Things to know before you give it a go

Just to be safe, make sure that you take these precautions before starting any new exercise program.

• Get your doctor’s approval on your fitness plan, especially if you’ve badly injured your back, neck, knees, or shoulders in the past.

• The stretches, poses, and movements of these therapies should not hurt. If you feel pain, stop and check your technique before continuing.

• Pilates is the most intense of the three exercise forms. You may want to try one of the less strenuous programs first if you are out of shape.

• Be forewarned, you might get addicted to these calming sports.

Author: Autor: raymondlee12
Source: articlecircle.com

Ways to Improve Fitness on the Beach

Monday, September 03, 2007

Finding fitness on the beach is easy. Just look around and you will see many fit people walking on the sands. But if you're looking for your own fitness, the beach has plenty to offer. From the sands to the waters and even your beach towel, you can find fitness on the beach to be more than just fun in the sun – you can get in shape too.

The secret behind fitness on the beach is that everything and anything can be used to improve your health – if you just use your imagination. The sand is the easiest place to start to increase your fitness. Running or walking on the dry sands is much harder than walking on pavement, increasing your fitness levels and adding to your cardiovascular health. When you're pushing sand out of your way, you're using more muscles and the workout is harder – it's really the best exercise equipment. You can also use the sand as a weight machine by trying to kick it with your feet – excellent for your legs. Or you can try lifting the sand to help with a sand castle with the kids – great for your arms and chest.

The water is the most obvious help for fitness on the beach. If you know how to swim, you can get a nice workout in while you're relaxing for the day. With a stronger riptide or current, it will be all the more helpful for your entire body. Try to swim laps if you can, using your arms and legs at the same time for the maximum benefit. Cupping your hands as you swim will increase the resistance for your arms and add to the benefits you receive. You can also try surfing for another challenge to your muscles or head out on a kickboard or with flippers to really work your leg muscles.

But you probably haven't considered how your towel can help with fitness on the beach. Try this exercise: take a towel the long way and hold one side in each hand. Slide your hands towards the middle so that your hands are about shoulder width apart and straight out from your body. Lift the towel above your head as you grip it tightly and then slightly lean to one side and then the other. You're working out your arms as well as defining your sides. You can also use the towel to workout your legs by lying on your back, placing the towel around both heels and creating resistance as you push your heels away from your body and then back to your body.

Fitness on the beach can be fun as well as convenient if you just bring your imagination along with your sunscreen.

Machelle Lee owns and operates, The Invisible Gym in Santa Cruz, CA. Her mission is to inspire people to become physically active and enjoy the benefits of a balanced, healthy lifestyle. For more information and questions you can visit her website. http://www.the-invisible-gym.com/

Author: By: Machelle Lee
Source: Article Source: http://www.ArticleBiz.com

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