“How I lost 18 pounds in 2 days and 40 pounds after 4 emotional shifts – diet and exercise had nothing to do with it.”

Competition windsurfing at the Olympic level requires 4-6 hours of training six days a week. This became the norm for me from 1990-1999. Ever since I remember I have always been active. As a kid I would prefer to be climbing a tree or riding my bike, swimming in the ocean or going for walks rather than watching TV. My father would always take us on hikes into the mountains with heavy packs on our backs and I was lucky to be introduced to the outdoors from an early age. I grew up two doors from a beautiful beach on Port Phillip Bay in Melbourne, Victoria. Our own garden had many wonderful trees to climb and space to kick the football and be active.

During my windsurfing years I trained like any other professional athlete, full time. I loved training whether it was going for one hour runs, which I did four to five days a week, or going to the gym for strength training or on water windsurfing and kayaking. Basically I am a water baby and always have been. It was my love of the ocean that enabled me to win in windsurfing. From the very beginning at age 12 I used to spend hours on the water mucking around on my windsurfer. After spending an entire summer falling in, getting bruised and battered, sore hands and getting rescued by the yacht club rescue boat, I finally mastered the art of being able to turn the board and sail back to the beach. When I raced as a young teenager I would beat the older guys in their twenties, not because I was stronger, but because I understood the wind shifts better than they did. Windsurfing at the Olympics is like running a marathon and playing a game of chess at the same time.

When I was growing up I never ever thought about my weight. I was a fit and healthy kid and had broad shoulders and strong legs. My competition weight at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics was between 58-60kgs. This was my healthy fit body weight. I had a lot of muscle at the time too and was lean.

However, in 1994 I had an accident windsurfing in New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean. I was racing in an island hopping race, where you sail from one island to the other, and a flying fish flew straight into my left knee. It sounds pretty crazy but these particular fish – Un agrieet in French as they are called, are actually like gar fish and swim very fast and occasionally glide over the water through the air. Unfortunately one happened to glide straight into my knee whilst I was windsurfing at about 40km per hour. This accident resulted in me having to be flown in a helicopter to the Noumea Hospital to have my leg operated on in emergency surgery. The sharp nose of the fish had gone right through my knee and into the bone. It had punctured the outer wall of my main femur artery in my thigh and to top it off it had over 200 baby teeth which were very poisonous.

I ended up having two operations on my knee to get it back to normal. The main problem I suffered from this accident was not so much the surgery, as my knee healed well, but it was the antibiotics that the doctors gave me to stop any infection.

My body shape started to change after taking the antibiotics and two operations. My lymph system started to struggle. The lymph system is vital in removing toxins and waste from every cell to the bladder so that they can be released from the body. About three months after the fish accident I still felt very weak. Three months late I had a blood test and it showed that I was not absorbing the sugar and nutrients from my food and I actually had the blood sugar level of some one who was fasting. My entire digestive track had been compromised.

My body had put on about six kilos and for some reason I was holding lymph in my skin. For an athlete this really messes with your head as you have skin fold tests at the Institute of Sport to measure how much fat you are carrying. Suddenly I was being told to lose weight. For the first time in my life I became focused on my weight. I kept saying to the sports doctors that I could not understand why I had put on this weight; my diet was exactly the same. In fact my diet at the time was extremely healthy (like most athletes) and was also wheat, sugar, alcohol and dairy free. I had decided to go on this diet because I had had some digestion problems six months before and had become intolerant to certain foods.

My automatic reaction to the slight weight gain was to train harder and harder. To be a few kilos overweight in the Olympic windsurfing class was a major disadvantage. Now I was suddenly disadvantaged because of my weight in the light winds. My focus became on my weight instead of winning and for the first time in my life I started to compare myself with other people. I would look at all the naturally skinning girls on the windsurfing circuit and found myself getting annoyed that I was not that body shape. But what was happening was that I was no longer my natural lean body shape and because I could not work it out my focus became on everything external. It was the only way my ego was able to handle it at the time.

Not only did my body shape change after this accident my bladder also seemed to have been affected. Every night I found my self getting out of bed to go and urinate at least 4 times in a night. This was very disturbing to having a good night sleep. I felt like I had constant pressure on my bladder. I would also find that my legs would swell up after a long three hour bike ride. My body was not coping but instead I still trained harder and harder. I went to every doctor I could find and they could not help me. From 1994 to 1999 I must have spent over ,000 on vitamins, supplements and doctors visits to try and find the answers. The doctors I went to simply did not know why. In frustration I started to research as much as I could and I tried every new vitamin, mineral supplement and ‘super food’ I could find that my help my lymph system.

After reading more about these particular tropical fish in New Caledonia I discovered that the poison can actually affect the Lymphatic system. People who had been stung by similar fish or jelly fish had had troubles with their lymph system afterwards.

Finally I was getting some idea but still nothing I did with my diet seemed to help. Even lymph massage only helped for a short time. From 1994-1999 I still competed in windsurfing but I was now 64-66 kilos instead of 59 kilos. This may sound trivial to the average person, but to an athlete it is a big deal. Even though I won seven world titles in windsurfing and competed at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 I never ever realized my dream of Olympic Gold. I share more of my story in the book Spirit in Sport. Looking back on this I have to realise that no matter how trivial, my body weight played a significant role in me losing my focus on winning. The increase in body weight also affected me emotionally, even though I was largely not conscious of it at the time.

In 1999 I retired from windsurfing and went into a corporate sales role. Suddenly I was a full time employee and this was new to me. Ever since I was seventeen I had pretty much worked for myself or run my own businesses. Throughout my windsurfing career I had an event management business that kept me going and as a teenager I had a windsurfing school. When I needed extra cash in between overseas trips for windsurfing I would also work in a café. And in the late 1990’s I ran my own Personal Fitness Training business.

After 9 months in this sales role I realized that the only thing I liked about it was the consistent cash flow. To me that was not enough to hold me in a job that I no longer believed in. When I walked away from the six figure income to set up Barakaya and do what I do today people thought I was crazy. But I had to follow my heart. I have always been someone who has had followed thier heart, even in the face of opposition. My parents for example told me to give up windsurfing when I was 19. They wanted me to get a ‘real job’ and some security. At 19 I was Australian Champion and had won two world titles and was preparing for the 1992 Olympics. To give up then to please a parent would have broken my heart. As it turned out I managed to secure sponsorship to fund my windsurfing campaigns for eight years. Later on my parents realized that it was not such a bad decision after all, especially after I became an Olympian.

Besides I never did my sport for money. I did windsurfing because I loved it. I made enough money to compete but had none left over for investments. This did not bother me at the time because I was doing what I loved and following a dream.

In 2001 everything in my life changed. For the first time everything I tried to do failed. I had gone back working for myself in marketing and sales contracting. There were several clients that failed to pay me for the work I did because they either went bankrupt themselves or had internal disputes going on which affected me. Suddenly my finances were in the red and this created a great deal of stress.

The only way I thought to handle the debt situation was to work longer and harder to pay it off. I took a job selling real estate to help get back on track financially. During this time I was also trying to set up Barakaya so I was working 7 days a week. This was ok if your heart is in what you do but the real estate job was killing me – spiritually. It was not where I wanted to be and the only reason I was doing it was for the money. During this time I ended a five year relationship with my partner. It was my decision to leave him. I simply had to at the time. We had grown apart and I felt a tremendous need to be free. I had also snapped my ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) in a ski accident and a week later prolapsed a disc in my lower back which caused me great pain. I could not get out of bed for a week and was able to move only very slowly around the house. A few weeks later I decided to have a knee reconstruction on my knee to mend it as soon as possible so the knee joint would not wear out. The general anesthetic took its toll on me and the anti-inflammatory drugs for my disc in my back made me feel sick. The health I had taken for granted all my life was gone. For the first time in my life I could not exercise in the way I wanted to. I could not run because of my knee or ride a bike because of my back. So I did nothing for nearly an entire year. During this time I was engulfed by a heavy feeling of sadness.

Over a six month period my body had put on 20 kilos and I had no idea why because I had not changed my diet. I was not able to face myself in the mirror because I did not like what I saw. My face was swollen and puffy. I had lost all the jaw line and fine features of my natural face, my stomach has swollen out about 4 inches and my thighs were carrying a lot of fluid. I even had fluid on my calf muscles and triceps. Via stealth it seemed I had gone from a size 12 to a size 16.

Each day I would wake up with pain in my pancreas and liver. Finally I decided to go to a doctor that a friend recommended. He was qualified in western and eastern medicine. He spent a lot of time with me taking tests using vibrational medicine. Basically I was a ‘walking toxic waste dump’ he told me, in a nice way. My body was shutting down and my lymph system was not coping. I had cancer cells in the body which would become a real problem if I did not immediately start treatment. At the time I did not even have the money for extra vitamins let alone other medical related expenses. I was too proud to ask anyone for help. I simply wanted to do it on my own. And the last thing I wanted was to tell my family exactly how bad my health had become. When I walked out of the doctors surgery that day I felt deep in my heart that even if I did have all the right ‘physical’ treatment (which was alternative and natural, because I do not believe in chemotherapy) and go on strict diet, nothing would make any difference. There was a whisper from my soul that said I needed to find the answer at the spiritual level.

A week later I was on my way to work the real estate sales job and I pulled the car over on the side of the road and burst into tears. I was completely physically, emotionally and spiritually exhausted. For the first time in my life I felt totally out of control, burned out and disconnected from any happiness and joy. I could not go on working seven days a week and playing ‘catch up to the creditors’. The pressure I was putting on myself was killing me. The job I was in was soul destroying. I called mum in tears. “I can’t do this anymore.” She understood and with some warm and caring words made me feel ok for making a decision to quit this real estate job. As soon as I made this decision I felt like a huge weight was being lifted off my back. I had no choice but to surrender to my soul at the time and pursue what my heart really wanted to do which was run personal development programs.

The creditors would just have to wait. I had no idea at the time how much a slave to money I had become. Being in debt had made me feel guilt and shame about being a ‘bad and hopeless person’. Even though the debts were business related I still felt like a failure. What happened to the confident, healthy, vibrant happy windsurfer that I once was? That person was no longer. I had fallen so far emotionally that I did not even know who I was anymore.

It was a dark night of the soul. During this time I was defiantly lost in Dante’s dark woods. Day after day I would drive the car down to the beach and consider just driving it off the pier, or swimming out into the ocean never to return. In fact I really just wanted to curl up in a ball, go to sleep and not wake up. If suicide was an easy thing to do, and did not affect other people in your life, then there was a part of me that would have definitely done it.

Lost in despair I did not know who I was anymore. I was lost with no direction. I did not fit in anywhere and I was too embarrassed to go out and see my friends because I looked so overweight and felt ‘ugly’. (I did not know at the time but I was going through a tremendous spiritual awakening and as a result everything in my physical world was being torn apart to be ‘re-built’.) I became so lost that one time I remember driving the car to the supermarket to get some groceries as my fridge was empty. I could not find a car park and became so angry that I simply drove home without any food. I had looked down at my swollen stomach and burst into tears. For a period of 8 months I had also buried myself in alcohol to numb the pain – to stop feeling. My self esteem was rock bottom. I was too embarrassed to be seen. Instead I buried myself in research.

I sold my four wheel drive, got an old bomb to drive around, cut all my overheads took a part time job and spent 25 hours a week researching. I was determined to find answers about what was happening in my own body. In 1998 I had attended a metaphysics course that basically said that we create our reality from our thoughts and feelings. What we think about is what we create. This had made sense to me but purely on an intellectual level. I remember walking out of that workshop recognizing that I had created all the good things in my life but I found it very difficult to comprehend that I would in fact have created all the injuries, chaos and pain in my life. Why on earth would I have created that?

As I read book after book and attended workshop after workshop on quantum science, sacred geometry, emotional freedom technique, heart coherence and human behaviour the same message was there – we create our reality. Or our consciousness creates our own reality. Meanwhile I was desperate to find answers as to why my body was so bloated still. I went to a reiki healer who helped to balance my chakras. This seemed to work in some way but still my weight did not change. I had stopped drinking alcohol and had started to kayak three to four times a week. But still no change in my body shape.

In January 2002 I flew to Sydney to meet with a lady who used a machine to ‘bring my spirit back into my body’. I was desperate at the time to find answers. I held on to these two metal handles and she told me that my spirit was 8 metres from my body. She brought it back in and immediately my lymph system started to gurgle. Within two minutes I went to the loo and started to urinate. My lymph started to clear. This definitely made a small difference and I felt more grounded. But still my body shape did not change. I read book after book that linked emotions with the body. It made complete sense to me. Finally I began to understand just how powerful emotions were. Every experience we have ever had is recorded in our own mind ever since conception in the womb.

So I started to delve into childhood memories to see if they were affecting me right now. When I was a 4 week old baby the doctors operated on me to cut out a cyst that was in my small intestine. As a result they had left a 40cm scar across my stomach and cut out 1/5th of my small intestine. The stitches later ripped in hospital and they kept me in a humidity crib for 4 months. As a kid growing up this trauma as a baby seemed to never have affected me in any way. My health had always been good but maybe this memory had something to do with my body blowing up now? I could not work it out. I went back and searched and healed each memory from this life.

During this time I started to facilitate personal development workshops. I had finally overcome all my fears about finances, body shape and my life and surrendered to my situation. I had stopped resisting my life and started to live again.

There was nothing to fear any more. I was doing what I wanted to do, facilitating workshops, and I had started to generate income again. Yvonne Evans, a good friend, and I decided to combine services and facilitate programs together. Yvonne is a mystic and healer, as well as being a corporate coach. For the first time I started to really understand the unseen spiritual realm.

Everything is a vibration of energy. Our five physical senses of touch (kinesthetic), smell (olfactory), taste, sight and hearing makes us feel like everything is physical. However when we break the body down into tissues, cells, atoms and molecules the body is energy. Under the microscope quantum scientists realise that when they look at the atom of a cell it is actually waves of energy. When this energy is observed with physical eyes it appears to be electrons and positrons but when it is not observed with the physical eyes it is actually waves of energy. Quantum scientists have realized this since the 1920’s; mystics, sages, Indigenous shamans, healers and spiritual teachers have realized this since the dawn of humanity. We are energy. The physical world appears solid to our eyes but it is actually vibrations of energy.

We are spiritual beings having a human physical experience.

What we can see with our physical eyes is less that 5% of what actually exists at other levels of vibration. For example we cannot see radio waves or television waves or even microwaves, but they still exist. The astral realm for example is the next vibrational range up from our physical realm. Spiritual teachers, mystics and psychics can see what goes on at this level of vibration. It exists simultaneously with the physical realm but is simply at a higher frequency of vibration. Many people who see spirits or ghosts or colours or sparks of light tune into this level of vibration. I had started to realise the importance of our own thoughts and feelings and how thought forms in the astral can attach and affect our own physical body. Yvonne guided me through a process of clearing my own energy field – the aura. After doing this clearing process with Yvonne for the first time in three years I felt grounded and properly in my body. The pain in my pancreas went and my hips rotated back to their correct position. I had not known it at the time but I had had astral interference that was affecting my physical body shape. I discuss this in detail in Section 1.

A week after clearing my energy field Yvonne and I were sitting in a coffee shop discussing my swollen stomach and trying to work out the cause of it. Suddenly out of my mouth came “I think I have been stabbed in another life.”

Yvonne tuned into my soul story. (A mystic can access higher vibrational information that resides at soul level whilst remaining grounded in physical consciousness.) “You have been disemboweled on a battle field as a soldier,” she said. When she said this a burst of energy ran up my spine and I saw flashes of this life time in my minds eye. The ‘me’ that had died on the battle field was stuck in the astral level and had not gone to the Light (connected with the soul properly). I guided (in my mind’s eye) this aspect of me to the Light and felt suddenly overcome with peacefulness and love. Yvonne suggested I drive home and get some sleep to allow my consciousness to re-sort. There was a lot going on within me at the unconscious level.

As I crawled into bed this particular past life memories started to come through. I had my first physical catharsis. A physical catharsis is when your physical body releases emotional memories. This one was one from a past life. My body shook and contorted in amazing ways as the memory of being disemboweled flashed through my mind. This was not painful but it was certainly overwhelming and exhausting. The pain at soul level was being released via my physical body. This catharsis lasted for two and half hours. I had no choice but to surrender to the experience. I had to be in a state of observation without getting attached to what was happening and being released. When the contortions and muscle spasms finally subsided I lay in bed absolutely amazed at what I had just experienced.

My physical body had literally morphed!! My stomach had gone in three inches. I went and looked in the mirror. My face had changed back to normal and my body felt leaner. I could not believe it. In 2 days I lost 8 kilos! Basically I had read book after book and research article after research article from leading scientists who all talked about the body being vibrations of energy or a holograph of Light and now I had proved to myself that I was actually just that – pure energy. The discordant energy that was in my energy field from this ‘past life memory’ was now cleared and as a result my physical body was able to adjust back to its normal and healthy shape. This was amazing. I was so excited I wrote everything down.

(The mind has the template to self heal. When we allow the mind to heal it can heal. But first we must address any emotional wound or discordant thought energy that is in the mind and release it so the body can heal. The mind is the eternal aspect of self and is a field of energy – or pulsating Light vibration. The mind resides in every cell of the body and is also independent of the body. I explain this in detail in Section 1.)

For six months leading up to this catharsis I had been meditating for two hours a day. During these meditations I was drawn by spirit to do toning. Toning is when you use the voice to resonate certain sounds that correlate with our chakras. The chakras are the ‘wheels of energy’ that represent our Light body. They connect us with the etheric and spiritual aspect of Self. When I toned my entire body would buzz with a higher vibration of energy. This higher vibration of energy is also called spirit – Light. The Indians may call it Prana, the Chinese may refer to it as Qi (Chi), and Christians may call it the Holy Spirit. It is pure source energy – or pure divine love from the creator (God/Goddess/All there Is). This high vibration of Light would flow right through my body and often last for over two hours. I would feel incredible divine love and in a bliss state when this would happen. At the time I intuitively felt it was my own Higher Self healing me. So from these experiences I understood that we were simply vibrations of Light. So when my body morphed after healing the past life of being disemboweled it only confirmed to me that we are a hologram of Light – that appears to be solid to our physical eyes, but is not solid at all.

When you heal the energy field (or the mind field) – at the spiritual and emotional level you can heal the physical body. So much for diet I thought!!

The day after I healed this past life I bumped into my neighbor and she could not believe the differenced in my appearance. My entire face and body shape had changed. “What on earth happened to you?” she exclaimed. She could not believe it, and of course I could not put into words what had actually happened at the time, it was all a bit ‘out there’ for anyone else to understand.

After this experience my full mystical abilities returned and I was again able to communicate with the Angelic realm. I had been able to do this as a child but had lost the ability as a teenager. Yvonne had told me in a meditation in early 2003 that the Arch Angels were going to ‘wake me up’. I did not know what that really meant at the time, but simply went along with it. I had not idea what kind of ride I would be in for.

For a period of two years I would have one past life memory flood through my consciousness to be healed and transformed, to the Love, after another. With every new memory came new awareness about self, pain and healing. I realized that I was able to help heal the pain that my clients had and also help them heal past life memories that were affecting their current life, or ability to have healthy loving relationships. (All of our lives are happening in the eternal now moment at soul level. Beyond the third dimension of the physical world there is no such thing as time and space. Einstein confirmed this in his own scientific research. What this means it that all of our ‘past lives’ are in our hologram of mind right now and very often there is unfinished business that we have to heal in this life. I discuss this in detail in Section 1 and the nature of learning spiritual lessons in this life.)

With other clients I would help them heal physical pain in one hour that stemmed from deep memories in the unconscious mind – at soul level. With practice I developed ways to clear the energy field. My clients would burst into tears because they felt spiritually grounded and connected to their Higher Self and their Soul (the true Self) for the first time. When Yvonne and I facilitated our Soul purpose and emotional intelligence programs we could bring in the higher frequencies of Divine Love and fill the room with this energy so people could experience it. Some people would burst into tears having never felt divine love before. At our highest level, the Soul, we are divine love. Anything less that divine love is the ego self which is stuck in the emotional roller coaster of life. (I discuss this in detail in Section 2.)

Finally I was back feeling great, happy with my body and enjoying life again. It was a wonderful feeling to be able to finally fit back into my size 12 jeans. I could even look at myself in the mirror again without feeling emotional pain.

It will not be every person’s journey to go through such amazing mystical experiences. However, it just happened to be my own journey to learn to heal many different emotional wounds and to understand consciousness at these levels. The more emotional wounds that I healed on myself the more I would be able to help other people to heal their own. We all have emotional wounds in the psyche, and for some of us they affect us in our lives now as physical symptoms, conflict, weight gain, chaos or illness.

It is important to look at the body in a wholistic way. We are not just physical. We are physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. The spiritual and emotional affect the physical and the physical can affect the emotional, mental and spiritual. For example the fish accident affected me physically which affected me emotionally. The drugs in my physical body affected my ability to connect to the higher vibrations of Light and my spirit for example.

When I was a Personal Fitness Trainer I realized within the first month that there was more to weight loss than simply doing exercise. How could I get my clients to be self-motivated? Why would they do the exercise with me only to go home and eat all the wrong foods, or too much food? It was my days as a Personal Trainer that contributed to me becoming interested in being able to understand human behaviour.

This book will discuss in a simple way what we can do at the physical level, the emotional level and the spiritual level to help balance the body, mind and soul. I speak not only from the perspective of being a Personal Fitness Trainer and former professional athlete but more importantly from the perspective of being a mystic, metaphysical counselor and healer. My work is about healing and addressing the ultimate cause of any thing that we suffer from rather than treating only the symptoms.

There are thousands of diet and exercise programs out there for people to choose from. So rather than giving you what you already know in the physical body chapter I will give you some tips on diet and exercise that perhaps will be new to you.

In the emotional intelligence section you will learn the importance of feeling your emotions and how to interpret them and transform them so that the body can be freed up of emotional charge. All emotions are stored in our mind and also in every cell of the body as polarized electro-magnetic charge. It is our subconscious and unconscious minds which run our physiology. When we transform emotional charge our physical cells are more freed up to operate in a balanced and optimal way. All addictive tendencies such as over-eating stem from emotional, physical and spiritual imbalance.

The majority of emotional themes and patterns of behaviour are unconscious – meaning we are not conscious of them. We do not know we even have them. This chapter will help you identify the behaviour traits, beliefs and emotional wounds that affect you today, whether it is over eating or self destructive habits. It will also help you to understand why you have put on weight in the past even when it has had nothing to do with what you put in your mouth.

In the Section 1 (Taking back our spiritual power) I explain several techniques that you can apply to clear yourself energetically of negative thought forms that you pick up in your environment. There is a meditation process to help ground your energy field properly in your body and help balance the chakra system. In this chapter I discuss the importance of understanding the chakra and energetic systems in the body. Each chakra is connected with the endocrine gland system of the body. The glandular system of the physical body needs to be in balance for us to have physical and emotional health. The glandular system is largely ignored and misunderstood by many Western trained physicians.

When we are overweight the reasons will vary as to why we are overweight. For example many people blame it on their genetics. However research shows us that genetics only account for less than 25% of the whole. So we cannot blame it all on our genetics. We must take responsibility for Self and when we learn more about the ‘bigger picture’ and why we do things then we can be truly free to change.

We all have free will – the ability to choose what we think, say and do. We make our own choices in life. If we do not like the way we are, or do not like the fact that we eat too much food then we can change. As soon as we become aware of those parts of us that are either addicted to food or simply have no discipline we can work with each of them. To be disciplined is to be a Disciple of Self – the True Self, the Soul, rather than a slave to the ego. As we work with each of these parts of our self – each persona, we can heal each one, one at a time. We have the power; we just need the right tools.

In regard to weight loss, when we shift what is playing out at the unconscious level of our own mind our body can shift very quickly. I lost 8 kilos (approx. 18 pounds) in 2 days, and 18 kilos after 4 major emotional shifts. In my case diet and exercise had little to do with my weight gain.

Fiona Taylor

92 Olympian,winner of 7 World Titles in Windsurfing, consciousness coach and mystic

Copyright February 2007.www.barakaya.com

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Soon, Pattaya became a premier vacation spot of Thailand. The destination has now evolved into a favorite holiday beach resort of Southeast Asia, and boasts of everything that is required for a luxurious vacation, such as, more than 400 assorted hotels and resorts, city-like dining options, excellent shopping facilities, and intoxicating nightlife. Additionally, this incredible beach resort is only second to Bangkok in high rise structures.

Due to its proximity to Bangkok, Pattaya is a popular weekend getaway for the city’s dwellers. It is estimated that this exotic beach destination welcomes more than five million tourists every year. Further, inspired by the tranquility as well as the excellent options it render, many Americans, Europeans, and people from East Asian destinations, including professionals, families, and retired people, have now started to settle down here.

The focal point of Pattaya is undoubtedly its unspoilt beach, categorized into north, south, and central. Stretching from the Dolphin roundabout near Dusit Resort, North Pattaya, otherwise known as Pattaya Neau, is perhaps the most peaceful among the beaches in the area. Located south of the North Pattaya is the Central Pattaya beach, a perfect spot for fun and recreation. This beach area is packed with boutique shops, restaurants, bars, and coffee shops. Nearby Central Pattaya is South Pattaya, which attracts many fun-loving travelers. With a variety bars, discotheques, and nightclubs, the area becomes energetic during night. In short, this destination is for adults only.

Located south of Pattaya beach is Jomitien Beach, which is another thriving beach in the area. Dong Tan is also a much famed beach in Pattaya. All of the beaches in the area provide options to enjoy an array of fun-filled as well as recreational activities.

For instance, if you are a diving enthusiast, Pattaya has diving shops to offer PADI and NAUI certificate courses and that too at affordable rates. For expert divers, the Ko Rin and Ko Man Wichai offer great options. Windsurfing is another great activity that can be enjoyed here. Jomtien Beach is regarded as a center of windsurfing, the evidence for which is the board competitions that are conducted by the Pattaya Windsurf Club. Likewise, the southern and northern parts of Pattaya beach and Jomtien beach are considered an excellent spot for water skiing.

But, the activities that are available at Pattaya are not just confined to water sport activities. For example, Pattaya, together with Chon Buri, offer great facilities for golf lovers, with a number of golf courses designed by world-famous golfers. Similarly, with two alleys of international standards, Pattaya offers excellent choices for activities like bowling. Some great options are available for game lovers, such as paintball, with an exclusive ground in order to play the game. Those visiting the paintball ground can also take a visit to small racing ground nearby, which is especially designed for go-kart racing. A myriad of other activities can also be enjoyed in Pattaya such as traditional Thai massage, taking Thai cooking classes, and learning Thai culture and language.

However, Pattaya provides more than beach, island tours, and nightlife. In addition to water sport activities and shopping, the city provides a feast of attractions for sightseers and nature lovers. Among which, most significant are:

- Million Years Stone Park and Pattaya Crocodile Farm, boasting of beautiful rock gardens, more than 200 years old bonsai trees, and a great collection of animal species such as albino bears and crocodiles

- Elephant Village, where display of training methods as well as elephant rides are available

- Funny Land Amusement Park, which is a great area for both grown-ups and children, with specialties like Swing Vikings Ship, Samba Tower, Slalom Roller Caster, Family Swinger, Demolition Derby, Musical Carousel and a Monorail

- Siriporn Orchid Farm, where you can see an astounding array of orchids such as catteleyas, vandas, daedrovium, escosanda and pompadours

- The Bottle Art Museum, which has on display a great selection of over 300 glass bottles consisting of replicas of churches, palaces, and temples

- Mini Siam, a miniature city with replicas of about 80 sacred places as well as most prominent historical sites in the country

With these umpteen attractions, it is no wonder why people flock here throughout the year. Hence, the growing number of tourists has led to a tremendous increase in the number of hotels and resorts. Pattaya has accommodation to suit every taste and pocket. Luxury lovers can take advantage of upscale hotels and resorts coupled with top-end facilities and comforts.

Many of the hotels and resorts in the area offer excellent packages inclusive of 3 or 4 night accommodation, dining, and facilities to enjoy some of the activities in the area. Some even customize this package according to your requirements.

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For many Brits looking to relocate abroad, weather and lifestyle are often the most important factors they consider. Whilst many would automatically think of a Mediterranean coastal town, an increasing number of emigrants are opting for a less well known island off the coast of Venezuela. In addition to its relaxing lifestyle, it is one of the few parts of the world in which unspoiled, white sandy beaches are so totally in abundance.

Isla Margarita, known as the ‘Pearl of the Caribbean’, benefits from an average climate of 27?C and boasts a variety of natural scenery from mountainous terrain to lush vegetation. The area around the main town, Porlamar, offers a large number of facilities and activities for visitors including an 18 hole golf course, shops, windsurfing, scuba diving, snorkeling and hiking. Other towns dotted around the island also have their attractions, with plenty of shops, restaurants and bars to visit.

However, the prime feature explaining the growing popularity of the island is the number of high quality beaches. There are at least 50 unique beaches occupying a coastline of only 106 miles in length. Their sheer number has earned the island a reputation for relaxed and laid back living. The best beaches on the island generally run along the North and East cape; Playa El Agua, Caracola, Playa Parguito and Playa Caribe are acknowledged as the premium beaches with plenty of palm tress and turquoise waters.

Thanks to their number, beaches on Isla Margarita are not over crowded, even during the peak tourism season. Finding that secluded, private beach is not a difficult task and the abundance of beaches is only matched by the sunshine. In 2007 there were 320 days of the year having 6 or more hours of sun, with night temperatures never falling below 20?C. For both these reasons, the island has become increasingly popular over the last few years with visitors looking to spend their days on sandy beaches in the sun.

Some of the island’s beaches are particularly notable for water sports enthusiasts, such as Playa El Yaque in the south. Thanks to its windy conditions, it is internationally renowned as one of the seven best locations in the world for windsurfing and kite surfing. It is one of the most consistently warm and windy parts of the world; the shallow waters extend for 100 meters, providing the perfect conditions for beginners, right through to those who practice tricks and manoeuvres. Isla Margarita is famous among windsurfers thanks to the strong, consistent wind, warm water and temperature with the island hosting the Professional Windsurfing Association competitions annually.

Scuba diving and snorkelling on Isla Margarita are also popular activities. The island’s coastline holds plentiful and diverse underwater life prevelant in the Caribbean area such as Parrot Fish, Barracuda, Spanish Hog Fish, all kinds of Grunts, Groupers and huge Balloon Fish. The two most popular snorkelling and dive locations are Los Frailes and Isla Cubana. A snorkel trip costs on average between and a day, with scuba tours costing between and for a full day trip.

The hot, sunny beach life, combined with the various attractions, activities and sights of the island have resulted in a growing reputation for Isla Margarita as a good value alternative to the Mediterranean isles. Mark Andrew, Sales Director of Emerging Earth is not surprised Britons are becoming ever more attracted to the island:

“The British are now the island’s third major international tourist market. The sheer number of beaches and the level of sunshine is incredible and makes the destination increasingly attractive to those looking to emigrate, particularly given the low prices of property. Our Caracola Beach and Spa Resort will be the best and last truly beachfront development on the island. It represents an excellent, good value alternative to the traditional Mediterranean sunny island get away.”

Caracola Beach & Spa Resort, Isla Margarita

A range of one and two bed apartments overlooking the stunning white sands of Caracola Beach on Isla Margarita, off the coast of Venezuela. Caracola Beach & Spa Resort boasts excellent facilities including restaurants, bars, swimming pools, spa and gymnasium as well as beautifully landscaped gardens. Prices start from €79,000/ £63,000 for a one-bedroom apartment.

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This dramatic interest in the athletically demanding sport has given AKSA founders encouragement about the value of their newly founded organization. Logan Long, co-founder of the association was not surprised by the results; “It’s just simply the biggest adrenaline rush available. The combination of air, water, land, wind power, physical strength and balance the force of nature are the qualities that attract Kite Surfers.”

Wave riding is an explosive, fun and very addictive form of kite surfing. The waves are ridden like a surf board, but with the added versatility of the kite. Aerials and power tricks can be bust out using the power of the wave. Easy to get into because a kite surfer can practice doing sharp turns on flat water then move on to little waves and working their way up to greater levels of expertise.

American Kite Surfing Association is the leading organization for kite surfers in North America. Founded in 2006 by two extreme sport enthusiasts, membership is anticipated to exceed 30,000 before the end of the year. The purpose of the enterprise is to bring heightened awareness to this fast-growing, dynamic, and fun sport. A vast array of information, products, and techniques are available to the visitors of the AKSA website, www.kite-surfingusa.com. After more than a decade of popularity through Europe and Australia, active North American extreme sport athletes are recognizing the maximum adrenaline rush through kite surfing. According to Cathi Long, co-founder of AKSA, “The exhilaration of hang time in kite surfing is unbeatable…kite surfers are simply the sexiest athletes.” AKSA will select 50 leading industry product manufacturers to highlight and profile throughout an extensive national media outreach campaign.

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The staggering location, laced with the promise of Mediterranean climate, buzzing nightlife and pregnant with an ancient history of more than 7000 years Malta is indeed one of the most attractive destinations for tourists who would be interested to learn English in Maltain their holidays! But still the skeptic mind never gets tired of asking, do you really need English?

As a matter of fact with English now making its mark on almost every sphere of life it has become impossible to rule out the possibilities that the language offers. English is reckoned as the global language, the mother of all languages. Wherever you go, whatever you desire to be, it’s almost impossible to overlook the prospect that the language offers.  And perhaps you are not alone in dreaming of being a part of the Oprah Winfrey Show, sharing some moments with her in immaculate English! Yes that’s a dream indeed and the reality is, it is the sound knowledge on English, which can take you to places even to the Oprah Winfrey Show! Just not these of course, there are an array of other reasons why you should learn the language. Face this, English is used in education, in business in trading, in marketing, it’s used online, it’s used even for self development and the list is just unending. With so many reasons to learn the language, can you really say NO? It’s a fact that most of the schools are offering lessons, but if you have missed, it’s still not late to learn English, Who says, we are too old for learning!

Now the most important part, where will you learn English to speak fluently? The transparent azure waters of the Mediterranean and the pristine coastlines of Malta braided with their sandy and rocky beaches ideally boasts the right conditions for swimming, sunbathing and water sports such as scuba diving, sailing and windsurfing. What can be even more fascinating then to learn English in Malta as you hear the roaring sea at the backdrop! The English language schools Malta offer the best deal and the right environment to study English in Malta amidst the brilliance of sun, sea, sky and sand! The English language schools in Malta thus ensures  that you learn the language right from scratch.

The language schools in Malta support you in understanding the nuances of this global language and help you to emerge as the winner! But why Malta should be your destination to study English! A million dollar question indeed, but the answer is simple. The Englishschools in Malta aretwo or three times cheaper than in England, USA or Australia. Malta is one of the most cost-effective language destinations amongst the English-speaking countries. As a matter of fact English is spoken almost everywhere in Malta and Maltese have grown up while learning the different tones and nuances of the English language (which remain the principal aspects producing the first class English teachers)

You want more reasons to study English in Malta? Well, think of the opportunity of killing two birds with one stone! Enroll yourself at any of the language schools in Malta, study English at the most friendly ambiance, and at the same time try a new sport, peep into the Maltese history or wiggle your feet at the soft sands, hear the roar of the sea, go for scuba diving!

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Why not check out Club Colonna as a Family Vacation Spot on Antigua this year

A Family Vacation Idea is something parents think about a lot, and one of the best family vacation spots on Antigua is Sailing Club Colonna. It is a beachfront hotel situated on the north coast of Antigua in Hodges Bay which offers possibly the best family sailing holiday centre in Antigua if not the Caribbean.

What you will find here is the best dinghy sailing and windsurfing in Antigua, and for those not wanting to sail there is blue to turquoise crystal clear water and a private beach lined with palm trees.

Essentially this resort is for families who want to learn to sail, or improve their levels of ability. This is the epitome of affordable sailing, and windsurfing coaching for all the family.

There is a feeling that the priority here is the sailing and not the resort. There are mixed reviews about everything from the food, the rooms, the spa, and this is a little sad. There is no doubt that the upgrading of the resort and facilities which is imminent will make a difference, because it is very unsettling for staff and guests alike to be in a resort that has improvements planned, and widely known about.

After saying this, the main reason for falilies to come here is for a sailing holiday, and there is no doubt that this aspect works well.There are good discounts available, and if guests are aware that things may not be quite right, but the family vacation idea on principle is still OK, and the sailing is great then everything will be in the end what you wanted.

One problem about resorts and trying to make sense of what guests have to say, is the fact that everyone’s expectations are different. What a visitor who normally stays in a five star resort would make of Club Colonna is quite understandably different to that of a family with no experience of such places.

For what it is, Club Colonna is a great family vacation idea, the beach may or may not be man made, but it is a perfectly good place to swim and sunbathe. Noisy kids may dominate the pool, but that isn’t what everyone says, because the same kids aren’t there all the time.

The quality of the food may well vary, but so do guest’s tastes, and what may be delicious to one person may be inedible to another.

With everything in life and Club Colonna is no exception you have to see as you find. What you will find is that the Youth Sailing Club for 11 year olds is good fun. The Powerboat course will keep you interested and occupied.

Overall there is a definite feeling that Club Colonna is restricted by its budget. There is ample evidence that the resort is awaiting a revamp, and whilst this article may put you off booking this as a family vacation spot, there is every indication that it will reopen, refurbished, revitalised, almost reincarnated, and will return to the high standards some of the guests could remember in past times.

The Club Colonna is still a great family vacation idea for a sailing holiday, but perhaps not the best family vacation idea at the moment, but watch this space for a dramatic improvement shortly.

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Looking for an incomparable adventuresome trip? If you are a keen windsurfer or water sports enthusiast, visit the fabulous Goan coastline. Pack your bag, board and rig, and you’re absolutely on the right track. Water sports and other activities in Goa, along with your friends or family, can be a great fun as well as unforgettable experience in your life. Such activities are a prime and exciting option while holidaying in Goa.

Major Sports/Activities Goa’s golden beaches, mesmerizing climate and long shoreline together form a perfect place for adventure. When it comes to purely the water sports, Goa is frequented for Dinghy Sailing (beer and sandwich sailing), Scuba Diving, Windsurfing, Water Skiing, Angling, Parasailing etc.

If you are less interested in water sports, you can enjoy Beach Volleyball, Beach Basketball, Beach Combing, Cycling, Horse Riding, Making Sand Castles, Jogging, Dolphin and Crocodile Spotting, Island Trips and other beach-side activities. The coastline, being surrounded by the Western Ghats, offers wonderful opportunities for rock climbing and trekking as well.

If money is not a bar, Goa is also famous for sports like Jet-Skiing, Knee-and-Wake Boarding, Banana- Bump & Ringo Rides, Catamaran/Hobie Cat Sailing and Super Cross Racing.

Best Season To Visit Tourists from all over the world flock to the coastline of Goa mostly in the months from October to May. This is the time when the skies here are cloudless and blue, and moreover the waters are also as clear as crystal blue. Almost all the water sports are avoided in rest of the year because of the heavy rainfall.

Ranging from Arambol and Anjuna beach to the Baga, Calangute, Candolim, Miramar, Dona Paula, Bogmalo, Colva and Agonda beaches- adventure sports draw maximum number of holiday makers.

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Day 1 – Arusha Coffee Lodge, Arusha, Tanzania

On arrival from your international flight into Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenya, connect with a one hour scheduled flight to Arusha, Tanzania. On arrival you will be met and transferred by road to Arusha Coffee Lodge where you stay for one night (bed and breakfast).

A safari vacation in Tanzania will provide both you and your family with some fantastic safari memories. Tanzania has some of the most luxurious lodges and wonderful guides for the perfect African safari and with only a short flight to Zanzibar you can relax on one of the beautiful African beaches.

Opened in December 2001, Arusha Coffee Lodge is stylish, comfortable and efficient and is an ideal to acclimatise before your safari.

The lodge consists of 23 luxury chalets which are creatively decorated. Each luxurious chalet is spaced throughout the lush coffee grove to ensure privacy and solitude. The beds are very comfortable and furnishings are of top quality with lots of interesting coffee themed artefacts. There is even a little sitting room with couch and chairs off from the bedroom. The elegant bathrooms are grand with nice fixtures including bath and shower. One of the nicest features is the private wooden deck attached to each chalet which overlooks the coffee plantation. As the majority of arrivals are at night, the deck offers a great morning spot to experience your first sights and sounds of Africa. You might spot the first wildlife of your safari as vervet monkeys can be seen as they clamber around

There is a swimming pool and spa area behind the reception and restaurant, and the lodge also has a wonderful bar and lounge area which offers a great atmosphere.

Days 2 to 8

Over the next seven days you will be taken on a private game safari in a fully equipped four wheel drive vehicle with radio and a highly experienced driver/guide. You will have the flexibility to go where you wish, when you wish, and can vary your activities to include walking where possible as well as unlimited game drives, while visiting some of Tanzania’s most famous national parks and conservation areas (fully inclusive of meals and activities).

Days 2 and 3 – The Tree Camp, Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, Tanzania

In the morning you will be met and taken by road in a westerly direction for approximately four hours to Ngorongoro Crater Lodge in Northern Tanzania, where you stay for two nights at the Tree Camp.

Perched on top of the breathtaking Ngorongoro Crater and surrounded by some of the most spectacular flora and fauna, Ngorongoro Crater Lodge offers guests accommodation in a truly unique setting. Tree Camp has just six large suites each with Victorian bath, shower, a huge four-poster bed, armchairs and massage room. There are several verandas, each with wonderful views of the 80miles_ crater below you.

Inspired by ancient African architecture, the lodge offers modern, comfortable accommodation in keeping with the natural splendour of its surroundings and takes the form of three small villages. Each village commands awe-inspiring views of the crater floor 500 metres below.
There are three attractive bars and a charming tree house. Hearty breakfasts, buffet lunches and four course dinners quell appetites sharpened by fresh air and safari excitement.

In the early morning of Day 3 your driver will take you down into the Crater for a morning’s safari game viewing. When the Crater becomes busy, you will leave and head off to explore the surrounding area and one of the small craters, before returning to the lodge.

Ngorongoro Crater was originally a volcano larger than Mount Kilimanjaro but approximately three million years ago a huge series of eruptions caused the centre to subside forming a vast volcanic caldera ten miles wide. The floor of the caldera is 1500ft below the rim and on this 80-mile_ area live 20,000 animals of all kinds. There are thousands of wildebeest, zebra, antelope, giraffe and other plains game, lion, leopard, hyena and bat-eared fox and seventeen rhinoceros which have been preserved from the poachers and are now beginning to flourish again. The animals in the crater are used to the presence of mankind, which makes this a good area for wildlife photography, particularly as the crater floor is so diverse with areas of swamp, woodland and dry savannah grassland, all set against the backdrop of the forested crater walls.

In the southern quarter of the crater lies Lake Magadi which is a haven for waterbirds and you can frequently see flocks of thousands of flamingos gathered in one corner making their raucous calls and presenting a mass of pink wings, necks and legs.

To the north east of Ngorongoro lie other craters, such as Empakai and Ol Moti, which provide excellent walking opportunities and if you visit Empakai you can descend into the steep-sided forest crater and admire the beautiful lake that sits in its base. From time to time you meet groups of scarlet-cloaked Maasai herding their cattle and goats, and for those clients staying a little longer in Ngorongoro it would be possible to visit a Maasai boma to see something of their way of life.

Days 4 and 5 – Lake Manyara Tree Lodge, Lake Manyara, Tanzania

Today you will be taken two hours in a south westerly direction towards the Rift Valley to Lake Manyara Tree Lodge where you stay for two nights.

Lake Manyara Tree Lodge is the only lodge inside Lake Manyara National Park. It is one of the most luxurious and elegant small lodges in Tanzania with ten imaginatively designed tree house suites made of local timber, set on stilts among huge mahogany trees. Each suite is elegantly furnished with a comfortable bed, sitting area and an en-suite bathroom with a proper bath, as well as an outdoor shower. You can admire the rich forest through your window and your game viewing deck outside. Between safaris you can relax in the lounge areas and you can take a dip in the pool. Safari game drives are enjoyed in open vehicles with your guide and on foot with special Masai Warriors.

Lake Manyara National Park is renowned for its tree climbing lions and its abundance of spectacular forest. You find sausage trees, their huge pods being much sought after by the local elephants, cactus like candelabra trees, mahogany, fig and acacia trees – all leading down to the beautiful waters of Lake Manyara. The wildlife includes the lions, elephant, buffalo, antelope, giraffe and a host of smaller creatures, as well as over three hundred and fifty species of birds which you will have the opportunity to see whilst out on your private safari game drive with your guide.
Days 6 and 7 – Tarangire Nomad Shared Camp – Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Today you will be taken on a game drive two hours east to Tarangire where you stay for two nights at a shared ‘traditional’ camp.

Tarangire is one of the most attractive National Parks in East Africa. The focus of any safari here is the Tarangire River, a beautiful quite shallow meandering river which provides a reliable source of water for the big herds of elephant, antelope, buffalo and big cats, which inhabit Tarangire. The most exciting time to visit is between June and the end of October when this water becomes even more important and over 3,000 elephant migrate into Tarangire from Manyara. One of the most attractive aspects of this National Park is the variety of vegetation which includes areas of open grassland, riverine bush, hill country and wetland and swamps; all of which supports a particularly wide variety of species. The trees of Tarangire are exceptionally attractive and include thousands of huge old baobabs, acacia, cactus-like candelabra, mahogany and sausage trees, with their huge pods which are much favoured by the elephants.

Nomad Safaris have set up a semi-permanent camp which operates throughout the dry season and is located on a private area of land where you can enjoy all that Tarangire has to offer by vehicle both during the day and at night time, and on walks which are fascinating in this beautiful riverine country enabling you to reach out and touch things, examine tracks and learn the fundamentals of bush craft. This semi permanent bush camp is based upon a model which has been used for many years in the Serengeti with large walk in tents proper beds, simple safari furniture and en suite long drop w.c. and bush shower. A cheerful and competent support team runs the camp and an experienced chef prepares amazingly delicious meals which are all the more enjoyable for being taken in this remote and beautiful corner of Africa.

Days 8 to 12 – Breezes Beach Club, Zanzibar, Tanzania

In the morning you will be transferred two hours to Arusha to board a scheduled flight departing at 1215 to Zanzibar. On arrival at 1345 you will be met and taken to Breezes Beach Club where you stay for five nights in an ocean front room (half board).

Breezes Beach Club is situated along a pristine white sandy beach, edged with palm trees.

The rooms are comfortable, spacious and fully air-conditioned, with luxurious en suite bathrooms, and are all tastefully furnished in authentic Zanzibari style. There are three bars, one by the pool, and three restaurants, which serve exceptional cuisine, featuring local spices, tropical fruits and delicacies from the Indian Ocean. The Breakers Lunch Restaurant serves barbecues on the beachfront under the shade of palm trees.

You can enjoy a great variety of recreational facilities; the marine activities include windsurfing and pedal boats, and there is also a swimming pool, a floodlit tennis court, and a fitness and aerobics centre. The Bazaar shop sells a variety of beautiful African arts and crafts.

In this beautiful setting, reflecting a sophisticated Swahili style enhanced with candlelight and spice scented aromas, you can enjoy a variety of treatments and therapies, all aimed at relieving the negative impacts of a modern lifestyle such as stress and exhaustion.

The international team of professional therapists at the Frangipani Spa offers a wide variety of facial, body and hand and foot treatments, as well as specialised massage techniques. The Frangipani Spa also offers ‘The Kili Foot Treatment’ and ‘Apres Safari Treatment’ which are specially designed packages to soothe and rejuvenate after the dust and bumpy roads of the African Bush. An excellent option for those who are looking to recover after an adventure filled safari.

A safari in Tanzania with a remote luxury beach Vacation in Zanzibar is a perfect combination where you can spend time with the guides and game, aswell as relaxing on the beach, in both these fantastically beautiful African locations
Day 13

You will be transferred to Zanzibar to board a scheduled flight departing at 1630 to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta Airport. Arrive at 1800 and continue with your homeward bound flight.

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It is a well known fact that sports and exercise gives you that feel-good factor and there is no better time for uplifting your mood than the start of the New Year after an indulgent Christmas, news of recession and bank interest rates hitting an all time low. Nestled in the Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela, Isla Margarita offers the solution to your winter blues. An array of sports are on offer, including shopping, yes you have to be game to hit the shops, or land activities and of course water sports. And after a day of exertion, you have the opportunity to relax back in your very own beachside apartment; property in an up-coming market is also a good alternative to leaving cash in the banks with dwindling interest rates.

Golf lovers will be very impressed by the standard of facilities on offer at the par 70 Isla Bonita 18 hole golf course. The course commands breathtaking sea views and is open all year round. If you wish to play, you may hire clubs, caddies ad after an enjoyable round you can relax in the clubhouse bar where refreshments and food are readily available. Prices range from -80 a round depending on the season.

If hiking is more your style you will definitely want to explore Isla Margarita’s numerous parks. The diverse conditions on the island allow you to explore mountain rain forests one day and sand flats the next.

For a different kind of adventure you may wish to explore the ‘Peninsula of Macanao’ on horseback. If beaches are more appealing then you can trek along the shores of Paraguito and Ascunsion Beaches.

Isla Margarita is a duty-free zone offering a variety of shopping opportunities and exceptional value to Venezuelans and tourists alike. Prices are 15-20% lower than on mainland Venezuela, therefore considerably less expensive that Europe or the US. Isla Margarita is a haven for ceramics, textiles and handmade crafts. Everything from hats to handbags.

The chinchorro is a local term for hammock. These hammocks are an intricate weave of thin strands of rough natural fibres. An array of styles can be found all over the island, differing from town to town. You will also discover locally produced jewellery made using traditional materials.

The more discerning shopper will also be pleased at the extensive choice of designer clothes, jewellery and perfumes. Brands such as Cartier, BMW, Benetton, Tiffany’s, Hugo Boss, Dolce & Gabbana, Quicksilver, Breitling and Tommy Hillfiger can be found at a fraction of the normal price. Among the best buys for tourists are liquor, Cuban cigars, rum and Venezuelan coffee.

Isla Margarita is famous among windsurfers throughout the world. With its strong, consistent wind, warm water, and temperature, it’s not surprising that Isla Margarita hosts Professional Windsurfing Association competitions each year.

In there south of the island is El Yaque Beach. El Yaque is recognised as one of the world’s top 5 locations for windsurfing and is attracting more and more windsurfers annually. The shallow waters extend for 100m, providing the perfect conditions for beginners and those practicing their tricks and manoeuvres

Isla Margarita offers some excellent Caribbean scuba diving and snorkelling. The main attraction is without doubt the abundant and diverse underwater life such as Barracuda, Parrot Fish, Spanish Hog Fish, all kinds of Grunts, Groupers, huge Balloon Fish and if you have a keen eye and are very attentive, you may see lobsters and sea horses. The two most popular snorkelling and dive locations are Los Frailes and Isla Cubana. A snorkel trip costs on average between and per person for a full day with lunch. The scuba tours cost between %50 and for a whole day trip.

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