All About Traveling in The World

Obesity and Diabetes is slowly becoming your # 1 Killer in silent Diseases. especially in the trucking industry. Most all of us in the trucking industry do not eat right, get the proper sleep, and are under a lot of stress. Then we spend hour after hour sitting in the seat just bouncing along. Now this puts a strain on our legs and our blood ciculation. It is no wonder that Obesity and Diabetes are becoming our #1 Silent Killer along with Heart Disease and Sleep Disorders. Still we have to be Physically fit and take our D.O.T. physicals ever so often.
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Symptoms of a Diabetic

1)Constant Hunger and Thrist (a demanding thrist is the most tell tale sign of diabetes)

2)Frequent need to urinate

3)Weight Loss

4)Deep Fatigue

5)Depression

6)Irritability

7)Excessive itching (Mainly among Type 2 Diabetics)

What are the causes of Diabetes:

1)Lack of exercise

2)Overweight

3)Stress

4)Diet too high in fats and too low in complex carbohydrates ang fiber

5)Nutritional Deficiencies( Especially Shromium)

6)Food Allergies (especially Dairy products and wheat

7)Low thyroid function

8)Viral infections( Primary Type 1 only)

9) Family History

Now I have shown you the causes and the symptoms of the disease.What CanYou Do?

1) See a doctor and get tested. Like the trucking Bozo says. I believe it is a (C1A) test. Iam not really sure but your doctor would know.

2)Exercise Daily (I suggest brisk walks for about 30 minutes. If you are a driver take a walk around the outside edge of the truck stop a couple of times.

3)Avoid Alchol (Pure Sugar)

4)Don’t Smoke

5)Avoid Caffein

6)test for food and enviromental allergies.

7)Maintain Healthy Body Weight.

8)Work to Relieve Stress

9)Eat Protein snacks between meals

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11)Eat Foods high in Zinc, including Seafood, Sardines, Oysters, Soybeans, Soy Lecithin, Kelp, Legumes, Meat, Liver, Eggs, Brewer’s Yeast, mushrooms, Poultry, Whole Grains, and Pumpkin and Sunflower Seeds.

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I admit it. I am a Baby Boomer. This is said with some trepidation as this means confessing I can remember when most television shows were filmed in black and white. I can also recall seeing photos of Civil War soldiers when they were still alive. Granted they were in their nineties, old as the hills, and were drummer boys when the war was going on, and I myself when was a tiny tot when I saw their photos, but still…

That being said, I can also be proud that we Baby Boomers have contributed to the significant technological growth that has astounded the world once we got past the Flower Children, the Vietnam War and Watergate. Of course, we have also produced Bill Clinton and George Bush, but that’s another story. As we jog into the New Millennium many of us are retiring in mass numbers and hitting the road. We are a travel agent’s dream come true as with credit card in hand, we roam the world.

Recently, in Pattaya, Thailand, the 55th Pacific Asia Travel Agency (PATA) held a session on “Baby Boomers and the Challenge of Generations X and Y in relation to the Far Eastern market and the Pacific Rim” which is worth noting. In case you couldn’t tell Generation X from a hole in the ground, here is a quickie course in Generation terminology starting from 1900.

1900-1910 Interbellum Generation
1910-1924 G.I. Generation
1911-1924 Greatest Generation
1929-1956 American High
1925-1945 Silent Generation
1946-1964 Baby Boomers
1948-1962 Beat Generation
1954-1965 Generation Jones
1964-1984 Consciousness Revolution
1958-1968 Baby Busters
1961-1981 Generation X
1975-1985 MTV Generation
1984-2005 Culture Wars Generation
1981-1986 Boomerang Generation
1982-2003 Generation Y
Don’t ask me who makes up this stuff up, but there you are. Now back to the PATA conference. It turns out that Asia is not a “young” market, according to Asian Demographics CEO and Expert, Dr. Clint Laurent. If you are a travel agent who deals in the Asian market or is thinking about it, then listen up. Dr. Laurent says that China’s one-child policy has created a deep divide between older and younger generations in the same way that Baby Boomers in Japan have impacted the generational divide.

Here in a nutshell are travel trends predicted for Generations Baby Boomers, X and Y:

The Japanese have the largest and most affluent Baby Boomer market in the Pacific Asia.
The Over-40 group in Hong Kong, Chinese Taipai and Korea is climbing the fastest and hence are predicted to start traveling more.
1% of China’s 200 million Baby Boomers are endowed with a reasonable amount of money and time. (I should hope so. Everything in the US is made in China, practically. Let’s lure them to the US and get our money back!).

India has the youngest market.
Japanese Baby Boomers and Generation X are driving the country’s outbound travel.
Australian and New Zealand Baby Boomers spend an average of AU$200-AU$300 per day. (Big Spenders come from DownUnder. Don’t forget it!)

German Baby Boomer travelers to the Asia/Pacific region prefer to create their own holiday package

Generations X and Y appear difficult to predict, but it would appear that Generation Y prefers to purchase consumer goods. Think computers, big screen televisions and cell phones here. And guess who is in the forefront of the traveling scene? Yup. The Baby Boomers. However, if I were a Generation X’er travel agent, I would start worrying about my peers stooped over their computer keyboards and only getting vicarious thrills from the Travel Channel. Maybe they should rename the Baby Boomers the “Get-Up and Go” generation! After the last of the Baby Boomers goes to that final travel destination in the sky, I hope they have figured out a way to get the Generations we have left behind off their duffs.

But probably by then they will have invented “virtual travel” with all the thrills but none of the spills. Talk about your armchair traveler!

The Pros of Flying Budget Airlines

You usually get good rates. As previously stated, most budget airlines have cheap flights, but offer very few perks to travelers. This is an easy way to save money. If your goal is to cheaply get from point a to point b, you should have no problem flying on a budget airline. As for how much money you save, it depends on the airline in question, your travel dates, and your destination. On average, most travelers save at least $100 a trip by flying budget instead of well-known.

You have a number of airlines to choose from. For the most part, budget airlines were a well-kept secret in the United States. Most air travelers were familiar with the big carriers, such as American Airlines and Delta. It wasn’t until airfare skyrocketed that passengers started examining their options more. Most were pleased to see that not only did budget airlines exist, but there were quite a few to choose from. In the United States, just a few of your options include Southwest, Spirit, Virgin American, JetBlue, and Horizon Air. With a number of budget airlines to choose from, you have a good chance of saving money.

The Cons of Flying Budget Airlines

There are little to no perks. When most of us think of perks, we think of in-flight movies, drinks, and snacks. On occasion, some budget airlines forego these extras, but there is more. Some budget airlines allow you to make your reservations, but you don’t choose your seat until you arrive at the airport or board the airplane. For most travelers this is okay, but it may be risky if you are traveling as a family. Since budget airlines focus on cheap travel, many completely forego first class. If you want to have your perks, it may be best to avoid flying budget airlines.

You don’t always get the best deals. For example, JetBlue was mentioned above as a good airline. If you search for a flight between Syracuse, New York and Orlando, Florida, a big $114 pops up on your screen (at the time of this article). You think great, as Northwest Airlines quoted you $156 for that same flight. That is until you see the $114 isn’t for a roundtrip flight, even though you selected roundtrip from the options. You must scroll down the page and select your return flight, which also has a price tag of $114. This “budget,” airline is now $72 more expensive.

Some budget airlines load you down with fees. Southwest Airlines is well-known for being a good budget airline. Their website and commercials say “what you see is what you get.” This means the price you see is actually the price you pay. Not all airlines are like this. Many have hidden fees and taxes, which you may not see until you are ready to pay for the flight. Always read the fine print of a budget airline. After doing so, you may see that their deals aren’t so good after all.

You have a limited number of airports to choose from. As previously stated, there are many budget airlines in the United States. Unfortunately, they service a limited number of airports. The reason why budget airlines are able to offer discounted flights is because they wisely choose their destinations. They know where travelers want to go and when. Unfortunately, if you want to travel to Kansas, it will be hard to find a budget airline that services state airports. On the other hand, if you want to travel to Florida, your options are virtually unlimited.

As you can see, flying budget airlines does have its pros and cons. If you opt to give these airlines a try, price compare to ensure you really are getting the best deal, make your travel plans in advance, and arrive at the airport early.

Popularly known as the city that was purchased for $24 dollars by Dutch settler Peter Minuet in 1614 from the native Le nape Indian.

It was named New York later after the English conquered this area and after the Duke of York.

Wedged between the East River to the east and the Hudson River to the west, the city is surrounded by water. It is a trend setting city and center for the arts, sports, entertainment, fine dining, culture, fashion and finances. The city is also known for its skyscrapers and has more than double the amount of skyscrapers than any other city in the world.

New York City is broken down into 5 boroughs – Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten Island. As opposed to Los Angeles, it is a city where most inhabitants chose not to and do not travel by car. Transport is by train, subway, bus, taxi, scooters, bicycle, roller blades, horse carriage or by foot.

The city has 4 distinct seasons where you have snow in the winter and hot humid summer days. The main water source for New York City drinking water is the Catskill Mountains from northern New York.

New York City gets in the neighborhood of 40 million tourists per year which includes foreigners and residents from other areas of the United States. They come to see Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, the Metropolitan Museum, other museums such as the Guggenheim and the Museum of Modern Art, the New York Botanical Gardens, the United Nations, Central Park, the Bronx Zoo, Rockefeller Center, etc.

There are numerous ethnic pools throughout the city including in the various boroughs. In the downtown Manhattan area you have pockets like Chinatown and Little Italy. There is also a Jewish community in the downtown area and if you look carefully you can find an old style dairy restaurant and find some choice cheese blintzes and other ethnic specialties.

If you were to running the marathon through the city you would pass through all sorts of different cultural areas and the people are there cheering you on the whole way. They are out in numbers lining the streets.

The city is also known for its life and vibrancy. Whereas may other cities shut down, you can always find something going on into the wee wee hours. The pace is fast and the tone at first glance may appear to be a bit intimidating, but when you get through that people are very nice and like to help others. There is a certain sense of comrade among New Yorkers. If you are from New York it is special to find another New Yorker in another part of the world.

The sport of baseball was very strong in New York in the early 20th century and the tradition has carried on into today. I guess after 50 years the Brooklyn Dodgers can now be forgiven for leaving Brooklyn and moving to Los Angeles.

If you have never been to New York City and you are not adverse to city life, then it is a place that should be on your list to visit.

With North American companies spending more than USD$240 billion in 2008 alone, incentive trips, meetings and events accounted for 15% of all travel spending. Incentive travel alone accounted for USD$13 billion in that same year, before declining significantly during the economic crisis. The good news…and important news…is that North American incentive travel is expected to increase by 29% in 2010, revitalizing the market segment to within 12% of healthy 2008 numbers. When taken into account that incentive program spending tends to more than double the daily expenditures of an average tourist stay, this is one niche market that cannot be underestimated.

Caribbean nations continue to rank highly within the meetings and incentive travel niche market. Many North American planners appreciate the region’s consistency of surf, sun and sand, as long as those natural attributes are supported by an upscale infrastructure that can accommodate high end incentives.

While confidence in the Caribbean has been strong, trends suggest that planners are looking ahead to new and unique experiences that offer a fresh approach for their programs. That trend presents an exciting opportunity for destinations, DMCs, hotels and resorts whose offers and marketing initiatives reflect new and innovative ideas.

With so many options to choose from worldwide, destinations looking to tap into the meetings and incentive travel niche market must stay abreast of shifting industry trends. In the blink of an eye, a bad experience, a political crisis, a sharp currency fluctuation, etc. can change the attitude…and direction…of planner attention. Destinations that show an ability and willingness to adapt to these shifting trends will fare far better in the market than those that ignore the issues.

Achieving sustained success in the meetings and incentive travel market is a long-term objective, achieved through concentrated sales and marketing initiatives that address the specific and unique needs of the industry. Destinations must identify hotels, resorts, restaurants, unique venues and attractions that are suited to mid to high level incentive programs, then create tailored packages and develop dedicated marketing materials. Short-term initiatives and special program offers can be used to develop long-term initiatives aimed at sustaining interest in the destination.

AUSTRIA

The world’s best music festivals. The world’s biggest and most famous music festival is the Salzburg Festival. Other important Austrian melomaniac delights include the Haydn Festival in Vienna and the International Chamber Music Festival. Tickets to the festivals are cheapest if you buy them in Austria. “Tickets for Events in Austria” is an information sheet which is available from Austrian National Tourist Office, tel. (212)944-6880; website: http://www.austria-tourism.at.

The world’s best horsemanship. The 400-year-old Spanish Riding School, located in the Hofburg, trains the noble white stallions that descend from the Spanish horses imported to Austria by Emperor Maximilian II in the 16th century. The horses dance to Viennese music, guided by expert riders wearing the traditional gold-buttoned brown uniform and gold-braided black hat. Performances are held at the school most Sunday mornings at 10:45 a.m. and occasional Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. from March to June and September to December. It’s difficult to get tickets; write six months in advance to the Spanische Reitschule, Hofburg, A-1010 Vienna, Austria; tel. (43)1-533-9031.

The most romantic hotel. Less than an hour from Vienna, the Schloss Durnstein, tel. (43)2-711-212, presides over a wide curve of the Danube River. Located deep in the wine district of Wachsu, this magnificent castle is surrounded by distinctive vine-clad hills, age-old ruins and timeless picturesque villages with one-lane streets. According to the legend, it was here that the imprisoned King Richard the Lionhearted was reunited with his faithful minstrel, who had sung his way across Europe searching for his master. Also intriguing is the wine cellar (which can accommodate 8,000 “buckets” of wine), the arch-crossed cobbled courtyard and the 33 rooms all with chandeliers fronting the Danube.

GERMANY

Heidelberg, the most romantic town. Heidelberg is the hub of German Romanticism. Schumann began his career as a Romantic composer in this pretty town and Goethe fell in love here. Heidelberg is also the oldest university town in Germany and the site of scenes from the movie and opera The Student Prince. The best place to ramble in Heidelberg is the Haupstrasse, which is lined with coffeehouses and little shops. Have a drink in one of the cafes beneath the rathaus. Or meander along Philosopher’s Walk, where Goethe and Hegel wandered. From the path you’ll have a bird’s-eye view of the city and Heidelberg Castle. Don’t leave town without visiting the Electoral Palatinate Museum, where the 500,000-year-old jawbone of Heidelberg Man is kept.

Germany’s best fish market. The best fish market in Germany is held on Sunday mornings in Hamburg. This raucous but fun affair is located by the docks in Altona and begins at 5 a.m.

Worms: the strangest history. The city of Worms has a strange name and an even stranger history. It was named for a legendary giant worm with fangs and webbed feet that lived in the Rhine and demanded human sacrifices. Worms was the fifth-century capital of the legendary Nibelungs. The tribe left the area, according to legend, after the wicked Hagen slew their hero, Siegfried and threw their treasure into the river. A huge statue of Hagen commemorates the story. The town was destroyed in A.D. 436 by Attila the Hun. In the center of the town’s old section is the tall, spired Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, built in the 11th and 12th centuries. Worms has a huge statue of Martin Luther; the oldest synagogue in Germany, built in the 11th century and restored in 1961; and the oldest and largest Jewish cemetery in Europe. Tombstones date from the 11th century.

Hitler’s favorite hideout. The Kehlsteinhouse (also known as Eagle’s Nest), perched on a rocky crag above the town of Berchtesgaden, was Hitler’s favorite hideout. No wonder-the view from the hideaway-turned-restaurant is exhilarating. Anyone could develop delusions of grandeur here. Alpine peaks rise above cottony clouds at this level. The snow at their summits glistens in the sun. Below, a thick carpet of dark green pines stretches toward the valley. The road to Eagle’s Nest is so steep and dangerous that cars are not allowed to use it; you must take a special bus from the Obersalzberg-Hintereck parking lot. You can dine in the restaurant from mid-May through mid-October.

The world’s best passion play. Every 10 years, the world’s most moving passion play is performed in the shadows of the Alps in the little artisan town of Oberammergau. From May through September in years ending in zero, local amateur actors put aside their daily professions and devote themselves entirely to the play. Written in the 17th century, it enacts Christ’s suffering between the Last Supper and his death. Villagers have performed the play every 10 years since the 17th century, when they vowed they would perform the passion if the black plague ceased. It did and they have. The picturesque Passionsspielhaus (Passion play Theater) can be visited any time of the year. The immense open-air stage holds 700 actors and the theater’s wooden benches hold 5,200 people. You can see the elaborate costumes used during the passion play when you visit. Performances begin at 8:30 a.m. and finish at 6 p.m., with a two-hour break for lunch. The best hotel Oberammergau is the Alois Lang. This quiet place has rooms with private bathrooms and three good dining rooms.

The world’s best asparagus. Every spring, Germans go stalk-raving mad, gorging themselves on the country’s Weisser Spargel, or white asparagus. The German asparagus, introduced 2,000 years ago by the Romans, is plump and ivory white with delicate purple tips. It is prized among epicures, who come from around the world every April, May and June to the world’s asparagus mecca. Asparagus is especially big business in Finthen, near Mainz, where all 5,000 inhabitants are engaged in the cultivation of the white vegetable; in Lampertheim, between Worms and Mannheim, where every housewife grows the prized vegetable in her back yard; in Schrobenhausen, the center of the only area in southern Bavaria where asparagus is grown; and in Tettnang and Schwetzingen, known together as the asparagus capital of Germany.

People are traveling and flying more and more everyday. It is important to keep your health first when traveling and sometimes that is easy to forget. There will be plenty of time to sit while you are on the plane, so use your waiting time to walk around and get your blood flowing and your muscles limber. Even if you have extra luggage you can carry it around and add the extra weight which will make your muscles work even harder, therefore burning more calories and boosting the metabolism. Avoid the people movers as you get closer to your gate. Use your time wisely and walk the distance. Your body will see an increase blood flow and will bring on big time benefits once on the plane.

One of the major reasons for jet lag is dehydration. The cabin inside the plane is like a huge dehumidifier. It can rapidly get rid of your body’s fluids without you even realizing it. The key is to stay hydrated which means continuously drinking water. Not only will this hydrate your body, it will force you to get up to go to the bathroom which will encourage proper blood flow. This will keep your muscles from cramping, especially on long flights. While you’re waiting in line for the bathroom, do some added stretches to enhance the blood flow even more. They dry air on the plan can also irritate your eyes. Taking a supplement such as fish oil or flax see had can help in this problem. This helps to lubricate the eyes from the inside out. Try not to rub your eyes while aboard the plane. This causes the vessels in your eyes to constrict. Don’t use artificial tears either as they do the same thing. Check with your local chiropractor in Schaumburg for more healthy traveling tips.