There are some very exciting vacation destinations in Uganda just waiting to be discovered by you and your families. The following are just a few great ideas for a truly successful vacation;

Bwindi impenetrable national park; Visitors from all over the world travel to Uganda specifically to tour Bwindi forest in the south west part of the country which is home to half the remaining mountain gorilla population in the world. The forest contains various species of trees and scenery beautiful to look at.

Ssese islands; if you are the kind who prefers to have a quiet and peaceful vacation away from the bustle and hassle of cities then Ssese islands is your destination. You get to relax and lie at the beach and have a stress free vacation far away from the every day world.

Murchison falls national park; for a variety of wildlife and birds be sure to visit Murchison falls. Have a game drive and spot all sorts of wild animals and do have a launch cruise up the stream to explore and observe the falls.

Queen Elizabeth national park; is also popular for its wildlife and birds especially the tree climbing lions at Ishasha, the Kazinga Channel which provides the park’s prime wildlife spectacle, the queen’s Pavilion and the Maramagambo forest.

Amabere ga Nyina Mwiru; After your Queen Elizabeth tour, continue on your Uganda safari and drive to Fort portal and visit the Amabere ga Nyina Mwiru caves that have a beautiful mythical story behind their existence. The amabere ga nyina mwiru are geographically called stalagmites and stalactites. The caves are located 10km from Fort Portal town.

Jinja; the source of the Nile is located in Jinja in the eastern part of Uganda. In Jinja adventurer tourists can engage in bungee jumping, kayaking, white water rafting, jet boating, and boat rides to the source of the Nile where the Speke monument lies. Visitors can visit the Bujagali falls and also do horse riding as well.

The Sipi falls; these are a series of three tall waterfalls along the lower slopes of Mt Elgon in eastern Uganda.The Sipi falls are one of the major tourist attractions in Uganda.

Lake Mburo national park; this park is popular for its richness in biodiversity mainly known for antelopes like the Impala from which Kampala the capital city was named. A boat trip on Lake Mburo from which the park gets its name greatly rewards you with a view of birds and wildlife.

Kampala city; this is the capital city of Uganda and it is by far the best city in the country. Kampala is made up of magnificent buildings comprising of shopping malls, resorts and hotels, restaurants and bars etc whatever you are looking for besides wildlife, you can get in Kampala. So come take a Uganda safari and discover the numerous tourist attractions.

Pizza is an Italian pie that is baked in an oven. It consists of a crust, tomato sauce, cheese and toppings. The word pizza is thought to have originated from the Italian word that means “a point.” In the early days of Italian pie, it was flour and water mix together and then cooked on a hot stone.

During the 6th century BC in the middle of the Persian Empire; soldiers would use their shields to bake flat bread and then top it with cheese and dates. In the 3rd century BC, Marcus Porcius Cato, wrote a bit of Roman history. He wrote a description about calling it a flat round dough drenched with olive oil, honey and spiced herbs baked on stones.

Marcus Garius Apicius was considered a culinary expert. In the first century, A.D, he wrote a Roman cookbook that was titled,” De Re Coquinana”. The cookbook included recipes including a recipe for a loaf of bread that was hollowed out and topped with chicken, garlic, pine kernels, pepper, cheese, mint and oil. The recipe called for cooling the pizza in the snow before eating.

Tomatoes were taken from the New World, which is now known as Peru, to Europe. Many people had thought tomatoes were poisonous but the poor people had an idea of making a cheap meal from dough that was topped with tomatoes. This was the first sign of the Italian pie we know today. They made their pie with flour, oil, lard, cheese and herbs. These pies were later sold at a local tavern which was a place visited often by Spanish soldiers.

Some men in the poor areas of Naples would make a pie they called Pizzaioli. People love these pies so much that they became extremely popular. 18th century – In 1889, the King and Queen of Italy had summoned for a popular chef whose name was Raffaele Esposito in order to taste his highly praised culinary creations. The chef made three different types of Italian. One type that he made was made from pork, cheese and basil. Another Italian pie he created was made with oil, garlic and tomatoes. And a third one was made with mozzarella cheese, tomatoes and basil. The third one was made with ingredients that represented the colors of the Italian flag. The Queen enjoyed the third one so much that she penned a letter to the chef to thank them. Raffaele dedicated the Italian pie to the one that the Queen liked to her by calling it the Magherita, which was her first name.

In 1905, the first pizzeria opened in New York City by a man named Genarro Lombardi. In 1943, Ike Sewell created the Chicago style pizza. The Chicago style is still very popular today and it is a deep dish style that is topped with toppings. In 1957, frozen Italian pies hit store freezers. They became a household name due to their convenience and soon became the number one seller of frozen foods.

Most would not attribute any elements of ancient Tantra to Rani Laxmibai – the Queen of Jhansi – who brandished her sword during India’s First War of Independence. However, an experienced Tantra master cannot fail to see a Tantra Goddess behind the warrior.

At a time when women seldom found a place at the forefront of politics, this unmistakable spiritual goddess gave her heart, body and soul to her country. This divine aspect is a side of her that history has overlooked. A Tantra teacher will not fail to note that the Queen of Jhansi was a woman of immense sensual power… a power that she channelled into warfare.

History may have overlooked her great beauty, her cascading hair that fell to her thighs – hair that was kept at bay as she took the male mantle of a ruler upon her shoulders. However, an exponent of Hindu Tantra will recognize and bow before the Tantra energy of this woman.

She is the woman who proves that feminism then was not the same concept as we know it today. At that time, this Tantric avatar of a woman did not charge in battle to prove anything to anyone about her abilities as a woman.

She did what she, a woman of great responsibility and innate Tantric power, knew she had to do – fight for her people. This is true power … the power that does not need to be shown, but shines through of its own accord. It is the very essence of ancient Tantra in powerful, fluid and dynamic motion.

Yes, Rani Laxmibai was a true Tantra Goddess, fuelled by largely unfulfilled desires that she translated into a flawless act of Tantra love onto the battlefield. She had only just been married when her husband passed away, leaving her unloved and childless.

According to Tantra philosophy, a virgin is to be worshiped – and not without good reason. A woman can best utilize her power if her sensual divine is left untapped. A virgin girl who has never had relief from her erotic desires has the power to transform those desires into whatever she wants. For Rani Laxmibai, her untapped erotic power turned into zeal to protect her kingdom and country.

When left without any semblance of a family life, Rani Laxmibai turned to those considerations that could keep her life together – her kingdom and her people. It would not be completely accurate to say that her life at that time was devoid of any intimate relations, but fulfillment was elusive. Her maternal core adopted her people and ruled them with love and care.

In Tantra philosophy, it is understood that a woman is a passive-active force, while a man is active-passive force, and so they balance out very well. The degrees of intensity vary from woman to woman – but for Rani Laxmibai, it was high … and that is this intensity she displayed on the battlefield.

Tantra philosophy shows how sensual energy – the strongest manifesting energy we have – can create a Tantra Goddess out of any woman and bring a man in touch with his creative feminine side. If you need an example of true Tantra manifestation – the epitome of a sensual Goddess coming into her own with her power – look no further than the Rani of Jhansi, Rani Laxmibai.

So, I know what you’re thinking… “What exactly is a Mangosteen, anyway?” Good question. The mangosteen is a small purplish fruit grown primarily in Southeast Asia and is called the Queen of Fruits. Queen Victoria was so jazzed by the fruit she would offer Knighthood to anyone who could bring her fresh supplies. The fruit grows on trees that reach anywhere from 20 to 80 feet tall. It is widely believed that the trees originated in the islands of Sunda and Molucca in the East Indies. The trees are extremely sensitive to climate and cannot tolerate temperatures below 40°F or above 100°F. All attempts at growing mangosteen trees in locations north of 20° latitude have failed.

It takes up to 9 years for the tree to mature before the first harvest can be taken but on average the first harvest takes place within 10 to 20 years. So if you were thinking of planting a tree in the backyard you might what to reconsider. Unless you live in the tropics of course and have the patience of a saint. You might what to also take into consideration the amount of time you can dedicate to picking fruit because each mangosteen must be picked by hand and the average full-grown tree yields about 500 ripe mangosteen fruits. But some trees can yield as many as 5,000 and the trees can provide fruit for up to 100 years. Not gardening for the faint of heart.

The scientific name is Garcinia Mangostana, and for thousands of years it has not only been eating as a delicious tropical fruit but also used in folk medicine for various ailments. The medicinal value is actually not in the fruit itself but in the rind. The hard leathery rind is ground into a powder, poultice or tea and used to treat diarrhea, dysentery, skin ailments, chronic pain, infection, fever and inflammation amongst others.

Researched for over 30 years by doctors overseas the fruit has only recently come to the attention of western medicine. Mainly because of powerful phytonutrients called xanthones which the mangosteen has in abundance. In the same way that the discovery of antioxidants and their importance in overall health has become common knowledge, the xanthone is beginning to show the same promise.

OK, so now we know what a mangosteen is, “But what on earth is a xanthone?” Glad you asked. Xanthones are a unique class of phytonutrients that are a biologically active group of molecules. Let’s try that in plain English shall we. They are supercharged antioxidants with powerful anti-inflammatory properties. Several of the mangosteen’s xanthones possess additional disease fighting properties active against infectious agents, cholesterol damage, cancer cells and more. Over 200 xanthones have been identified in nature. The mangosteen fruit contains a greater concentration of xanthones then any other botanical known to man; over forty xanthones identified so far. They are largely responsible for the multifaceted health-promoting properties of the fruit.

Over the past decade more and more diseases have been shown to be the result of two major causes – inflammation and free radical damage. Those crazy radicals! Free radical damage has the ability to damage and destroy organs, cells and even our DNA. Chronic inflammation, as well, has been linked to numerous illnesses such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, allergies, heart disease, and Crohn’s. Offering an abundance of antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties mangosteen has the potential to be beneficial in a large number of health conditions.

The mangosteen is not readily available as a fruit outside of Southeast Asia. But it can be purchased as a supplement. It is available as a powder in pill form or as a liquid supplement. In pill form look for brands that contain the whole fruit including the rind. Look to make sure you are getting all forty of the xanthones available. Pay attention to the process in which the company creates the powder. Sometimes the extraction process can cause more harm then good. Make sure you know what you’re getting before you put down your hard earned money.

If buying a liquid supplement check to make sure you are getting a whole fruit puree including the rind. Not something reconstituted from a powder extract or something that contains only the fruit itself without the rind. Check to see that whole fruit mangosteen puree is one of the primary ingredients. If they give a list of other juices and no mangosteen juice then it comes from a powdered extract. When you see such things on the label as “unique mangosteen peel extract” or “Mangosteen Fruit & Pericarp Extract” these are powdered extracts. Also be on the look out for products that say things such as “Alpha mangosteen”. The Alpha is only one of the over forty xanthones available from the mangosteen fruit and you’re not getting the full bang for your buck. Shop wisely and be health. And there you have it a brief history of the mangosteen the funny little purple fruit from Asia.

Royal jelly for skin is not uncommon. There are countless men and women who consume bee’s milk to achieve soft, radiant skin. Women are commonly known to use anything that could make their skin attractive. Their beauty regimen could include a variety of natural and synthetic beauty products. If you have not tried any bee product so far, jelly could be the product you have been searching for.

According to holistic scientists, bee’s milk is ideal for all skin types. It can be used by people who have dry, oily and normal skin. Some of you have a combination of oily and dry skin. This hive product is also perfect for the combination skin type. Is this substance unfamiliar to you? It is a white, creamy-textured substance produced by worker bees. They produce it from the glands located on top of their heads. They do not collect it from the fields as some of you believe.

Royal jelly is a precious daily bread for the queen bee. She is fed with this milky substance to become bigger, heavier and fertile. In the process, her lifespan also goes up to five years. Bee’s milk is therefore a very precious thing to the queen and her young ones. Humans have discovered how royal jelly can be useful to them through a series of studies and experiments. Skin is one of the body parts they believe could be changed by bee’s milk. In fact, the use of this bee product for skin is not a recent practice.

Ancient Egyptians discovered about the beauty secrets of jelly before anybody else did. They would keep their facial skin soft and moisturised using honey and royal jelly. Now the healing and beauty properties of this substance are known worldwide. Companies that produce skin care products are actively releasing lip balms and body ointments that contain this substance. One thing that it does to the skin is improving its texture. It also brightens skin complexion.

There are many agents of skin destruction out there like harsh weather conditions and free radicals. Royal jelly gives your skin the nutrients it needs to avoid damage by harmful substances. It is most specifically known to tighten collagen fibers. Because of this, the wrinkles and fine lines that form on the skin are gradually eliminated. Sometimes wrinkles form on the skin pre-maturely because of stress, acne and other blemishes. They make your skin look old and tired. If you have bad skin, it is only you who knows how much effort you’ve put to repair it. Have you reached a point of giving up?

If so, you should probably try out royal jelly. If it has never been part of your skin care regimen, time to try it is now. Just to warn you, first users of bee’s milk experience severe or mild skin irritation. This can occur even if you have no history of allergic reactions triggered by bee products. So it is a good idea to test a product with an invisible part of your body. If your skin reacts badly to the product, discontinue usage. Royal jelly for skin creams that have a lower concentration of bee’s milk could be the solution.

Queen Elizabeth National Park is situated on the floor of the Great Rift Valley between Lakes Edward and George. This park has an area of 1078 square kilometers and was opened in 1952. The adventures found in the park include a wide variety of wildlife and about 612 species of birds. These greatly depend on the mosaic plants from the two neighboring lakes. The park has a mixture of vegetation which ranges from bushy grassland, forest, Acacia woodland and lake swamp vegetation. Some of the wild animals found in the park include; elephant, lion, Ugandan knob, Cape buffalo, leopard, hyena, warthog and giant forest hog.

The Kazinga Channel which is 40km long connects Lake George to Lake Edward. It is an ideal habitat to many crocodiles, fish, birds and mammals. The key bird species include the kingfisher, eagle, African Morning dove, African skimmer, bee-eater, African fish eagle and many others. About 95 mammal species have also been recorded in this park. Queen Elizabeth National Park receives an average maximum temperature of 28 degrees Celsius and minimum of 18 degrees Celsius. It has an altitude of 910m above sea level at Lake Edward and 1815m at the top of the escarpment of the western rift.

Queen Elizabeth National Park was preserved to protect the wild animals, birds, wetlands and the natural beauty. There are eleven fishing villages within the park where the Banyankole Bakiga and Bakonjyo community live. The melting glacier waters from the Ruwenzori Mountains are the main source of water to Lake Edward and Lake George. These are channeled by the mighty Kazinga Channel which flows to River Ishasha. Many hippos are seen resting along these lake shore. A safari to this park will be a great adventure due to the various attractions found in the park.

Some of the activities involved in this park include game viewing, bird watching and photographing. You can also have short guided walks in the Maramagambo Forest where you will have an opportunity to see various types of birds and the chimpanzees. Due to the wide variety of bird species, Queen Elizabeth National park is also called the birders paradise. You will also be lucky to see bats in the caves which are great enemies to the birds. A boat trip along the Kazinga Channel will give you a chance to see many large hippos and crocodiles along the bank. You also get to see buffalo and elephants. In addition, you can also visit the salt mines and learn how salt is mined. The salt is mined from salt deposits and then transported to various towns in Uganda.

“There’s a special place in hell,” Madeleine Albright is famous for asserting, reserved “for women who don’t help each other.” Politics aside, the question of what prevents some women from reaching out and helping others arises often. The answers may well be found in apiarian allusions–comparisons between the world of bees and the world of business.

THE ROYAL JELLY

Factoid:

The larva that will become a queen is fed only royal jelly for the entire grub stage. This nutritional intake is a significant factor in determining whether a larva becomes a worker or a queen.

Application:

Examine what you have been feeding yourself, metaphorically speaking, in order to enhance your success in your field. While you may not aspire to Queen Bee status, you probably wouldn’t mind a promotion or a raise. To help ensure the outcomes you seek, decide if you need further training. Determine if you could benefit from having a mentor. If so, learn where can you find the best one. Compare your status to others in comparable positions and see if you are progressing as you should be. Consider volunteering for a special project to gain more visibility.

THE HONEYCOMB DANCE

Factoid:

Worker bees carry out a complex dance on the honeycomb to provide other bees cues about the direction and distance to nectar and pollen sources. The intensity of performance of the dance is relative to the abundance of food.

Application:

The Bee in the workplace is, after all, just one person. There is always strength in numbers and if you are not joining forces with other women to advance your own interests, you may be giving free reign to the woman who wants to dominate all. Ideally, your work environment is free from the obeisance that is given–willingly or unwillingly–to one person in particular. However, if the Bee is part of your reality, you can lessen the severity of her dominance by bringing attention to your collective efforts. Share the so-called nectar with other women. Your generosity will be returned, one way or another.

THE GOLDEN WRECKING BALL

Factoid:

Pollen is packed into a hollow on the hind leg of the actual worker bee. It is called a “pollen basket.” The basket, though, can be so loaded with pollen that the bee may have trouble flying because of the weight of the enormous golden ball in her hind leg.

Application:

“Weighty” issues have to be examined, in several senses of the word. Ask yourself if you are carrying emotional baggage that is showing you down, holding you back. Consider the “weight” of having taken on too many projects. You may be proving yourself to be more dilettante than diligent.

AN ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY

Perhaps the best approach to dealing with the Queen Bee who may be impacting your work life comes from naturalist John Muir. He suggested we establish the kind of relationship a bee has with a flower. “Extract its sweetness,” he advised, “but do not damage it.” When it comes to working well with the queens (and yes, the kings) who may be ruling the hive we know as our workplace, take what you can from them and strive to cause no damage–to them or to others.

In earlier days, before the advent of the Langstroth hive, people used two methods to extract honey. In the first method, the trees containing the hives were cut down, and then the honey and wax were obtained; in the process, the entire colonies of the bees would get destroyed. In the second method, artificial caps would be placed on tops of the hives for the bees to use it as their storage for honey. When the harvest time would come, the caps would be taken off and the honey would be obtained by squeezing the wax.

In 1852, Langstroth hives were made with planks and frames. It was initially invented by Reverend L. L. Langstroth after he closely studied and monitored the bees; with him and his techniques, started the modern era of beekeeping.

This hive included a hive stand, slatted rack, bottom board, food chamber, brood chamber, outer cover, inner cover and shallow honey super. If you buy these to make the hive yourself, you must paint the outer surface of the hive to protect it from varied weather conditions, but make sure not to paint the frames, the hive bodies, the cover or the feeder.

The Langstroth hive is also called the ‘movable frame hive’ – a rectangular wooden frame that holds the combs. There are usually nine or ten frames per ‘super’ – a topless and bottomless box where the frames hang in. In the honey super, a queen excluder is put under the frames to prevent the queen from entering that super from the brood body below, lay eggs and make a mess in the honey combs.

Keeping in mind that the queen lays her eggs anywhere and anytime, the worker bees put the honey in a nearby cell. So in an unsupervised Langstroth hive, the brood cells and the honey cells would be side by side or in groups; they would be scattered randomly throughout the combs.

As the beekeeper, you do not want the eggs to mix with the honey. The first one or two supers and the brood body, are usually reserved for the brood combs and are deeper than the supers above. Above that, the rest of the supers in the Langstroth hive are for the honey.

Langstroth hive became popular due to the way it preserved the environment and the bees. Also in this system, the hive can be reduced or extended (based on the population and success of the hive) just by adding another super. You can buy a Langstroth hive ready made from the market or construct it – the choice is yours.

Around the world, the Langstroth hive is used now; especially in the US where it is very popular.

Cartmonancy is the art of using normal playing cards in divination. The Clubs suit is considered the channel of wealth and success in a reading. Learn the various meanings of the various Club cards in a client’s reading.

Tarot Cards and Cartomancy

Just as modern playing cards developed from the tarot deck, so too did Cartomancy develop from Tarot reading. When the simpler to produce playing card deck became a common household item, a system of reading the cards for divination was derived. This oral tradition was passed down for decades until it was published by various sources. The meanings shown here are the ones most generally known in current sources. Remember, two main things make cartomancy simpler to read than the tarot; there are no Major Arcana cards for interpretation, and there are no reverse meanings of cards to learn.

Clubs as Client Cards

When a reading is performed, we chose a client card to place in the center of the layout to represent the person for whom the reading is done. Tradition holds that the client card is picked from among the king and Queen cards in the four suits. The King of Clubs is usually chosen to represent a dark haired younger man; while the Queen of Clubs is used to represent a dark haired younger woman. If either of these cards is used for the client card, it becomes a placeholder on the table, and is not interpreted as a part of the reading. Of course, if the card is not the chosen client card, it will be interpreted as is shown below.

Meanings of the Club Cards

Listed below are the cards in the suit of clubs and their general meaning in a reading. Note that Clubs in general predict success or failure in money, business, and professional relationships. The Ace of Clubs is the prime card of this suit; It predicts wealth, good health, and loyal relationships in the near future. The King of Clubs, when used in a reading, predicts an encounter with an honest and generous dark haired man, usually a young man. The Queen of Clubs calls for an encounter with an attractive, confident, dark haired young woman. The Jack of Clubs indicates an encounter with a loyal friend who can be trusted to aid you. The Ten of Clubs is the “fortune” card; it predicts sudden unexpected money or good luck will come to you. The Nine of Clubs indicates some holdup in your plans due to the stubbornness of friends or business partners. The Eight of Clubs is the “Risk” card; indicating failure and opposition to your plans. It indicates that you are taking reckless chances with something which may come to harm. The seven of Clubs indicates chances for prosperity provided you avoid the interference of a woman close to you. The six of Clubs calls for general success in business ventures. The five of Clubs calls for someone new to enter the picture, a new friend or a successful liaison with the opposite sex. The three of Clubs foretells marriage, either literally or figuratively. Lastly, the two of Clubs is the harbinger of opposition and disappointment. Your plans will probably be thwarted in the short term.

Conclusion

Clubs, along with the other suits in the card deck can provide clues that a reader will use to paint a full and insightful reading.