Cuba... Caribbean with a Difference.

Advantages: Tropical Paradise, Havana, All inclusive hotels.
Disadvantages: Scary Customs.

...Introduction = A few years ago my wife and I were walking from Rotterdam to Vienna. Unfortunately by the time we got to Cologne we received a call telling us we had been burgled back in the UK. Having to cut the trip short and being unwilling to resume the walk we decided to take a couple of weeks in the sun. Looking around for last minute deals we managed to find 10 days All Inclusive in Cuba for £449 a price I doubt you can get unless you are going very last minute (we left two days later). Visas and Vaccinations = There were no visas necessary for entry and because US customs take a dim view of people who go to Cuba they stamp an insert for your passport that can be discarded (or kept) afterwards. If you are taking this as part of a larger tour then you cannot fly to Cuba from the USA, but will need...

hero164 24.10.2007 · Read review
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The Perfume of a Princess!

Advantages: Smells Very Distinctive, Long Lasting, Beautiful Bottle, Very Feminine
Disadvantages: May be too sweet and floral for some

...One of my favourite things to treat myself to is perfume and those who have read my earlier reviews will know that I am a self confessed perfume addict. I love the different varieties you can buy all with their own distinctive scents and pretty bottles. I have worked hard at my perfume addiction though and have really cut back on the amount that I buy ? these days I adopt a one in one out rule as I started getting far too many bottles of half used fragrances sat in my wardrobe (any perfume lover knows that you keep bottles out of daylight to keep them smelling fresh). Before we went on honeymoon I used up a couple of bottles of perfume and so I decided to treat myself to something new rather than buy a replacement for the fragrances that I just finished from the duty free shop at the airport. I had already been and tested a few...

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Review of Vera Wang Princess Perfume

The Princess and the Perfume

Advantages: Light and delicate scent, sexy
Disadvantages: Slightly expensive

...If you've already read my Vera Wang Princess Satiny Body Lotion review, you will know I recieved this perfume along with the gift set from my boyfriend for my Birthday last November. And as promised, I said I would write a review about the Vera Wang Princess perfume, so here I am now. Vera Wang, if you haven't heard of her, is a lady from New York. At frist she was an editor for Vogue magazine,then going on to do other things. She started designing dresses for celebrities and now owns her own Wedding Dress collection. She has her own Vera Wang accessorie collection and more importantly her own fragrance collection, including more scents than just the Princess collection. As the story goes, Vera Wang Princess collection is a new spirit in fragrance, inspired by a modern-day princess. Confident, indipendent, with a total zest...

loise007 01.02.2009 · Read review
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  Form an orderly Cu-ba!

Advantages: Varied destinations, great people
Disadvantages: Can be hard work at times

...From around the age of twelve or thirteen when I first became interested in politics I have wanted to visit Cuba. As a teenager my political leanings were way over to the left and so Cuba held a mystical appeal. With the break up of the Soviet Union and its satellite states in Eastern Europe, Cuba became even more attractive - a country that would not let go of communism. This year I finally made it to the "Promised Land" as used to call it in my idealistic youth. Before going I read voraciously about the country, its history and its customs but nothing could have really prepared me three weeks of backpacking in this strange country of contradictions. Everyone I spoke to on the subject, it transpired, was an expert on Cuba - particularly those who had never been there! I was told about the grinding poverty, the fantastic health...

fizzytom 07.12.2004 · Read review
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Review of General: Cuba

My fancy frolics in Cuba

Advantages: Scenic, different, not too spoilt
Disadvantages: Flight

...the Iberostar Daiquiri, other hotels on the Island included the 5* Melia and the 3* Sol Club We visited the north side of Cuba, a couple of Islands that make up the Cayo’s. There is Cayo Coco and Cayo Guillermo. Cayo Guillermo is where we decided to go as it’s less developed and joined to Cuba by a 68km causeway. The Cayo’s are in no way the real Cuba, if you go here you must take trips out of the Cayo’s. The Cayo’s are shut off from all locals and the only Cubans allowed in have to stop at a checkpoint and they make sure they are employees of the four hotels that are situated on Cayo Guillermo. Apart from the four hotels on the Island there is not much more. We decided on Cuba, as it’s one of the less developed, less commercial Islands in the Caribbean. We looked on the internet for information...

Redhead 06.06.2002 · Read review
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Havana ball in Cuba!

Advantages: Loads to see and do, great people
Disadvantages: Many hustlers, can become tiring

...Havana, capital of Cuba and the largest city oin the Carribean, is a city of stark but pleasing contrasts. It is probably best known for its historic quarter which was designated a World Heritage site by UNESCO in the early 1990s. As beautiful and impressive as "Vieja Habana" is, this is just one aspect of this bustling and energetic city. Havana comprises three main and very distinct areas - Habana Vieja (Old Havana), Centro and Vedado. Using public transport it is possible to move between these areas quickly if your time in the city is limited, but it is far better to devote separate days to each area since Havana's main sites of interest are scattered throughout the city. To begin to navigate Havana's streets you MUST have a street map. The streets of Havana (in all three districts) follow a grid system. In part of Centro...

fizzytom 15.12.2004 · Read review
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Ibiza Hippie by Escada perfume!

Advantages: beautiful light smell!
Disadvantages: Hard to find, and a little expensive!

...Escada Ibiza Hippie I got this perfume in a Collector?s Edition pack of 5 Escada Perfumes; Island kiss, Rockin? Rio, Pacific Paradise, Sunset Heat and Ibiza Hippie. I first heard of Escada when I bought Pacific Paradise on the Ferry on the way to Italy, from then on the smell always reminded me of that holiday, and became one of my favourite perfumes. So when I saw this pack for £12.50 for 5 small bottles (4ml each), I just had to buy them to try them all, so I could choose my favourite one! And I must say they were all delicious! With such strong fruity smells which stuck around all day, my only problem was there wasn?t enough of it in the bottles, and I tended to use half a bottle each time I used it! But it gave me a great experience of using them all so I could choose which ones I wanted in larger bottles rather than...

stephbond89 15.11.2009 · Read review
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How to choose your perfume?

Advantages: Knowing the type of perfumes you prefer, you won't buy perfume that doesn't suit you
Disadvantages: You may become quite selective, like me, so it'll takes ages to find one

... About me A recent member of Ciao, I have to date reviewed 35+ well-known and modern Eau de Parfums and Eau de Toilettes on the site. A budding chemist who's passionate about perfumery I have an ever growing number of perfume samples (100+), about 25 vintage rare perfume bottles most of them containing the original juice and about 50 modern perfumes that I've been using and collecting in the past 4 - 5 years or so. Introduction Choosing a perfume that suits you is not easy. First of all we need to know ourselves a bit. We have to be honest and not just following trends and fashions and just because everyone's wearing it, it doesn't mean it's right for you. Below I have written a quick introduction into perfume notes and the different olfactory families that perfumes are put into. This guide will help you...

lillamarta 20.01.2008 (29.03.2008) · Read review
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Review of Member Advice on Perfume

Perfume -Compelling Cinematography

Advantages: Haunting visual and sound effects.
Disadvantages: None

...born without a body odour, and it is perhaps his own lack of a scent that stokes his obsession with odours. At the age of 13, Jean-Baptiste is cruelly sold to a tannery, where he spends his days surrounded by the foulest of smells. Luckily for him, he is one day sent on an errand in town, and it is there that he discovers the most intoxicating scent... that of perfume. Managing to become the apprentice of a renowned perfumer, he quickly learns the trade and eventually surpasses the genius of his master. In his pursuit of the perfect perfume, Jean-Baptiste comes across a beautiful young woman in the streets of Paris, and is seduced by her scent. The natural fragrance of a beautiful woman is intoxicating, and in a desperate need to capture it, he will resort to murder. His murderous obsession with scent, and his desperate need to...

GoFigure 12.02.2008 · Read review
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Review of Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer (DVD)

THE PUTRID SMELL OF PERFUME.

Advantages: A very interesting film, sticks closely to the book.
Disadvantages: Shocking images.

... PERFUME Released in 2006, and directed by Tom Tykwer Perfume is a harrowing tale of the Drama genre. The story is taken from the book 'Perfume' written by Patrick Suskind. Synopsis Set in 18th Century France in a small sleepy town a mother gives birth to Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. She immediately abandons him in the Parisian fish market, under a filthy market stall rife with rats and the stench of fish. Immediately Jean-Baptiste is enveloped in a putrid smell of the markets wares of rotting meat, maggots, and old food, which are presented to us in a series of snapshots. The child sniffs the air, and these are the first smells his young highly developed olfactory senses are greeted by. The mother is hung for her crime of child abandonment, and the story of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille begins...

Morning_Becomes_Electra 25.01.2008 (26.01.2008) · Read review
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