Home Remedies to Get Rid of Dark Neck

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div id="crumbs" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 5px;" xmlns:v="http://rdf.data-vocabulary.org/#"> <h2 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Oswald, arial, Georgia, serif; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span itemprop="name" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Home Remedies to Get Rid of Dark Neck</span></span></h2> </div> <br /> <article class="post-1592 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-home-remedies post-listing" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="single-post-thumb" style="border: 0px none; line-height: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="darkneck-1" class="attachment-slider wp-post-image" height="330" src="http://www.healthdigezt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/darkneck-1-620x330.jpg" style="border: 0px none; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; width: 620px;" width="620" /></div> <div class="post-inner" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 20px 0px;"> <div class="entry" style="border: 0px none; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <div class="shareaholic-canvas" data-app-id="6973085" data-app="share_buttons" data-link="http://www.healthdigezt.com/home-remedies-to-get-rid-of-dark-neck/" data-summary="" data-title="Home Remedies to Get Rid of Dark Neck" style="border: 0px none; clear: both; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <div class="shareaholic-share-buttons-container shareaholic-ui flat badge-counter" style="border: 0px none; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <div class="shareaholic-share-buttons-wrapper shareaholic-ui" style="background: none; border: 0px; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"> <ul class="shareaholic-share-buttons" style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: none !important; border: 0px; float: none !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px !important; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 0px !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">Many people suffer from dark skin around the neck. The condition is known as acanthosis nigricans. It is characterized by hyper pigmentation of the skin along the folds and creases in the body. Though people wash their face many times a day, they ignore to shower and scrub the neck area. This can cause dark skin. Dark skin can spoil your look and it will affect your self confidence. The skin may remain soft and velvety. This is not an infection and is not contagious.</span></ul> </div> </div> </div> <h2 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> What Are The Causes Of Dark Neck?</h2> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> The exact cause of dark neck varies and is often unknown. Some of the causes of dark skin around the neck are diabetes, hereditary, obesity, polycystic ovary etc. In some cases, poor personal hygiene has also resulted in dark neck. Too much exposure to sun is another reason for the dark colored skin on the neck area. The condition can be treated to a certain level by the right cleansing, scrubbing and moisturizing using natural methods. Reducing the weight of the person also helps if the darkness is caused by overweight or obesity</div> <h2 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> What Are The Symptoms?</h2> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Usually the only symptom will be dark, thick and velvety patches of skin in the neck. In rare cases mild itching is seen in the affected areas. Patches of skin will change the color slowly taking months and years to spread. . There are many home remedies available to reduce the discoloration of skin around the neck and to get back to the normal colored skin. Some of them are discussed below for your use.</div> <h2 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 30px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> Home Remedies For Dark Neck</h2> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 1. Cucumber</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Cucumber cleanses the skin and help to soothe the skin and bring back the glow of the skin. Scrubbing the neck with cucumber removes the dead skin cells.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Apply grated cucumber or cucumber juice on the dark neck.</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Gently scrub the neck for a few minutes</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Wash it off after 15 minutes</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 2. Lemon Juice</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> The citric acid present in the lemon juice is a natural bleaching agent. If you have sensitive skin, you will have to use diluted lemon juice for this purpose.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Apply lemon juice to the dark skin of the neck using cotton ball</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Leave it there for 10-20 minutes and wash it off with water.</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Do not expose the skin to sunlight after applying lemon juice.</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 3. Honey And Tomato</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Honey helps to lighten the skin and it is a natural moisturizer. Tomato and lemon has acids in them which will help to lighten the dark color.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Mix honey , tomato juice and lemon juice and apply it to the affected areas</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Leave the mix on the skin for 20 minutes and wash it off.</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Repeat the remedy daily to get faster result</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 4. Almonds</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Almonds contain vitamins which are essential for the skin health. The oil also acts as a moisturizer.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Make a paste of powdered almond and milk powder with honey</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Apply this paste on the sides and back of the neck, where the skin is dark</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Leave the mixture on the skin for 30 minutes and wash off with water.</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 5. Olive Oil</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Olive oil helps to moisturize the skin and to nourish the skin.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Mix olive oil and lemon juice and apply it on the dark neck areas</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Keep the mix on the skin for at least 20 minutes to reduce the darkness of the skin.</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 6. Aloe Vera</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Aloe Vera is a natural skin lightener and it also moisturizes the skin</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Apply pure gel of Aloe Vera directly on the neck</li> </ul> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> • Wash your neck after 20 minutes.<br /> • Repeat the remedy daily to get faster result</div> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 7. Potato</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> The potato has bleaching abilities and this will lighten the skin.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Take grated potato or potato juice and apply it on your neck</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Leave it there for 15 minutes and clean the neck using water</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">You can also apply a mix of lime juice and potato juice to get faster results</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 8. Walnut</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Walnut acts as a scrubber and removes the dead cells on the skin reducing the dark color. Milk cleanses and moisturizes the skin. The vitamins and zinc present in the walnut nourishes the skin</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Make a paste of walnut with milk</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Apply this paste on your dark neck and slightly scrub the area</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">After ten minutes wash the area with cold water</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 9. Yoghurt</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Yoghurt helps to cleanse the skin and the acid present in it lightens the skin. It also helps to moisturize the skin.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Apply a yoghurt to the affected area and leave for 10-15 minutes</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">You can apply a mixture of yoghurt and lime juice to get faster result.</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 10. Turmeric</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Turmeric has antiseptic properties and is used for treating various skin problems. You can use turmeric in different ways to get rid of the dark neck problem.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Mix turmeric powder and milk and apply it on the affected areas for at least 15 minutes.</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">You can replace milk with yoghurt or honey according to your convenience.</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 11. Orange Peel</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Orange peel helps to cleanse the skin and to bleach the skin. This will reduce the dark skin considerably. This is one of the best remedies for dark neck.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Mix the dried orange peel powder with milk</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Apply it on the neck for 20 minutes and wash it with cool water.</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 12. Chickpea Flour</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Chickpea flour is an excellent scrubber which removes the dead skin and exposes the fresh skin.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Take one teaspoon of chickpea flour and add a pinch of turmeric to it</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Make a paste of this with water and apply it on the neck</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Allow it to dry for 30 minutes and wash it off with cold water</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 13. Baking Soda</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Baking soda cleanses the skin and reduces the dark shade.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Make a paste of baking soda and warm water</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Apply it on the neck and allow it to dry</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Wash it off after some time</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 14. Vitamin E Oil</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Vitamin E oil nourishes the skin and moisturizes the skin.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Apply vitamin E oil to your dark neck and massage the area lightly, before going to bed at night</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Next day morning wash the area</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 15. Sandalwood Powder</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Sandalwood helps to soothe the skin and helps to regain the glow.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Make a paste of sandal wood and rose water</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Apply it on the affected area and allow it to dry</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Wash it off with cool water</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 16. Sunscreen</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Using sunscreen creams or lotions helps to prevent and reduce the dark neck problem.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Use sunscreens with SPF at least 30 to protect your neck while going outside.</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 17. Mint Leaves</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Mint leaves have antiseptic properties and also cleanses the skin.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">You can apply the paste of mint leaves to the neck</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">You can also make a paste of neem leaves and turmeric and apply it, to get rid of dark neck.</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Remember to leave the paste for at least 15 minutes</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 18. Cocoa Butter</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Cocoa butter helps to moisturize the skin and reduce the dark appearance of the neck. Milk cleanses the skin and also lightens the skin.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Mix cocoa butter, milk and honey and apply it on the affected areas of the neck</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Use this remedy at least twice a day for seven days to feel the difference</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 19. Oatmeal</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Oatmeal can be used in different ways to remove the dark neck. Oatmeal acts as a scrub and helps in the exfoliation of the skin.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Mix oatmeal powder with milk and apply on the dark skin</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Apply oatmeal mixed with honey on the affected area</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Mix some curd or yoghurt with oatmeal powder and apply it</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Keep the mixture applied on the neck for 20-30 minutes and wash it off</li> </ul> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> 20. Fruit Masks</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Fruit masks provide nourishment to the skin and help to cleanse the skin and reduce the dark pigmentation.</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Mash fruits like banana, orange, avocado separately or make a mix of all these fruits</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Apply the fruit mask to the neck area and leave it for half an hour.</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Add a few drops of lemon juice to the mask mixture to make it more effective.</li> </ul> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Are you a person with dark neck? Are you trying to avoid embarrassment caused by a dark neck by wearing high collared clothing? Are you looking for low expensive methods to treat the problem of dark skin on your neck? Then you can try some of the home remedies given above to get rid of the problems effectively. You can try out the remedies and find out which one will be effective for you. Once you find the effective remedy stick with it to get the best results. It requires some time to get rid of dark neck. Hence the regular use of the appropriate home remedy is necessary to see the difference.</div> </div> </div> </article></div>

Home Remedies to Get Rid of Dark Neck

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Skin Care: Cleansing and Moisturizing

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div id="crumbs" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-style: none none solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 5px;" xmlns:v="http://rdf.data-vocabulary.org/#"> <h2 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Oswald, arial, Georgia, serif; font-size: 28px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> <span itemprop="name" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Skin Care: Cleansing and Moisturizing</span></h2> </div> <article class="post-5179 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-featured category-skin-care post-listing" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 20px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="single-post-thumb" style="border: 0px none; line-height: 0; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <img alt="" class="attachment-slider wp-post-image" height="256" src="http://www.healthdigezt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/sb10069426m-001.jpg" style="border: 0px none; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; width: 620px;" width="385" /></div> <div class="post-inner" style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 20px 0px;"> <div class="entry" style="border: 0px none; line-height: 1.5; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <div class="shareaholic-canvas" data-app-id="6973085" data-app="share_buttons" data-link="http://www.healthdigezt.com/skin-care-cleansing-and-moisturizing/" data-summary="" data-title="Skin Care: Cleansing and Moisturizing" style="border: 0px none; clear: both; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <div class="shareaholic-share-buttons-container shareaholic-ui flat badge-counter" style="border: 0px none; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px auto; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative;"> <div class="shareaholic-share-buttons-wrapper shareaholic-ui" style="background: none; border: 0px; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"> <ul class="shareaholic-share-buttons" style="-webkit-user-select: none; background: none !important; border: 0px; float: none !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px !important; outline: none; overflow: hidden; padding: 10px 0px !important; vertical-align: baseline; width: auto;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">To keep your face looking as youthful as possible, you need to proper skin care. Here I show you how to properly cleanse, exfoliate and moisturize your skin while never leaving the house without at least 30 SPF sunscreen.</span></ul> </div> </div> </div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> I’ve dubbed this process “The Basic 4-Step Skincare Regimen,” which I outline in this article. I also include organic skincare tips for the growing number of you who are concerned with putting only natural, organic products on your skin.</div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> How you care for your skin is utterly dependent on the type of skin you have: oily, normal/combination, dry, sensitive or sun- damaged.</div> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> The Basic 4-Step Skincare Regimen Step 1: Cleansing</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Simple is key here. You need to find a good cleanser that your skin responds well to, and stick with it.</div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Here are some tried-and-true cleansing tips:</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Be careful not to cleanse too often or you risk over-cleansing skin, see signs you are over cleansing your skin. You really only need to wash your face at night to remove makeup and sunscreen, which can clog pores.</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">If you have dry skin, consider cold cream like Pond’s, which the French use or make your own organic cold cream using this simple cold cream recipe. Simply apply cream, then wipe off, no water needed (if you have hard water, it can be especially harsh on skin).</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">To cleanse skin, most women prefer the water method: Use warm water to loosen dirt and clogged pores. Use a dime-sized bit of cleanser, then rinse with cool or lukewarm water.</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Skin purists believe tap water is bad for your skin because it contains harsh minerals and additives like flouride and chlorine.</li> </ul> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Make sure to remove eye makeup with a proper makeup remover. The area around the eye is delicate so don’t pull or rub too hard. You can also use olive oil as a natural eye makeup remover.</div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> In the morning, a splash of lukewarm water is all you need (I find it’s great for removing excess oils from your nightly moisturizing). Never wash your face with hot or cold water (both can cause broken capillaries).</div> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> Step 2: Exfoliate</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> Exfoliation is the step most people skip in their weekly skincare routine. But trust me, if you start properly exfoliating your skin, you will notice an almost immediate difference. According to Berg, one of the reasons men’s skin looks more youthful than women’s is because men tend to exfoliate daily when they shave.</div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> There are several exfoliating options that I use weekly. Here are my favorites:</div> <ul style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 25px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">A facial scrub. You can buy a great scrub or make your own. I prefer sugar scrubs to salt ones, but it’s just a matter of preference.</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">A washcloth. Put a dab of cleanser and a sprinkle of white refined sugar on a damp washcloth and massage skin in a circular motion. After a quick rinse, any sign of dead skin is erased. If you have dry skin, try extra virgin coconut oil.</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Microdermabrasion. You can buy microdermabrasion kits. I have and found quite a few I like. See my list of the best facial scrubs and microdermabrasion kits.</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Chemical peels. In the hour it takes to get a chemical peel, you can take a year from your face. Can’t afford the price tag for a monthly peel? Try some over-the-counter peels that work over the course of a month.</li> <li style="border: 0px none; list-style: disc outside none; margin: 0px 0px 5px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Retinoids. Retinoids (such as Retin-A or the more moisturizing Renova) also work by removing the top layer of dead skin cells while also generating collagen in the skin. “Collagen is the skin’s structural fiber,” dermatologist Dennis Gross said in <em style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">O Magazine</em>. “As we get older, it breaks down, creating lines and large pores.” Skincare experts disagree on all sorts of things, but most of them consider retinoids to be a miracle skin saver. I’m addicted to Retin-A, which I pick up in Mexico on my yearly jaunts.</li> </ul> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> <strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Should you use a toner? </strong>Some people swear by toners, but many beauty experts do not (I once read a skincare expert claim, “toners are only for copy machines”). Toners are meant to remove all remaining traces of oil, makeup and dirt, but a good cleanser should do this. I firmly believe it’s up to you. If you like the way your skin feels with a toner. Buy it. Use it. Enjoy it.</div> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> Step 3: Moisturize</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> While I know of at least one famous beauty editor who swore skin doesn’t need moisturizer, basically everyone else I’ve read disagrees and is an adamant believer in it. A basic rule of beauty is that if you have dry skin, you should invest in a basic moisturizer.</div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> So how much should you moisturize? Your skin will tell you. When your skin is tight, it’s crying out for moisture. Be careful not to over-moisturize — this can clog pores.</div> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> <strong style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Are eye creams necessary?</strong> Well maybe. Some beauty experts strongly recommend eye creams. Why? The skin around the eye contains no fatty tissue and is therefore very thin and susceptible to wrinkles. Special eye creams are formulated to “thicken” this area. Yet other experts (including the beauty editors of Allure in their new book) claim your daily lotion works around the eyes just as well.</div> <h3 style="border: 0px none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; list-style: none; margin: 25px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"> Step 4: Apply Sunscreen</h3> <div style="border: 0px none; list-style: none; outline: none; padding: 0px 0px 1em;"> The #1 cause of wrinkles is sun damage, so it’s important to use a sunscreen of at least 30 SPF from your early years on even in winter and on cloudy days. A great trick is to purchase two moisturizers: One for night and one for day that includes UV protection. Don’t use moisturizers with sunscreen at night, the ingredients are not meant to be used 27/7 and can aggravate skin. When choosing a sunscreen, make sure it contains Mexoryl (found in my favorite sunscreen La-Roche Posay) or Helioplex, found in Neutrogena products.</div> </div> </div> </article></div>

Skin Care: Cleansing and Moisturizing

Skin Care: Cleansing and Moisturizing To keep your face looking as youthful as possible, you need to proper skin care. Here I show you how to properly cleanse, exfoliate and moisturize your skin whil…

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Banpo Bridge Rainbow Fountain

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUAXgrSxQhAumobdavMfy44UIt8mgZ1CmS4isS0ukr5T9_6HSDktSJYAeqL4rOqI8RVQ9nnPPY6OFo5GumD9430W0G0aChcS_tVPknd_WrMnNQb9iKm29lhI4OOcwogiElHbapYP9DqEc/s1600/Banpo+Bridge+Rainbow-Fountain.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUAXgrSxQhAumobdavMfy44UIt8mgZ1CmS4isS0ukr5T9_6HSDktSJYAeqL4rOqI8RVQ9nnPPY6OFo5GumD9430W0G0aChcS_tVPknd_WrMnNQb9iKm29lhI4OOcwogiElHbapYP9DqEc/s1600/Banpo+Bridge+Rainbow-Fountain.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em;"> The <b>Banpo Bridge</b> (Korean, Hanja) is a major bridge in downtown Seoul over the Han River, South Korea, connecting the Seocho and Yongsan districts. The bridge is on top of Jamsu Bridge, forming the upper half of a double-deck bridge; it is the first double deck bridge built in South Korea. During periods of high rainfall, the Jamsu Bridge is designed to submerge as the water level of the river rises, as the lower deck lies close to the waterline. The bridge was built as a girder bridge and was completed in 1982.</div> <h2 style="background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-color: rgb(170, 170, 170); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: 'Linux Libertine', Georgia, Times, serif; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1.3; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px;"> <span class="mw-headline" id="Moonlight_Rainbow_Fountain">Moonlight Rainbow Fountain</span></h2> <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">The</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> </span><b style="color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">Moonlight Rainbow Fountain</b><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">(</span>Korean<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">) is the world's longest bridge fountain</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">that set a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> </span>Guinness World Record<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">with nearly 10,000</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> </span>LED<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">nozzles that run along both sides that is 1,140m long, shooting out 190 tons of water per minute. Installed in September 2009 on the Banpo Bridge, former mayor of Seoul</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> </span>Oh Se-hoon<span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #252525; line-height: 22.399999618530273px;">declared that the bridge will further beautify the city and showcase Seoul's eco-friendliness, as the water is pumped directly from the river itself and continuously recycled. The bridge has 38 water pumps and 380 nozzles on either side, which draw 190 tons of water per minute from the river 20 meters below the deck, and shoots as far as 43 meters horizontally.</span> </span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOgFcCLcOMR79SwobHPmw4_xOefXKLezNzVmynIKx1kY18TBksUgYioklqq5dBPBCrUUFri8XOGuACvHmb0molIrY0fhOXLUCVNwuJvZaH2442T8Gvai8PluqyqE1D4ilXq_Yt-rD5HK1/s1600/hangang-cruise-banpo-bridge.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOgFcCLcOMR79SwobHPmw4_xOefXKLezNzVmynIKx1kY18TBksUgYioklqq5dBPBCrUUFri8XOGuACvHmb0molIrY0fhOXLUCVNwuJvZaH2442T8Gvai8PluqyqE1D4ilXq_Yt-rD5HK1/s1600/hangang-cruise-banpo-bridge.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Dotum, 돋움, Gulim, 굴림, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"><span style="color: #444444;">The Moonlight Rainbow Fountain operates from April to October, with 20-minute shows five times daily from Monday to Thursday, six times on Fridays and seven times at the weekend. In addition, Banpo Hangang Park hosts the "Moonlight Square Cultural Weekend" event every Saturday from 7 - 8:30 p.m. from May to October, featuring a variety of musical styles including classical music with commentary, acappella, popera, jazz, brass bands and orchestras.</span></span><br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUKH_f1_1rZ_7IwnYKPHUnH4lqGh7KQxWjQ31oqW6WEdzd_-AndtIdK-j1XX7mL5aHIIlAKSToGqH8JoPslVPQT3Jg5e2kmvQkGS2KbHXD40cA07v4FMdWCezUruiXSDjKtIDoWrHrDGZ/s1600/maxresdefault.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUKH_f1_1rZ_7IwnYKPHUnH4lqGh7KQxWjQ31oqW6WEdzd_-AndtIdK-j1XX7mL5aHIIlAKSToGqH8JoPslVPQT3Jg5e2kmvQkGS2KbHXD40cA07v4FMdWCezUruiXSDjKtIDoWrHrDGZ/s1600/maxresdefault.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81PaRi92FRVMqCaarFlerpfgEKI2IWrpfRbDwWl020R7iUl-rYy0UlvBeuK-DeCkZet7C1DAmKeFroBh8D-nPUv4nu_kGOxJ9TZQ3S3L3JwXdeVDjDzzUEKSSdQR33GpbcyhpvTv1jd7S/s1600/Rainbow-Fountain10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj81PaRi92FRVMqCaarFlerpfgEKI2IWrpfRbDwWl020R7iUl-rYy0UlvBeuK-DeCkZet7C1DAmKeFroBh8D-nPUv4nu_kGOxJ9TZQ3S3L3JwXdeVDjDzzUEKSSdQR33GpbcyhpvTv1jd7S/s1600/Rainbow-Fountain10.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /></div>

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Banpo Bridge Rainbow Fountain

The Banpo Bridge (Korean, Hanja) is a major bridge in downtown Seoul over the Han River, South Korea, connecting the Seocho and Yongsan districts. The bridge is on top of Jamsu Bridge, forming the up…

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Top 10 Most Dangerous Plants in the World

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 2px; width: 470px;"> <h3 style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 1. Most likely to eat a rat</h3> <span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Giant Pitcher Plant: <em>Nepenthes attenboroughii</em></strong></span></div> <img src="http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/danger-plants-1-0909-83131493.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Discovered more than 5000 feet above sea level on Mount Victoria in the Philippines, the giant, carnivorous pitcher plant secretes a nectar-like substance to lure unsuspecting prey into a pool of enzymes and acid. A series of sticky, downward ribs makes it nearly impossible for trapped prey to escape. The plant's 30-centimeter diameter is large enough to trap unlucky rodents, but insects are its most common meal. Pitcher plants, of which there are about 600 different species, tend to grow in nitrogen-deficient environments, and therefore get their nutrients from decaying victims. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 2px; width: 470px;"> <h3 style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 2. Most likely to be in your garden now</h3> <span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Castor Bean Plant: <em>Ricinus communis</em></strong></span></div> <img src="http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/danger-plants-2-0909-96216413.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Castor-bean plants can be purchased at just about any garden center, despite containing the deadly poison ricin. Amy Stewart, author of </span><em style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wicked Plants</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and poisonous plant expert, has an affinity for the plant and grows several in her poison garden. Concerned gardeners can simply pluck the seeds off the plant, Stewart says, which is where the ricin is stored. Though the process to extract enough ricin and process it into a weapon is complex, Las Vegas authorities have discovered the toxin in a hotel room in February 2008, and the KGB used it to permanently silence opposition. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 2px; width: 470px;"> <h3 style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 3. Most violently toxic plant in North America</h3> <span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Western Water Hemlock: <em>Cicuta douglasii</em></strong></span></div> <img src="http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/danger-plants-3-0909-48044947.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deemed the most "violently toxic plant that grows in North America"</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"> </span>by the <b>USDA</b><span style="background-color: white;">,</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the water hemlock contains the toxin cicutoxin, which wreaks havoc on the central nervous system, causing grand mal seizures--which include loss of consciousness and violent muscle contractions--and eventually death, if ingested. Water hemlock is different from poison hemlock, Socrates' notorious killer, in that it contains coniine alkaloids that kill by paralyzing the respiratory system. Both are members of the carrot family. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 2px; width: 470px;"> <h3 style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 4. The plant that killed a president's mother</h3> <span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>White snakeroot: <em>Eupatorium rugosum</em></strong></span></div> <img src="http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/danger-plants-4-0909-4506665.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drinking milk from a cow that decided to chow down on white snakeroot could lead to deadly milk sickness, as was the case with Abraham Lincoln's mother Nancy Hanks. Every part of this perennial plant contains tremetol, an unsaturated alcohol that can cause muscle tremors in livestock before killing them. "People were trying desperately throughout the 19th century to figure out what was poisoning their animals," Stewart says. It wasn't understood until the turn of the century, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture pinpointed the cause and quickly got the word out. Now, white snakeroot still grows wild, but more control in the agricultural industry has helped to prevent cows from eating it. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 2px; width: 470px;"> <h3 style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 5. The best plant to murder a dinner guest with</h3> <span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Monkshood: <em>Aconitum napellus</em></strong></span></div> <img src="http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/danger-plants-5-0909-123985.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stewart was once asked what the best plant would be to murder a dinner guest with--after much deliberation she landed on monkshood. "You could just chop up the roots and make a stew," she says. "You don't need a chemistry plant to do it." The vibrant purple plant, commonly found in backyard gardens, is loaded with the poisonous alkaloid aconite, which tends to cause asphyxiation. While Stewart is certainly joking about cooking up a batch of monkshood stew, she urges anyone who has the plant in their garden to wear gloves when handling it. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 2px; width: 470px;"> <h3 style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 6. Most gruesome killer</h3> <span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Common Bladderwort: <em>Utricularia macrorhiza</em></strong></span></div> <img src="http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/danger-plants-6-0909-54475551.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This aquatic meat eater relies on several submerged bladders to capture prey such as tadpoles and small crustaceans. An unsuspecting passerby will brush against an external bristle-trigger, causing the bladders to spring open and capture it. Once inside, the victim dies of suffocation or starvation and then decays into a liquid that is sucked up by cells on the walls of the bladder. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 2px; width: 470px;"> <h3 style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 7. Most animal-like</h3> <span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Venus flytrap: <em>Dionaea muscipula</em></strong></span></div> <img src="http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/danger-plants-7-0909-89188387.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the ability to clamp shut in a half-second, the Venus flytrap's reaction time seems fit for the animal kingdom. Insects need to touch two of the flytrap's hairs consecutively in order for the plant to react, but the precise mechanism that shuts the trap remains unclear. The Botanical Society of America notes that early theories suggested that a sudden change in the water pressure of cells triggered the response, but this theory has since been abandoned. It now seems that when the plant is touched, the electrical potential of the leaf is altered, triggering a host of cellular-level events. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 2px; width: 470px;"> <h3 style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 8. The most likely plant to turn a person into a zombie</h3> <span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Angel Trumpet: <em>Brugmansia</em></strong></span></div> <img src="http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/danger-plants-8-0909-79417224.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The droopy, gorgeous angel trumpet, native to regions of South America, packs a powerful punch of toxins, containing atropine, hyoscyamine, and scopolamine. As documented in the 2007 VBS.tv documentary "Colombian Devil's Breath," criminals in Colombia have extracted scopolamine from the plant and used it as a potent drug that leaves victims unaware of what they are doing but entirely conscious. Scopolamine can be absorbed through the skin and mucous membranes, allowing criminals to simply blow the powder in a person's face. The documentary is filled with scopolamine-related horror stories, including one account of a man moving all of his possessions out of his apartment (and into the hands of his robbers) without remembering any of it. </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 2px; width: 470px;"> <h3 style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 9. The most enticing poison</h3> <span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Oleander: <em>Nerium oleander</em></strong></span></div> <img src="http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/danger-plants-9-0909-73420764.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This extremely common evergreen shrub is one of the most poisonous plants in the world. "If I were a parent and covering every electrical outlet in the home to protect the kids, I would really have to ask myself why I had an oleander plant growing," Stewart says. The leaves, flowers and fruit contain cardiac glycosides, which have therapeutic applications but are likely to send someone into cardiac arrest should he eat part of the plant. Stewart points out that there is a woman in California currently on death row for trying to poison her husband with the plant, and two young boys were found dead after ingesting oleander a few years back. "People tend to be blasé, because the flowers are bright and pretty, sort of candy-colored. But it is a very poisonous plant that will stop your heart." </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br /> <div style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 2px; border-top-color: rgb(0, 109, 165); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 2px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 2px; width: 470px;"> <h3 style="font-size: 14pt; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> 10. Best home-security system</h3> <span style="color: #ff3300; font-size: 11pt;"><strong>Mala Mujer: <em>Cnidoscolus angustidens</em></strong></span></div> <img src="http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/danger-plants-10-0909.jpg" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> </span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stewart describes this garden plant as more painful than poisonous. Mala mujer, which translates to "bad woman," can be found in parts of the southwest and Mexico and is covered with nasty thorns, which could be turned into makeshift barbwire if needed. The real danger, however, comes from the caustic, milky sap that can leak from the plant. The sap, a common feature among many plants in the Euphorbia genus, can cause painful skin irritations and unsightly discoloration. "I've had several people tell me they had euphorbia saps in their eyes," Stewart says. "And they had pretty surprisingly long-term eye damage."</span></div>

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When the intestine produces glucose, the sugar is detected by the nerves in the walls of the portal vein, which collects blood flowing immediately out of the intestine. These nerves then signal the brain, which sends signals to the body designed to reduce the risk of obesity and diabetes: reduced hunger, increased rest-energy expenditure and reduced glucose production by the liver.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In order to examine the relationship between soluble fiber and intestinal glucose, the researchers fed rats and mice diets high in soluble fiber, propionate or butyrate. The researchers found that, in these rodents, genes and enzymes responsible for intestinal glucose synthesis became significantly more active. They also found that propionate was used directly by the intestine as part of the glucose production process.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition, rodents given a high-fiber, high-sugar and high-fat diet became less obese and developed less insulin resistance than rodents fed a high-sugar, high-fat low-fiber diet.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The researchers then performed the experiment again, this time with mice genetically modified to be unable to produce glucose in their intestines. In the genetically modified mice, a high-fiber diet offered no protection against obesity or diabetes; mice on the high-fiber diet became just as fat as mice on the low-fiber diet.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These findings not only help increase scientific understanding of the importance of dietary fiber but also highlight the important role played by healthy, naturally occurring intestinal flora. They also demonstrate the key role that the intestine plays in regulating the body's glucose levels.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Increasing your fiber intake is one of the easiest ways to combat the negative effects of a Western diet. In order to avoid unpleasant digestive side effects, fiber intake is best increased gradually and should be spread across all meals and snacks eaten during the course of the day.</span></div> </div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> A lot of couples nowadays are usually choosing to abandon the standard marriage path, having their wedding ceremony in their hometowns in the town church or wedding reception hall, encircled by family and friends. Rather, those unconventional partners are going for desired destination weddings, flying off to an intimate in most cases exotic place for their special day.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Maldives</b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAqcyhT14YE898CdnRpPfaDnZ9rfSAsoCl4sGZ3mT8IQKFkejpfEmy03CpXXZC8kSYYJkbSzMoobxBhkb00-EqeS0eHoSNfj9GgCZjbDqxyyfgY_NYP8BHKR5d33mlpo8UTWlt70HQKiJ9/s1600/holidays-to-maldives-.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #444444;">When you think about a luxury wedding or honeymoon abroad the Maldives naturally springs to mind. With its wonderous islands, stunning beaches, peace and serenity its no surprise why. What does surprise many wedding couples however, is the fact that weddings in the Maldives are not possible and only Renewal of Vows can take place, alongside a luxurious honeymoon.</span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstjv9H9LJBtBRgwf6bFuhw4SFvmaZLwZ73mllSgY6z8wDjXukPmIFLnEv2p-sXqnVv5NmqRAWQ7bP6wOmNGt7kuVyCq1nLtl-B46alDd8SoechB3SEG3jaU3vLdET0ojqt1H0xYPl0bkv/s1600/madives.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjstjv9H9LJBtBRgwf6bFuhw4SFvmaZLwZ73mllSgY6z8wDjXukPmIFLnEv2p-sXqnVv5NmqRAWQ7bP6wOmNGt7kuVyCq1nLtl-B46alDd8SoechB3SEG3jaU3vLdET0ojqt1H0xYPl0bkv/s1600/madives.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Mauritius </b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FRCNf57Kvmajw7ibYTwevf_Rt2_L2k35CpcF7ZPiTxLlDuQOXZpw0KeUKD8o0RmuCTXuOEujkAEQbFwr7237UqVKfqeezQb1srMfTK08FOvNdGIrUW-GRGBJ9EDazj2xyJrk1dKE-SF0/s1600/mauritius.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2FRCNf57Kvmajw7ibYTwevf_Rt2_L2k35CpcF7ZPiTxLlDuQOXZpw0KeUKD8o0RmuCTXuOEujkAEQbFwr7237UqVKfqeezQb1srMfTK08FOvNdGIrUW-GRGBJ9EDazj2xyJrk1dKE-SF0/s1600/mauritius.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkcalS7gEtoVqNQuoxcDg0Kng-B9pa3wyYvDAuQ0Ji_GR22JKeYBI4VMDXKwPd13elGiJoS__62lvF9W9OeHE1hgPZ8-bSpQwhY2p7BHqR9OYjm1w51rRNm-e2CZRuq52YRnVja4AKIX8/s1600/destinations-weddings-in-the-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkcalS7gEtoVqNQuoxcDg0Kng-B9pa3wyYvDAuQ0Ji_GR22JKeYBI4VMDXKwPd13elGiJoS__62lvF9W9OeHE1hgPZ8-bSpQwhY2p7BHqR9OYjm1w51rRNm-e2CZRuq52YRnVja4AKIX8/s1600/destinations-weddings-in-the-.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imagine… Tying the knot on a sandy beach, your family and friends close to hand, the sky alive with colour as the sun sets over the Indian Ocean… It may sound like fantasy, but thanks to the benevolence and hospitality of the Mauritian people, your dream wedding can become a reality without the stress or bureaucratic red tape that couples can often experience elsewhere. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /> Unlike many exotic wedding destinations, Mauritius offers non-residents a legally binding marriage. Symbolic ceremonies and vow renewals are also popular, but what truly sets Mauritius apart is the island's tendency to embrace every visitor as one of its own. The Mauritian Government introduced a special procedure simplifying the bureaucracy for non-resident couples, allowing you to focus on more important things, enjoying each and every moment of your special day…</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">Even though the destination wedding ceremony may not help you save lots of money ,it’s really a fantastic departure from what usually makes up a wedding and can certainly help you save a lot of strain. Destination weddings are often less complicated and without any details that will make the special day just about the most stress filled in your life. So where would you go for the destination wedding? These locations are probably the most romantic and popular for the fantasy holidays.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Mexico 2 Paradise Wedding Destinations" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-318" height="461" src="http://www.travelycia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Mexico_2.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 5px auto 1.625em; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Mexico_2" width="620" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">Mexico has numerous stunning shorelines and places, but a couple of the best looking for wedding ceremonies are Cozumel and Cancun. Each year a large number of partners go to those beautiful beach hotels to swap wedding rings. Far from all the tension of home, partners could be on honeymoon vacation when they get married. Mexico is ideal for beach guests and supporters of water sports activities like scuba diving or snorkelling. The water is magnificent and the sand is white. Mexico is a perfect exotic place to get married. Wedding destinations are plentiful there.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Mexico Paradise Wedding Destinations" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-316" height="413" src="http://www.travelycia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Mexico_.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 5px auto 1.625em; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Mexico_" width="620" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">Who does not adore Hawaii? Hopefully, you’ll adore your better half all over again on the big day in Ohau or Maui. The Hawaiian Islands are filled with spectacular natural splendour. Hotels in Hawaii are designed to provide visitors the very best of extravagance and comfort.</span><br /> <span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBZsujzwXdEHHaXBH3blXyz1hcwJNVGD1M51Kf7wM-NTANrKYSIUD2lYPybgny6PekGnOFv_IumKRzClSaE6CqjFs0k1kikULgn45ti5lClrM3yNSdjbxed2AM4injaIS0AAIH5X557EJ/s1600/Hawaii.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvBZsujzwXdEHHaXBH3blXyz1hcwJNVGD1M51Kf7wM-NTANrKYSIUD2lYPybgny6PekGnOFv_IumKRzClSaE6CqjFs0k1kikULgn45ti5lClrM3yNSdjbxed2AM4injaIS0AAIH5X557EJ/s1600/Hawaii.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9rE_wdCyu5S8kOYrCwDZQQ1Nf3saphUVK-YNIr-GxqnNysvE-KQZ0h3VGMoEycNBB9z6DMhYqwNgK60lCdcDR1k6ssF6F5qrqQWQwnCCqAjlXy425o91iGRNIpyOgd8lQSQqwcgOOs5M/s1600/ido.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9rE_wdCyu5S8kOYrCwDZQQ1Nf3saphUVK-YNIr-GxqnNysvE-KQZ0h3VGMoEycNBB9z6DMhYqwNgK60lCdcDR1k6ssF6F5qrqQWQwnCCqAjlXy425o91iGRNIpyOgd8lQSQqwcgOOs5M/s1600/ido.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1z7lhMmnqEX5DkK4vc4OIdi603nRCV2Z235VQHAQBMYkgqHlkGU2Jp0TKdlHUVDS2ZfuD26x3fBgayT7SIeiJzowhETEqLO0vjI8H5Un24YAMvx6apA4mOldQXcpRHfe1jmLAPgEaGf-Q/s1600/Hawaii+Big+Island+Wedding+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1z7lhMmnqEX5DkK4vc4OIdi603nRCV2Z235VQHAQBMYkgqHlkGU2Jp0TKdlHUVDS2ZfuD26x3fBgayT7SIeiJzowhETEqLO0vjI8H5Un24YAMvx6apA4mOldQXcpRHfe1jmLAPgEaGf-Q/s1600/Hawaii+Big+Island+Wedding+2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="color: #444444;">Bermuda never ever is out of style. Employees at the hotels around the islands set you up with tours of the beaches and reefs. Both you and your new wife or husband will enjoy the comfort of a location wedding in Bermuda. You may go diving, take long strolls on the seaside, or simply hole yourself up inside your magnificent accommodation for some time. Your friends and relatives won’t get to enjoy in the wedding, however they will at the same time have probably the greatest holidays of their life.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div style="font-size: 12px;"> <img alt="Bermuda Paradise Wedding Destinations" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-311" height="411" src="http://www.travelycia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Bermuda.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 5px auto 1.625em; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Bermuda" width="620" /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoqRlKUzFnt8-Dy0_UIxXtXDH5Zi0DO_YGl1HNO0LzSYjKxJNpYkNDQV-_iCjd1B5hxJyjZ_j7Gq44fR7hs9SX86Edcckt2Dym9sHajzN7a6zkJEXcROY7uyxvlkPlacnFWfjq_WKxWAmL/s1600/beach-wedding-5-widescreen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoqRlKUzFnt8-Dy0_UIxXtXDH5Zi0DO_YGl1HNO0LzSYjKxJNpYkNDQV-_iCjd1B5hxJyjZ_j7Gq44fR7hs9SX86Edcckt2Dym9sHajzN7a6zkJEXcROY7uyxvlkPlacnFWfjq_WKxWAmL/s1600/beach-wedding-5-widescreen.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="font-size: 12px;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEh3Il-yehtSUmotPc5n0CW_C2jF96wgotrmfG44fjT8HoGByS7a6XrWfyTY_IYv6ssvjcfFv9JJJvlsXpO2pxMEeQEGQpePpsR_IRQvpK4SMwz5Aez0pJdMsd3ZSe1xkbmytkFriAHr5/s1600/bermuda-beach-wedding-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjEh3Il-yehtSUmotPc5n0CW_C2jF96wgotrmfG44fjT8HoGByS7a6XrWfyTY_IYv6ssvjcfFv9JJJvlsXpO2pxMEeQEGQpePpsR_IRQvpK4SMwz5Aez0pJdMsd3ZSe1xkbmytkFriAHr5/s1600/bermuda-beach-wedding-.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 12px; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <span style="color: #444444;">Jamaica is definitely an ever-popular place to go for weddings due to the lively culture and history. Guests adore Jamaica because of its relaxing people, warm weather, and amusement. If you aren’t into clubs, you may discover Jamaica’s woodlands, falls, and different areas. Renowned beaches like Ocho Rios, Negril and Montego Bay are magnificent, exotic shores that’ll be enchanting on the wedding.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SKZbEtwPiHUyVcIy8gamANMlyCk7BounqsxkG_kSNMS1cEDNw5C7OOSlWEDhAspfa7kxHcguGHYYpx_q64oVVW8egaQSyIRyDUFyCx0LbpxOs3JWbjuNsGZoLachrE6UhZSITFVG2P0I/s1600/beach-wedding-setup-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-SKZbEtwPiHUyVcIy8gamANMlyCk7BounqsxkG_kSNMS1cEDNw5C7OOSlWEDhAspfa7kxHcguGHYYpx_q64oVVW8egaQSyIRyDUFyCx0LbpxOs3JWbjuNsGZoLachrE6UhZSITFVG2P0I/s1600/beach-wedding-setup-.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7Sox5bkrzIJpji59p5F0eMoZrmAcaPTVOdzZ_I2NtSrwb1Um6zvSwkguK8kQN3bDjOGFYGjuH17oqMzUYDVZyBb4GSWktEko5JGVdWb-36n3PvolMOUKknJkpQ1ssypQnpMWDxaKGKRU/s1600/Jamaica-Wedding.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih7Sox5bkrzIJpji59p5F0eMoZrmAcaPTVOdzZ_I2NtSrwb1Um6zvSwkguK8kQN3bDjOGFYGjuH17oqMzUYDVZyBb4GSWktEko5JGVdWb-36n3PvolMOUKknJkpQ1ssypQnpMWDxaKGKRU/s1600/Jamaica-Wedding.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="color: #444444; text-align: justify;">Las Vegas cannot be beat for a self-indulgent destination wedding to beat all the others. Where else could you get married, play the slot machines, see a tiger, have haute food, and see a program all within the same building? Las Vegas will be the deal that the family and friends will enjoy. If betting isn’t the thing for the guests, they may explore the nearby mountain tops as well as national parks, or visit the Cirque du Soleil performing one of its popular shows.</span></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Las Vegas Paradise Wedding Destinations" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-315" height="412" src="http://www.travelycia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Las-Vegas.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 5px auto 1.625em; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Las Vegas" width="620" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> </div>

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Best of Fernando de Noronha - Brazil

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">In case you are like many individuals, you haven’t been aware of Fernando de Noronha. The gorgeous islands consists of Eleven sq . Kilometers of volcanic stone and twenty small isles. This unique stunning equatorial heaven is similar to the motion picture The Beach, apart from you might not get Leonardo Dicaprio right here. Situated Two hundred and twenty mls out of northeastern coastline of Brazil, Fernando de Noronha has been given its name after a 16th-century Colonial noble person who definitely have never in fact set foot to the isle. Nowadays the area is really a getaway to the wealthy of Brazil, and it is an extremely preserved eco-wonderland.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #666666; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; width: auto;"><img alt="Fernando de Noronha Fernando de Noronha" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-30" height="600" src="http://www.travelycia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Fernando_de_Noronha_.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 5px auto 1.625em; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Fernando de Noronha" width="900" /></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span id="more-9" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">Going swimming with sun block is actually, inside some areas, not allowed to protect the delicate environment. This helps to protect island’s beach locations, encircled with nice and untainted emerald green water where turtles and dolphins play. People today say that even the sharks tend to be pleasant inside Fernando de Noronha.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Fernando de Noronha 1 Fernando de Noronha" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-31" height="600" src="http://www.travelycia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Fernando_de_Noronha_1.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 5px auto 1.625em; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Fernando_de_Noronha_1" width="900" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">The isles remote location as well as exclusiveness maintain price ranges excessive and also on level with the more expensive areas of Sao Paulo. If you notice numerous stylish newly-weds on their honeymoon next to tropic-hardened scientists, exposing the actual island’s divided individuality. A lot of food is traveled in, most of the resort’s “cottages” are usually more of 5-star locations, and also the island’s most typical type of travelling is by dune buggies. It is not the most eco-friendly choice but it’s practical due to the harsh roadways. Fernando de Noronha’s personality turmoil is apparent in the luxurious vs eco-friendly battle the island encounters.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Fernando de Noronha 2 Fernando de Noronha" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-32" height="590" src="http://www.travelycia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Fernando_de_Noronha_2.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 5px auto 1.625em; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Fernando_de_Noronha_2" width="900" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">If you wish to verify or perhaps refuse the rumored hospitability from the sharks, have a charter boat visit to the island’s harbour to snorkel across the amazingly stunning Baia do Sancho. On the way you might pass by rock structures, turtles, flying fish, and barracudas. Additional nature features would be the strolling path to Baia do Sancho, that involves hiking two ladders on the pure cliff-face. Beyond the shorelines, jail remains provide a touch of lifestyle on Noronha prior to the modern day era. Gypsy people in 18th century and capoeira martial artists in the end of the 19th, had been imprisoned, oblivious their living nightmare might eventually grow to be a trendy eco-destination.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Fernando de Noronha 3 Fernando de Noronha" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-33" height="675" src="http://www.travelycia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Fernando_de_Noronha_3.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 5px auto 1.625em; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Fernando_de_Noronha_3" width="900" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">To travel to these particular deceptive isle vacationers can easily fly out of Sao Paulo to Recife, previous to carrying on over the Atlantic Ocean and on to an airstrip encompassed by rich greenery. Whenever you check your window over the insanely appealing scenery, your journey stresses is going to be right eliminated.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Fernando de Noronha 4 Fernando de Noronha" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-34" height="675" src="http://www.travelycia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Fernando_de_Noronha_4.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 5px auto 1.625em; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Fernando_de_Noronha_4" width="900" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #444444;">Once you pay for the Environment Safety Tax at the airport terminal, you’ll be on the way directly into tropical heaven.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img alt="Fernando de Noronha 5 Fernando de Noronha" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-35" height="675" src="http://www.travelycia.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Fernando_de_Noronha_5.jpg" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 5px auto 1.625em; max-width: 100%; width: auto;" title="Fernando_de_Noronha_5" width="900" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.987144470214844px;">Ask about Fernando de Noronha when you're in Sao Paulo, and your enquiry will invariably meet with a combination of wonderment, national pride, jealousy and misinformation. Fernando de Noronha is an island – named after a 16th-century Portuguese nobleman who may never have actually set foot there – that exists in the Brazilian imagination somewhere not far from Shangri-la, Atlantis and paradise. People glaze over when you mention it: eyeballs tend to roll upwards in that universal gesture of delight.</span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MdALe-qv7YO4bBNzuwXKgmmuBGOM-91ml1CNED6jiRkiD1bYUSM1wHpjgVAOB22XD7_xzd2x0WqnPxvNcTXPF037wqxeaNxWaHW7BWjaoDxvskR72bNB_g1TPBL1y-LapYliKrrunz0a/s1600/-Fernando-de-Noronha-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3MdALe-qv7YO4bBNzuwXKgmmuBGOM-91ml1CNED6jiRkiD1bYUSM1wHpjgVAOB22XD7_xzd2x0WqnPxvNcTXPF037wqxeaNxWaHW7BWjaoDxvskR72bNB_g1TPBL1y-LapYliKrrunz0a/s1600/-Fernando-de-Noronha-.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: 'Lucida Sans', 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', sans-serif; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.987144470214844px;">We were told by friends, acquaintances and strangers – none of whom had actually been to Fernando de Noronha – to expect the most spectacular beaches in all of Brazil. Some were certain that jet aircraft are barred from landing there; others warned that there is only one hotel and absolutely no internet. Naomi Campbell, we were reliably informed, goes there to unwind after Sao Paulo Fashion Week, but – far from being just a bolt-hole for the wealthy – it is also a fiercely protected eco-wonderland, favoured by naturalists and marine biologists. The island's luxuriously warm and unsullied emerald waters are, it was widely agreed, teeming with dolphins and turtles. What's more, the consensus assured us that every type of shark common to the area is, in fact, friendly.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.987144470214844px; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;"> Like most people from outside Latin American we had never heard of Fernando de Noronha, and because less than half of what we'd been told seemed even remotely plausible, we turned to Charles Darwin for supporting testimony. He stopped there in 1832, after one of his crew had harpooned a porpoise for supper (Darwin was evidently no Dr Dolittle), but spent only a day "wandering about the woods" before setting off in hopes of finding "greater wonders" elsewhere. His account – except for reports of "a conical hill, about one thousand feet high, the upper part of which is exceedingly steep" – is distinctly underwhelming. Would this living paradise, in reality, turn out to be little more than a product of mass exaggeration? Or would it live up to the hype?</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zVmXspAL2CLl_meu3IFP8XSTGjV6oL__uaAYfURHvAWI-WzFnI2Q2IM1ph-mATU2OgbbGb8Gn-uaU8HCGewnDhyphenhyphenZ53ObOFWnZqFdSWHK0l950T2gexWGcpWNUgOHhBnl7G1Ha8lrduIy/s1600/Fernando-de-Noronha-Island-Brazil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3zVmXspAL2CLl_meu3IFP8XSTGjV6oL__uaAYfURHvAWI-WzFnI2Q2IM1ph-mATU2OgbbGb8Gn-uaU8HCGewnDhyphenhyphenZ53ObOFWnZqFdSWHK0l950T2gexWGcpWNUgOHhBnl7G1Ha8lrduIy/s1600/Fernando-de-Noronha-Island-Brazil.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.987144470214844px; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;"> Fernando de Noronha is, strictly speaking, an archipelago made up of one 11-square-mile chunk of volcanic rock and 20 smaller islands, three degrees south of the equator, 220 miles from Brazil's north-eastern coast. The flight from Sao Paulo – on a modern passenger jet, for the record – pauses briefly in the seafront city of Recife before continuing out into the Atlantic, and touching down on an airstrip that occupies a large portion of the lush, green interior. From above, the promise of an outrageously attractive wonderland – glinting turquoise sea, pristine sand – is instantly made good.</div> <div style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.987144470214844px; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;"> After happily coughing up an Environment Protection Tax at the airport (seven days costs about £65 per person), we were taken by Land Rover to our hotel – the Pousada do Vale – a friendly place on a wooded lane near the island's first permanent settlement, the Vila dos Remédios. Within half an hour, we fully understood the basic climatic reality of life on Noronha during the rainy season (April to August) – bursts of blistering sunshine punctuated by torrential downpours. As a result, nature goes into overdrive: explosions of greenery; reptilian battalions of frogs and native, yellow-eyed mabuya lizards; and clouds of low-flying, almost invisible borrachudo mosquitoes that have a voracious appetite for human ankle flesh. Self-preservation quickly drove us to the most effective, but least environmentally friendly, of the two insect repellants offered by the pousada: not the ideal start on a Unesco World Heritage Site and designated maritime national park where swimming in sun-screen is, in places, forbidden lest the delicate eco-system be damaged.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXaRbEFEr-EgQZZYNEbfp-NiRbsaLvHblc55qByTllcaIippCFgBmykziPISAytQ6ItcErxfdgxnMvUxf1G348BSDNyAq_YtBrd86PqqgLv24Siv8hnZfFV6gAi2fP10dDliFz6W31dWY/s1600/fernando-de-noronha-brazil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBXaRbEFEr-EgQZZYNEbfp-NiRbsaLvHblc55qByTllcaIippCFgBmykziPISAytQ6ItcErxfdgxnMvUxf1G348BSDNyAq_YtBrd86PqqgLv24Siv8hnZfFV6gAi2fP10dDliFz6W31dWY/s1600/fernando-de-noronha-brazil.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.987144470214844px; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.987144470214844px; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;"> As night fell like a cosh, the island's split-personality began to reveal itself. All the evidence so far had marked out Noronha as a dream destination for tropic-hardened biologists, but the appearance of several smartly dressed couples, picking their way gingerly over rain-slicked cobblestones, confirmed its bread-and-butter identity as a magnet for well-heeled honeymooners. Their shoes were muddied, and their lower legs were – like ours – borrachudo'd, but they had paid good money for romance in paradise and no extremes of nature were going to take that from them. The remoteness of the island – and its perceived value as the perfect holiday destination – keeps prices (food, lodging) perennially high, on a par with pricier quarters of Sao Paulo, enhancing its exclusivity and mystique.</div> <div style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.987144470214844px; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;"> The evening, spent over several cans of lager at a bar called Tom Marrom, surrendered a colourful procession of diverse characters: a local teenager rode past on a horse, followed by a man in a dune buggy who appeared to be modelling himself after Steve McQueen's Thomas Crown. The dune buggy turns out to be the island's most common form of transportation: not exactly the environmentalist's first choice, but practical given a road system structured largely around the pot-hole, the gully and the rut. The bar's waitresses wore fake pig-tails and painted-on freckles, and danced – between deliveries of food – to the live forró band. Forró is an accordion-based type of folk-dance music particular to the north-east of Brazil, with an intoxicating and swampy feel to it. One band member traditionally plays the triangle, which we assumed was the least-taxing, most Bez-like role, until our trianglist started to sing, very well, and instantly shot up in our estimation.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTFGnbYrHbl6aRB7wlhlYvb0L0ODtRRIXI3V79xrJzYVg7ps1vg70VXbkpw6T0kvMLTuJl7qyrjYy8a4Fw-8AnzKL87xVU-N5cfxLMUAGT0463_uyVAjBHsjwZ0HT7yKR7Cn31Aa_RVsi/s1600/Fernando+de+Noronha-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTFGnbYrHbl6aRB7wlhlYvb0L0ODtRRIXI3V79xrJzYVg7ps1vg70VXbkpw6T0kvMLTuJl7qyrjYy8a4Fw-8AnzKL87xVU-N5cfxLMUAGT0463_uyVAjBHsjwZ0HT7yKR7Cn31Aa_RVsi/s1600/Fernando+de+Noronha-.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> After a night spent under the watchful eye of several mabuyas, we set about discovering that the best of Noronha is to be found on and under the water. A three-hour round trip by boat from the island's small harbour is as good an introduction to the island as any, and features a 40-minute snorkelling stop at the astoundingly pretty Baia do Sancho. En route we were shown rock formations that (sort of) resemble a dog, an Egyptian mummy and King Kong, caught passing glimpses of flying fish, a stray turtle and several javelin-shaped barracuda. The big draw, though, was the resident spinner dolphins – so-called because they jump clear of the water in acrobatic spirals – that turn up in their hundreds on a daily basis. You just can't argue with wild dolphins en masse: some would insist they're worth the hefty price of admission to Noronha alone.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgXF615d2fL0oFMKmyHuwXPVl9wmr7IwkW4F2BIpYZhw83fh0W4_MKuJlmq1XSY-0z_3EpNiZXIqcyYG_mQlUVHkm_PQHhto11mmv659IWDy1mE_R8ZqmN1tEx4Y293gcAAF4hH_66s01/s1600/Fernando-de-Noronha-Brazil+-.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZgXF615d2fL0oFMKmyHuwXPVl9wmr7IwkW4F2BIpYZhw83fh0W4_MKuJlmq1XSY-0z_3EpNiZXIqcyYG_mQlUVHkm_PQHhto11mmv659IWDy1mE_R8ZqmN1tEx4Y293gcAAF4hH_66s01/s1600/Fernando-de-Noronha-Brazil+-.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.987144470214844px; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.987144470214844px; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;"> We could neither confirm nor deny the rumoured friendliness of the local sharks – the lemon shark, nurse shark and Caribbean reef shark are the most common – because we didn't see any, but we can state that there have been no reported attacks (touch wood). In marked contrast to the mainland coast near Recife, where environmental disruption has provoked a dramatic rise in fatal shark encounters, the protected marine eco-system around Noronha appears to offer the creatures all the sustenance they require.</div> <div style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.987144470214844px; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;"> Other nature-based highlights included the walking route to Baia do Sancho, which involves negotiating two ladders on a sheer cliff-face and feels moderately adventurous, until you realise that it's regularly tackled by old ladies in flip-flops; and a lunch of freshly caught barracuda at Bar do Meio on the Praia do Meio, frigate birds circling overhead. Away from the beaches, the ruins of a prison offers a hint of life on Noronha before the modern tourist era. Gypsies (in 1739) and capoeira fighters (in 1890) were incarcerated there, unaware that their living hell would one day morph into a high-end eco-destination.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauuU7iRAin6CHzrutQobe7OTRww8TnVsXfqLXnu6gt-Yf5RoVb74Q5UGfOnahkUEsJeyTAKKvmIpYE-fcMI24EZw_VTMKZgM_lnKRHYSp6WySYo14mMpX_RMGjSuicIBOywEE-0j9zvAm/s1600/1-beaches-Fernando-de-Noronha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgauuU7iRAin6CHzrutQobe7OTRww8TnVsXfqLXnu6gt-Yf5RoVb74Q5UGfOnahkUEsJeyTAKKvmIpYE-fcMI24EZw_VTMKZgM_lnKRHYSp6WySYo14mMpX_RMGjSuicIBOywEE-0j9zvAm/s1600/1-beaches-Fernando-de-Noronha.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.987144470214844px; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-collapse: collapse; color: #333333; font-family: arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.987144470214844px; margin-bottom: 13px; padding: 0px;"> Fish night back at the Pousada do Vale – during which the hand-delivered catch is wrapped in banana leaves and grilled – is free for guests on Thursdays. The hotel's two-storey "bungalows" have balconies with hammocks, and it was in one of them that we weighed up our thoughts on the island. Had Noronha lived up to the hype? No question about it, the place is gorgeous – whatever nature had taken away by sending deluges of Atlantic rain and vindictive insects, it had given back in spades with stunning marine life, dramatic rock formations and priceless sunsets. But there was still the sneaking suspicion that Fernando de Noronha has something of an identity crisis. By selling itself as both a strictly patrolled eco-paradise and a dream destination for the well-off – where bicycles are out-muscled by petrol-chugging buggies, and much of the food is flown in – the island comes across as confused. The price-tag for a holiday there is likely to deter many, but for honeymooning scuba divers who aren't short of a bob or two, Fernando de Noronha is a live contender.</div> </div>

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