MILLENNIUM MILLENNIUMMILLENNIUM !!

Check our homepage over the next few days and the details, such as itineraries and prices for the Millennium Cruise, will be presented. Speakers are being added at time of this newsletter. Don’t be left behind….Join one of our two cruises and we will give you all the tools you need to catapult the new you into the 21st Century. Please email or call us and ask to be out on the list to receive first opportunity to book your space on our cruises. Our Caribbean Cruise will depart on Dec. 22, 1999 and return on Jan 3, 2000. In addition to numerous stops on various Caribbean Island, the cruise will sail the Orinoco river for 3 days. Our Amazon River Cruise departs Dec. 21, 1999 and returns Jan. 4, 2000. Optional extensions are planned to the Amazon jungle to visit with shamans and explore and study the medicinal flora and fauna of the Amazon. Visit exciting Rio de Janeiro and see the preparations for the Millennium Carnival. Our cruises will feature some top speakers/lecturers in the field of Health/Wellness for the Body/Mind and Soul. We will have panel discussions, workshops and seminars, musical entertainment and lots of fun.

Check out our article: "Tips for Travelers” by James Gordon, M.D.

Take a minute to read this very interesting article on how to cope with the challenges of traveling. Keep in mind: Proper preparation starts even before you leave home. Many valuable tips on how to make all your travels as easy and hassle free as possible. Interesting thoughts on how to” travel with others”, family or business associates...

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ADVENTURE TRAVEL---EUROPE---ASIA---AFRICA---MIDDLE EAST---AUSTRALIA Check out the tremendous selection of Adventure trips that we are offering. You can travel through the Arctic Lands of Scandinavia for 15 days for only $ 855 per person.!. Join our 15 day Royal Trek in Nepal for only $ 1320 per person, or a Tanzania wildlife safari with a Kilimanjaro hike , 22 days from $ 2080 per person.

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Healthy Recipies From Around The World

We feature a "Healthy Travel" Recipe from around the world in our newsletter. We would like for you to be a part of our newsletter by submitting a "Healthy" and exciting recipe that you may have come across in your worldwide travels Or maybe your favorite recipe from a country that you have not had a chance to visit yet.

Try our “Lean and Mean Potatoes au Gratin” This recipe was submitted by a mindbodytravel subscriber who used to reside in France.

Lean and Mean Potatoes au Gratin

• 3 ½-4 pounds thin-skinned potatoes (red or yellow)
• 4 cups vegetable or chicken broth.
• ¾ tsp. ground white pepper
• ¾ tsp. ground nutmeg pinch of salt
• ½ cup shredded Gruyere or Parmesan cheese,

Preheat oven to 425 temperature. Peel the potatoes and slice into 1/8 to ¼ inch thick slices into a casserole, measuring minimum 12 in by 3 in. depth. Mix all ingredients except cheese. Pour over potatoes. Bake in the oven until potatoes are very tender when pierced with a fork., appox. 1 hr to 1hr 15 minutes. While potatoes are baking and getting dryer, tilt casserole and baste potatoes with the broth . Sprinkle the cheese on top and continue baking until it melts and is lightly brown. Appox. 3 to 4 minutes. Let the casserole sit and cool for about 5 to 7 minutes. The remaining juices will also be absorbed by the potatoes.

We Recommend: Serve with roasted vegetables and boiled or broiled Halibut.

Serves 6-8 people 244 calories per 1 cup serving. 9%(23 cal) from fat

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Mindbodytravel.com joins with Earthwatch Institute
Our Travel Club Members can now become members in the fine organization of Earthwatch. We are offering an Introductory Earthwatch Membership to our Travel Club Members. Also check out the many Worldwide Expeditions that we are featuring from Earthwatch Institute.

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Language Travel Tips

There is not anything more pleasant when you are traveling than to offer a few words of greeting and courtesies in the native language.

Here are a couple for your next trip:

Swedish (For that Trip to the Arctic Circle)
Hello: Hej

Goodbye: Hej Da

Thank you: Tack sa mycket

Nepalese (For the trip to Nepal that you have always dreamed of)
Hello: Jojalapa

Goodbye: Buluhun jhasan

Thank you: Subhaye

Hungarian (Visit Buda and Pest on one of our Adventure trips to Europe)
Hello: Szia

Goodbye: Szia

Thank you: Koszonom

JAMAICA JAMAICA JAMAICA

We depart April 8th and return April 13th. Join our Botanical, Cultural and Natural excursion into the Heart & Soul of Jamaica. Travel with Rastafarian Busch Doctors and Maroon Shaman Jamba. Fully escorted by Dr. Eugene Zampieron (Dr. “Z”), Naturopathic doctor and Ethnobotanist and Ellen Kamhi, Ph.D., R.N. The Natural Nurse. We will have numerous seminars on Economic Botany, Medical Botany with field identification and the Healing Powers of Herbs. Visit “Tuff Gong, Digital B, Mixing Lab & Main St. recording. Bring your own drum for our Rasta drumming and Reggae jamming sessions. Moonlight fire ceremonies and cookouts on the beach and melt into the pulse of the Jamaican lifestyle. Join us for Irie & Cool Runnin’s!!

Washington (Baltimore)///Los Angeles ///Washington (Baltimore)///Los Angeles

Did you Know:

The Empire State building in New York City has 10 million bricks in it. The Australian Aborigines are the oldest living culture known to man.

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Additional Resources
HealthWorld Online http://www.healthy.net

Global Health Calendar http://www.HealthCalendar.com

HealthyTravel Update Editor: Annika Hayes (annika@mindbodytravel.com)