Spencer Samaroo

The Dominican Republic's tourist slogan proudly announces the country ‘has it all'. But whilst this is true it can present a bit of a problem for the visitor. After all in a land of so many contrasts how do you decide where to go first? With so much to see in so little time it is impossible to take in everything this wonderful country has to offer. So really it is imperative that you prioritise and plan ahead.

A wedding is a breathtaking and phenomenal affair, a celebration of love and devotion and the beginning of your life with a person who shares as deep a love for you as you do for them. That said, as romantic as they are, the actual organising for your wedding is frequently really tense because it requires alot of hard work and patience.

If you are thinking of where to go on your next Caribbean vacation you really should give serious consideration to the Dominican Republic.

To say that Americans love chocolate, or candy as they call it, is to flirt wildly with understand. They absolutely live and breathe it! In America a whopping $13 billion is spent every year on chocolates and other confectionery products. Collectively the American population consumes more than 3 billion pounds of the stuff every year. That works out to approximately 11 pounds per person.

When you think of famous things in San Francisco you automatically tend to think of Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge or the 49ers. Even Scott McKenzie warbling on about wearing flowers in your hair, might even pop into your consciousness too. But one thing you should think about, and I would be surprised if many do, is Ghirardelli chocolate. That is because in confectionery terms it has just as big a standing on the world stage as the aforementioned do.

I would like to take this opportunity to set the record straight about some things I had previously written about Jelly Bellys.

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG, or Lindt as it is more commonly known, is a luxury Swiss chocolate and confectionery company that has developed a very special relationship with Australian chocolate lovers since it opened its Sydney office in 1997.

If there was a World Cup of chocolate tomorrow the chances are Belgium would win. They would certainly make the final anyway along with Switzerland I believe. Quite simply that is because Belgian chocolate is synonymous with quality.

The English have Cadbury. The Swiss have Lindt. American's have Hershey. And for the Germans, their chocolate of choice is Ritter Sport.

Originally known by the rather charming name of ‘Energy Balls', Maltesers were first created in 1936 when one Forest Mars Sr, (of Mars Incorporated fame) had the simple, yet inspired idea of manufacturing a chocolate ball that contained the taste of malted milk. Revolutionary in that there was no other product on the market quite like it at the time, the product, whilst pretty much an instant hit, was also the start of a legacy that is still going strong over 75 years later.