This week: Christmas trees - not that great if you care about the planet, according to BE gardening expert Mike Clark.
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Yearly Archives: 2004
The concluding part of a suggested walking tour through Penang's capital and Malaysia's second largest town, George Town.
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"On the face of it, the choice looked good enough for us to decide to eat there. On closer inspection, there were so many things worryingly wrong that I even took the time to write a whole page of faults and subsequently discuss them with the duty manager." Kay and Dave have a dining experience they'd rather forget.
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"We had a 'superior' room which was rather cramped so I would be wary of taking a standard sized one. The room contained one of the smallest double beds I have ever seen. Even so. the sheets were too small for the bed." Kay and Dave get less than they bargained for from the Hotel 1926 in Penang.
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“Jetiquette” – budget flying the right way
For British expats living in Europe, home is no more than a weekend break away. As a result many of us have the visit home down to a fine art. At Geneva (my local) or any other European city airport you will see the weekend-away brigade rushing for their flights on a Friday evening, executive wheelie-bag in tow.
After several years of evolution the “budget” flight phenomenon now has its own complex set of unwritten rules, otherwise known as “jetiquette”. We
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