Warm your cockles this Christmas with local ales and home-cooked food in front of an open fire. Alastair Sawday directs you to the cheeriest winter inns with the aid of their new satnav guide
Once you've made friends with the resident macaw, Tiwa Eco Resort is the ideal setting to discover the other rich wildlife in the surrounding Amazon rainforest, says Denis Seguin
Tourists unhappy with their guides, who took them to the shops instead of the historical sites of Macau, ended up being subdued by police with riot gear
Andrew Martin: We have Gavin Henson, andwe have the Gavin Hensons of this world, and too many of them go by train. If they don't vomit and urinate into bottles, they bawl into their mobiles, which is the aural equivalent
Leader: Panama has always been associated with cruelty, corruption and sudden disappearances, not always unfairly, though its reputation has hidden many virtues
Cracks have begun to appear in the Bosnian city of Mostar's historic bridge, which was rebuilt three years ago after being blown up by Croatian nationalists during the Bosnian war
It's already snowing in the Alps — which makes a change from last year. So, if you fancy a foray into the white stuff, the team at Mad Dog Ski show you where to go without breaking the bank
