Not too sure what to write about this place - we are in a guesthouse, the only guests with hummingbirds everywhere and a private chef. We had a ‘ Tasting Menu’ last night which was 5 courses of normal portioned food rather than the usual snail soup in thimbles or some revolting pretentious yuk. The only slightly wierd thing was when Ween had a chicken breast course, I got a soya burger which was a bit challenging. There are definitely too many bugs here which...

Not sure if it's been on UK news (I doubt it if there has something more important like a cat stuck up a tree or Prince George is sporting another gruesome pair of 1950's knickerbockers ), but the nutty Venezuelan dictator is causing a spot of bother. He has decided that everything wrong with Venezuela is down to the Colombians that live there and they have started to raze their houses and dump them over the border in Colombia. One family who had lived in Venezue...

Just a quick update on my thermal pool experience - lovely setting for a POND. I nearly broke my neck getting in as it was so slimy but once I'd got all the underwater beetles and pond skaters out of my hair I decided to brave it and do some swimming. Unfortunately at that moment 3 people turned up so I tried to look casual and chatted to them rather than flounder about like a drowning person. I did eventually manage 3 lengths bar the stopping to clear a pathway ...