Evil teddy attack
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com BRITISH PUPILS are being sued by their Maths teacher, after they made a film where an evil teddy tries to kill him. The students, all aged
Reincarnation attempt
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com A FAMILY in India exhumed their relative, three days after he died, in the hope that a witch doctor could bring him back to life. The
Top travel bargains
Sponsored by PDM Travel pdm@portugalresident.com GOA HAS come out top in a survey of the cheapest long-haul destinations to offer real bargains for eating, drinking and souvenirs, while Bulgaria is
The wines of Bordeaux
By: Maurice Lee Cellar Master invinoveritas@portugalresident.com Bordeaux, In South West France, has dominated Western European wines ever since Eleanor of Aquitaine married the Duke of Anjou (later to become Henry
Living stones and absolute gems – part five
By: Stuart Merelie qm@portugalresident.com Stuart Merelie, owner of QM Crazy Golf, Garden and Leisure Centre, shares his passion for correct and sustainable landscaping in the Algarve and is The Resident’s
Anything but straightforward
By: Margaret Brown margaret@portugalresident.com Apart from tarumatic happenings in and around Praia da Luz during the month of May, things have been anything but straightforward in the Brown household. Years
Motel safety
By: Natasha Smith natasha@portugalresident.com IN AN effort to protect guests, the owner of a motel in Mexico has installed steel doors on the rooms. Kidnappings and shootings have escalated in
The battle between good and evil
By: Margaret Brown margaret@portugalresident.com The Old Testament deals throughout with concepts of good and evil, as spoken by the Prophets through the word of God. Having been forbidden to eat
Romps in Rome
Sponsored by PDM Travel pdm@portugalresident.com Men looking for racy weekends rate Rome as the ripest destination for romantic romps. New research, commissioned by British Airways, shows that one in four
Pousadas – a distinctly Portuguese experience
Sponsored by PDM Travel pdm@portugalresident.com “When a customer is not known by his/her name, but only by the room number, we will be far from the Pousadas’ personality,” (António Ferro