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Mysterious Mount Popa and Nat Worship The five transvestites, clad in traditional ladies’ costumes, gyrated and whirled in front of us to the accompaniment of crashing symbols and deafening tuneless

By MARGARET BROWN features@algarveresident.com Margaret Brown is one of the Algarve Resident’s longest standing contributors and has lived in the Algarve for more than 20 years. Despite heavy rain clouds

By Raoul Ruiz Martinez features@algarveresident.com Raoul Ruiz Martinez is a consultant for Finesco Financial Services Ltd., Glasgow and regulated to advise on capital investments in both the UK and throughout

By Chris Blackburn features@theresidentgroup.com Chris Blackburn is director of penguinaircon.com, specialists in air conditioning, solar, pool and underfloor heating, based in Almancil. As a company with an energy-saving ethos, we

Venezuela’s former Miss Universe, Alicia Machado, closed her Twitter account after being mocked for confusing the Koreas with China. Concerned by North Korea’s artillery attack on a South Korean island,

By BILL BLEVINS features@algarveresident.com Bill Blevins is the Managing Director of Blevins Franks. He has specialised in expatriate investment and tax planning for over 35 years. He has written books

An aquarium in Japan is surprising visitors with its Christmas display using an eco-friendly electric eel to illuminate the lights on its holiday tree. Each time the eel moves, two

Portugal Confidential loves the holiday season! It’s a great time to be with friends and family, and anticipate all the cool new discoveries the New Year will bring. But hold

A man who ate nothing but potatoes for two months has said he plans to celebrate the end of his restrictive diet with a meal of beef tacos and grilled