Authorities Lift Bangkok Airport Blockade

Posted on December 03, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Thousands of anti-government protesters ebbed away from Bangkok’s international airport today in buses and pick-up trucks, ending an eight-day siege that stranded hundreds of thousands of foreign travellers in Thailand.Â
The lifting of the blockade comes after a court disbanded the governing party and disqualified the prime minister Somchai Wongsawat from office for electoral fraud.
The first [...]

Winter Holidays Save You Money Shocker

Posted on December 03, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

 

Want to escape hefty household bills this winter?  Here’s a novel idea-go on holiday!
According to the UK’s Office of National Statistics Family Spending survey, the average weekly household bill ( including heating, electricity and food expenditure) for 2007 was £459.  Call them opportunistic but, holiday accomodation company Artemis Travel says winter holidaymakers actually save money by [...]

Surviving Winter on the Roads

Posted on December 03, 2008 by Fiona Hilliard

Did anyone else have to run back into their kitchen for a kettle of hot water for their car’s windscreen this morning, only to find that in the time it took you to drop the kettle back in, the windscreen had iced up again?…grrr.  The joys of winter mornings!
With still another two months of winter [...]

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