Colombia: South America’s most up and coming destination (part one)

Only a decade ago Colombia was a place for the hardy, or some would say foolhardy, visitor, but recent years have been ringing in the changes in this north-western corner of the South American continent

The English seaside

Photographer Peter Williams celebrates the peculiar eccentricities and quintessential charms – from helter-skelters to lighthouses, pirates, palmists and Punch and Judy – of this cherished and rapidly changing English landscape

Trading Standards

From the website:

“The Trading Standards Institute is a not-for-profit professional body formed in 1881. We have members in the public and private sectors in the UK and abroad.

TSI encourages honest enterprise and business and helps safeguard the economic, environmental, health and social well-being of consumers.”

Ticket to ride

With the rest of the world to explore, it’s easy to overlook what’s on your doorstep: Blighty! Britain is prettiest in autumn – think deep sunsets and shadows and rich colour and contrast. Even getting drenched in a sudden downpour is curiously refreshing. What’s more, if you take a trip to a town where a friend or family member lives, there’s the bonus of free accommodation meaning that exploring the best of Britain need not be boring nor break the bank. Over the next week, CD Traveller gives you the lowdown on 10 towns you really shouldn’t miss…

Beating the luggage restriction rules

Sick of being charged to check in luggage on the low cost carriers or worried about being forced to pay excess fees on the other airlines?

Olympics: stay or go?

At the launch last month of the Great campaign – a project aimed at promoting Britain abroad to tie in with next year’s London Olympics, David Cameron declared “In 2012 there will be only one place to be. We are determined to make the most of this opportunity.”

On the ground in Kuala Lumpur

A few days in the capital city of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur (KL) convinced us that all one hears is true.