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...Anantara meanwhile offers 59 contemporary suites and two restaurants - the all-day Paon and Wild Orchid, which opens for dinner and serves upscale Thai fare. Incidentally, the hotel stands just below the level of the area's tallest palm tree, respecting a local stipulation that nothing can be built beyond it. On a Saturday night at S.O.S., with the cocktails flowing, that's close enough to the stars for most...
...company plots routes using satellite navigation technology, and offers packages that include meals and hotel accommodation as well as car rental. Motoring through the countryside using a GPS screen contrasts beautifully with the car's rudimentary charms - among them rocking suspension and a top speed of around 50 m.p.h (80 km/h). But then again, who needs to travel fast when there's the Pas-de-Calais to be savored, with its medieval towns and lovely meadows...
...Urban - and chauffeured - versions of these tours are available in Paris with 4 Roues Sous 1 Parapluie (www.4roues-sous-1parapluie.com). The wry name - "Four Wheels Beneath an Umbrella" - recalls the brief given to the original 2CV designers, which was to create a cheap car for the masses. Tours include hotel pick-up, and take in the French capital's major sights as well as lesser-known attractions such as the Cité Fleurie - a 19th century artists' quarter. There are also romantic night tours that are especially popular with couples. But do remember to whisper in your partner's ear when...
...Leith's focal point is the Shore: a café-studded quayside leading past a series of tranquil canals fed by the Firth of Forth. Overlooking this estuary is Leith's hippest address, the Malmaison Hotel, www.malmaison-edinburgh.com. It offers 100 individually designed rooms and a brasserie packed with Edinburgh's fashionable crowd...
...Large. TOO MUCH TRASH--EARTH COVERED reads an old headline, and we note that some of the skyscrapers are made of compacted trash cubes. The planet has become one huge junkyard, as if all humanity were a rock band that had made a shambles of a hotel room, then just strolled out. The only remaining sign of organic life on Earth is that unkillable little bugger, a cockroach...