Hints and tips:
...Nights are cold in the Anti-Taurus Mountains of south-eastern Turkey, even at the tail-end of summer....
...The Sea Life Aquarium is on the side of the King Street Bridge. As you pass through Batman Park, named after city pioneer John Batman, you might spot some wandering swans....
...I flew in from Madrid and from the postcard-perfect port of Mogán I took set off inland, winding along a valley towards the gloomy peaks of the central mountains....
...Gravel bikes, another recent trend, are do-it-all machines with chunky tyres and drop handlebars....
...The Mountain View search giant is therefore buying US specialist Mandiant for $5.4bn cash....
...There’s a maze constructed of stones, piled into thin spiralling paths; a stripped-down car, propped up on bricks and with its bonnet gaping, ornamented in a thousand bottle caps like a pearly king....
...The coins hint at the hybrid world these kings inhabited....
...Four nights or more are easily possible, but the reckoning is that two will be the most popular option — a combination, therefore, of Empty Quarter and beach, Empty Quarter and mountains, or mountains and...
...The corporate world has a new king of cash....
...Also in 2017, Google chose Lendlease to build its new European headquarters in London on disused land next to King's Cross station, set for completion in 2021....
...I opted first to explore the coast, taking a rib ride south to Agulhas Bay, where the spectacular phonolite mountains give the feel of King Kong country (though in fact the island has no venomous snakes...
...The Islanders fly low, hopping around the grass and gravel airstrips like an aerial bus, so you invariably get a free scenic tour....
...As we left the plains of Punjab and entered the foothills of the Himalayas, the sandstone and gravel of the hills were obscured by shoddily built concrete blocks, mounds of garbage, construction debris and...
...Ancient Indian diamonds were alluvial: they were not mined so much as sieved and extracted as natural crystals from the soft sands and gravels of ancient riverbeds....
...The tarmac turns to gravel, then the gravel to snow. There is no traffic and nothing to see but beautiful, forest-covered hillsides and glimpses of peaks far above....
...Amid a global economic backdrop where cash is king, the powerful investors of the Gulf know they can dictate terms and banks will still come running....
...If you keep your citrus indoors, place a large tray under the pot and fill it with gravel....
...The guest list features Jordan’s king and queen, Italy’s prime minister, three mayors, two governors and the director of the CIA....
...Next morning, three croissants to the good, I clacked out of reception in my cleated shoes to find a colourful mini-peloton circling the gravel purposefully....
...It seems ministers are keen for Sir Richard Branson to be the smiling face of the deal, rather than the man dubbed by Fortune Magazine the “King of Bankruptcy”. So who is Ross?...
...The river nourishes dense vegetation along its banks but just beyond the greenery gives way to the dunes and dry mountains of the Namib desert....
...The designer of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC, has transformed an 11-acre gravel pit into a field of green waves, as if the ocean had migrated to the mountains....
...Exactly a year ago the king of luxury together with US private equity group Colony Capital splashed out about $5.2bn to buy a 9.1 per cent stake in Carrefour, the world’s second-largest hypermarket chain...
...When Soldier of Fortune won in Ireland, Fallon had a view from the rear, having chosen to ride the Epsom Derby second, Eagle Mountain....
...They cordoned trees to cradle fruit against sunny walls and arched them over grassy and gravel paths. They learned to harvest and store fruit so it was at its peak when served....
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