A thirst for adventure

Having recently done some 'serious' trekking in the Borneo jungle (eight hours a day with 20kg packs), I have developed a thirst for this type of adventure holiday. Can anyone recommend tour operators who can offer me a similar standard of trekking in the Amazon? Is it possible to do such a trip independently?

Flying doctor

My mother has an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). She lives in the US, but would like to fly here to see me. She asked one doctor about flying and the answer was 'no way', but a second opinion was more positive. What would be your advice?

Flying doctor

In 'the old days', we were told to take salt tablets in tropical climates. Does this advice still hold true?

Anyone for yoga in the nude?

That was what Debbie Lawson stumbled upon when she went to 'find herself' in the sun-kissed hills of Andalucia. No wonder she joined a mass break-out for a booze-up in the local village...

Flying doctor

My employer ruptured his eardrum last weekend and is scheduled for a flight this coming Saturday for business - can he fly with a ruptured eardrum?

Yoga holidays

From the ascetic to the decadent, yoga holidays are de rigueur - at least at the Guardian, where at the last count six of my female colleagues had recently embarked on one.