A trunk full of trouble

The bad news is the baby got sick. The good news is now he feels good enough to give Mom a fat lip.

‘I felt something tickling my hand. When I glanced down I was horrified to see several minuscule red worms crawling there.... I quickly brushed off the writhing creatures in disgusted panic.’

It was chic, unique and so trendy, but the boutique hotel in London was a few Gucci belt notches short of adequate. When a guest tried to arrange a refund, the faux fur flew.

Typhoon alerts in Hong Kong aren’t unusual. There was no cause for alarm -- until the cabs stopped running.

Which was the more painful part of her Indian desert safari: getting ripped off or being all but ripped in half by her thong underwear?

Boom! “What was that?” I asked as the needle-nosed long-tail boat shuddered.

It seemed like a great idea: Take a budget winter tour of China by flying to England and joining a British group.