Choc me down with a feather!

Advantages: Choccie woccie!
Disadvantages: P&P costs

...On flicking through the Telegraph magazine the other week I found a most interesting looking website. Interesting because it sold chocolate - and lots of it. I am not a chocoholic by any means but this grabbed my attention because of all the ingredients mentioned, chilli being one of them! There was a picture of the shop and the contents and let me tell you, it looked delish! * What is Montezumas? * It was set up by ex-lawyers Helen and Simon Pattinson 18 months ago. They are a new chocolate company based in Sussex. They manufacture in a small unit near Chichester but retail from three stores in Brighton, Chichester and Solihull. All cocoa beans used are from the Dominican Republic and the chocolates are hand made on the premises. * Awards * Montezumas chocolates have won at both The Great Taste Awards...

kirstymack80 29.11.2003 (29.02.2004) · Read review
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Review of montezumas.co.uk

Tamarindo and Montezuma

Advantages: Sun, sea, sand, shopping, nightlife, beautiful scenery, friendly people
Disadvantages: Sunburn, variation in hostel quality, travel is hard work, dengue fever

...First of all, Tamarindo and Montezuma could not be more different. Montezuma is a tiny little place that's totally laid back and has a really "hiipY" vibe to it. I loved it. Tamarindo is a bustling, set to be the 'next big destination' town with loads of shops and American tourists, with a fair few surfers! Montezuma is literally at the end of a dirt track, if you're travelling from San Jose (or anywhere not on the Pacific coast) it involves a ferry trip from Puntarenas. We managed to mess this up with buses and ended up hitchhiking in the back of a farmer's truck -all good fun! In Montezuma there are enough restaurants to keep you going for about 5 days, beyond that you'll get bored. During the day (if you aren't just lying on the beach) you can hike to the waterfalls. The hike was pretty scary in the wet season, it involved...

kittykatty31 15.09.2005 · Read review
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Review of Pacific Coast (Costa Rica)

Biorb - The Hi Tec Fish Bowl

Advantages: Easy to maintain - eyecatching design
Disadvantages: Bit more pricey than normal aquariums

...I had always wanted an aquarium but thought that it would be too much trouble to set up and look after. I entered a competition on the web to win an aquarium and lo and behold I actually won one. An aquarium called a Biorb made by a company called Reef One. With this aquarium there was a difference. The Biorb combines the looks of a traditional gold fish bowl with the performance of a hi-tech aquarium. It holds 30 litres of water and has it's own built in filtration system which provides maximum benefits to both the fish and the fish keeper. The globe shaped design is truly eye-catching and very stylish. It is made out of Plexiglas acrylic which is nearly 10 times stronger than glass and because of its large water capacity it provides the fish with approximately 10 times more space than a traditional bowl. The filtration...

stinky2 12.03.2001 (09.03.2001) · Read review
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Review of Reef One Biorb

Malpais & Montezuma...

Advantages: Lush jungle, beautfiul beaches & surf
Disadvantages: No nightlife...

...For me Costa Rica was the Nicoya Peninsula. After making the journey up from San Jose via bus & ferry then bus again arriving in Montezuma at sunset was a sight for sore eyes. Lush jungle lines the long sandy beach. The sea here is rough with a heavy, dumping shore break, so not great for swimming. The only swimming pool (in 1999) is found nestled at the end of the beach at El Sano Banano. The small village of Montezuma is picturesque & friendly with a scattering of restaurants, bars & shops. The cleanliness of this resort is thanks, largley in part, to the American contingent who have made this place their home & in doing so have helped locals conserve a beautiful corner of Costa Rica. Venture an hour or two up the coast (you can hitch a ride in a pick up from the main town) & will find yourself at Malpais. This place is...

seacat78 08.03.2004 · Read review
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A Transformation

Advantages: The new Bangalore
Disadvantages: Pollution

...Hyderabad is the fifth largest city in India. It is the state capital of Andhra Pradesh and is known for its rich history,culture, monuments, mosques, temples, a rich and varied heritage in arts, crafts and dance. I went in june and although this is the monsoon sesaon i found that this did not in the slightest prevent me from thoroughly enjoying myself. This is the second time i have been an my god has it changed. It has become the new Bangalore of India. The new "Hi Tech" city situated on the outskirts of the main City looks like something out of a Sci-fi film. The pure white buildings with space age technology just looks fantastic. The economic school is known world wide and easily competes with the best American university's. The temples are extremely beautiful and provide an insight into the past and also...

nbasker3 20.05.2004 · Read review
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Review of HI-TEC City (Hyderabad)

Not 'Green and Blacks', what the devil is it?!?

Advantages: To some people it could be nice.
Disadvantages: horrible taste, looks like 'green and blacks' it may confuse you

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Cheesychip1 21.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Montezuma's Chilli Chocolate Bar

Apple iPod shuffle 1 GB Silver

Advantages: So light you dont know your wearing it
Disadvantages: You cant go to a specific song without flicking through thelwhole playlist

...Apple iPod shuffle 1 GB Silver I have never really been into MP3 players, walkmans and all other portable music gadgets but i have recently started training to do a half marathon and to reduce the risk of me dying of boredom (rather than me just keeling over through lack of fitness)whilst completing numberous long training runs i finally decided to buy the ipod shuffle. Oh my god, this product has changed my entire opinion on hi-tec gadgets. The sound quality is crystal clear and it holds that many songs that even at my padestrian pace i will never get through all the songs before finnishing my run. Because its so light weight including the earphones, i dont even notice im wearing it and although i was concerned that the wires for the headphones might become annoying whilst running you dont notice them either. You have...

hammer4 25.06.2007 · Read review
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A point and shoot for professional results

Advantages: Build quality & X10 zoom
Disadvantages: Heavy and thirsty on battery life.

...Like all point and shoot cameras the Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3 has it's limitations, but in my opinion that is a good selling point. As a professional photographer I sometimes need the simplicity of a P&S to help capture a moment without over complicating it with loads of hi-tec equipment. The DCM-TZ3 is one of the easiest cameras I have ever used and the image quality is easily good enough for anything the home user would need and more. I took one of these on a trip to South America recently and I'm earning money from those picures already. The 7.2 megapixel sensor means you can print up to poster size photos with good definition and the X10 zoom lens is remarkable for a camera that can still fit in your pocket. The dials are dead easy to use and it also has video with sound. Yes it's a little heavy, but this is due to a good...

stevieray 08.09.2007 (11.01.2009) · Read review
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Review of Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3

Good News For the Credit Card

Advantages: can shoot Loops
Disadvantages: None

...In these days of soaring prices of all sports brand names, JJB have got it right they appear to be on average the cheapest sports shop on the high st. JJB are nearly every where they are in mnost city centres and now offer out of town stores. Both Branches in liverpool have basket ball courts for you to try out prospective sports gear to see if they are the right ones for you, also its an ice break to shoot some loops as a break from spopping. JJB Supply the latest Trends in sportswear as well as lots of last years brands at very reduced prices particulary HiTEc brand which in my experience are very good quality shoesand can cost as little as £15. Out of all the sports shops in liverpool and i assume elsewhere that jjb offer the biggest variety of sports wear and nearly always have all sizes in stock. JJBN staff are always...

richardjmeek 07.01.2001 · Read review
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Review of JJB Sports (Shop)

Utterly Brilliant

Advantages: You never need to go on your pc again.
Disadvantages: Not for the technophobic amongst us!

...wide. You can add widgets, apps etc to those pages. As if that's not far too much already, you can choose from a group of homepages. You can have a work scene (with the 7 pages of relevant widgets), a social scene ( with links to your chums, facebook bebo, flikr etc etc), a travel scene (with weather, road reports, Google maps etc) It just goes on and on. Basically, I just want to run around the country handing them out to everyone. However, at £400 a pop, maybe not. The phone seems expensive to me. £400 for a mobile that will be redundant in a year is outrageous. But then all these hi-tec phones are outrageously expensive. It's not actually JUST a phone anyway, it's a mini computer. And an addiction....

nellymosser 11.08.2009 · Read review
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