Highlander

Advantages: great action and a good story
Disadvantages: does slow down in places

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blissman70 07.05.2008 · Read review
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Cameron Highlands Guide

Advantages: Cool weather, nice fresh greens and tasty foods
Disadvantages: None

...Cameron Highlands is a highland region located east of Ipoh state. It is 1500m above sea level and has a cool climate, temperatures not rising above 25 degrees and not falling below 12 degrees year-round. I went to Cameron Highlands with my parents on Monday, the 8th. We stayed at Hotel Equatorial, which is one of the best hotels in Cameron. We visited many key attractions, including the strawberry farm, rose gardens, vegetable farms, tea plantations, bee farms, cactus farms and many more. At the entrance of Equatorial Hotel, to your left, you will go down to Kea Farm, where many stalls lie in. This farm is by far, the most crowded and popular among locals and tourists. However, the traffic there is very messy and you have to be very careful. In Kea Farm, I would recommend a stall selling deep-fried oyster mushrooms, sweet potatoes...

JudgeIronFist 14.12.2008 · Read review
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Fortingall Hotel

Advantages: small, intimate, beautifully situated, friendly and welcoming staff
Disadvantages: not on a regular public transport route

...Once you have discovered Fortingall Hotel, you will never want to stay anywhere else. Completely refurbished in 2006, the hotel has a wonderfully comfortable ambiance, decorated in muted tweeds and subtle colours, reflecting its Victorian heritage. It now has ten bedrooms, all en-suite, with one able to connect to an adjoining twin room to make a family suite. Nothing is too much trouble for the staff at Fortingall Hotel, from the friendly welcome, to the little touches in the room, such as an antique decanter with a dram or two of whisky. The duvets are wonderfully cosy and the bathroom with its selection of toiletries are pure luxury. We had the Romantic Package, which included a bouquet of flowers, chilled bubbly and some even more delicious smellies for the bath! Downstairs there are two restaurants (the Head Chef has just been...

RachFK 10.09.2008 · Read review
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Highlander sequel fails to wow

Advantages: Good handling of a mediochre script
Disadvantages: Script and constant darkness

...Highlander II: The Quickening is the 1991 sequel to the 1986 film Highlander, which pitted immortal Connor MacLeod against an evil immortal at an event known as the Gathering. Director Russell Mulcahy returns for the sequel, as does Christopher Lambert as MacLeod. The film was less successful than the first, with a rather dubious and other-worldly plot and a low level of special effects reducing it to a more cult status than a commercial success. Follwing the events of Highlander, Connor MacLeod (Lambert) joins forces with scientists to protect a dying ozone. With much of the world unprotected against the sun, they construct a shield, which protects the planet, but has the side effect of causing eternal night. Years on, in 2024, MacLeod is visited in a vision by his old friend Ramirez (Connery) and he sees the evil of General Katana...

pmcds 09.11.2008 · Read review
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HAVING A FLING IN THE HIGHLANDS....

Advantages: A GREAT READ SET IN A GREAT LOCATION.
Disadvantages: NONE

...Katie Fforde Highland Fling Published by Arrow Books I can actually claim to have every book Katie Fforde has ever had published. Which is quite a feat for me! I like her style, I like her humour, and I like her characters, which means in turn that I like every book she publishes, and what is more, I know I'm going to like it before I even buy it! Her stories aren't deeply philosophical, her characters are no more or less complicated than you or I, but there's just something about they way they pull you in, with the ease of reading and the simplicity and everyday-lifeness of them that means you pick them up and can't put them down again! Highland Fling was the first Katie Fforde novel I read, though it is actually the 8th novel in a growing list of about 12, and I have to say it totally captivated me. It's very fanciful, but...

phoenixgreen 24.10.2006 · Read review
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Highlander - the DVD

Advantages: A classic film with cult status
Disadvantages: Not many extras here.

...Highlander is one of those films that caught the audience unawares when it first came out. It had very little in the way of publicity, but the strong story and great 'presence' of the film soon spread the word that this was one movie to go and watch. The plot is pretty simple, a Scottish warrior of the MacLeod clan in 1536 is fighting another clan and is wounded in battle. He realizes that he is different from everyone else, however, when his near fatal wounds heal up completely and it makes everyone else afraid. He meets a strange man (Connery) who explains that MacLeod is an immortal and cannot die. It transpires that the immortals have fought each other through time and he has to train to fight to the death (which, for an immortal, means decapitation with a special sword) Refusing this, he hides out. The audience next join him...

pbyron 29.03.2001 · Read review
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A HEARTY HIGHLAND SOUP

Advantages: A GREAT SOUP FOR WHEN YOU'RE TIRED OR COLD, FULL OF FLAVOUR AND GOODNESS.
Disadvantages: I COULD EAT THIS TILL THE COWS COME HOME

...taste one, they are just that. The taste of lamb and soft, sweet carrot explodes in my mouth, and the next mouthful does the same - creamy potato, soft flavoursome onions and bits of lamb, tender and melt in the mouth. Everything in the soup is cooked to perfection, no hard bits to chew on, no squidgy bits to swallow fast. With pearl barley and leeks and cabbage to add texture and yet more flavour, this is surely a soup to be reckoned with! It has a country aroma that brings to your mind a long, harsh winter in the Highlands, with snow up to the letter box, a patchwork quilt about your knees, a gale roaring over the rooftops and a fire crackling bright and warm in the grate. What left to perfect the scene? A bowl of Baxters Scotch Broth, that's all! *****Ingredients***** Water, Pearl Barley, Carrots, Potatoes, Onions...

phoenixgreen 15.10.2006 · Read review
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Fathers Guest House, great place in the Cameron Highlands

Advantages: Location, views, surroundings
Disadvantages: Disappointing dorm room

...Fathers Guest house has the perfect location on a small hill overlooking the tiny town of Tanah Rata in the Cameron highlands. Situated outside the town, but only a 3 minute walk into it, it has fantastic views and is tranquil but still has access to any activities the town has to offer. If you call the owners in advance letting them known when you will arrive then they will collect you from the town and save the walk up the hill with heavy bags. They also tend to be one of the touts who wander the bus drop off area and so if you arrive by bus then there is almost always someone there who you can ask to get a lift up the hill. Driving up towards the guesthouse the first thing that is obvious is that this is a beautiful area. The views from the top go right across the town and amongst the rolling hills of the area. The Cameron highlands...

flyingllamas 14.07.2009 · Read review
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The Highlander, Will he be the only one?

Advantages: cracking good fight scenes
Disadvantages: few to many unexplained events

...The Highlander is as the title states, a story about a Scottish Highlander. Connor MacCleod of the Clan MacCleod superbly played by Christopher Lambert. All though Lambert does do a great job, playing the sword swinging Scots man; I think his accent for a 16th century Highlander needed to be a lot stronger and more convincing. The same is really to be said about 'Sean Connery's' Spanish accent as the part of Conner's friend and potential adversary Ramirez We find Connor sitting watching an ice hockey match in America at Madison Square Gardens. As violence erupts on the pitch Connors mind wanders back some 500years to where it all began During a Clan battle Connor is fatally wounded, and taken back to his town to die, but as morning breaks, Connor lives! To him, a joyess occasion, but friends and family see it as the act...

dreamscancometrue 03.01.2006 · Read review
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The Strand Palace Hotel

Advantages: Central location, clean
Disadvantages: Food, rooms

...We stayed at this hotel in London a little over a month ago now for two nights, we chose this hotel mainly because of the central location and because it was only a ten minuite walk from the show we had booked to go too. Check in was very quick - About ten minuites and the staff at the reception seemed very friendly. My first thoughts on the hotel was that it looked really clean and that it was nicely decorated and it looked modern. I was a little dissapointed with our room as it was very small and basic, our room had a double bed, tea and coffee making facilities, a tv with satellite and a small, basic en suite bathroom with a shower. The views from our room very very poor - A block of offices which made our room dark as they were so close. The hotel has two bars and two resturaunts, the bars were again nicely decorated...

kate44 03.05.2007 · Read review
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