…hings to see and do including: Buckingham Palace and Changing of the Guard Tower Bridge and Tower of London Houses of Parliament and London Eye. Also Aquarium. Can buy combined Eye and river trip tickets worth doing as see lots of London The Shard – visit Borough Market before or after Madam Tussard’s British Museum Trafalgar Square, 10 Downing Street and Cabinet War Rooms Harrods (with nearby Harvey Nichols, Sloane Street and King’s Road) Kensing…
…xi driver in Kuala Lumpur trying to scam us into buying fake Petronas Twin Tower tickets, and then us getting lost on the chaotic Metro system yet finding an amazing food market for lunch and the server telling us about a nearby alternative tower to visit to view the city. Navigating the Tokyo metro while using a badly translated local App and stumbling across Pachinko Pinball arcades, and hitting a jackpot playing without any idea how or why. I l…
…is the same) largely comprises of uninspiring, large and very unimpressive tower blocks. The very tower blocks from the 50s, 60s and 70s that popped up post was across many European cities. The one difference being they cost outrageous sums of money. Monaco is jam full of buildings. Space was limited, although some land reclamation and building into the sea helped expand the space a bit – but when they did they threw up more tall blocks. Underneat…
…Take a look at the time-lapse video I made while docked in Honolulu Harbour overlooking the Aloha Tower, the symbol that has welcomed visitors to Hawaii arriving by sea since 1929. It shows day into night. It was the view off my balcony (7082) on Cunard Queen Victoria. Watch the video:…
…(22 February) Auckland arrival and overnight Cunard Queen Victoria from SkyTower Auckland A sunny day with calm seas greeted us in the morning. By noon islands were being passed and we could spot the mainland of the North Island ahead. As the Captain gave his usual update over the public address system, a New Zealand Air Force place circled low around the ship on a crew-training exercise before swooshing over the ship and heading into the distance…
…etingly reveal startling sights – like the vast 123-metre red and white TV tower, the modern glass-sided Brockenhaus museum with a dome on top that used to house the East German Secret Service listening equipment and the sweeping view across thickly clad forests into the valley below. People unexpectedly appeared out of the whiteness in front of me, and I heard the chatter and laughter of teenagers in school parties somewhere around me playing wit…
…39 Embarcadero and Ferry Building Golden Gate Park Presidio Chinatown Coit Tower Lombard Street (“crookedest street in the world”) “The Painted Ladies” Castro District Resources and links referred to in the podcast: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 San Francisco Tours: GoCarTours.com , Citysightseeing.us, blueandgoldfleet.com, BlazingSaddles.com and BayCityBike.com BayCityGuide.com SanFrancisco.Travel This episode was supported by DK Eyewitness…
…ur Quarters. Western Wall. Dome of the Rock. Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Tower of David and Light Spectacular. Mount of Olives. Israel Museum. Muslim Quarter Markets. Resources: Old City Audio Tour App: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-old-city-of-jerusalem-audio-walking-tours/id493089514?mt=8 US News Recommendations: http://travel.usnews.com/Jerusalem_Israel/Things_To_Do/Official Official site: http://www.itraveljerusalem.com After liste…
…d above the rainforest tree canopy and then we climb up a huge observation tower to look out across the forest and the Panama Canal. Please leave a thumbs up and subscribe to the channel now: http://bit.ly/TFT_YouTube2 Watch the video: If you enjoyed this post: Follow Tips For Travellers on: YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest. Sign up for the monthly newsletter. includes a free eBook to download every month. Never miss a post by s…
…reasure like standing in front of the Coliseum, walking around the Leaning Tower of Pisa, soaring through a rainforest on an aerial tram in Costa Rica, snorkelling among fish, sharks and stingrays in Bora Bora, and cruising through the blue seas in the Caribbean on a catamaran and snorkelling. Those are the things I personally remember and talk about after those trips, not that I was able to get a lounger by the pool or got to have a go on the Flo…
…ng Osaka Castle grounds. There’s a huge moat, stone walls, and ornate main tower. Absolutely packed with tourists! It was soon time for me to head back to the ship, ready for Kyoto the following day. Kyoto – via Cruise Ship I was up and out bright and early for a long 9-hour excursion to Kyoto. First was Sanjusangendo (San-jus-an-gen-do) an 800-year-old Buddhist temple which has a staggering 1,001 statues of Kannon, the goddess of mercy. Dating ba…
