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Auckland New Zealand – Tips For Travellers Podcast #226

…sculpture tour. Bastion Point. Kelly Tarlton’s SeaLife Aquarium. Sky City Tower. Auckland Domain and War Memorial Museum. New Zealand Maritime Museum. MOTAT (Auckland’s Museum for Transport and Technology). Auckland Zoological Gardens. St Patrick’s Cathedral. Art Gallery. Queens Street (shopping). Devonport. Further afield: Waiwera Thermal Pools and Rotura. Resources and links referred to in the podcast: DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: New Zealand (U…

Swissotel Krasnye Holmy Hotel, Moscow (review, video & photos)

Swissotel Krasnye Holmy Hotel, Moscow (review, video & photos)

…oors, with a fantastically trendy bar on that floor that circles the hotel tower. The views are great from both my room and the bar. I knew as soon as I arrived in the lobby the hotel would be good. The greetings were warm and the style, design and artworks were all stunning. Even the lift looked so good, with a TV playing BBC World News, that I felt I needed to take a photo. When I walked into my room I did go “wow” audibly. The room is large, wi…

About Me

…o see all the places I read about. My list was endless! Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, Carnaby Street, and the British Museum, just to name a few. The latter mostly for the Egyptian displays. The only other country my parents took me to before turning 20 was South Africa. This made me even more determined to see as much of the world as I could once, I started working and earning my own money. My visit to South Africa took me to Cape Town. At the…

PODCAST #3: FROM SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

PODCAST #3: FROM SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

…CHINESE GARDENS · BOTANICAL GARDENS 8 – SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK 9 – SYDNEY SKY TOWER · OZ TREK · SYDNEY SKYWALK 10 – SHOPPING: · GALLERIES VICTORIA · ONE MARTIN PLACE · QUEEN VICTORIA BUILDING · CASTLEREAGH STREET HOTELS CITYGATE SEBEL (AVOID!) Hotel website: click here My room video clip: click here **or “right click” and “save” to desktop My photos: (click here) SYDNEY HARBOUR MARRIOT (MY RECOMMENDATION!) Hotel website: click here My room video clip…

PODCAST #4: DUBAI

PODCAST #4: DUBAI

…view of the gardens, pool and beach) ** Photographs: (to follow) Emirates Tower Hotel Hotel website Room video clip ** WEATHER AND OVERVIEW BBC Weather and Country Overview WHAT TO DO Wild Wadi Water Park Dubailand Entertainment Park (under construction) HISTORY Wilkopedia NOTES ON VIDEO ** When you click on the link for the video clips it will launch a window of your default media player. You may need to let it download before it plays smoothly….

PODCAST 8: DUSSELDORF, GERMANY

PODCAST 8: DUSSELDORF, GERMANY

…has international contemporary art housed south of the old town beyond some park ponds in a very smart looking traditional building with a glass cupola roof that is very dramatic and visible from quite a distance. 6. Harbour area and Rheinturm (TV tower) 7. Japanese area (gardens and “little Toyko”) 8. Base for travelling to Cologne, Bonn Recommended Travel Podcast: Travel Commons Read more: Travelcommons.com Place to stay Visit my hotel room vid…

PODCAST 22 : SHANGHAI, CHINA

PODCAST 22 : SHANGHAI, CHINA

…tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g303764-Shanghai-Vacations.html The Bund (Wai Tan), Shanghai Garden of Contentment (Yu Yuan Garden), Shanghai Shanghai Museum (Shanghai Bowuguan), Shanghai Xintiandi, Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower (Dongfang Mingzhu), Shanghai Jade Buddha Temple, Shanghai Bund Tourist Tunnel, Shanghai Nanjing Lu (Nanjing Road), Shanghai Three on the Bund, Shanghai People’s Square (Renmin Guang Chang), Shanghai…

Taipei, Taiwan. Observations and tips for visiting this city unused to heavy tourist trade

Taipei, Taiwan. Observations and tips for visiting this city unused to heavy tourist trade

…world” ·I was lucky enough to have a room at the Hyatt with a view of the tower and kept staring at it. There is a massive, and I mean massive, mall underneath it with all the usual designer shops that these sorts of malls do all over the world like Louis Vuitton as well as some neat showcase stores for brands like Sony. (click here for review, photos and video of the room) ·It also has a brilliant food court area, although unlike usual mall food…

CHEDDAR GORGE AND CAVES (GOUGH’S CAVE) WELLS UK

CHEDDAR GORGE AND CAVES (GOUGH’S CAVE) WELLS UK

…argely features history of early man sex and cannibalism) and up a viewing tower. The ticket is valid for a year. We had a great day and to be recommended. See a video of the famous Cheddar Gorge area and go into the Gough Cave by clicking here to see on YouTube andon the blog posting: Cheddar Cove and Caves UK (2), originally uploaded by garybembridge. Cheddar Cove and Caves UK (13), originally uploaded by garybembridge. Cheddar Cove and Caves UK…

Singapore: My guide and top 10 tips on things to do

…ing temple, called the Srimariammam Temple. It has this amazing sculptured tower which is quite remarkable.. #7 Little India My seventh tip is to do the Little India walking guide and again the booklet is very detailed and helpful. The two must-see sights are the Leong San Buddhist temple and the Abdul Gafoor Mosque. To find, it you go to Little India MRT. It’s on the Bukit Timah Road, and there’s a market close by on Buffalo Road. The reason it’s…