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Hilton Hotel Zurich Airport (Review and Room Videos)

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Hilton Hotel Zurich Airport (Review and Room Videos)

…ea outside the terminal. It is always busy as the hotel is large and seems popular. On the way to the hotel it stops at a Hilton Apartment Hotel and then the hotel. On the way back it stops at that hotel and then 2 other places (which seem to be airport crew or admin buildings) before the terminal. The trip is between about 5 and 10 minutes. The rooms in the hotel seem to have been modernised fairly recently and are designed with the business trav…

10 most read Tips for Travellers postings

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10 most read Tips for Travellers postings

…blog through the excellent free Statcounter.com site. This shows the most popular posts since I started getting detailed stats coming up for a month now. It shows that people are very interested in Airlines and seeing the seats and reviews (possibly as it is hard to find that information in other places as on airline sites and agent’s brochures they tend to have very flattering pictures) and then most recent features on places. Here are the curen…

CN Tower, Toronto, Canada: Modern Wonder of the World

Attraction review / Canada / Toronto

CN Tower, Toronto, Canada: Modern Wonder of the World

…te tower. It can be slow to get up it as it seems to have become even more popular than they expected and you can end up shuffling in queues to get to the elevators. Once in they rocket up to the main observation platform. They have some glass sides and roof so you can see just how fast you are going. The video shows the lift experience. It takes quite a while to get up despite the speed of the lift. Once up there, the view is amazing and worth th…

Caribbean Cruise Part 5: St Kitts

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Caribbean Cruise Part 5: St Kitts

…local St Kitts brewed beer only available on the island. There are 2 other popular tours that a lot of people take in St Kitts. The first is a narrow gauge railway trip around the island. This railway used to ferry the sugar cane from the fields to the refining factory in Basseterre, but now ferries piles of tourists off cruise ships around the islands. Some of our party went on this and where under whelmed – not helped by all the trips running la…

Caribbean Cruise Part 3: Grenada

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Caribbean Cruise Part 3: Grenada

…979. The Prime Minister (Maurice Bishop) after the coup was initially very popular, but he refused to call elections and had Marxist leanings and close ties to Cuba that made Grenada’s neighbors nervous. There was a power struggle, another coup by a Pro-Soviet/ Cuba group and he and others were executed in 1983 at Fort George. Six days after the coup the USA invaded saying they were protecting US citizens, but the general view I that they were rea…

ATHENS, GREECE: Observations and top tips for visitors

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ATHENS, GREECE: Observations and top tips for visitors

…forgetting just how far south Greece actually is. • The 3 largest and most popular tourist islands near to Greece are Crete, Rhodes and Corfu. Crete is the biggest of the Greek islands and is between Libya and the Aegean seas which make it the most southern part of Europe! It has a lot of great beaches but also a lot of archaeological sites and museums so can be a good balance of lying about and culture. Rhodes is the 4th largest of Greece; it has…

Las Vegas: Observations

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Las Vegas: Observations

…d staying at the newer and flashier resorts. I know Las Vegas has become a popular place for stag and hen weekends, attracting parties from afar as the UK but that was only part of it. I noted the explosion in new nightclubs and that every resort had a trendy club and bar targeting the younger crowd. There is now also a monorail that runs from MGM down to the Sahara, which was funded with private money. The monorail has had mixed success as first…

NEW! FREE! TRAVEL LEGENDS & IDOLS AUDIO BOOK PODCAST

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NEW! FREE! TRAVEL LEGENDS & IDOLS AUDIO BOOK PODCAST

…behind the most famous legends and icons of travel across the years. Chapters will include Air Force One, Queen Elizabeth, Channel Tunnel, Concorde and much more. Each chapter is taken directly from the book of the same name being written by Gary Bembridge, host of the popular “Tips for Travellers: Global Travel destinations” podcast. Visit the website at TIPSFORTRAVELLERS.COM for more details, or email [email protected] Click on this li…

Cruise Ship / transportation

Friends Of Dorothy Meetings On-Board Cruise Ships. What Are They?

…p for social events, tours and excursions before a cruise. Simply going to popular bars like the Crows Nest on many ships, or the Commodore Club on Cunard after dinner, and you will see if there are other gay couples there that you can meet and chat to. Final word! I can see why “Friends of Bill” (those on AA alcohol recovery programs – which are also held on-board) may want to attend a meeting as a part of their programs, as meetings are a key pa…

Attraction / London

Friday Travel Photo: Harry Potter Studio Tour London Gift Shop

…my video tour of the Harry Potter Studio Tour, have been some of the most popular of my Flickr albums and also on YouTube. But the gift shop pictures seem to attract even more interest than the tour itself. The probably confirms the fact that for many movies it is the merchandises and product spin offs that are a big money spinner because so many people want to own a physical piece of the fantasy. The gift shop has an enormous range of products w…

Cruising / Cunard / Journeys / Transatlantic Crossing / transportation

12 Tips For Choosing and Making the Most of a Transatlantic Cruise Crossing

…or the start of the World Cruise in January. This crossing is usually less popular and discounted more, as it will be cold and people worry about rough seas. If doing a repositioning crossing, then you will have to go in either September/ October or March/ April when ships are moved. Personally, I think the latter option is best as you fly to the Caribbean and get that over and done with, usually with a daytime flight, have warm cruising for a wee…