…l. As parts of the city get taken over by the tourist trade, it seems that new areas and places open up for the locals to enjoy. Kloof Street in the Tamboerskloof part of town at the base of Table Mountain is one of these. This steep street has many beautiful old style buildings, which in their day will have been huge houses over 2 levels with stunning views. Today they have become a series of restuarants and bars with great diversity. They range…
…ta airport. I had not flown with them since they started advertising their new “10 minutes from limo to lounge” based on the new check-in and security set up they have put in place. If you fly Upper Class you can get collected by a limo and taken to the airport. You get met at a special drive-in area in Terminal 3 and then there is a special passage that leads to a dedicated Virgin Atlantic security station and so usually no queue. You then come o…
…hough they had no new news. So you felt informed, even though there was no new news. – when the station lounge got too busy they boarded the trains, even though it was still electricity free. But it was a bright sunny day and they came round with drinks. – even though there was no loudspeaker they came round regularly and shouted out the status and updates – finally just after coming out the tunnel, they apologised again and advised as a gesture t…
…t Pancras London (2), originally uploaded by garybembridge. Just after the new Eurostar St Pancras terminal in London opened, I posted a review and comment about the Business Lounge at the station. The review commented on how small it seemed for the volume of travellers, especially in the morning. To read that review and see the photos: click here. Eurostar had posted a comment about how that was just Phase 1 of the lounge, and that a large upstai…
…ze for an issue I had on the flight I did from London Heathrow to New York Newark. The new video on demand system, which I believe is causing some problems generally, was not working at my seat. This problem also affected the person next to me and the 2 seats behind me. This meant there was no entertainment for the 7.5 hour flight. The crew were friendly and gave me a form to fill in. Instead of handing it in I posted it when I got back. I got a l…
…ering villas rather than a hotel. You will find yourself paying London and New York type prices when you go out, even for some of the fairly straight-forward options. In St. Lawrence Gap there are some more reasonably priced places to eat, but generally things are expensive. The choice and number of restaurants show though, that the tourists that visit the island have the desire and funds to support them. Using a pun, they have the appetite for it…
…e desk clerk actually says your room number aloud, asked immediately for a new room and ask them that they don’t broadcast what room you are in. Don’t go to a room, which has been broadcast as everyone or anyone standing nearby knows what room you are in. Don’t be shy about doing this!Sort of linked to that is also make sure that you don’t have the room number on your key. Tip #4: Elevator habits The fourth tip is, when you are getting in an eleva…
…ed so now they rely more or less on tourism. We cycled past the relatively new looking and very busy airport that seemed to mostly have small island hopping planes landing though our guide told us that a number of long haul charters from as far as the UK fly in, and in fact the runway can handle 767 size planes. Later in the afternoon while sitting at the pool on the ship I saw a large charter plane from the UK landing there. We then cycled past a…
…there were only a handful of spaces available. We arranged hotel rooms in New Jersey as there weren’t enough in the New York area, and five coaches to take everyone there. A combination of bad weather and confusion over the correct route meant that this was a verylong journey too. We accept that this wasn’t handled very well and we took this up with the bus company before they returned on Saturday 17 February to collect everyone again.Although Vi…
…during the Second World War by the Allies bombing. So much of the city is new or has been reconstructed. Read more: · History & location: http://en.wikipedia.org/ (Exact link TBC) · Official city site: http://www.duesseldorf.de/eng/index.shtml · Dusseldorf 360 degree views: http://www.dusseldorf360.de/ · City Panoramas (views of highlights): http://www.panorama-cities.net/dusseldorf/dusseldorf.html What is there to do in Dusseldorf? At the risk o…
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