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March 22, 2012

Shanghai China. Tips on visiting this chameleon city!

…back to nature, and enjoying poetic Pastoral delight. Living in a farmer’s house, having a farmer’s meal, working as a farmer and enjoying a happy farmer’s life. The series is based on what they call “The Seven Wonders of the World, Seven Days in Shanghai” So you could actually spend seven days on each of these, so they’re really interesting. Self touring: But if neither the private tour nor the suggested tours in the leaflets appeal, here are the…

Letchworth Hall Hotel, Hertfordshire, England: Amazing value and great weekend break

england / Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video

November 14, 2011

Letchworth Hall Hotel, Hertfordshire, England: Amazing value and great weekend break

…, and there was a coach party staying one night. The hotel was a large old house with a great hall, where they serve afternoon tea, and then it has been expanded with meeting and function rooms, and about 80 rooms. The rooms are a good size and fairly functional, with large TV, chairs, desk area. Positives – Comfortable room, of a good size. We were on the 3rd floor in the eaves of the roof. There was only one small window, but that was fine. It w…

Cape Town South Africa: 5 more great and amazing things to do there

Cape Town / Destinations / South Africa

March 23, 2011

Cape Town South Africa: 5 more great and amazing things to do there

…ive areas of Cape Town which have very expensive apartment blocks and huge house that rise up from the beach right up the slopes of the mountains that run along the coast. The premium due to the views out across the beach to sea. The Clifton area is after Sea Point and Bantry Bay and before the busy and buzzy Camps Bay area, also popular with locals and tourists. Clifton is popular not only because it is so beautiful, with soft dazzling white sand…

DR WHO EXHIBITION AND MUSEUM: BROMYARD. SURPRISING TO FIND IN SMALL COUNTRY TOWN!

Attraction / England / Museum

January 29, 2011

DR WHO EXHIBITION AND MUSEUM: BROMYARD. SURPRISING TO FIND IN SMALL COUNTRY TOWN!

…2,5 hours drive from London), having booked a large National Trust managed house on a large estate. On arriving, we popped along to the nearest town called Bromyard. And as we drove into the small centre, saw a sign for the “Dr Who Exhibition”. It seemed slightly odd – and a bit surreal – stumbling across such a grand titled venue in what felt like a small and sleepy country town. You would not have imagined that there enough people to sustain a f…

Clifton Beach Cape Town South Africa. Pretty Views & People To Watch.

Cape Town / Destinations / South Africa

January 15, 2011

Clifton Beach Cape Town South Africa. Pretty Views & People To Watch.

Singapore

July 4, 2010

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

…as built by a rich Chinese tycoon in the early 1900s because another opera house had refused to allow his wife in and so he built his own. Pagoda Street is where the heart of Chinatown was, and it used to be the centre of the opium and slave trade. People would hang out spending money gambling, smoking and taking drugs. At the end of the street is an amazing temple, called the Srimariammam Temple. It has this amazing sculptured tower which is quit…

LUDLOW, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND. What can I say….

Attraction review / Attraction Video / england / UK

May 22, 2010

LUDLOW, SHROPSHIRE, ENGLAND. What can I say….

…s (or was it pub?) in England according to an information sign outside the house (or pub). Is (according the local information leaflets) FAMOUS for its markets, small as the one we saw seemed. And it has a huge very tattered old castle. Not that Ludlow is not worth a visit if you are in the area, close to the Welsh borders, it just has not and does not make enough of itself. This is rather disappointing, as the town and castle has a very old and v…

Czech Republic / Destinations / Prague

October 16, 2012

Prague, Czech Republic. Review, photos and video tour of this magical European city

…place. We also went into some of the churches, an old street that used to house the shops and workshops (and for those of you Harry Potter fans looked and felt like Diagonal Alley!). The buildings are huge, impressive and in amazing good repair. You come out of the castle near the old vineyards, and this gives more stunning views. We walked down the hill and caught a tram across to the Petrin Tower. Petrin Tower. This was built in the late 1800s…

Hotel De Paris Monte Carlo Monaco: What is is like staying at one of the iconic hotels of the world?

Europe / France / Hotel Review / Hotel Room Video / monaco / monte carlo / Tips for Travellers / travel

April 15, 2010

Hotel De Paris Monte Carlo Monaco: What is is like staying at one of the iconic hotels of the world?

…nge mix of looking and feeling like you were staying at your grandmother’s house, as the furniture and style was very old-fashioned with pieces that had been updated but surprisingly cheaply for the nature and cost of the hotel. The bathroom medicine cabinet looked very cheap and the cupboards were cheap looking aluminium. The bathroom unit was very old fashioned. The place though was very clean and neat. The room I had had a stunning view across…

Attraction review / Attraction Video / London / Tips for Travellers / travel / UK

February 17, 2010

London

…rium is in the old County Hall building across Westminster Bridge from the Houses Of Parliament in London, and near to the London Eye (the massive and very popular Ferris Wheel originally set up for the Millennium that has become a permanent feature). The area along the Thames in front of County Hall is, unfortunately, becoming a bit of a busy and somewhat tacky tourist area. This is unfortunate, but possibly inevitable, and is rapidly evolving in…