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Australia / Destinations / Sydney

Sydney Australia. Top 10 Travel Tips And Things To See And Do

…e’s a commentary about the history and what you seeing that is pretty good. 2: Circular Quay Harbour Area: This is the famous harbour area you always see. It is called the Circular Quay area. This is also where the famous and iconic looking harbour bridge is. Again, it does not disappoint. Originally built in 1932, around 2002 they started tours where you can actually climb right up to the top of the bridge. It takes about three and a half hours a…

British Pullman / Trains / transportation

Orient Express British Pullman Train. The Golden Age Journey By Train.

…be people celebrating some kind of special event like a 50th Birthday or a 25th Wedding Anniversary. There was also a corporate event joining the train, which must have been a wealthy company as a trip on the train is not cheap at all and costs between £250 and £320 per person. This cost includes the trip, a 5 course meal, glasses of champagne and a bottle of wine per 2 people – and oysters on the platform at a stop in Whitstable. The required dr…

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GET YOUR FREE TIPSFORTRAVELLERS.COM eBOOK RIGHT NOW!

…et your free TipsForTravellers.com eBook by simply “paying with a tweet” or 2 “like” on facebook. No catch, that is all it takes. That way you get a free eBook and you help to get the word out about the https://www.tipsfortravellers.com/ site/ blog and the offer. In this first volume, which is 70 pages long, you get tips and advice about 11 of the most popular destinations covered in the podcast and blog. The destinations covered include: Cape Tow…

Celebrity / Cruise Ship / transportation

Celebrity Eclipse Review. Ship tour, staterooms, suites and more

…g cruise to Miami for the Caribbean Winter Season. Celebrity is part of the 2nd largest Cruise Group (Royal Caribbean) and is their more premium offer. The Celebrity brand has a number of ships of the same class, and are adding more over the coming years. As the photos in this article, and the many that I have posted on Flickr (click here for the album), show you can see that the ship has style and class, and a high finish and specification. It fe…

Advice and Tips For First-Time Visitors to Cape Town

Cape Town / Destinations / South Africa

Advice and Tips For First-Time Visitors to Cape Town

…now become a must-do. Everybody who’s ever been there, famous people, from Queen Elizabeth II or Oprah Winfrey or Arnold Schwarzenegger, anybody who’s been, basically, to Cape Town has gone up this cable car. Today, there is a very efficient cable car than runs from 8am until as late as 10pm in the peak summer season. It carries about 40 or more and 900 people can go up or down in an hour. Saying that, it is still best to get there early or you ca…

MAURITIUS: The magical, beautiful Indian Ocean Island

airports / Attraction review / Mauritius / travel

MAURITIUS: The magical, beautiful Indian Ocean Island

…e Safari submarine tour and the guard at Grand Baie and it goes under about 20 meters and 30 meters in depth. On the way, too, there’s a couple of good stops to make. The first stop to make is at the Pamplemousses Botanical Garden. It’s a 60 acre garden. It has a pond of very famous Victoria Amazonica Lilies. These are monstrous, huge, big lilies. I think some of them are about eight feet or more in size, in diameter. They’re just incredible, and…

QE2 A PICTORIAL JOURNEY: Book review

Cruise Ship / Cunard / QE2 / Travel Book / Travel Book Review

QE2 A PICTORIAL JOURNEY: Book review

…y books written about Cunard’s iconic and symbolic ship the Queen Elizabeth 2 is from 2 passionate fans of the ship. The book has over 200 pictures that seem to largely be from their own collections that were taken on the many trips that they have taken on the ship, and there is very limited text and some short but interesting sections by William Miller and QE2 Captain Ian McNaught. The thing that I liked about this book is that is does what it sa…

Caribbean Cruise Part 3: Grenada

Arcadia / caribbean / cruise / P and O

Caribbean Cruise Part 3: Grenada

…et out into the town. The water taxis cost US$3 per person and holds around 20 people. The trip to Grand Anse beach takes about 20 minutes. VIDEO OF ARCADIA FROM THE WATER TAXI TO GRAND ANSE BEACH The Grand Anse beach is rated by many people as one of the nicest beaches in the Caribbean. It is about 2 miles long and all along the beach are sections where you can hire beach chairs and umbrellas for about US$20. It looks like the beach has been divi…

PODCAST 14: MAURITIUS – the magical island in the Indian Ocean

Mauritius / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips / travel / travel podcast

PODCAST 14: MAURITIUS – the magical island in the Indian Ocean

…ee: Top Mauritius Attractions: 1. Pamplemouuse Botanical Garden, Port Louis 2. Domaine Les Pailles, Port Louis 3. Central Market, Port Louis 4. Blue Penny Museum, Port Louis 5. Natural History Museum, Port Louis 6. Cauden Waterfront Complex, Port Louis 7. China Town, Port Louis 8. Ile aux Cerfs 9. Black River Gorges National Park 10. Domain du Chasseur Game Park and Reserve WHERE TO STAY The 2 hotels I have stayed in before and highly recommend: B…

NEW! FREE! TRAVEL LEGENDS & IDOLS AUDIO BOOK PODCAST

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NEW! FREE! TRAVEL LEGENDS & IDOLS AUDIO BOOK PODCAST

…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 link to add TRAVEL LEGENDS & ICONS…