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Cruise the Caribbean like an expert! Follow these 6 tips

Caribbean / Caribbean Cruise

Cruise the Caribbean like an expert! Follow these 6 tips

…. This is always very popular so book early for this one! The narrow gauge railway (this covers the island and was used to ferry the cane from the fields to the main sugar refinery near the port) is a popular tour the cruise lines sell hard. Most people say it is not worth the time or money. Antigua Antigua boasts that it has a different beach you can visit every day, so it should also be a beach day. All beaches in the Caribbean are public and so…

Things to do in Paris France. My ultimate travel guide for visitors

Destinations / France / Paris

Things to do in Paris France. My ultimate travel guide for visitors

…om 1848 to 1914. It is in an amazing building that from 1900 to 1939 was a railway station. In the Second World War, it was a mailing center and then used as a set for films. The government stopped it from being knocked down for development and the President finally decided to convert it into a museum. Eventually, it was opened by Francois Mitterand, in 1986. It’s just an amazing place and you have to go to see the building. It’s just really, quit…

Destinations / Las Vegas / USA

Las Vegas Travel Tips. Including Hotels. Shows. Weather. Attractions.

…t Lake City. It developed into a key stagecoach stop and then eventually a railway stop. Once the gold rush started the brothels and gambling dens thrived. Paris Hotel Las Vegas Gambling Was Banned In Las Vegas – For 3 Weeks… So entrenched did these pursuits become that when in the 1900s gambling was banned by law that only lasted 3 weeks when the authorities relented and agreed it could be legal with the taxes funding education – and today still…

SWISSOTEL ZURICH: NOTHING WRONG, BUT NOT ALL RIGHT! MY THOUGHTS AND REVIEW

Europe / Hotel Review / Swissotel / Switzerland / Tips for Travellers / travel / zurich

SWISSOTEL ZURICH: NOTHING WRONG, BUT NOT ALL RIGHT! MY THOUGHTS AND REVIEW

…much for me to sleep with them open. The view from the hotel is across the railway station and offices, and not very attractive. It is industrial in outlook! The hotel is fine if passing through as handy to get to and efficient, but probably more for causal business trade and meetings than one a tourist would want to use. Overall one of those efficient places you never really remember as it is neither amazing nor disappointing…. WATCH VIDEO OF ROO…

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

…one built lower down. You can walk up the steep hill or catch a funicular railway up to near the top and climb up to the old lighthouse. The views are just staggering as it is high on cliffs and the sea is a gorgeous green. Birds sit on the cliffs and it is all just amazing. Despite all the people it feels incredibly peaceful up there. You’re right at the end of Africa, although, strictly speaking, the real end is a little bit further down the co…

Czech Republic / Destinations / Prague

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

…f another large hill opposite the castle, you reach it by a long venicular railway. It can have long queues to use it, and if you don’t want to wait then you can walk up through the park. Apparently Hitler had wanted the tower pulled down as he felt it ruined the view from the castle, but locals resisted. It was closed in 1979 as it was in a state of disrepair and reopened about 15 years later after restoration. I loved it. You climb up the stairs…

Brussels Belgium: tips for travellers and my video tours

Brussels

Brussels Belgium: tips for travellers and my video tours

…e city. It was quite a surprise as after arriving at the fairly uncharming railway station and travelling to the hotel (Sheraton Brussels) we had the feeling that it was not going to be the most appealing cities, but by the time we left (hobbling off on crutches with a plaster cast) our opinion had changed. Two guys who work with me are from Brussels and when I had asked them for tips, they seemed almost nervous and reticent to suggest much and im…

Cape Point South Africa

Attraction review / Cape Town / South Africa

Cape Point South Africa

…one built lower down. You can walk up the steep hill or catch a funicular railway up to near the top and climb up to the old lighthouse. The views are just staggering as it is high on cliffs and the sea is a gorgeous green. Birds sit on the cliffs and it is all just amazing. Despite all the people it feels incredibly peaceful up there. There is also a walk called the lighthouse keepers walk that takes you along a narrow cliff top further out to h…

Las Vegas: Observations

Las Vegas / Tips for Travellers / Top Tips / travel

Las Vegas: Observations

…t Lake City. It developed into a key stagecoach stop and then eventually a railway stop. Once the gold rush started the brothels and gambling dens thrived. So entrenched did these pursuits become that when in the 1900s gambling was banned by law that only lasted 3 weeks when the authorities relented and agreed it could be legal with the taxes funding education – and today still some 45% of tax from gambling is allocated to education. The next majo…

Genoa

Genoa Italy. City of Rich Maritime, Cruising & Ship Building Heritage

…there is a large statute of Columbus in the Piazza Acquaverde outside the railway station in Genoa. The Genoa airport is called the Christopher Columbus airport. Italy’s transatlantic services used to set sail from Genoa, and the fastest ship was built here. Genoa was the key port for people travelling from Italy to New York. The hotel today known as Grand Hotel Savoia was where the rich, famous and important would stay before boarding their ship…

British Columbia / canada

How to explore Vancouver British Columbia without having to walk much.

…ueled by the gold rush and then it really boomed when the Transcontinental Railway linked Canada from coast-to-coast and the large natural port became a major hub for exports and imports. Trade still drives the city, as does its role as the embarkation and disembarkation port for cruises to Alaska. Around 280 cruise ships a year visit the city. Exploring Vancouver without walking much Westcoast Sightseeing Hop-on Hop-off bus Hop-on Hop-off Bus The…