Shaftesbury Premier Hotel London Paddington

Travel Blogs from London

The London Landing

A travel blog entry by roneelanjali

So, after an extended meander through lower Europe, we arrived in the UK full of renewed enthusiasm and wide-eyed excitement. After all, Britain has played a significant role in the history of its neighbours and further abroad, including our home Australia. We had a full schedule ahead of us and we wanted to soak up as much of London and its …

One night in London (12th Mon)

A travel blog entry by shenry

This is the pub where I spend the evening. Met a guy from Iraq. He was a businessman, owner of an antique export company. We were chatting about how 9/11 and Iraq war has made it so much more difficut to do business. If you go down this street and make a left turn, there is my hotel, The Shaftesbury Premier London Paddington. The people were very …

So it begins......

A travel blog entry by hannah_steve925

Hannah and I wake up in the Brook's household to be awoken by little Edders and Ella. We start the day very quickly as Michelle is off out to work on her second day back and can't be late (already 10 minutes late). We have to say goodbye to a very close sister/friend along with a very close new personality (edders) Adam soon takes Ella to school ...

Siem Reap to Bangkok to Colombo to London

A travel blog entry by conchwillow

Here we are in Siem Reap, in our bijou new apartment waiting for Typhoon Gaemi to strike.

Colin has his leg in plaster after breaking his fibula in a decidedly unglamorous slip in a recent flash flood, and outside in our salubrious new neighbourhood we can hear the rustic sounds of dogs, frogs, cicadas, throaty hawking and roosters. We are living in what is described here as a "non-flood area". Which means that whilst ...

Heathrow Airport

A travel blog entry by jasonwy

Despite the M25's best effort’s the coach got to Heathrow more or less on time. Where are all the crowds? I thought it was supposed to be one of the busiest days in the airport’s history. Maybe nobody’s going to The Games, as they’re called locally?

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