Banyan View Lodge

... of town - past shops, restaurants, ice cream bars, supermarkets, cinemas and loads of other hostels. (I'm staying at the Banyan View Lodge as recommend by Stu long ago). I walked past the Northern Parliament building and to Survivors look out over the ...

... nbsp; It was amazingly hot for that time of night.  We jumped on the airport shuttle which dropped us outside the Banyan View Lodge.  As we had booked 2 beds months ago, we hoped everything would go without a hitch.  Unfortunately that ...

... to head to lunch en route to Litchfield.  About an hour later (and another nap for the Cohens) we stopped at an antiquated lodge where we were the only vehicle in sight and cobwebs everywhere.  If we weren't so out of it we would have thought ...

... further down at Onekahakaha beach to visit some old lava flows. On my way through Hilo city I elected for some breakfast along Banyan Drive, before hitting the road. I was well rewarded; the Banyan trees along drive, though not native to Hawaii, were ...

... built into the tops of the trees of Aberdare National Park as a treehouse, offering the guests a close view of the local wildlife in complete safety. Perched on a banyan tree was a machan and loghouse repelte with 4 bedrooms, a dining hall et al. On 5th ...

... top off my water bottle before the next adventure. The Kapok tree is one of the tallest in the forest. It looks much like a banyan tree to me, with massive root structure grown out and down from the sides. It has the appearance of the stabilizing wings at ...

... surely sitting on concrete near his mini temple in the blazing afternoon soon was better than sitting underneath a comfortably cool shady banyan tree. After turning down his offer politely I continued to feed the dog food quality dry bread biscuits I had ...

... back. On our way back we saw more birds, some mongoose, chinkaras and porcupines. The park is dotted with many trees , there are banyan , peepal and some fruit trees. Suddenly we see a big leopard walking ahead of us in the path, our jeep follows it , ...

... Water Valley, Oko Fall, Yakusugi Land, Kigen Ceder, Nagata Inakahama, Hirauchi Kaichu Onsen, Shitogo Banyan Garden, Kagoshima, Saigo Takamori Statue, Nishihonganji Temple Branch, Sakurajima, Sakurajima Lava Nagisa Promenade, Sakurajima ...

... are congregated, looking for quick pickings. As we start into the park there are old ruined temples, many of them overgrown by banyan trees, their roots 'flowing' over the stonework, the rest almost hidden by the tall, yellow grass. You could pass a ...

... lovely bridal party had given us a gift voucher for the retreat so we used them for indulgent massages in a hut set amongst the banyan trees. The massage was great and very relaxing. Although I had terrible trouble getting the oil out of my hair later! ...

... nearby, the Hospital, which is in sad condition, and under reconstruction, and the court precinct, set around a square with a large banyan tree. Court was in session, and the square was filled with participants - lawyers, plaintiffs, accused, police, and ...

After 6,649 km we reached Darwin and finally had to hand the campervan back. I looked at Louise as I handed the keys back and I could see she was gutted....not! Actually, we had spent the previous night trying to disguise and fix all the things ...

Hi all, Darwin was our last stop in Australia before our first flight to Asia. By this point we have no money left (Oz is very expensive) and we were already anticipating the Asian food (eating Chicken Tonight with rice or pasta every night gets ...

OUR BLOG Awake very early and before the sun came up, we were in the buffet car awaiting a cuppa. The second verse of the poem was read or it could have been the same verse as the volume was turned down! We had breakfast and then got ready for our trip ...

We arrived at 4am in Australia. Arrived at our hostel, which was shut. We then waited for 2 hours for the reception to open and went into our room. There was an issue with Em's top bunk bed (no ladder and a stranger underneath) so she climbed into my ...

Well we arrived in Darwin at 1am to a blanket of heat and humidity. It's a lot smaller than we were expecting but we had some fun. Our hostel was a YWCA with a swimming pool (we couldnt see the bottom but we swam in it anyway, joking about crocs then ...

Darwin is the last stop on our tour of Australia, which I am sorry to say has been the least favourite part of the trip, so far... Despite having the time of our lives when visiting Bugs & Neha and Bill, Meera, Sam & Maya in Perth and ...

We decided to fly to Darwin as soon as we could after the diving course finished so that we would have one full day there before the trip started. There didn't really seem that much to do in the town unless you went out on trips so one day was plenty. ...

Hello lovely people! I hope 2012 has begun as a good year for you all, and it will continue to be a year of fun and frivolity! It's been a while since I wrote my blog, as I didn’t want to bore you all/make you too jealous by telling you how my days ...