Best Western Mercedes

... there would be no respite just yet...  Lunch was again delicious – both of us trying our best to chat with Telma and Mercedes.  They are such nice ladies – we love Mercedes, but conversation can sometimes be a bit difficult as we ...

... bus making endless stops in the middle of the night so paying just a few extra dollars got us a nonstop ride on an old Mercedes bus that probably was retired in Germany back in the late 80s.  The big Mercedes bus also cuts the trip time down to ...

... the rocks and the grass and the sand...taking us further and further away. It was like we re 4 by 4'in in our sports edition Mercedes, not a great feeling. I tried to get out of the car to look around and see if I could see the end or the beginning of a ...

... offers tours  to the remote indigenous villages around San Cristobal to experience their way of life and customs. We met the infamous Mercedes and talked about a tour, however with a price tag of nearly $70 CDN, we were not going to be customers of ...

... "Grand Taxis" to Layonne and feel my way through to Dakhla from there.  If you've ever wondered where do all the Mercedes Benz cars circa 1979-1990 have gone look no further than Morocco.  The entire taxi system are old Benz', regular taxis ...

... free food and booze!! After a quick dash back to Charl's place to change into trousers and shirt, the two of us headed to the "Mercedes- Benz" box for our free feed (good contacts- don't you just love 'em). So, instead of munching on a greasy burger while ...

... in areas such as Camps Bay you forget you're in South Africa, and it's not easy to see why with pimped out Mercedes and Ferraris parked outside waterfront bars filled with the countries beautiful people; this could be Monaco.  The people of Cape Town ...

... the rocks. We both took the cable car back down the mountain and are both subsequentially still alive :) After our interesting ride in a Mercedes taxi, complete with ratty seats and a wine glass or two beside the driver, we *sort of* made it back to ...

... following day on a trip home from Cape Town to Diani Beach in Southern Kenya. They were going to do it in a 1978 Mercedes 300D - with a 2 page list of problems from the dealer that they weren't planning on sorting out.  We shared some knowledge and ...

... run would be easy because we met a Variety Bash car coming the other way.  Not a hulking 4WD, but a 1970’s Mercedes Benz saloon resplendent in (dusty) black livery, orange hazard lights on the roof rails and festooned with sponsor stickers from ...

... in. Darryl has toured us around the Cape to orient us to the area and now we have the use of his 1978 red Mercedes we have christened 'Sophie' (more on Sophie later). Darryl lives in Llandudno - a beautiful bay several kms south from Cape Town. We've ...

... ) were stolen (#4). When we arrived we pulled into the parking lot and a homeless man was clearly peering into the window of a mercedes benz that was parked in the lot (#5)... not a good sign since we did have everything with us. Patrick parked the car ...

... today. It was really hot and crowded, but thankfully the highway was relatively smooth.  We spent our last night at the Best Western Las Mercedes in Managua.  We had an expensive dinner out - my meal was $5.00 which was a bit pricey compared to ...

... the next day. In the capital, they had all 160 volunteers spread out throughout the city with the majority staying at the luxurious Best Western. I stayed the first night at a small hotel with only 2 other volunteers, but in the morning they moved us to ...

... lights.  It is a city for the senses, and one you can never get enough  of. From the train we take a cab to the Best Western Grand Hotel De L Universe.  I am in Paris and can hardly breathe!  With only one day here we pop the cork on a ...

... ; keep it.             Everything else went smoothly.  We got in the Best Western shuttle just in time and were able to get a room for the night.  Since the property was so spread out it ...

... me at the moment, but he was amazing. These bus drivers in Europe are impressive, I gotta say! They took us to our hotel, the Best Western, which was so so so awesome. We didn't get to go to our hotel rooms immediately though, as we were taken to the ...

... through immigration as well. And, I know shocking, the original Backpact Rats head across the street to get a room at the Best Western.  This bit of foresight will prove to be well worth foregoing sleeping in the airport -- our orginal plan -- ...

... and it is true that this train really moves. In less than three hours we were in Stuttgart! We stayed at the Best Western Ketterin, a short 15 minute walk from the Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof. Although pricier than we would normally (ever) want, this ...

... yellow taxi as it was a lot cheaper. This mistake had cost us 150 Australian Dollars for about 10km worth of taxi. We went into the Best Western and got a room for about 70 Euro each. When we got inside we just relaxed and watched TV. We also went for a ...