Hotel Raquel

... easier,” I said in Spanish, “you can call me Raquel.  It’s my name in Spanish.”  “Ah, Raquel, muy bien,” she answered.  She has four children (well they’re all grown up now) who are married with ...

... , even better than “The Kings Speech” and thought they were robbed at the Oscars. It was a short visit to KL and despite best efforts, we didn’t spot Curly’s wife Raquel (Coronation Street reference for you non-Corrie ...

... swim and a sun bake and went back to wait for the bus about 4.45pm. At 5.3pm it still had not come. I went into the one hotel to find out when the next bus was coming and the concierge told me it wasn’t coming. The last bus would be stopping at the ...

... discover later that these are modern reproductions but they sure beat yellow, plastic cones. We walk the last 200 metres to the 'Hotel Raquel' and its grand, marble plinthed entrance. Up marble steps and on the marble floors there are tall, marble pillars ...

... Amargua and back up towards Parque Central. Julie manages to breastfeed in two lovely lobbies: the Hotel Ambos Mundos and the Hotel Raquel. Tourists suturate the former. We find an out-of-the-way seat by the turtle pool and look at the Hemingway ...

... . And so on until we get to the end and he seems to have tired even his own boring self. "Marine Drive Hotel".... "How much is one night there?" Raquel innocently asks. I can't hear the answer through my efforts not to laugh. We get to see a few ...

... . We zaten achterin en werden helemaal door elkaar geschud. Terwijl ik amper durfde te kijken hoe we n zekere dood tegemoethotseknotsten lag raquel lekker te slapen. Ik praatte wat met n amerikaan die op weg was naar nepal met zn eigen hangglider om n ...

... without so much as a word. Complain about a bed and they will make someone change with you - we refused this offer though.) Raquel asks if her vegetable dish can be cooked extra spicy. Baby corn, roasted peppers and other vegetables come served in the ...

... to do much, specially me. I just felt like wandering around he city and drink beers!!!! We paid our first night in the three star hotel but the price was a little bit out of our budget, so we decided to go to find out a cheaper place, like sams's guest ...

... the driver to take us to an specific pier, and he did also what he felt like and took us to the pier at the Shangrila hotel, where all the tourist boats left from. We did not realise at the beginning, but once Chiel started checking the tours and the ...

... . They use about 40% of the world's cement. It is really impressive. Once we arrived to Emei shan we went to the Teddy bear hotel, as we were recommeded to go by Dave, at Dave's oasis in Chengdu. To get here you actually have to stop at the Bao Guo Si ...

... for tourism-related workers and are all ready to start their rise from waiter to tourism mogul. Monday, September 24th While I'm shaving Raquel rents a moped from one of the guys who hangs around here and we decide to drive it to Old Goa, about 40 ...

... with. We drink pitchers of Anchor and some of us get very drunk and misbehave terribly but we don't want to name names...well...I don't and Raquel, after much apologising and begging on my part, has promised not to either. So we will blame it on ...

... to address us sprays saliva all over his party. Those tricky English vowels. Later, on instigation of the owner's wife, Raquel starts kicking the chef against his shins and everybody laughs. My stomach handles the food well, including the searingly spicy ...

... lots of jewellery around neck and arms and has a veil in front of her face. She looks like a princess and I wonder where Raquel is when they start laughing and Raquel lifts her veil. They spend another 2 hours trying on other saris, practicing dances and ...

... looking in?), but then we get menus and we are too hungry too care. There's a mixture of Western and local food available, Raquel tries tomatosoup and bread and I opt for soup of lamb and radish which is tasty. Everyone is too much under the influence of ...

... . On our last day in Udaipur we started the day with a massage. Back and legs for me, head, shoulders and face for Raquel. The last time I had a massage in Asia was 15 years ago in Istanbul when the butcher they employed as masseur punched and slapped ...

... my hat. None of the banks we come across is working or if they are they don't accept our cards. It's exasperating, also because Raquel and Caroline are suffering from the altitude and can't keep up. It's almost closing time and we've been warned that no ...