Hotel Royal Wings

... 2000 rooms. ut we only get to tour about 20. The royal family doesn't live her anymore but it still used for royal functions. - state receptions, weddings etc. The rooms are all ornate, expensive and for the dining room - very expansive. The dining room ...

... the old wooden spaceship-looking church to take some frosty snaps. Then we boarded the bus of our combined fate. The Ice Hotel itself is located about 20km away at a place called Jukkasjarvi (pron Yukkasyaravi). It certainly wasn't the Superman ice ...

... Imperial palace. Home of the Hapsburg dynasty for over 6 centuries. This palace seems daunting because it is made up of 18 wings, 19 courtyards and 2,600 rooms. Imagine owning that and living there. Luxury to the extreme. The palace has been divided up ...

...  tourists in the whole storybook style village and scored a room with views from the windows on three sides at the Hotel Royal Garden. We were in Himalayan heaven. Surreal. At sunset we watched the clouds shifting shapes and the sun casting a ...

... too far! The morning chill in the air was very refreshing. The flight to Tel Aviv was at 5 PM by a small Royal Wings / Jordanian Airlines aircraft. The flight over the River Jordan over the parched desert land took about 45 minutes before descending into ...

... to just go with the reservation. They had the most extreme example of nicer-on-the-outside that I have seen. It was called the Royal Hotel and had an internet cafe downstairs (rare in Egypt) as well as a restaurant (not so rare). The lobby was very nice ...

... : Battambang is a small town between Siem Reap and Phnom Penh. Whilst we were there we decided to go on an organised tour ran by the hotel that we were staying in. You had a choice of going on either a motor bike with a guide, or a tuk tuk. We bravely ...

... too late to have to endure going with Rosalind to listen to her mother (who has "mental problems") sing. Book into a simple Chinese hotel, with a/c, and bathroom with hot water, for 35 RM where we have a rest, then back to Daniel's at 7pm for dinner of ...

... pay a visit to Rendezvous café around six o'clock, where the staff (and customers who ask) feed it baguettes and bananas. Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda The Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda is in many ways similar to the Grand Palace in Bangkok. ...

... for one final night in another fancy pants place, again per Murray’s work entitlement!  Our room at the five-star Royal Olympic Hotel was great, and we had our own balcony with views of local Athens in the distance and the hotel pool below ...

... , for the collaboration of the ancient royal family and the Indonesian government. There were also many Dutch colonial houses. However, the royal people were not there - apparently they were out for a meeting. It was said they could tell you some old ...

... It was a long and complicated journey through very heavy traffic but our new driver was relaxed and determined to find our hotel. Although the traffic is horrendous the air is amazingly clean and it seems most vehicles and certainly all taxis use LPG. ...

... , and the Cathedral.  We wandered around these buildings and also admired the central monument that commemorates the independence of the Royal Audience of Quito from Spain.  As we wandered about it was very busy and although we were being extra ...

... forged ahead, arriving at the hotel first.    It was well and truly dark by now, and everyone was exhausted. The hotel staff were very helpful, gave us a good meal, internet help, and good modern rooms. Bhupen disappeared with the passports, ...

... world famous chapel designed by Courbossier (spelling?) with wings on it in the shape of the nun habits with huge stiff wings for the headpieces. Apparently architects from around the world come to pay tribute to this masterpiece in a village where there ...

... doorways and each of the buildings seemed to have three doorways.  Oh what mysteries must lie inside these walls.  Through the royal enclosures and with one final, hard climb up, we passed through the Main gate to the city.  Not quite as ...

... . Brunswick Street is a street that I usually pub crawl down (or claim to and end up staying at my favourite pub - Royal Derby Hotel). It reminds me a lot of Madison with its liberal ways, artsy areas, thrift stores, and bars and restaurants all of the ...

... x-rays.  The University of Zurich was the first European university that was founded by a democratic state (no churches or royal families involved) and it also started admitting women in 1860. Switzerland has only participated in two wars, the first ...

... is nice to have the "quality assurance" of GAP, but it's amazing to see how the money just gets funnelled.  I'm not sure if Royal Mt. Travel is owned by the Nepalese, but it's likely that less money will be funnelled out if you book with them. Our ...

... us all. At the left side of the beach is The Jasmine Delta (Asian) restaurant which during the day serves delicious jerk chicken wings, pizza and burgers. The main buffett does have a good range of food but can be very bland. This is where the main bar ...