Imperial Palms

... of the atlas, the GORGES of an extreme and wild beauty of the Moroccan south, the nomads of the mountain, the oases or the date palms marry with ochre of the ground and give impressionist tone of fabric, the wadis, the Kasbahs, Ksars, the medina, quiet ...

... and the East Indies it became the Royal Gardens and was opened to the public in 1822. There is a splendid avenue of Imperial Palms, an old gunpowder factory and the Empress’s Mansion which is now the headquarters of the National School of Tropical ...

... in the early 1840´s. Half of it is natural jungle, the other half is laid out in impressive avenues lined with immense imperial palms. We then made our way over to Ipanema. Ipanema´s beach is unofficially divided according to the particular interest of ...

Monday 13th Oct -continued Get into Dubai about 2pm, where we are met by a representative from the Imperial Suites, where we are staying (yes, we succumbed again and booked accommodation through Gulf Air, which was probably just as well, as it took three ...

... , we won $500.  June and Della went shopping.  We stayed a week. The guys went to the classic/antique car show at the Imperial Hotel where one car was worth over $825k; others didn’t have price tag and were not for sale.  Of course we ...

... : Navinchandra Ramgoolam.  We are now waiting for Dad to come back with the hired car and take us to our hotel:Sofitel L'Imperial Resort and spa which is only $4809.56 Australian dollars which is really good value for the 3 of us for all 6 ...

... Pamplemousse is well known for the Botanical Garden created in 1729 abd home to over 600 species of trees and 80 of which are palms. As we approached the entrance of the Botanical Garden we (again) walked past the line to get in through the Main ...

... atmosphere. A gypsy woman came up and took hold of my hand, turned it face up . Then gently stroking it indicated that she read palms and it was her destiny to dance with me. Meanwhile Dyana was left to hold her own with the rest of the gypsy ...

... now). Tuesday, our last day in London, was a museum day. We started off at the British Museum, otherwise known as the Imperial Museum of Pillaged and Plundered Stuff. Essentially, it is a museum full of things that are anything but British. But since ...

... can you imagine the bumps and rhythmic cadence of driving over 10” boards for miles? Talk about a spinal adjustment! Leaving the Imperial Dunes area and heading east toward Yuma for re-supply, we then headed south east towards Ajo and Why. Ajo is a ...

... of the hotel that looked quite nice when lit up at night. We decided to see the Forbidden City (F.C.), the cluster of imperial buildings that was home to two dynasties of Emperors and so called because no common man could set foot anywhere near it for ...

... 1pm, and decided to go for it, we registered got a card which stated our table and seat number and with that we were off to Imperial Palace. we both decided not to play here, so we went to a dealer and asked for a $1 chip, i think he knew i wanted ...

... THINK about renting a car in China!) Even in Beijing when I had to buy a ticket to enter some place like the Imperial Palace I heard not one English word. Fortunately the numerals are Arabic so I would put what I thought would cover the admission price ...

... an inevitable stop at the King's palace and the city gates, which happen to be close to each other here. There are five Imperial Cities in Morocco, Rabat, Meknes, Fes, Marrakech and Tangier and the King has palaces, which are used only for ceremonial ...

... the Imperial Palace and the surrounds.  We caught the train from Shinjuku to Tokyo and walked towards the Imperial Palace.  There was something strangely beautiful about an old traditional piece of Japanese architecture, surrounded by a modern ...

... each, we were mightily glad their performance under pressure wasn’t put to the test…)  We first visited the Imperial City, a walled complex where the kings and hangers-on once resided, and the site of battles with the French when the ...

... paradise for birds. December 15-17, 2009 Leaving the Salton Sea we enter a large growing area, the Imperial Valley, passing huge orange groves, acres of date palms and fields of bell peppers, an incredibly fertile valley. We enter the park from the south ...

... had our churrasco steaks at El Novillo and the guys dropped me off at our cabin as they went in search of a 6 pack of Imperial and some cigars.  When they returned we were entertained by my cousin, who evidently has a big aversion to all things ...

... driver provides us with complimentary raincoats. I apologize for the lack of photos here. Between 1802 and 1945, this was the imperial capital of the Nguyen Dynasty. The seat of the Nguyen emperors was in the Citadel, which occupies a large, walled ...

... in Ayuthuya (named in honor of Lord Rama's home of Ayodhya in India) sacked Ankgor.  Though tired of the imperial rule of the Khmers, both of the original Thai kingdoms were very much influenced by the cultural aspects of their former ...