Long Life Hotel

... our mid life crisis , didn't really fancy a porsche, and hair colour - pah. Starting in South America then US, Europe, India, Nepal , South East Asia then finishing in China. Hostels all the way except for the odd flash hotel that the wife insisted on.

... to get around 30 people together for a Chinese banquet, which was typically huge. Happy Birthday was sung, in addition to the customary, "Happy long life to you!". These are all the words to the song and are repeated an arbitary number of times. I dig the ...

... epic 23 hour journey from Hoi An so we went with the first person to tout us a room. We stayed in the originally named Hotel 3, which funnily enough was the 3rd hotel in a line of four! After rejuvinating showers we headed out for food and then internet. ...

Beautiful morning. Sat on the balcony of our room overlooking the pool watching the sun rise thinking 'this is the life'.  This may surprise some people but I am not missing work at all.  We took a short drive to Desert Hot Springs where we ...

... nbsp;  The disappointment of the lost camera was pretty much the end of our Ha Long Bay trip, and we were slowly taken back to the mainland by our junk before being bussed back to Hanoi where we found ourselves another hotel for the next two nights. ...

... to Cat Ba island where we would disembark and stay in the hotel for a night (you don't get much of the cruise feeling when staying in a hotel). The boat dropped us at the far side of the island and we had to take a bus to the other side (why couldn't the ...

... stop for one or two whilst the remainder of the group stay on board the van. Although we have left our luggage here at the hotel, this brief stop is unscheduled at this time for we are on our way to the Hanoi flower markets. The flower markets start well ...

... here. I had pre-arranged the trip with the hostel, it was quite a cheap one - for three days, one night on the boat, one in a hotel on Cat Ba Island, all meals, visiting one cave, Monkey Island, kayaking, it was $50. The bus was supposed to pick me up at ...

... part of the day, we also avoided the rush of other tourists who come later in the morning. When we got back to the hotel we were exhausted and hungry; lunch would have been delicious no matter what they’d served us. After lunch we had around 2.5 ...

... ' season, there is very little people about. The resort on Sairee beach has many little bars and restaurants and the 'Simple Life' hotel itself has it's own swimming pool and bar/restaurant area. The hotel is having some extension work carried out but the ...

The High Life - Hotel Melia Bali... "Is the hotel busy at the moment?" i ask the barman. "Oh yes" he replys, as i look round to check that i'm the only person in here. Another guy comes back with the cigarets he just went out to get me, "Where you ...

... nbsp;I didn't sleep a wink and there was some poor old man in front of me who must have smoked everyday of his long life and smelled as much. So I was in heaven. I was sat patiently waiting for a rat or cockroach to make ...

... with the Hotel was not around, luckily Hoi An is pretty small so 10 mins later we walk into reception at the Long Life Hotel, where the receptionist explained that they had been searching around town for us as the bus company were not helpful at stating ...

... no surprises on Vietnam Airlines this time - or maybe it's just that the surprises are not longer surprises... Checked into The Long Life Hotel.  After haggling with the reception a bit, I finally got the room I booked.  Hotels here ...

... we checked out a few that were familiar to her before hitting the jackpot with our best hotel to date. Our family room at the Long Life Hotel, just across from the ancient quarter, is just stunning and Georgia is a big fan of the sunken spa bath (our ...

... rules, as we first red from the lonely planet and later experienced, is there are none. Size wins and a good horn is a life saver. The buses will pass as long as there is a 20% chance they will fit. This means all bikes need to get out of the way. They ...

... so that was that as far as I was concerned.  Other than those negatives the trip was nice.  We eventually arrived back at our hotel around 10:30pm looking forward to day 3, our last full day on this trip.   14th May – New York – ...

... palm trees that shielded chalet style building, shortly arriving at reception. Walking back the way we had come, we arrived at our hotel room.  It has to be said, having enjoyed a few holidays, walking into an en suite bedroom with more than one ...

... up and another banquet before getting the bus back to Hanoi, a 3 and half hour trip. We then go back to the Rising Dragon Hotel for a wait until the train to Sapa at 9.10pm. Wow, thank goodness the motorbike dude didn't try and get Billz, me and two ...

... row boat ride each way with interesting sights but numb bum is a serious hazard. Somewhat average tour. Got it for $10USD from Stars Hotel if you are thinking of doing it. Ah running out of time...Ha Long Bay! Go there to chill. Lounge on a ...

... the boat back to mainland yesterday (6th) and flew from Proserpine airport to Brisbane. We spent the night in Brisbane, in a 4 star hotel which was pretty shit and then went to dinner at some nice place by the bridge over the river. It was very nice, ...