Mantra Esplanade

... nbsp; They have a 2ft wingspan so were quite big.  It turns out they are fruit bats!   Our apartment is right on the Esplanade.  To the right we can see rainforest and to the left we can see the sea.  We took a guided tour up to the ...

... springs into life, so I just leave it all on. The night markets are just round the corner from the hotel on the Esplanade. Its totally buzzing outside with tons of al fresco dining and the place has a really great atmosphere. Groups of drinkers keep ...

... pretty much since we arrived in Oz so it's nice to have some down time. Yesterday afternoon we took a stroll along the esplanade and stumbled across a little place where you could hand feed fish. There were hundreds of them - batfish, catfish, mullet and ...

... small & the majority of people seem to be on holiday. In terms of dress they dont do smart. Our hotel was right on the Esplanade which is a nice water front walk. The Lizard bar was a good place to stop for a quick beer before getting a taxi to the ...

... boot vertrok, hij wilde op het eiland blijven. Nog één allerlaatste nachtje in het Mantra Hotel in Cairns. Er bleken 2 Mantra Hotels op de Esplanade in Cairns te zijn en natuurlijk hadden we onze koffers die we op Green Island niet nodig hadden in het ...

... I have to tell you I am an accountant'. Now I can remember going to the opening concert of the Darwin festival on the esplanade and sometime later drinking sambucca. The rest I need some assistance recalling. hmm maybe my age is affecting my memory. Lets ...

... honest it was a great way to see the city and surrounding areas such as Little India, Chinatown, Orchard Road, the Esplanade (shaped like 2 giant durians - a durian is a smelly fruit, theyre obsessed with them!) and of course the Singapore Flyer ...

Well here we are in the Tropical North of Queensland, a little gem of a place called Cairns....... How did we get here??  By planes and trains and automobiles, which sounds very much like a title of a song but since Bill sings like a drowning ...

Australia was a fantastic time to relax and sleep! We stayed in a lovely hotel apartment with Rod's mum and dad and as a special surprise, Sandra and Sharon came up halfway through the week. It was the wet season, so low tourist season but the national ...

Happy New Year to you all!! Not a lot to do in Darwin on New Years Day, so wander around, have some food and then head back to the hotel to watch the most spectacular sunset I think we've ever seen! ...

Get up ridiculously early as I can’t sleep, and am delighted to look out of the front window and see a giant Kangaroo just next to the van. This amuses me greatly and my lack of sleep is quickly forgotten about. Nick eventually gets up, (by this ...