Miramar Garden

With no breakfast supplied at the Hotel Miramar, we are up early and walk across border into Gibraltar. It's an interesting walk, through Passport Control who are only looking to see that the line of people passing through are carrying some kind of ...

... hacienda where liberty hero Simon Bolivar spent the last days of his life until his death in 1830. This is a nice place with garden (incl. iguanas) and a lot of documentation and rooms about Bolivar and the fight for freedom. On the way back I made ...

... cafe while we were having lunch Grant started looking around for Buce's second hidden penny. He found it after a good look through the garden & pots. It made it all a bit more interesting! Bruce had left a few others at places we didn't get to. Back ...

... on quite a few local customs. We saw the Mer-loins, China Town and temple, Little India, the business district and the orchid garden at the botanical gardens.    So after a morning of touring we had the afternoon to ourselves to go shopping, we ...

... to many different locations, including: Mount Victoria, which overlooks the Central Business District of Wellington to the north and Miramar Wellington (aka “Wellywood”) to the south. Mount Victoria was the location used to film the ...

... bath and the sleeping area. You could see that this hotel has recently been refurbished, during the refurbishment they shortened the name from 'Miramar' to 'Mira', which sounds a lot snappier. We played with all the toys in the room for a bit, as we had ...

... before dinner. Tonight, we cab to one of the many fine private restaurants that lure people into the further districts of Miramar and Playa. Cuba's paladares, as these restaurants are called, were illegal until the 1990s. As a result, they're ...

... and busiest ports on the Med, and wharfs and shipyards occupy much of the sea front. A cable car takes you up to Miramar, affording stunning views of the marinas and fishing port.  We are heading towards Montjuic and the end of our trail.You can ...

... views across Pallisades Park, the Pier and the ocean beyond. Walked for awhile before having a drink at the Fairmont Miramar, a Santa Monica landmark. Marlene Dietrich lived here for the first three years she was in Hollywood and Olivia Newton-John spent ...

... so now I have a similar shot to the movie, but with a bike rider instead...love it!.     Next we drove down the Miramar peninsula and along the way I saw off in the distance the field where they 'built' part of the village of Bree. Once in ...

... to Chengdu June 18 - 19 - Jin Jiang Hotel, Chengdu, Sichua, China June 19 - Fly to Hong Kong June 19 - 22 - Hotel Miramar Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong June 22 - 12:45 pm Return to Chicago on United Airlines, Arrive Chicago the same day at ...

... Penn, he could do stuff witha whip crack you wouldn't belive!! All in all, well worth the rush. Monday was spent in the Miramar national park, no sign of Maverick or Goose though and it was bloody hot even though we had got there early, basicly lots ...

... along the way, much to the amusement of the locals.  After everything had settled down we make our way back through town and across to Miramar to the Weta Cave again so the rest of the crew can take a look. Spot of coffee at the Roxy Theatre bought and ...

... get on four buses, which two are pretty much off road. But in this case I was lucky Betty was heading to the town of Miramar, my first bus stop. I was sitting down having a cafe waiting for the bus when Betty's daughter  found me and escorted me to ...

... is lined with restaurants claiming to serve the authentic dish. We selected a restaurant that was mentioned in one of our guidebooks Le Miramar. We selected this restaurant as it was easy to find and not too far to walk from our car. Another place, ...