New President Hotel

... , while it is a secular Muslim country, it is still outwardly very male dominated. We were also there for the re-election of the president (our guide informed us that the elections were fixed in his favor and that he would win by at least a 90% vote!) ...

Yesterday i moved just up the road to the Best Western President Hotel so here's some ...

... 8. Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House _on the ground floor, serves as the entrance to the White House for the President's family and guests at state functions. 9. UN Secretariat Building - completed in 1951, is a 39 story monolith structure of ...

... I have changed the seat for the Beunos Aires leg to have a window seat. Booked in to the New President Hotel had a nice central location. The room is very basic which does not surprise me as the reservation has MODEST ACCOMMODATION printed ...

... nervous driving another car for the first time and in a totally unfamiliar place and completely alone. Took me longer than expected to get to the hotel in the middle of Auckland because I looked up the wrong street, yet I made it ...

... the same depot and same staff make it a complete shambles. They were kind enough to get us a taxi back to our hotel the excellent Best Western President in central Auckland, where, once again, we have a large suite room on the corner over-looked by the ...

... young guy that had lived there all his life, great tips on restaurants, things to see and do. We stayed at the Best Western President, just round the corner from Times Square (and up the road from the Hersheys Shop and the M&Ms shop - yes they really ...

... on our descent into the still-hurricane-ravaged city of New Orleans. I remember thinking "this is probably a similar course to the one President Bush flew in on almost two years ago to the day, as he scanned the state of the South from above." There was ...

... Obama would be a special treat and we had that opportunity but missed out while we were sleeping. Yes, the president was in our hotel having dinner. We found out by asking a NYPD officer what the huge amount of police and security presence was all ...

... years later. The plantation visit gave a good insight into this cultural conflict. It was not uncommon for women to be appointed president to run the family entreprise.  This was  all done from the family home where all members of ...

... When we got to our hotel (just a stone's throw from Times Square)  it was obvious that the President's motorcade was going to go right past our hotel, so we decided to go to Starbucks and fortify ourselves for the wait.  We waited 2 hours, ...

... (apparently they can seat 20,000 for a banquet – that’s a lot of curry!), government offices, and the President has a small residence within.     There are armed soldiers everywhere, and all along the avenue was a small ...

... -stabilised buildings in New York. Apparently some of the long-term tenants haven’t had a rent hike since Eisenhower was president. Not surprisingly, property is quite expensive here - I checked out some prices in a real estate agent’s ...

... denominational church.  This means any religion can worship here.. Kind of strange I think.  We saw the memorial for former president Grant who was most famous for ending slavery. We saw the Hudson river which separates New York from New Jersey and we ...

... city of New York, being all noisy and stressful, gives so much energy. I had a week off work and I quickly ordered ticket and hotel over the internet. Coming in 3 May on a Saturday was great. Stepping of the airport bus in midtown was already a great ...

... frequented by the locals. Again we were given 15 minutes to wander by ourselves. Lastly we had a short look at the President's palace, Parliament House and ministry buildings from outside through the fence, before being taken back to the hotel, where we ...

... a lady grabs my sleeve pinning a paper Indian flag and begs for money, 8) next stop Presidents house and parliament (first woman president and first Sikh prime minister in office currently- house is about 10 times as large as the White House), 9) next ...

... close and personal to as we were on a tight schedule).  We were supposed to see the UN building but couldn't as the president of Iran was there with president Bush...  We ended the tour at the Rockerfeller Tower, not quite the tallest building in ...

... : Cheshire, Sullivan, Coos (pronounced coe –oss), Merrimack, Hillsborough, Rockingham, Strafford, Belknap, Carroll, and Grafton. President Franklin Pierce (the 14th United States President) was born in Hillsborough, NH. The state motto is ...

... hour of internet here at the hotel.  We were going to check out the UN headquarters but it turns out it's closed due to President's Day (who knew?)  So we might go up the Empire State building instead.  I'll let you know! So crazy we fly ...

... before being assassinated by a Hindu fanatic.  Finally, we went to India Gate, Rajpath and Rashtrapati Bhavan (the President's House) These are the centrepieces in Edwin Lutyen's brilliantly realised design for the heart of New Delhi. Together they ...