Pearl Garden Hotel

... and Leifeng Pagoda. After the boat ride, the shower had stopped and we went to Huagang Guangyu (花港观鱼) Garden where there were many fishes in a pond. Later we went for an excellent stage show, Songcheng Qiangu Qing （&# ...

... fruit and snacks, eventually went out for a brunch and walked around the area a bit, shopping, and found the Jinri Pearl Garden hotel. As a manager type there spoke some English and guaranteed they had internet in the rooms, we figured we'd transfer there ...

... Lonely Planet decide to lie to us by telling us that their was a free shuttle bus to the hot springs in front of the Pearl Garden Hotel. Well, there actually was a free shuttle bus, but only for hotel guests. We tried to get on the bus by ...

... very effectively to allow a person to see a view in which ever direction they faced. Eventually we emerged from the garden back into the old city where we stopped for a cooling drink of iced tea. The heat was very ...

... and Charter Garden, etc. Read that this area was filled with foreign workers on weekends nowsdays. True enough, Charter garden resembled Lucky Plaza on a weekend. There was also a mass conducted outside the Legislative Council Building in honour of the ...

... King Farouk's Palace & Montazah Gardens. It's just a rich man's palace, with a big frontyard, ok maybe with a big garden, ok ok maybe with a boatyard and a personal lighthouse too.. no biggie..  Then it was the Catacomb Tomb & ...

... work of art and as the name suggests, is a "gateway" or introduction to Phuket. It features 29 stone pillars set within a garden landscape. The pillars have information plaques on them with material on some of the main attractions in Phuket and it's ...

... business from their front door and there was not another Westerner in sight. Then it was off to see the famous, classical Yu Yuan Garden. Yu means pleasing or satisfying in Chinese and the garden was built by an officer of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) for ...

... de fra kameraet. Aint nothing but a lesson!    Etter en liten frokost klokken 16, bar det av gårde til Pearl Market. Etter flere timer medpruting, slik som vi nordmen har god tradisjon for, fikk vi en endelig pris som var syv gangerlavere enn ...

... could see the two Javanese volcanos (one called Krakatau ) towering over Menjangan Island as a backdrop. Our first dive was at Coral Garden where we lowered ourselves into the water, only about 2m deep on a sandy clearing, we swam over to the coral about ...

Historical Chinese garden East of the Pearl river.  Traditional Chinese buildings pop up around every corner and seem to tower over and close in above - a mix of shops, restaurants, snacks, old rooms and temples.  Thankfully someone knew of a ...

... could see the two Javanese volcanos (one called Krakatau ) towering over Menjangan Island as a backdrop. Our first dive was at Coral Garden where we lowered ourselves into the water, only about 2m deep on a sandy clearing, we swam over to the coral about ...

... woman behind the reception desk took pity on me and pointed my in the correct direction. By the time I made it to Yuyuan garden I was very relieved but slightly confused as what had appeared to be one massive park on the map was actually the old shopping ...

... fish which appeared to be the dish of the day for the tourists. We purchased a few varieties and headed for the secluded dragon garden hidden away from the rest of Shanghai. Needless to say the fish wasn't very nice, in fact once of our pieces was like ...

... dean of students at the university, went sight-seeing and to lunch with us.   We also visited the Chen Family Garden.  We saw many beautiful pieces of silk embroidery.  The architecture was incredible.   Our next shop was Jade ...

... homemade sherry and eventually wound up on the porch drinking beers with her husband. I offered to help the grandmother in the garden, but I think something got lost in translation. We learned that The Crocodile Guy had died from a stingray, not from ...

... door: a forest of enormous monolithic erections. This was obviously what they were making us pay to see. Welcome to the cock garden (like a rock garden, but made of... You get the picture), we spent the next ten minutes speculating who had put them up, ...

Xinlong seems to be well visited by Chinese, mostly in groups, for one night. I can't even find the "Pearl Garden" in any English website. We, who try to be positive and upbeat in our communication, have to rate this place, very low. First, they required ...

... Garden Restaurant around 9 and continued down the street to Vi Ai Pi Bar for another round before returning to Mastapa Garden Hotel. On Sunday morning, Jamie and Stacy decided to embrace the culture with giving the Indonesian breakfast a try. Steamed ...

... good here. If you fancy a break from Chinese food there are also some fantastic options available here. The Empire Garden Hotel Restaurant has a fabulous Japanese and French restaurant where you can sample good food amidst an elegant environment. The ...