Raffles Gateway Hotel

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... about how we were going to get to our next accommodation. No worries though, it all worked out and we checked into the Raffles Gateway Hotel right across from the airport. The pool there was great, it even had a slide which both Fred and I checked out ...

... we exited the plane more than made up for the gruelling journey. As we waited for our pre-arranged courtesy taxi to the Raffles Gateway Hotel we quickly adjusted to the concept of "Fiji Time"! The taxi arrived some 30 minutes later, and with the luggage ...

... to the airport we saw the first two Fejee Experience buses. For our last night in Fiji we booked ourselves into the Raffles Gateway hotel for a bit of luxury, it was located right opposite the airport and from our room we could see the planes ...

... we booked our package with.  The first night, Monday 24th, was pretty uneventful as we stopped off at the Raffles Gateway Hotel, literally opposite the airport, before we transferred to the Yasawa Islands the next morning.  On Tuesday 25th we ...

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... in, got myself washed and then sat to do someoffice work. At around 8pm, took a walk outside the streets near the hotel.Very interesting, it looks like a small Saigon, just one block away from me. The entire streets were filled with ...

... on the flag and state emblem of the People's Republic of Cambodia.   First established in 1929, the Raffles Grand Hotel takes its place among the grand historic hotels of the world with its elegant accommodations, award winning services and ...

... 's breathtaking sights and enter the walls of Cambodia's Angkor Wat, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Siem Reap, the gateway to Angkor, now sports luxury hotels, chic nightspots, ATMs, and an airport fielding flights from all over the region. Fast ...

... where we could find the bright yellow gateway that is illustrated on our map of Melaka, he pointed upwards explaining that the gateway was now a culmination of not so splendid beige and magnolia, was about twenty feet from where we were stood and covered ...

... King etc they have so many stalls selling lots of different cuisine.  They were great, we sampled a lot of the food here for very little money.  We also had the infamous Singapore Sling in Raffles hotel (the place where it was ...

... . It was raining, so we were given rain ponchos from a park ranger - very thoughtful. Our next destination was the Grand Raffles Hotel. A doorman in full Indian regalia opened the taxi door and welcomed us with a smile. After the customary photographs, we ...

... are so tall you can't see the harbour!  Then on to see China Town, Clifford Pier, Tiger Balm Island, Raffles Monument, Parliament House, the Meridian Monument which welcomes people to the harbour, the Sultan's Temple and Temple of 1000 lights.  ...

... looking Marina Bay Sands hotel, Clarke Quay (THE place for evening drinks) and the colonial buildings dotted around (like Raffles hotel – home of the Singapore Sling and named after Sir Stamford Raffles; the founder of Singapore). From the ultra ...

... I had fish & chips on deck first.  My tour was at 1.15 pm.  We went to the Gateway of India which is opposite the Taj Mahal Hotel – very crowded.  It was a coach journey around Mumbai which was very interesting but would never go ...

... mentioned in a previous entry) are obscenely high.  (We did a very typical tourist thing and had a Singapore Sling at the Raffles Hotel.  Two drinks = $48...and not even a buzz!)  The food stalls are cheap, but it doesn't compensate for ...

... spent the morning on a whistle-stop walking tour of Chinatown and the city's harbour and business district. We walked past the Raffles hotel and restaurant complex (home of the Singapore Sling cocktail) and took lots of photos of the gleaming sky-line. ...