Rin Grand Hotel

... cateva mii de camere. Ca o comparatie, imaginati-va ca cel mai mare hotel din Romania (ei spun ca si din Europa) este Rin Grand Hotel care are "numai" vreo 1450 camere. Pentru a va face o idee am sa dau cateva detalii despre unele hoteluri-casino. Asa ...

... Romania is not yet part of the European Union. We arrived in Bucharest at 2am to find we were staying at the biggest hotel in Eastern Europe. 07/01 - We did our traditional sightseeing tour of the city today, this time by car with our own ...

... most hotels were indeed already booked.  I walked back up about an eighth of a mile and noticed a large Best Western hotel.  At first glance I felt opposed to staying in a corporate American hotel. I attempt to live like the locals during my ...

... movie). We have realized that Thailand restaurants must have connections...because they get movies quite quickly...one restaurant on Haad Rin was showing "Avatar"!  Wednesday, Feb.17 was a travel day. We left Haad Yuan- luckily it was not as ...

... in the lobby until 12pm when our room was ready. We had a short rest/shower in our room before heading off to the Grand palace for another days sightseeing. Grand Palace (Wat Pho) was nice, but had far too many tourists (I much preferred the temple ...

... not to buy everything. Today we bought two tailored suits, belts, dodgy watches and clothes. We also did some sight seeing at the Grand Palace (nice but way too many tourists and guides shouting above the crowd noise) On 23/1 we moved on to Ko Chang near ...

... local flavor and enjoyed the warm sun while hiking some 10 miles through the bustling city streets and alleyways. We arrived at our hotel, watched the sun set over the Aegean Sea from the balcony, and chatted up the bartender for a few hours while ...

... after lunch to the resort of Kata Beach. After two nights in Patong, I fancied a change of scenery. I checked into a pleasant hotel, hired a scooter and then hit the beach again. I spent the afternoon doing a spot of snorkelling (colourful fish, no ...

... together. It was a great way to see another side of the city. All you can eat Al a Carte and Bangkok Cuisine The hotel put on a huge buffet spread 3 times a day. Breakfast was impressive with international cuisine from China, Thailand, England and Europe ...

... rains for about 15 minutes and then just stops, and you are drenched.  At that point we grabbed a tuk tuk to the hotel.......which didn't have our reservation on file but we got a room anyway.  And Hat Yai is about that interesting.....oh, when ...

... for a few minutes and then still end up feeling ripped off. I am avoiding the main tourist sites that I have been to before - the Grand Palace and Wat Po. Instead, I have been to Wat Arun, 'the temple of dawn', with the outside of its stupa decorated ...

... a good dose of Singha.  Before long though it was time to bid the lovely ladies farewell and head over to The Sanctuary, a hotel and spa only accessible by boat on Hat Thian beach. The Sanctuary goes in for two kinds of treatment: beauty and ...

... of the emerald buddha had murals depicting the history of buddhas life and other legends. Strolled through the grounds of the Grand Palace afterwards, but quite quickly as we were all beginning to get very hot and bothered...so decided to go shopping ...

... of the whole island, loads of pictures to be taken at this point. We then made our way back the mountain and were dropped off at our hotel just in time to watch the last 10 minutes of the world cup final - Good day all around, ooo we also saw a rubber ...

... supposed to fly south that day, but we had to go back to the hotel to change our flight. We then went to see the Grand Palace and the Emerald Buddha. Just to give an example of Thai hospitality, there is a free English tour every half hour at the ...

... the redeemer and sugarloaf mountain. Huge icons, a symbol of a nation, amongst the poverty of the masses... crap...hotel central, belem! any budding horror movie directors out there? you couldnt get more realistic than that hotel! Utterly terrifying! ...

... romantic. Dinner was at a Dutch Restaurant that served decent Thai food, followed by a further wander back towards the hotel. I passed a venue called "Tiffany's". Its an enormous regal looking structure similar to Buckinghuge Palace, all lit up at ...

... ; Our itinerary went something like this - (each part with a quick summary of our experience):  1) mini van from hotel to ferry   (confusion) 2) ferry from Langkawi Malaysia to Satun Thailand (inappropriate entertainment, and seats made ...

... around 12:30, five hours after disembarking the train and 17 hours since boarding in Bangkok.  (21 hours after leaving the hotel, but who’s counting?)  There was a light rain, but nothing the trusty REI raincoats couldn’t ...

... some day, remote. The following day was a blur as we took the rookies on a mini-tour of some of Bangkok's highlights (Grand Palace, Reclining Buddha, river ferry, Khao San Road). Jamie may have seen a little more than Mike after we split up to ...