Ringo

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... technical Scousers (we live 20 miles from Liverpool and when you're 12,000 miles away that's close enough) we took the Beatles option and now 'Ringo', as we've named him (well he never did get much attention when he was in the band , did he?) is to be our ...

... a neighbors house for a little bit. It was the neighbors birthday. After this, Joachim and 2 of his good friends took me to a Ringo Starr concert in Frankfurt. They joked with me that I would be the youngest one there, but actually there were a few people ...

... , Wally Palmer, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Richard Page, and Gregg Bissonette.  They sang some great songs - oldies but goodies.  Ringo sang some old Beatles songs but also some that he is just putting out on a new record.  Needless to say ...

... 1968 to study meditation and then fell out with their guru. Apparently a lot of the songs from the White Album were written here. Ringo famously said he found the town like Butlins and went back to England early! We stayed in an Ashram right on the banks ...

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Namaste friends, We found the friendliest and quietest guesthouse in Katmandu...plus the Beatles once stayed here so it must be good.   Before we go into detail about our stay here, let's rewind a bit... Road to Katmandu It was a frosty ...

Day 1 in Queenstown and we went on a Lord of the Rings Pilgrimage to the Deer Park where a lot of the scenes were filmed. Scott and I had bought John the NZ LOTR Location Guide book at Xmas, and we certainly did use it - the deer park had 7 (I think) ...

Unsurprisingly, there is really not a whole lot on offer in Liverpool besides Beatles- related activities. We went to the Beatles Experience museum and learned about the rise and fall of the Beatles, seeing nearly every key piece of memorabilia in ...

... locals lighting incense in bowls, but we didn't really understand the religious significance behind this. At night, Howard from Ringo's Foyer gathered people for a communal meal in one of the better establishments of Melaka.  He was a native of ...

... quick and comfortable. The buses here are mostly air conditioned.  Some, ridiculously so.  We got dropped at Ringo's Foyer backpackers near Chinatown. The locals are so friendly, we couldn't get anyone's attention at the backpackers and two ...

... in Melaka was made extra special due in part to the most informative and friendliest hostel manager we ever met. Raymond who runs Ringo's guesthouse helped us plan our entire itinery for Malaysia. So it now looks like we will be spending 3-4 ...

... get out of hand you just call for the 'Polis'. Nice and simple. That's how it is here. We're staying at Ringo's Foyer guesthouse, which is actually more of a hostel than a guesthouse. From the outside it looks like it once took a good ...

... anything really got going but still - clean streets, big wide roads in good condition, lots of trees and green spaces. Found ringo guesthouse and we were drinking tea on the roof by six. Thought we would be adventurous and also prove ourselves wrong on ...

... and opportunities abound to try new snacks and drinks especially in China town. Oink Oink! In the evenings, Howard who runs Ringo's Foyer Guesthouse, takes whomever is interested on a bike ride to some dinner location. That evening we pedaled to a ...