Royal Asia Lodge

... to a Thai. Turns out he has been to Yellowknife, for a job interview with NWT Power Corp !  Small world... Got to my Hotel, Royal Asia Lodge at 4 p.m. after a harried taxi ride, drove 120 km in an 80 km zone, no seat belt! will write more from ...

... So, back to life in Bangkok. Even though I got a relatively good deal (28,000 baht for one month) at the Royal Asia Lodge which I booked through the internet via a listing in the Lonely Planet, I scoured the Bangkok Post for ads for good monthly ...

... by a teacher at TEFL and it was a real bomb.  $36 , thought I’d splurge and get a nice hotel  - The Royal Asia Lodge.  Sounds nice, huh?  Not so fast.  First of all the bathroom was skanky.  Then the room reeked of ...

... a bit painful! But it was really the nights that made the trek as great as it was. The first night we stayed at a lodge without electric. By candlelight, we played hand drums and Madhu and the other guides sang Nepali songs and we danced. There was a guy ...

... co-owned lodge are well deserved. Spacious, clean, and thoughtfully-designed rooms, each with a private balcony to watch the lodge’s three resident elephants. Our initial booking for three days, extended to four, then six, finally checking out ...

... the last two months, we decided to spend our rupees more wisely.  Our first day there after checking in to ''Eco Travelers Lodge'' we set off on our first mission of getting a Nepalese sim card in a vague attempt to contact the outside world.  ...

... of a nearby village, he speaks little English, likes to have fun on the treks swimming and collecting bamboo, constructed almost every lodge building himself in just a few days, and is a badass with a knife!  We biked many kilometres, mainly uphill, ...

... away. Today was our last day and we reached Sajnekhali, a favourite tourist spot. We checked ourselves in at the Tourist Lodge. We visited Mangrove Interpretation Centre and crocodile and turtle pond. We saw crocodile being fed. In the afternoon, we went ...

... nbsp; Today was our last day and we reached Sajnekhali, a favourite tourist spot. We checked ourselves in at the Tourist Lodge. We visited Mangrove Interpretation Centre and crocodile and turtle pond. We saw crocodile being fed. In the afternoon, we went ...

... it was a really good bonding exercise for all the group and we were in great form heading back to our hotel- The Royal Ping Lodge and Spa. A pretty swanky gaff all together. The Israeli guys wanted us to teach them a traditional Irish song so we taught ...

... Their city is festooned with lights, flowers, and all the Thai people are wearing yellow shirts and dresses which reflect the royal colors. There are cemmorative plaques covered with flowers throughout the city, many of the fee temple and exibits are ...

... about the requirement to be at the airport two hours prior to departure, so it will be an early start. The former Royal residence, Vimanmek Mansion, was included in our admission ticket to the Grand Palace and was recommended by Lonely Planet as one ...

... find tucked away in the bottom of Kota Bharu, Rough Guife maps are shockingly bad at times. All sorts of interesting snippets about royal life if only the English royal family had such rituals. I can't imagine the Queen being in confinement after birhing, ...

... hassle... and where I decided not to stay. On recommendation of my Israeli friends, I ended up at the near-empty Moonstay Lodge, bordering Kathmandu's old town area on 'Freak Street' - the street where the first real hippies also stayed back in the good ...

... nonsense.    Our entrance fee included access to the "Teak Palace".  It is some distance from the Royal Palace, but not that far from the Shanti Lodge, so we took it in another day.  It's a gem, made of wood and only used ...

... puts her on her only state visit in 1954. I take a pass on the vapour trail, and the chance to perhaps share a royal potty. Ubiquitous, second-grade internet access slams me across the brow with a terrible new-generation home-truth. (After the blistering, ...

... ; The king was exiled and his former home is now the museum. There was an interesting display of various gifts received by the royal family. I suppose the most interesting item was the ornate (and garish) throne in the back room. It looked oddly out of ...

... Komba. * Vakona Forest Lodge (private) is in Andasibe, near Andasibe national reserve. Rent bungalow within forest lodge, (horseriding, trekking) and other sport activities. www.madagascar-contacts. com/vakona/ * Andasibe National Reserve - ...

... some shut eye to keep the jet lag away. We took the Sydney shuttle bus from the airport to the door of our accommodation, Macleay Lodge and although the driver was terribly rude we got our hotel in one piece. We booked our hotel in May knowing that Sydney ...