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Fly to Luxor and board MS Royal Lotus on Nile
A Travel Blog entry by snasser from Luxor, Egypt
We arrive at Luxor to view the Temple of Karnak. This temple was made in 1500BC by Thutmoses. It's in remarcable shape for its age and it is huge! The entire area is about 5 or 6 acres and it is also connected to a temple a mile away ...
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Lotus position
A Travel Blog entry by worldlywanderer from Ayutthaya, Thailand
... our stay. I use the word enjoyed loosely as most of my visit was spent is the air conditioned comfort of one of Baan lotus' new bedrooms. Nothing life threatening, at least not very, I only had one fit of the shakes and my temperature can't have been ...
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2nd Stop- Royal Palace & Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
A Travel Blog entry by venoth from Chroŭy Chângvar, Kândal, Cambodia
... . This building is constructed entirely on iron. The Hor Samrith Vimean is also known as the Bronze Palace. Repository for Royal Regalia and attributes. There is a display of Royal Regalia and costumes on the ground floor. This building was constructed in ...
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Baan Lotus
A Travel Blog entry by worldlywanderer from Ayutthaya, Ayutthaya, Thailand
... our stay. I use the word enjoyed loosely as most of my visit was spent is the air conditioned comfort of one of Baan lotus' new bedrooms. Nothing life threatening, at least not very, I only had one fit of the shakes and my temperature can't have been ...
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Jirisan, Buyeo & Gongju - a right royal time!
A Travel Blog entry by lyncraven from Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea Rep.
... side of a head piece and so much more. There’s Chinese ceramics (Celadon) and Japanese influenced sword designs. Lotus shaped gold ornamentation on the coffins, along with many of the coffin nails and handles were all on display. I ...
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Baekje Festival : Fortress, Museum, Royal Tombs
A Travel Blog entry by londone7 from Gongju, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea Rep.
... they had excavated starting from 2011 back to 400 AD. We followed the fortress wall over the next ridge to where there was a lotus pond and building remains. There was also a buddhist temple here. We followed the wall back to the corner lookout from ...
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A royal visit
A Travel Blog entry by amy9979 from Āgra, Madhya Pradesh, India
... next to the quiet Bahai Lotus temple, a giant sanctuary to the faith set in the centre of the city. Shaped like a lotus, and peaceful beyond all imagination, I took a moment to contemplate peace and breathe the cool air. Early the next ...
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Sacred Teeth and Royal Gardens
A Travel Blog entry by trent from Kandy, Sri Lanka
Today's two highlights were the Peradeniya Royal Gardens and the Temple of the Tooth. Peradeniya is a vast botanical garden just outside of Kandy city. The garden is well-known for having a collection of over 300 varieties of Orchids, ...
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The Royal City of Hue
A Travel Blog entry by adeline from Hue, Vietnam
... have been an awe-inspiring place, of glazed yellow and green roof tiles, pavilions of rich red and gilded lacquer, and lotus filled ponds. However out of the original 148 buildings, only twenty survived the American war. Regardless its an enjoyable ...
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Nile River to Aswan
A Travel Blog entry by snasser from Nile River, Egypt
... for Memphis. There are over 200 known tombs for Egypt's pharoahs. We saw King Tut's tomb. They are finding even more and were excavating one as we were there. Finally we boarded the MS Royal Lotus to begin our sail up the Nile ...
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No Adventure on Paradise.
A Travel Blog entry by 888hours from Halong Bay, Vietnam
... agents re refunds etc and eventually we are offloaded. Our driver turns up out of the blue to take us to our Hotel for the night, Royal Lotus Halong, that only opened in Jan 2011. Rooms are only so so, but we make our way to dinner where we shared a ...
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Destination Laos
A Travel Blog entry by veale from Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep
... quickly got the impression the royal family did not have an extravagant life in comparison to most royals. I was most interested in the royal car collection which consisted of a couple 1960's big white Ford Lincoln's donated by the US and used for formal ...
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NUMBER TWO CITY A PLEASANT PREPARATION FOR ANGKOR
A Travel Blog entry by jwwj from Battambang, Cambodia
... here, especially in Thailand, but supposedly it is because the royal family of Thailand has a son who practices it, giving it the royal imprimatur. Whatever the reason, it is not at all unusual to be served at a tourist restaurant by a young man in full ...
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Towering Temples Tomb Raider Style
A Travel Blog entry by feckinirish from Siem Reap, Cambodia
... Khmer/Angkor civilisations. Before we go - our hotle gives us loads of bananas and a colourful scarf for free! Eeryone - stay at the Royal Hotel in Battambang - friendly staff too. And for an added bonus they bring us to the boat whic is miles away coz ...
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Luang Prafantastic*
A Travel Blog entry by bones_on_tour from Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep
... went a little something like this: Day one: Arrived to heavy warm rain and shared a ride with a couple of Canadian teachers to Lotus Villas. Enjoyed our welcome Beer Lao on our balcony overlooking a shining Wat roof in the rain and then went for a ...
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Days 1-5 Entering Into The Himalayan Shangri-La
A Travel Blog entry by inoursuitcase from Bhulebule, Nepal
... tourists in the whole storybook style village and scored a room with views from the windows on three sides at the Hotel Royal Garden. We were in Himalayan heaven. Surreal. At sunset we watched the clouds shifting shapes and the sun casting a glorious ...
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Im famous!!
A Travel Blog entry by mattsuthayalai from Delhi, India
... visit. While we strolled around the sacred garden, we were enlightened by his spiritual presence and we sat under a small tree in the lotus position and meditated. Later that day we went to "sound and light" at the red fort. They dramatized the history of ...
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Ruee vers le nord ...
A Travel Blog entry by nathalieroy from Chiang Mai, Thailand
... Nord. Nous avons fait ce qu<ils appellent ici, les merites, ce qui consiste essentiellement a donner des offrandes - fleurs de lotus, encen, bougie, paniers de vivre aux moines et a prier. Voila qui devrait me sauver une couple de reincarnations... A ...
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Phnom Penh, 16 - 19 April, 2009
A Travel Blog entry by aandl from Phnom Penh, Cambodia
... view over the river - but seemingly no Press are there these days! The main (pretty) tourist site is the Royal Palace and Silver Pagoda - beautiful in themselves and beautifully maintained. Otherwise, the other necessary sites to visit are the ...
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Royal Cliff Grand Pattaya
353 Phra Tamnuk Road, Cholburi, (Part of the Royal Cliff Beach Resort), Pattaya, Thailand
With the sweeping curves of its all sea-facing balconies and an impressive atrium lobby, the Royal Cliff Grand & Spa is a 20-storey Grand Hotel in every sense of the word. Its beautifully landscaped free-form swimming pool and sun decks are exclusive ...
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