Seaview Gardens

The first stage of our adventure - Hong Kong! We stayed in Dorsett Seaview Hotel,Kowloon - thought we'd treat ourselves to a hotel before the backpacking began. We didn't do much that day, we were so tired due to the long flight and the heat - approx. ...

... the ceiling, garbage and overgrowth everywhere on the premises and a green plum tree growing over the clinic. Two volunteers from Seaview Gardens were helping me atop the tin roofed clinic hacking away at seven inch thick branches with machetes and an ...

... ; Then I packed up my bags and had the hotel put my bags in storage.  Then I set out for the Royal Botanical Gardens of Adelaide.  I thought a visit there might help me learn the names of some of the flower, plants and trees I have been seeing ...

... Mountain NP  then into Cooktown for accommodation. Right where Capt Cook pulled ashore, find an upmarket-looking complex, Seaview Motel, and settle for a 2-bedroom, 2-storey townhouse with excellent views over the river for $220 a night for ...

... of random one floor houses with a variety of façades, mostly made of wood, some with wire fences outside and really unkept gardens and others more private with high fences not even allowing a glimpse of what lies behind. The overall feeling though is a ...

Today we visited the Botanic Gardens and Zoo in Central and we couldn't get over how this beautiful place, which is totally free to the public, is almost completely empty on a Sunday!  We see many different kinds of monkeys: macaques, ...

... , the beautiful jade market, stanley market with the unbelievable number of white haired western tour groups, aberdeen harbour, the botanical gardens and the mid level escalators- who knew you could get so excited about an escalator!! We also met up with ...

... travelled across to hong kong island on the star ferry and then walked for about 3 miles up a large hill to the botanical and zoological gardens. it was billed as one of the must see places in hong kong, THEY LIED. it was ok, but not worth the effort of ...

... it out for drinks.  It was a pretty hilarious night as the pictures can show.... And we went to Fota House and Gardens.  That's pretty cool and the tour is worth the couple of euros.  Then definitely go out to the arboretum and ...

... dinner of chicken satay and a Lava Flow at the Seaview Terrace while enjoying the evening entertainment, a soloist guitar singer. The Seaview Terrace has both indoor and outdoor seating, with the inside section facing most of the entertainment. Day 2 ...

... , 210km NE, on the coast. After a pretty smooth journey we arrived at the seaside resort and picked out a cheap hotel, resplendent with a seaview and a swimming pool plus importantly, a bar. We're not going to lie, we did nothing but chill by the pool and ...

... of Laos. Go to Travel company and book flights - 130 GBP for both and also book golf for P on Friday. Walk through lovely gardens of Sofitel Hotel where they filmed The Killing Fields. Lovely topiary. Rooms start at 6000 baht per night. Have cocktail in ...

... Salam. (Brazil won at a canter 5-1) In need of a quick dinner in Stone Town there’s no where better than Forodhani Gardens where dozens of street vendors offer to cook you up a line of fresh food, largely seafood based. Not surprisingly ...

... owned by the Earl of Sutherland. The rooms are beautifully furnished and displayed. We toured around, admiring the magnificent French gardens from the windows. It was impossible however, to visit and stroll around these as the rain was coming horizontal ...

... colonial mansions and historic balconied buildings have been given a good scrub to reveal their bright colours, and the streets and gardens spruced up, lending a renewed vibrancy to the city. We wandered around the (very bright yellow) Plaza Mayor, which ...

... BIRTHDAY IAN!! Having checked in to the Copthorne Orchid Hotel which despite one or two quirks provided us with an excellent seaview room overlooking their private and very quiet, small and secluded beach which we thoroughly enjoyed for the 24 hours we ...