The Charterhouse

... took a red-eye on Wednesday night and arrived at 7am on Friday in Hong Kong. After a quick shuttle to our hotel, The Charterhouse (www.charterhouse.com), we headed out to see, and smell, the city. The aroma of the city is heightened by the weather, which ...

Hong Kong, China (actually a Special Administrative Region of China) I arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday night and checked into the Charterhouse Hotel. The place is exorbitantly expensive- that goes for the city and the hotel. Had I been a little more ...

... a sage green tunnel. Moving past the souvenir shops selling puppets, ceramics, postcards and hats we came across the Charterhouse (or a Carthusian monastery) famous for having lodged Frederic Chopin in the winter of 1838 and where concerts are held ...

... was born in Calcutta, India, in 1811. At the age of 6 he was sent back to England to be educated. He attended Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he left in 1829-1830 without a degree. For the next 7 years he travelled Europe, ...

... Phi is unfortunately swarming with Brits. I'm not talking about the upstanding gents and ladies who attend your Harrow or Charterhouse. I'm talking about the brits who Catherine Tate impersonates. The idyllic scene is spoiled when you are woken from your ...

... a friend, Will Young, was in Phangan at the same time so we met up with him. He's 25 and had been to Charterhouse a few years prior. After the 'Leave right now'/'Light my fire' jokes fell away we all had a really good night. Just chilled and ...

... the civilised world and we were loving it!!!). The next morning (my birthday!!) we headed to Hong Kong Island to the Charterhouse hotel for a couple of nights of luxury where we relaxed for the day (after spending 2 hours trying to find an ...

... toilets and air conditioning, and carry on. The novelty of walking through London has worn off on DP, and she is happy to get to Charterhouse Street, only to find it is a long street, and the Square is right up the far end. Don't have to use our key ...

... of Moose Henderson. If this second is true, it ranks as second only to the Somerset Pheasant family who sent their son to Charterhouse at the same time as a fellow Hurlingham Club Player. The town of Raleigh feels big but it really isn't. Even on a ...

... (1798) on the left. Close by the transept there is the Altar dedicated to Madonna del Carmine, with a marvellous painting coming from the Charterhouse of Serra St Bruno in Calabria. Walking on to the exit, along the left aisle, take a few minutes to be ...

... for a very tranquil setting. The second most visited sight on Mallorca (after the Palma Cathedral) is the Real Cartuja (Royal Charterhouse) in Valldemossa.  The Real Cartuja was founded in 1339 but it was 500 years later in 1838 and 1839 that it ...

... was a double decker.  Of course I sat up top to get a better view of the area.  My destination was towards the Charterhouse hotel, which is the place I reserved my room in.  Not  too expensive but still on the classy side.  Once ...