The Empire Hotel

... National capital and Ottawa as Canada's capital. The people in France refer to Quebec City as the capital of the 2nd Empire. None-the-less, this spaciously laid out district is the seat of Québec's provincial government. The building has been modeled ...

... 25 minutes, hardly time to go to the toilet before you had to buckle up for the descent.  We were staying at the Empire Hotel and Country Club complete with Jack Nicklaus golf course. The hotel was reputed to have cost 800 million US dollars to build ...

Our next destination was the Empire Hotel in Brunei, which is the most up market hotel here. This is supposed to be another palace built for the Sultan's brother which was later converted to this hotel. This is a seven star hotel and as the star ...

... styley, she had painted a Nike swoosh on them, but still? Treats from a local supermarket, lollies are so cheap here and super sour gummy bear cola bottles are a must.  Sleep beckons for another night in a small bed, room 1912, Empire Hotel, ...

... similar to our round the world souvenir collection but on a much grander scale. After the museum we went to catch the bus to the empire hotel which we really wanted to see as it cost over a billion pounds to build and was apparently made of gold. We were ...

The Empire Hotel at Jerudong is a fantastic place to relax and enjoy top class luxury. If you want to take in a movie at the hotel's very own cinema, a ticket will set you back about $7. If you want to enjoy a nice pot of tea whilst taking in the view of ...

Had a fantastic breakfast at Margie's Diner (next to the hotel). It was like an old time diner: great food and witty waitresses. After fueling ourselves, we fueled up the car and headed ...

Love to travel, but there's no place like home... DNT brought the kids to the hotel, and we had breakfast together. Stuffed the car with all our bags and headed over to mom and dad's to say goodbye. It was really great to see them throughout the ...

... So we took a boatload of chicken, bisquits, potato wedges, cole slaw, and mashed potatoes to my parents' house and ate dinner. Can we all say YUMMM?!? After a nice visit, and quick...we were tired, afterall...we headed back to the hotel and sacked ...

... have a distinctly Indian persona with Shiva, the god of destruction being the main diety worshipped.  However, as the empire evolved, Buddhism, specifically in the 9th and 10th centuries.  However, later Champa again turned to Hinduism as the ...

... was feeling so hot. We left out friend so he could catch his bus to his next stop and we decided we should visit the empire state building since it was our last night in New York. We headed off in the direction of what we thought was the empire state ...

... played a greater influence on the development of the western world. About 2000 years ago Romans thought their city (and its empire) represented the entire civilized world.  To be Roman was to be civilized.  To be anything but ...

... ruled this part of the world from 11th century until its death in the 16th century and Cusco was the capital of the Inca Empire. The indigenous Andean society was based on the village community which was knit by ties of blood to the family and by economic ...

... visiting the temple ruins, Siem Reap was a small sleepy town until a French explorer rediscovered the Ancient ruins of Angkorian Empire for the world to visit. Siem Reap simply means the defeat of Siam, and refers to a century-old ...

... a taxi back to the hotel. We had a quiet night in the hotel, we all needed a relax. Ian and Jess then went to the empire State Building. 86th floor, great views of the city. It was very busy though. Had to wait a while to get up to the observation deck ...

... coffee before heading out for a full day of sightseeing with our local guide. Aksum was the capital of the ancient Aksumite Empire that ruled large swaths of East Africa and southern Arabia between the 3rd and 6th century, and controlled much of the Red ...

Up and out quite early this morning as we wanted to be at the Empire State Building by eight o'clock, and do the visit before breakfast. And we somehow managed it, getting our tickets bang on opening time. We opted to do the New York Skyride first, which ...

... buffet at our hotel and in their courtyard.  Feasted and left for Topkapi, the palace of the Sultans and the Ottoman Empire.  We had a peaceful walk and found the palace on the day that Anthony Weiner resigned.   We people watched and ...

Cusco was once the capital city of the Inca Empire. "Cusco" means "navel" in Quechua, the language of the Incas, still used nowadays by some populations in the Andes.  A first thing I noticed : Cusco's main square (Plaza de Armas) is as beautiful as ...

... 've almost died in a massive explosion then when you win actor of the year. Typical little flashers pop up everywher: in your hotel room, your taxi, even your toilet (no you weird teens, not out the toilet bowl). Anyway, the depression is ...