Ywca Hotel

... story on Canadian news. Its still out of control. Made a stop at Whistler (site for alpine events for 2010 Olympics). Very large european-like resort area. Lots of shops. Lots of people. Arrived at YWCA. Good place, central location and the price is ...

... violence work in the U.S. with Belarus accomplished much more than the early primary goals asked for. I left them in front of my hotel, saying goodbye to new lovely friends. I know I will miss them. As I head up to my room for the last time in ...

... it seemed like every time I did the captain put the seat belt sign on and I had to get up again. I'm staying at the YWCA Hotel which is clean and comfortable with excellent staff, atlhough not fancy.  I have a room with a shared  bathroom - ...

... so he knocked off $5. In total, the journey cost us $30 for us, and $10 for the luggage. The Garden View International YWCA Hotel appeared a bit manky from the outside, but in retrospect I think it's just the condensation that consistently lives on the ...

... us with regret that we had run out of time and could not explore the waterways of Kerala. A tuk tuk took us to the cheap YWCA Hotel (all that we could afford with the rupees that we had left) in the heart of the City of Trivandrum. Our brief stay here ...

Went to the Casino for a $2.99 breakfast. Spent the day seeing Vancouver on a trolley. Ate dinner at good and very reasonable place (Zachary's) near the ...

... some parties, but the only crowd that participated in them were teenagers, so we decided to pass. Before leaving back to our hotel, we noted a place selling "Falafel". I was curious, so I entered this place and ordered a "Vegie Falafel". Then, a ...

... ... it was great.  No fights surprisingly. But still good.  Then we had the big 300 metre walk back to the hotel.  It was obviously hobo heaven with thousands of drunk people pouring out of the stadium... there were heaps of hobos trying to ...

... Luckily the light fairies were on our side and we were able to quickly cross a couple of roads and round the corner into out hotel... Rachel's little legs were going super quick. We also saw a hobo who must have done something wrong. As we came out ...

... "lightweight - all fit within the biggest pot" camping saucepan and frypan so that we could cook more than just soup and toast at the hotel. We figured that if we are going to stay in hostels most of the time we'll need them. Also bought some hiking boots ...

  20-21-22nd March 08 The hotel room is nice, there's a double bed, TV with cable TV, desk, sink fridge, and a few drawers and cupboards for clothes. We are sharing a shower and toilet with another room, there's a lock that locks both the doors ...

... US Embassy, and myself. We met with Tatyana Haplichnik, their Programme Analyst. I think she may have been pleased to see the YWCA of Belarus's initiative in inviting someone (Me!) from the US to talk with them about their work in domestic violence. We ...

... side of the race course so we had to head back. Our bags were heavy and killing our backs so we ended up stopping at the first hotel which was 'midrange’ in the Lonely Planet and at the top of a steep hill. We checked it out and decided that for one ...

... the ladies of the house, but on hearing he wanted 1,500 rupees for the room, lots more even than we were paying for our deluxe hotel, my interest waned and I wanted to move on. Even when he said, by mobile, that I coould pay what I wanted, I'd had enough ...

... left us at 3 AM looking for a hotel in Delhi. Delhi despite a huge population has a real scarcity of hotels. After calling nearly every hotel in Lonely Planet we found a room, at a reasonable albeit higher than we'd budgeted for rate, at the Hyatt. Dave ...

... and salesmen hawking anything to anyone, but a 180 degree turn from the gateway leaves you staring a monstrous building , the Taj Hotel, most recently famous for the terrorist attacks that happened in Mumbai. It should however be famous for it's beauty, ...

... she needed and we discussed how there is always paper to fill out and how important the back-up documentation is. Irina from YWCA met us at the hotel too. She offered to take me to dinner with her supervisor, Olga, and the Secretary General of the YWCA, ...

... as they were fully booked.  In the end I settled into another colonial time-warp, the charming Fairlawn Hotel on Sudder Street. I wandered around Calcutta, observing the sociable street life with children playing marbles, countless market stalls ...

... (pearlspot fish fry) and karimeen curry (which is red and cooked in an earthen pot) served with rice are very popular. Amritha hotel has a multi-cuisine restaurant where you can have your share of typical Kerala food. Their naimeen (sear fish) fry is also ...