A short stay in Astana (Nursultan) at a strange hotel with a curious dog at reception...
A short stay in Astana (Nursultan) at a strange hotel with a curious dog at reception...
So. I had looked at a number of options in regards to a place to stay on the Mornington Peninsula as I was hoping we could get away in the first half of November. I honestly looked mostly at motels and cheaper options, and finding decent and decently priced places to stay in the destination …
Continue reading Hotel Review – Peppers Moonah Resort, Mornington Peninsula
My best accommodation reviews written this year!
Time for another RETRO Review, where we shift back through time to many years back now and I write about a place I stayed at which has remained in the corners of my memory for one reason or another. Today, I’m writing about Gulnara Guesthouse where I stayed in June 2011 when I was in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan.
Last December my wife and I stayed in this unique guesthouse in Daylesford. Here's my review!
Hi all, and it’s review time again. Slowly reviewing the places I stayed at (and other things) from last year’s trip, all the time worrying that once I’m done – well, I’m DONE. Because not much likely to happen on the travel front in the foreseeable future. Seville was one of our favourite stops for …
Continue reading Accommodation Review – Las Casas de Los Mercaderes, Seville, Spain
Howdy all. Barcelona has been a city which people have been flocking to for a number of years now. Finding a good place that won’t break the bank can be tricky, but we found a pretty decent place for a really good price. Arc La Rambla is a modern, three-star hotel which is brilliantly situated …
Continue reading Accommodation Review – Arc La Rambla, Barcelona
Getting to Minsk from Tel Aviv last year was an all-day travel sort of affair. So it wasn’t all fun and games, it involved a few hours in Istanbul’s new, but crowded and over heated airport, and it started in the wee hours of the morning too as the journey to Ben Gurion Airport from …
Continue reading Accommodation Review – Victoria Na Zamkovoy, Minsk, Belarus
Howdy all. I thought I would roll the two hotels I stayed at whilst in Turkmenistan into one post today. Because I thought it would make a more interesting post and give a small insight into travel in Turkmenistan, where you have little choice but to go on a tour where you are transported around …
My stay in Almaty, Kazakhstan, was another very brief stop on my way to explore more of Central Asia, and with a lack of hotels near the airport I was consigned to schlepping my way into town for an evening and then schlepping back out to the airport the next morning for my 11am flight …
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice