Archive for May, 2010

Bangkok Hotels- I Once Was Lost But Now I’m Found

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The final day

The final day of my stay in Thailand came to an abrupt end actually, not only was I pleasantly surprised to find myself driven in a luxury limousine to the airport, but I was also escorted by simply the most beautiful Thai lady I had ever met. I hoped she was coming with me. To be honest, I wasn’t quite sure where I was during my stay here in Bangkok, after being laid up in hospital for part of my holiday, then waking in a hotel room perhaps days or perhaps weeks later. It wasn’t until I was actually on my way home that I realized the full gravity of the situation that had passed. After all, I could have been killed.

The people of Bangkok are not exactly famed for their safe driving practises. Tuks Tuks, taxis, family-straddled-mopeds and buses weave in and out like spiders in a thread of intricacy that only local Bangkokians themselves believe to be great driving skills. So to be involved in an accident here, especially when you had counted on hiring a car and driving for while should really come as no surprise to anyone.   Precisely what had happened is anyone’s guess. I remember leaving my hotel that morning on whichever date it was. I remember looking at hotel boutiques and I remember getting in to my hire-car and driving along the hotel and boutique areas of the Sukhumvit Road. But as far as

what happened after that, who knows. The police didn’t, the other vehicle if there indeed was one, had fled the scene. No witnesses, so there we have it. My stay in the local hospital and my consequent return to the Tai-Pan hotel (I had previously been able to find and book into), were-as it turned out- very pleasant retreats from the bustle-bustle of the mad Bangkok streets. I had a most comfortable bed, delicious food and great views of Bangkok and the surrounding areas, including parks of lush green and birds in song and all the nature you could find. And although I was pretty much concussed and incapacitated with a broken arm and injured leg I was well enough to be escorted by the wonderful staff of the hotel for a stroll in the gardens or to the hotel boutiques and stores- a real find.   As the days ran by here, I had the feeling I was on some strange journey of enlightenment that had been printed in the lines of some exotic novel of far eastern lands. I had no friends but didn’t feel lonely, I had no urge to call anyone and let them know what had happened but felt no concern. I hadn’t died and wasn’t too seriously injured. And although the wave of my thoughts undulated up and down like a calm tsunami, I felt a sense of peace and tranquillity that I had never had in all my life. So as we drove slowly back to the airport, courtesy of the Tai-Pan, accompanied by this lovely lady I said “There is one last thing I’d like to do…I haven’t seen the Grand Palace yet”.   In fact I’d seen nothing of Bangkok, so as we drove onwards towards the Grand Palace complex and surrounding Sunamluang Park Gardens I can honestly say contently I was glad I’d come here, this was a holiday I’d never forget.

Find your tranquil retreat “find” – Bangkok hotel in the heart of Bangkok and stay at the Tai-Pan Hotel. A taste of a Bangkok boutique hotel ambience for businessmen and tourists alike.

Q+A-How have Bangkok riots hurt the economy, business?

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Q+A-How have Bangkok riots hurt the economy, business?
Source: Reuters By Orathai Sriring BANGKOK, May 27 (Reuters) – Thailand’s economy was recovering well this year from the global financial crisis, growing twice as much as expected in the first quarter, but …

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Nice, not too expensive hotels in Dublin and London?

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1 year ago
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We will be in Dublin for 6 days in October and would like some recommendations of nice hotels that are not too expensive. Then from there we are going to London for 5 days and need a hotel there as well.
I found a good deal at the Thistle Hotel at the Heathrow Airport. . . . can anyone tell me if this place is decent?

Thanks!

Whos going to magaluf this year?

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1 year ago
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me and my mate are going to magaluf in may 2010 just wondering who else is out there? and will it be hot?

Hotels in the center of Bangkok?

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1 year ago
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We are looking for hotels in the center of Bangkok. Do you know of any?

The Best Hotels To Stay At Nearby Dublin Zoo

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One of the great sites to visit in Dublin is Dublin Castle. If you plan on visiting Dublin Castle, you may want to stay at one of the great nearby hotels in Dublin.

Dublin Castle is a prime tourist attraction that was once home to Kings and Queens. Steeped in history, the castle offers guided tours, a restaurant, and gift shop. One of the must see venues of the city of Dublin, Dublin Castle was built in the 13th century and still serves as host for presidential inaugurations and certain government affairs are still conducted there.

You can tour the State Apartments, which were once private and public quarters of the Viceregal Court. You can also tour the Chapel Royal, which holds the coats of arms of some of the past Justiciars, Lord Deputies and Lord Lieutenants. You can also tour the Undercroft, the Garda Museum, and the Chester Beatty Library. The Revenue Museum has interactive smuggling games and examples of counterfeit goods. The Dublin Castle offers a rich lesson in history that you won’t want to miss.

One of the Dublin hotels you may want to consider staying at is the Waltons Hotel Dublin. Part of the Castle Hotel Group, the Waltons is conveniently located in Dublin City Centre, just minutes away from major tourist attractions, including the Dublin Castle. The beautiful Georgian House may be full of antique mirrors and old world charm, yet it boasts all the modern amenities that travelers demand. You’ll enjoy the complimentary wireless Internet or you can relax with the TV after a long day of sightseeing. There’s also an intimate bar for those who like to relax with a drink.

Alternatively another one of the Dublin hotels you may want to consider is the Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel, an elegant Irish castle hotel located just 20 minutes from downtown. Visit Dublin Castle by day and go back to your own castle suite afterwards. You can even dine in the appropriately named Dungeon Bar and Grill, which is famous for serving up freshly grilled local produce. Guests of the Fitzpatrick will enjoy wireless broadband Internet and there is also a fitness centre that boasts an indoor pool, Jacuzzi, and sauna, among other amenities. Guests of the Fitzpatrick will live like kings while visiting this charming castle.

Step into Dublin history and visit Dublin castle and other prime tourist attractions in this great city. No matter which of the Dublin hotels you stay in while you are here, you will experience a warm welcome and Irish hospitality. With public transportation and hotel rooms to fit any budget, you will find that your needs are easily met when you visit Dublin. Whether you are coming here for business or for leisure time, you will have a great time while you are in the exciting city of Dublin.

Bachelorette Party Atlantic City

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Atlantic City Bachelorette Party

We recently went to Atlantic City with our Bachelorette Party. We seemed so overwhelmed with all the things to do but could not really settle on bachelorette party ideas that focused us all in one area and this was a major problem because we had 22 girls in our group. The Atlantic City night clubs didn’t even care that we were coming with a large group and the receptionist said the best he could do was $20 down from $35 each. What? The night clubs near the small town in Pennsylvania where we live would comp the whole group and buy us a round of drinks for bringing in so many girls plus to tell the truth, we are not all that well off to be throwing around a couple of hundred each for one night.

In any case we asked our concierge at our hotel what he suggested for bachelorette party ideas in Atlantic City and he immediately blurtted out, “Try the Savage Men Male Strip Show. ” He slid me a postcard and we noticed that our hotel was only a few blocks away from the male strip show. The whole package thing that was offered seemed to be an amazing fit for our bachelorette party. First we could all walk there right from the boardwalk which meant no cab fees or lines then the addmission price covered a $2 drink special and VIP after party at the male strip club as well as FREE admission into Taj Mahals Casba night club. Wow!

The Male Strip Show

When we arrived at the male strip club there was already a line of over a hundred girls so we hurried over. There were male exotic dancers outside taking pictures with the girls on line and mingling. They were so hot that some of the girls kept sneaking under the ropes to try and get hugs and individual pictures with the men. By the time we got inside we already were so excited that I felt a little light headed. There were male dancers dancing on these elevated platforms in tiny lepard shorts and a video playing on a huge screen. Massage men were walking around giving the girls back and neck rubs.

The show was about to start as the host told everyone to take a their seats. The opening was incredible with a combination of lights, sound and video presentations. The crowds roar was defening and our bachelorette party jumped up from their seats. The male strippers preformed a sexy four man opening striptease that had us drooling. Each act that followed had incredible gorgeous male strippers with to die for bodies. We got our bachelorette up on stage for a hot seat and she had the time of her life. A little later in the strip show there was a funny bachelorette style contest for the bachelorettes. Our bachelorette came in second place but still won a bottle of champagne.

The After Bachelorette Party – Party

After the show we slugged down a few $2 drinks and some of the girls got lap dances from the male strippers near the VIP area. The club was booming and the other bachelorette parties were dancing on a packed dance floor. The club started to let guys in as we hit the boardwalk for a smoke. By this time it was 130am and we decided to walk over to the Taj which was only a few blocks down right on the boardwalk. The ocean air rejuvenated us as we stumbled along. At the Taj we had no problem getting in and the bouncers opened the ropes for us and escorted us to the front of the line when we showed them our Savagemen wrist bands. This place was packed and the music was incredible. The energy was great as well. I looked over at our bachelorette and she had a smile ear to ear and all I could think about was what an incredible night not for just us but for her last night out.

Great all in one Bachelorette party Atlantic City destinations.
Atlantic City Bachelorette Party entertainment options for a great girls night out.

Kefalonia – christmas carols for Greek TV

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We are playing the traditional Kefalonian Christmas Carols, on Christmas eve 2007 for Greek television. The musicians from the left are jerry tsourouflis, dionisis vasilopoulos, spyros stamenis, pieros georgatos, john dafnos, spiros andreatos, aggelos mourelatos and the singer Nikos loukatos. Zwntani sundesi me kefalonia 24-12-2007 apo ekpompi Papadaki ston ANT1. Paradosiaka kalanta kefalonias kai paradosiakos xoros, divaratiko.

Kefalonia – christmas carols for Greek TV

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1 year ago
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We are playing the traditional Kefalonian Christmas Carols, on Christmas eve 2007 for Greek television. The musicians from the left are jerry tsourouflis, dionisis vasilopoulos, spyros stamenis, pieros georgatos, john dafnos, spiros andreatos, aggelos mourelatos and the singer Nikos loukatos. Zwntani sundesi me kefalonia 24-12-2007 apo ekpompi Papadaki ston ANT1. Paradosiaka kalanta kefalonias kai paradosiakos xoros, divaratiko.

Holiday Destinations by Time Zone

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This is an invaluable list of holiday destinations by time zone for those of you who like holidays minus the jet lag. It’s also a great point of reference piece.

+0 hour

 Canary Islands

Ghana (Accra)

Iceland (Reykjavik)

Ireland (Dublin)

Liberia (Monrovia)

Mali (Bamako)

Morocco (Rabat, Casablanca)

Portugal (Lisbon)

St Helena (Jamestown)

Senegal (Dakar)

Sierra Leone (Freetown)

The Gambia (Banjul)

Togo (Lome)

Western Sahar, Laayoune (El Aaiun)

 

+1 hour

 

Albania (Tirana)

Algeria (Algiers)

Andorra (Andorra la Vella)

Angola (Luanda)

Austria (Vienna)

Belgium (Brussels)

Bosnia-Herzegovnia (Sarajevo)

Cameroon (Yaounde)

Croatia (Zagreb)

Czech Republic (Prague)

Denmark (Copenhagen)

France (Paris)

Germany (Berlin)

Gibraltar (Gibraltar)

Hungary (Budapest)

Italy (Rome)

Macedonia (Skopje)

Malta (Valletta)

Monaco (Monaco)

Namibia (Windhoek)

Netherlands, The (Amsterdam)

Nigeria (Abuja, Lagos)

Norway (Oslo)

Poland (Warsaw)

Serbia and Montenegro (Belgrade)

Slovakia (Bratislava)

Slovenia (Ljubljana)

Spain (Madrid)

Sweden (Stockholm)

Switzerland (Bern, Zurich)

Tunisia (Tunis)

Vatican (Vatican City)

 

+2 hours

 

Belarus (Minsk)

Botswana (Gaborone)

Bulgaria (Sofia)

Cyprus (Nicosia, Kyrenia)

Egypt (Cairo)

Estonia (Tallinn)

Finland (Helsinki)

Greece (Athens)

Israel (Jerusalem, Tel Aviv)

Jordan (Amman)

Latvia (Riga)

Lebanon (Beirut)

Libya (Tripoli)

Lithuania (Vilnius)

Malawi (Lilongwe)

Romania (Bucharest)

Rwanda (Kigali)

South Africa (South Africa / Pretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town)

Swaziland (Mbabane)

Syria (Damascus)

Turkey (Ankara, Istanbul)

Ukraine (Kiev)

West Bank (Bethlehem)

Zambia (Lusaka)

Zimbabwe (Harare)

 

+3 hours

 

Bahrain (Al Manamah)

Kenya (Nairobi)

Madagascar (Antananarivo)

Russia (Moscow, St. Petersburg)

Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)

Tanzania (Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar)

Uganda (Kampala)

Yemen (Sanaa, Aden)

 

+4 hours

 

Mauritius (Port Louis)

Oman (Muscat)

Seychelles (Mahe – Victoria)

United Arab Emirate (Abu Dhabi, Dubai)

 

+5 hours

 

Kazakhstan (Western – Aqtau)

Maldives (Male)

Pakistan (Islamabad, Karachi)

 

+6 hours

 

Bangladesh (Dacca)

 

+7 hours

 

Christmas Island, Australia (The Settlement)

Indonesia (Western Indonesia/Java, Sumatra – Jakarta)

Thailand (Bangkok, Phuket)

Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh (Saigon), Hanoi)

 

+8 hours

 

Australia (Western Australia – Perth)

China (Beijing, Shanghai)

Hong Kong (China)

Indonesia (Central- Bali, Borneo, Celebes/Ujung Pandang)

Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)

Mongolia (Ulaanbaatar)

Philippines (Manila)

Singapore (Singapore)

Taiwan (Taipei)

 

+9 hours

 

Indonesia (Eastern – Irian Jaya and the Moluccas / Jayapura)

Japan (Tokyo)

Korea, North (Pyongyang)

Korea, Republic of (Seoul)

 

+10 hours

 

Australia (Capital Territory – Canberra, New South Wales- Sydney, Victoria- Melbourne)

Australia (Tasmania – Hobart)

Australia (Queensland – Brisbane)

Papua New Guinea (Port Moresby)

 

+11 hours

 

New Caledonia (Noumea)

Solomon Islands (Honiara, Guadalcanal)

 

+12 hours

 

Fiji (Suva)

New Zealand (Wellington)

Antarctica (South Pole)

 

 

 

-1 hours

 

Cape Verde (Praia)

The Azores Islands

 

-2 hours

 

Brazil (Fernando de Noronha)

South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (Grytviken)

 

-3 hours

 

Argentina (Buenos Aires)

Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Brasilia)

Brazil (Recife, Maceio, Salvador, Fortaleza)

French Guiana (Cayenne)

Uruguay (Montevideo)

 

-4 hours

 

Antigua and Barbuda (Saint John’s)

Aruba (Oranjestad)

Barbados (Bridgetown)

Bermuda (Hamilton)

Bolivia (La Paz)

Brazil (Manaus)

Canada (New Brunswick – Saint John, Nova Scotia- Halifax, Prince Edward Island – Charlottetown)

Chile (Santiago)

Dominica (Roseau)

Dominican Republic (Santo Domingo)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas- Stanley)

Greenland (Thule, Qaanaaq)

Grenada (Saint George’s)

Guadeloupe (Basse-Terre)

Guyana (Georgetown)

Martinique (Fort-de-France)

Montserrat (Brades Estate, Plymouth)

Netherlands Antiles (Curacao- Willemstad)

Paraguay (Asuncion)

Puerto Rico (San Juan)

St Kitts and Nevis (Basseterre)

St Lucia (Castries)

St Vincent and the Grenadines (Kingstown)

Trinidad and Tobago (Port of Spain)

Venezuela (Caracas)

Virgin Islands (U. S. – Charlotte Amalie)

British Virgin Islands (Road Town)

 

-5 hours

 

Bahamas (Nassau)

Brazil (Acre-Rio Branco)

Canada (Quebec- Montreal, Quebec, Ontario- Ottawa, Toronto, Nunavut- Iqaluit)

Cayman Islands (Georgetown)

Colombia (Bogota)

Cuba (Havana)

Ecuador (Quito, Guayaquil)

Haiti (Port-au-Prince)

Jamaica (Kingston)

Panama (Panama, Colon)

Peru (Lima)

USA (Northern and Eastern states)

 

-6 hours

 

Belize (Belmopan)

Easter Island, Chile (Rapa Nui- Hanga Roa)

Costa Rica (San Jose)

Galapagos Islands

Guatemala (Guatemala)

Mexico (Mexico City, Acapulco, Monterrey, Veracruz, Guadalajara, Cancun)

USA (Central – Southern states)

 

-7 hours

 

Canada (Alberta)

Mexico (Baja California Sur- La Paz , Chihuahua- Ciudad Juarez, Nayarit- Tepic, Sinaloa- Mazatlan)

USA (South Western states)

 

-8 hours

 

Canada (British Columbia- Vancouver, Yukon- Whitehorse)

Mexico (Baja California Norte- Tijuana, Ensenada, Mexicali)

USA (Western states)

 

-9 hours

 

French Polynesia (Gambier Islands)

USA (Alaska- Anchorage, Fairbanks, Nome)

 

 -10 hours

 

Cook Islands (Rarotonga- Avarua)

French Polynesia (Tahiti Papeete)  

USA (Hawaii-Honolulu)

USA (Aleutian Islands of Alaska – Adak)

 

-11 hours

 

American Samoa (Pago Pago)

Samoa (Apia)

 

 

All time zones are based on GMT+0 (London, UK time)

Maryse Mignott is a communication executive and features writer for http://www. exclusivelondon. co. uk, a luxury London entertainment and lifestyle booking guide.

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