Staying in the Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur, a hotel not more than 10 minutes drive from my apartment was unusual purely because of how close to home it was. However, needs must and I was more than happy to spend a
My trip to Phuket overall was a wonderful experience this time – certainly far more so than my previous visits, especially my visit to Patong earlier in the year – all kicked off by a very enjoyable flight up from
As you’ve possibly waded through the previous post in which I lamented the bland and unexciting experience on-board the supposed World’s 5-Star Airline, getting to Phuket I can gladly assure you, was a markedly better experience overall. As I always say
First, let me apologise for frightening one and all with that bedhead. I too was in shock at first… Following on from my detailed experience at the Hotel Malaysia in Penang back in July, what I had failed so far to
Since I started out travelling heavily, originally through backpacking and what you might call ‘extreme’ budget travelling, through to having a bit more cash and being slightly more relaxed in my travel plans (and also swearing never to fly Ryanair
It’s been a while since I posted a hotel review on this blog instead of over on my Tripadvisor account. Simply put, I prefer to keep this site only for longer, more lengthy ramblings – whereas Tripadvisor seems better suited
As I graduate increasingly further these days into the realm of staying in hotels over hostels and becoming marginally less of a penny-pincher (though still a cheapskate, by all accounts), living in Asia of course helping me massively with this
There’s been a lot of publicity and press recently surrounding a myth perpetuated by Ryanair that they would, one day, like to start doing transatlantic flights with fares (this is the crucial part) for around €/£/$10 (currency seems to depend
Last time around, I gave you a rundown of two of the most awful lounges I could ever have hoped not to set foot in; this time, things get decisively better. So much better in fact, it’s actually a tough call
Having been a happy Aer Lingus Gold Circle member now for over a year, and having eventually come to terms with the varying quality of the lounges on offer throughout Europe, I feel it’s almost a civic duty to share