Hong Kong Activities for a 2-day Stopover
September 23rd, 2017
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BALI
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DUBAI
- “The fringes of their deserts were strewn with broken faiths”— T. E. Lawrence
BORNEO
- “We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness” — Joseph Conrad
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Hong Kong Activities for a 2-day Stopover
With just a short one or two-day break in the city, its a good idea to have a plan if you want to experience some of the Hong Kong activities that are on offer. Our Pearl Premium Guest House in Tsim Sha Tsui was well located for the activities that we had in mind. It was within
Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong Stopover
Since our Cathay Pacific flight from London to Bali made a pit-stop in Hong Kong, we decided to take advantage of the break to add a 2-night stopover to our trip. Accordingly, we booked ourselves into the Pearl Premium Guest House in the Tsim Sha Tsui district of Kowloon. This Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong stopover would
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London Airport Transfers
With a variety of large international airports dotted in and around the city, its both time-efficient and cost-effective to plan your London airport transfers in advance. We had booked a multi-stop flight to Hong Kong and Bali with Cathay Pacific, travelling from London Gatwick. Our plan was to travel to London one day before the Cathay Pacific
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Our Final Panama Budget & Impressions
So what are our takeaways following a 4-week road trip around Panama? Below you’ll find a summary of our Panama budget and impressions. As to be expected there are positives and negatives, as well as plenty of opinions and observations. Our Final Panama Budget Our Panama trip worked out as the most expensive of our
Jakarta Takes Mansion Hotel
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Our Panamanian Hotel Experiences
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Karimunjawa Island Boat Transfer
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