Travel In Pictures
Welcome
Hi ! My name is Richard and you have arrived at my travel journal.
You can read all of spiel and find out more about me here. I've been travelling the world now for a few months armed with a bag of clothes, a laptop and my incredibly unreliable digital camera. Enjoy the blog and contact me if you'd like to join the scores of people abusing me.
Airport Hotels
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airport hotels is a subject I’ve not mentioned previously on the blog. I have touched on airport parking but after arriving at Bahamas airport and staying in their resident hotel I realised that research is key for anyone’s budget or sanity.
You see I flew into Bahamas and naively checked myself straight in at a high cost where as if I was searching for Gatwick hotels or Heathrow airport hotels I would have felt more comfortable searching because I know the area. Anyway the point I’m trying to make is that searching online can be done no matter where in the world you are landing. You can even see for hotels that are in close proximity to the airport for extra savings.
Airport Parking
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More posts on the Dortmund over the next few days as I’m still stuck here, getting a little bored now ! I’m also looking to get a few images up on my flickr so keep an eye out for those.
Just now I’d like to share a bit of knowledge gained during my travels. This blog would be wasted if I were not able to pass on a little bit of advice from time to time. UK airport parking has never been better you can book in advance, find great discounts and all online. Go ahead and book online safe in the knowledge that your space will be reserved and you’ll literally only have to turn up and drive into it.
Some key tips include :
- Check your car when you leave it and more-so when you go to pick it up. If you notice damage before driving away you must report it. Why ? If you drive away then the company who have been holding car will not be liable. You have driven your car away and as such have agreed that you are happy with its condition.
- Make sure you pre-book. If you pre-book you can receive fantastic discounts. Also check if airport parking can been thrown in with your deal at the travel agents.
- Allow a little extra time for your whole arrival at the airport. This may seem obvious but parking up and walking to the terminal rather than jumping straight out of a taxi will definitely add a little time onto your arrival.
Gatwick Airport Parking and Manchester Airport Parking are two of the most popular destinations but wherever you are parking the advice above should hold you in good-stead.
Is this thing on ?
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To my faithful readers, an apology for you have missed out on a small part of my travel diaries due mostly to my undeniable stupidity. It all started back in Edinburgh around 3 weeks ago (how the time does fly) . I sat down smugly with a cup of coffee and looked forward to logging on and posting another update I also wanted to cast my mind to the future. Would I be in the South of France or would I be on my way to Travel in India. What happened next was pure sketch-show style comedy. As I left over to tap my keyboard I accidentally shuffled offa’ the comfy chair I was sat which in turn made me lose balance in the arm that was holstering my coffee. God damn over-sized mugs ! No explanation necessary for what happens next, a bit of smoke and screeching banshee of a waitress (I was both painfully embarrassed and flattered by her ’scream and run round like a headless chicken’ reaction, despite it not being her laptop).
The Edinburgh Tour
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Awesome is the best word I could use the describe Edinburgh so far. I often wondered if this city was as great as they say it is or it was all hype but now I know. The drive down here was killer but the less said about that the better.
I’ve been getting about on the great public transport and after taking the full Edinburgh I can see myself having to come back again in the future to take it all in properly.
On the open road (sort of)
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Who could of known. Picture the scene. I arise from my slightly soiled bed in a zombie like state to the b&b landlady banging down my door demanding I vacate the room. I finally get myself together and look onwards to the next chapter of my journey. Edinburgh was my target but my mode of travel was still undecided. The hours ticked by and as I sipped my coffee I thought screw public transport I’m going to drive myself down there.
You see I came equipped for this journey with my sat nav in tow. OK it will probably only be useful throughout the UK but as long as I have it I can’t get lost right. I sought out the nearest car hire place and got a nice but moderate car to take me onto to Edinburgh.
Bye Bye Cardiff
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What a weekend ! I must say I haven’t had any time to update this weekend because of the sheer indulgence + the whopping hangover that I will take with me to my next destination.
If I can shake off the shakes and get rid of my headache I’ll be looking to travel west to Edinburgh and spend another few days there. Drinking binges really wasn’t the object of my travels so I’m going to have to tone down from now. I suppose this weekend gone was just a release of nerves for me. I met some groovy people and one thing led to another.
Hello Cardiff - Where da sheep at ?
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Well I’ve arrived and I must say I couldn’t have picked a worser time to get here. Its FREEZING. So far I’ve been mostly impressed by everything that I have seen. I’m staying in a nice little b&b opposite the millenium stadium which has great wireless internet and brilliant view.
Coming in tonight it seemed the place was buzzing. I might take a a trip out and see where the actions at or hold back until tomorrow. I’m also planning on visiting a few local landmarks while I’m here. Who knows I might even bump into Joe Calzaghe *note to self : Curb the excitement.
