Travellers on Tour

Having previously written about cheap, quality accommodation - I have discovered another hotel chain that are simple but effective. Etap hotels which are only in Europe at the moment, have nearly 400 hotels and offer rooms of up to 3 in a room for as little as £35 a night in the UK and [...]

Have you ever been in a new city wishing you could get a hold of a subway (underground) map. That has happened to me several times, the most recently being Hong Kong. I wish I had heard of www.isubwaymaps.com - it is a great site that has 22 free subway maps from around the world [...]

If you travel long distances with any regularity chances are you have had a long stop-over in one airport or another. If you are not at one of the airports with cheap-ish pay per hour hotels in the transit lounges then you have to try and find somewhere - that does not have hard seats [...]

Arusha is a hotbed of tourist activity - it is a key location for climbing kilimonjara, several national parks like the Serengeti and Manyara, or just a couple of hours drive from the world renowned Ngorongoro Crater. Over the past 10 years the United Nations have been in the city administering the war tribunal so [...]

Having lived in Townsville, Queensland, Australia for almost 10 years now I would like to think that I have a pretty good idea of the best meal values in Townsville.
Molly Malones Irish Pub signature Crumbed Steak meal will only cost you $7.50 and for that price you get a huge crumbed steak and chips (french [...]

There have been several occasions when I have been travelling that flight connections have not worked out how I anticipated - I have been faced with the fact that I will potentially have to spend a good bit of money of airport accommodation or travel away from the airport to find a cheaper place to [...]