THE POD @ BEACH ROAD, SINGAPORE

My days of dorm sharing with gap year partying backpackers are long behind me, but I wanted to save on accommodation and was willing to try something different while in Singapore recently. Singapore hotels are notoriously expensive, I gather from the lack of space. The country is only 277 square kilometres, with a population of…

Pay As You Use At The Tune Hotel – Downtown Kuala Lumpur

“Charge ’em for the lice, extra for the mice Two percent for looking in the mirror twice Here a little slice, there a little cut Three percent for sleeping with the window shut When it comes to fixing prices There are a lot of tricks I knows How it all increases, all them bits and…

Novotel Canberra

So I’ve got this friend right and whenever he stays in a hotel, one of international standard, the first thing he does is order a club sandwich from room service. “You can tell a lot about a place by a club sandwich pet!” he’d insist with a raised eyebrow while regaling me with his latest…

Review: Swissôtel The Stamford, Singapore – King Grand Room

I wouldn’t  normally review a hotel, to be honest I rarely stay in top notch, five star properties, but my stop at the Swissotel The Stamford was such a memorable one I had to tell you about my visit. Singapore hotels can be extremely pricey, however for a five star high rise property in one…

REVIEW: St Tropez Apartments – Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, QLD

Sometimes you just need to get away from it all and it doesn’t matter where you go or where you stay you just want to relax, put your feet up and do nothing. My trip to the Gold Coast was one of those weekends where I wanted to do just that, nothing, and booking my accommodation at the last…

Jumbo Hostel – Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, Sweden.

Last year I had a brief stopover in Stockholm, Sweden and I had heard of this fantastic hostel right at the airport in a converted Boeing 747-200. Of course, being the freakyflier that I am I had to stay there. 🙂 Built in 1976, the aircraft is a decomissioned Boeing 747-200 that was headed for…