Posted by Ruth Miller on Thu 4th September 2008 at 06:00 AM, Filed in Travel News
If you’re travelling to London this week then you might want to check out the “Get spooky at Museum of London” tour on Thursday 4 September.
Join Museum of London on 4 September for a late night magic and mystery tour of the collections. The Museum of London say:
“Spend an evening gasping at the magical wonders of London street magician Pete Hathway and his award-wining trickery. Take a mystical tour of our galleries, and discover astonishing unseen objects from our collections, from sinister Roman curses to enchanting 18th century witch balls.
Throughout the night we will be playing a magical soundtrack of your choice! Why not suggest a song to be played at Londonist and see if you can win a night of complimentary drinks for you and a friend!”
Drinks are available at the foyer bar throughout the night and you can wander around the permanent collections as much as you like.
Sounds like fun…..
Posted by Ruth Miller on Wed 3rd September 2008 at 06:00 AM, Filed in Hotels
If you fancy a spiced up weekend in New York, you might want to take a look at The Playhouse Room, Soho House.
The hotel rooms are draped with fun and extravagance, perfect for a bit of romantic down time. They incorporate 7ft long hand crafted beds, piled high with the finest quality pillows and linens, a substantial antique chandelier circles the room and huge dinosaur egg stone baths perched on delicate bases.
To top off this hotel room experience, you might want to indulge in the mini bar which includes Ben and Jerry ice cream and love dice for some grown up games…..
Prices start from £505 per night.
Crocosaurus Cove is a new theme park situated in Darwin Australia.
As a novelty, the park is offering to lower tourists into a water tank that contains a Choppa - that’s a 5 and half metre saltwater crocodile for the uneducated… It costs £55 and the catch for the Choppa is that there is 4cm of toughened acrylic between you and him. Umm, basically your a bait tease…..!
The locals aren’t best pleased with this, as there are fears that the Choppa is subjected to unnecessary stress.
Umm, you have to ask the question - why this sort of thing might be considered fun? Beyond me, but there you go.
Posted by Patrick Woolmer on Fri 15th August 2008 at 06:00 AM, Filed in Travel News
One of my favourite drives in the world is along the amazing Great Ocean road which skirts the southern coast of Australia. Truly wonderful and great surfing to boot - Bells Beach et al….
However, now a new and unique driving experience allows visitors to coastal Victoria to explore Australia’s Great Ocean Road by Porsche, Lamborghini and Aston Martin - or even a mini cooper! Moonlight Head Private Lodges offer the ‘Let’s Drive’ packages, which include two nights’ stay at the luxury eco retreats, all meals and beverages, airport transfers and a top of range car with an allowance of 1,000 km.
Located at the mid point of one of the world’s most scenic roads, a stay at Moonlight Head is the ultimate in decadence: there is a personal butler to draw your bath, your own chef preparing organic meals and a masseuse and yoga teacher on stand-by. Private guides can take you horse back riding out across the coastal dunes and down to the beaches to picnic at the Twelve Apostles, ecologists are on hand to escort you through the bush and introduce you to the unique Australian wildlife or you can spend the evening with a wine connoisseur for a fine wine tasting.
The lodges are world-class in eco-design and responsibility towards the environment in all aspects of operation and each enjoy uninterrupted and panoramic views of the Southern Ocean.
Confusing directions and a lack of signs meant we arrived at The Big Chill feeling, well, The Big Stress. However, proximity of parking to the festival and helpful stewards meant that we began to relax as soon as we got there, and our 3 and 5 year olds didn’t complain about the walk.
The glorious Malvern Hills provides a perfect festival backdrop. The lakes in the centre of the site add to the atmosphere of tranquillity.
The family camping was the best I’ve seen at a festival, with plenty of space, toilets and access to drinking water. The number of families there meant kids had a great time running in and out of each other’s tents- oh, and there was a festival to go to as well.
Unfortunately, the children’s entertainment didn’t start until 12pm, that’s a long wait when the kids wake up at 6am. Thank goodness for the bubble shop, no wonder they had a sign up declaring “Babysitting- £50 per hour”.
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