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Total Hotel Review: IBIS in Central Amsterdam

Z-Man — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:39:37 +0000

Corridor from lift towards my room

This is just a quick one, just wanted to point out the lunacy that is the IBIS, billed as being near Amsterdam Central station. I needed a place to stay for one evening in Amsterdam in order to make a connecting flight to South America. I was meeting [...]

More Bangkok Nights

andyfied — Sun, 17 May 2009 20:59:03 +0000

After travelling through Russia, Mongolia and China during winter, and especially after the worst snow storm China had seen for 50 years, I was ready for some warm weather. Thailand seemed to be a good choice to hang out while I organised gainful employment. I was really running low on money at this [...]

How to start a long trek to Asia

andyfied — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:16:56 +0000

“Gentlemen. A toast. To her Majesty the Queen!” Our first drink as a trio in a bar in Prague. The Major and Captain Oats had already popped out for a beer the night/morning we arrived, but there was no catbus and no toast. It’s generally acknowledged that things don’t ‘begin to happen’ unless [...]

Waiting in Manchester Airport

andyfied — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:34:53 +0000

My MP3 player is only outputting on one channel or my earphones are broken. I’m hoping it’s my player since it’s still under warranty and I don’t like it any more. Either way it’s all too annoying. This is just a bit I wrote during a chunk of the journey I [...]