Epinions Recent Reviews for tongareva

Bruges: a city easy to fall in love with.

Thu, 22 Mar 2001 13:19:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tongareva - For a long time I had been willing to write a thorough review about the beautiful medieval city of Bruges in Belgium. Now that I have put some memories back together and gathered some information from our different visits, I feel it is time for me to...

Sights and sounds from the Lausanne region.

Mon, 5 Mar 2001 11:50:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tongareva - On a recent business trip to Southern Europe, I went to Switzerland before going to Italy the following week (check also my opinion on Venice). Here is a short opinion on the area and the hotel I was staying in in Switzerland.

My business...

Hotel Bora Bora: Hotel Bora Bora: a 5-star resort in the South Pacific

Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:17:34 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tongareva - We spent 4 days at the Hotel Bora Bora on Bora Bora island. If there had to be one place on earth so close to what we call ‘paradise’, it certainly would be the hotel Bora Bora. EVERYTHING is just reaching perfection. It is the most beautiful resort I...

Venice : romance on open-air sewers

Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:19:36 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author tongareva - Last week I went to Italy for business. My meetings were held in the Padova region in the North at about 25 miles from Venice. On Sunday I had a few hours free before catching my evening plane back home. I decided I would take a train to Venice and visit...

Brussels - Parks, gardens and woods in the center of Europe.

Wed, 18 Oct 2000 12:08:39 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tongareva - Review Topic: Brussels is a city that needs to be explored. It is not like one of the normal tourist places where everything is offered to you at once. Instead, Brussels seems to be charm less at first glance. But if you are willing to discover...

Brussels - Parks, gardens and woods in the center of Europe.

Wed, 18 Oct 2000 11:30:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tongareva - Review Topic: OverviewBrussels is a city that needs to be explored. It is not like one of the normal tourist places where everything is offered to you at once. Instead, Brussels seems to be charm less at first glance. But if you are willing to...

Skiing in the world's biggest resort.

Fri, 13 Oct 2000 13:27:58 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tongareva - The ski season is about to start, so I decided I would give my opinion on my favorite ski resort for those willing to ski in France this winter.

Val Thorens is located in the Southern French Alps near Grenoble.

I have been to Val...

Air New Zealand - A touch of perfection.

Tue, 19 Sep 2000 11:46:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tongareva - We flew Air New Zealand from Frankfurt to Rarotonga in the Pacific. It was the longest journey we both had ever made (about 30 hours) with 2 stops en route: one in L.A., the other in Honolulu.

What surprised us was the room we had in coach...

Evil has a name: Death Valley

Mon, 18 Sep 2000 09:32:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tongareva - I have been several times to Death Valley and I always enjoyed it very much. It's a very particular place of intense beauty and solitude.

If you plan a trip there, I would recommend you going during the summer months. There is nothing like...

A4 Avant 1.9 TDI: the best engine!

Wed, 13 Sep 2000 11:13:22 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tongareva - This review is aimed at European consumers as the car is a diesel. I needed a diesel car because I'm doing around 300 km (200 miles) per day. Europeans know that driving a regular gas car under these circumstances is simply not affordable with gas at...

You have died and gone to heaven in the Cook Islands

Wed, 13 Sep 2000 07:29:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author tongareva - When we left Rarotonga (see my review on Rarotonga) we knew Aitutaki was going to be very different. Many people had told us so and in some ways we were expecting it to be even more of what a Pacific island should be. We were not going to be...

Rarotonga: only second best in the South Pacific

Sat, 9 Sep 2000 13:10:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tongareva - As most of us, my girlfriend and I had always wanted to visit a tropical island. We could have decided to go to Jamaica or Martinique but we wanted to find a place off the beaten tracks.

When I was a kid I used to dream of visiting the world...