Epinions Recent Reviews for travelgall

New South Wales Outskirts of Sydney and Bowral, Berry, Kangaroo Valley, Richmond & Fitzroy Falls

Wed, 8 Aug 2007 08:47:11 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - The countryside of Australia is where it really shines. The big cities are pretty dull to be quite frank, and you will find very little in any of them that you won’t find anywhere else in the world; whilst missing a whole lot that you can find anywhere...

Switzerland – Yodelaheehoo. The world’s prettiest country. Engelberg and the Titlis

Tue, 7 Aug 2007 09:11:36 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - I first went to Switzerland about 10 years ago to the Italian speaking part of the country situated around Lugano. Switzerland is quite handy for the Italians living on this side of Milan as you can fill up your car with fuel and by a pack of cigarettes...

Food, Shopping and Transport on Hong Kong Island – The Malls.

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:00:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - Getting into the centre of Hong Kong from the airport is remarkably easy. There are numerous Busses that drop you off at the main hotels, the Taxis are plentiful (but will charge you way more than other forms of public transport), and if you want to die...

Hong Kong SAR. China. Hot & Wet but Vibrant Shopping.

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:14:01 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - The first thing that strikes you when entering Hong Kong is the wave of humidity once you leave the Air Conditioned comfort of the Airport. This is because in Hong Kong when it rains it really rains. Hong Kong has a tradition of being way too hot and way...

Sossuvlei, Namibia. Stunning Sand shapes in the Skeleton Coast.

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:15:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - Travelgall’s 100th review. Offending the epinions community since 2003. Leaving the ghost town of Kolmanskop behind me we had a long flight ahead of us. It was probably the longest part of the trek. The flight was interesting as due to the...

Air Pacific, a tolerable attempt at an airline. Fiji

Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:22:48 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - www.airpacific.com I wasn’t expecting to fly Air Pacific to Fiji. I expected (and dreaded) a white and red plane to hove into view with a Giant Freakish Bouncing Mouse on the tail. The reason I dreaded flying Qantas is because of their super...

Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong’s Airline. A great carrier to the Far East.

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 08:29:54 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - http://www.cathaypacific.com/c
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My trips to Australia and Hong Kong SAR were the first two times I had the chance of using Cathay Pacific. I was quite looking forward to the experience as my Dad had been banging on for years about...

Bula Fiji. Chilling with the Military Dictatorship in Paradise.

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:31:39 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - Since I had just picked up a new job with a certain large Swiss Bank in “The city” I had a bit of time to kill whilst they checked that I had not been involved with Cali Cartel, the collapse of Barings Bank, Enron or caught by the Police trawling the...

Luderitz & Kolmanskop. The sandy end of the world. Ghost town Namibia

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 06:55:02 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - On being sat down by my boss a mere month after my annual appraisal which basically consisted of them telling me what a spiffing chap I was, and what a “valuable asset to the team” etc etc I was rather surprised that I was being presented with...

St Vincent & Grenadines. Bequia. Pirates and Cricket on a beautiful Caribbean Beach.

Fri, 9 Feb 2007 12:43:20 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - I have to apologise if this review is shorter and less sarcastic than my other work, I have to be honest, we were there for the weekend and I didn’t have enough time on this island to get anything other than a quick glimpse of the place. Enough to...

Northwest Airlines. Dashing through the snow with a suprisingly good airline.

Thu, 1 Feb 2007 05:51:46 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - http://www.nwa.com/ I was recently a passenger – or as the airline industry dubs me “Self-Loading Cargo” aboard Northwest airlines flights from London to Denver via the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St Paul. I have to say I was pretty...

Mile High City Denver. New Year in Snow with depressed Broncos Fans.

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 14:34:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - Flying into Denver International Airport was something of a problem that I will be discussing when I review Northwest Airlines. I arrived on the 28th December in what could only be described as a very heavy snowstorm. In fact we were one of the last...

Caribbean – the new name for BWIA Airlines. Great sassy stewardess!

Wed, 20 Dec 2006 09:57:47 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - I have to say I enjoyed my flight on BWIA. As an airline they’re changing their name from BWIA due to the vast amount of nicknames they have accumulated. These include (but is by no means an exhaustive list) Britain’s Worst Investment Abroad, Better Walk...

Barbados. Beautiful beaches. Honeymoons, Rum, Sunsets and Crack.

Wed, 6 Dec 2006 12:53:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - Barbados is one of the main tourist Islands in the Caribbean Islands being popular with Brits, Americans and Germans. It was a British Crown possession from 1663 to 1966 when it gained its independence. It is renowned for its beautiful white sandy...

Kaieteur Falls. Guyanas Diamond. Hard Jungle trek, beautiful views. A great natural wonder with Cricket.

Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:52:04 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - http://www.kaieteurpark.gov.gy
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We set off at some bloody awful time in the morning in our Toyota Minibus/instrument of torture past the Bauxite town of Linder. I was accompanied by my friends IT and A croaker friend that will hereafter be called Doc...

Georgetown Guyana. Cricket, Crime, Mosquitoes the size of Birds. A lot of fun.

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:20:24 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - The Republic of Guyana, formerly British Guyana until 1966 is, according to the CIA world fact book, slightly smaller than Idaho but has only 800,000 people living in it. The numbers aren’t bumped up by an influx of tourists; it receives the...

Liat Airlines: LIAT – Leeward Islands Air Transport the unavoidable choice for flying between Caribbean islands.

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:08:16 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - Late If AT all Luggage In Another Terminal Leave Island Any Time Lost In-between Antigua Trinidad Leeward Islands Air Transport has a lot of nicknames, most of them justified and for good reasons. Their reputation ain’t exactly tip top, and I...

Martinique. Beautiful island in Caribbean but annoyingly French

Wed, 22 Nov 2006 05:27:14 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - On landing in Martinique you get a very modern and quite stylish airport terminal at Le Lamentin which is indicative of the fact that this island hasn’t had a healthy does of independence foisted on it. It has jet ways and duty free lounges, wide...

HMS Belfast, London: HMS Belfast. World War II Cruiser symbolising Britannia’s sea power a memorial to the dead.

Mon, 23 Oct 2006 07:55:50 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - Open 10:00 – 17:00 Daily except 24,25,26 December Cost of entry £8.50 Adults. Free Children under 16. £5.25 People old enough to have been at HMS Belfast’s Commissioning. HMS Belfast is part of the Imperial War Museum collection, and if you want...

Barcelona Spain. Bachelor's in Bars. Thieves, decay, sex and the smell of urine.

Wed, 16 Aug 2006 11:30:03 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - I have to admit that my entire time in Barcelona was spent on a stag doo (US Translation Bachelor Party). For those of you non-Britons not aware of this phenomenon, in England it means that you go to another country to irritate the locals, force feed the...

Luxembourg. Battles and Brothels. Not as exciting as you’d think.

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 07:38:42 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" In celebration of epinions rather foolishly upgrading me to a “Top Reviewer” I thought I’d write something intellectually stimulating and polite about one of my most recent...

VLM Airline: VLM Airlines. Vlaamse Luchttransportmaatschappij. These Fokkers get you out of London quickly.

Fri, 7 Jul 2006 12:45:10 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - VLM recently got voted “Regional Airline of the Year 2006”, so they can’t be doing that much wrong. They got this vote of confidence no doubt because they fly from where businessmen want to fly – London City Airport, rather than some god...

Lake Titicaca and Tiwanaku, Bolivia’s only real tourist attractions.

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 14:27:36 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - Finally I found somewhere in Bolivia I could love, well like anyway: truthfully I found somewhere in Bolivia I can tolerate. It’s not really the attractions of the place, although it is a sparse nation it has some beautiful scenery, but rather the...

Aerosur: Aerosur Airline, Bolivia’s only choice for flying inside this mad house.

Tue, 23 May 2006 09:57:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - The Airports As I mentioned in my review of La Paz, the airport in the capital is so high that aircraft climb to land rather than descend. It had a Burger King, another restaurant; some newsagents and had a very provincial air about it. So Provincial...

Adria Airways: Adria Airlines Slovenia's Flag Carrying Endurance competition

Thu, 11 May 2006 03:58:48 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author travelgall - Adria Airlines. Adria airlines is part of the Star Alliance of regional carriers and I suspect that it is heavily linked to Luftwaffe as the Adria points card has a Luftwaffe tail fin on the Adria card in all its Germanic glory. I am pretty sure...