The view from my "office"

[Cruiser Elite]

........... well actually the 'View of my Office' - the one office I will never tire of!

 

[Daver6]

From the workout office

 

[Aeolus]

I'm so gonna miss the views from this office .

 

[QF WP]

Was doing Contiki Tours in the late 80's and early 90's - where I met a famous Australian aviation figure (on the same tour) - trying to remember whether this was the place. Remember the solid bar that held the room key (bar doubled as room double lock) and the basement of the Hotel where we all met the night before the Tour started. Now to dig out the photo where he had hair

Anybody do a Contiki tour in the early 80s and stay at the Plaza hotel before the tour - the Bayswater area has certainly changed

 

[Finale]

........... well actually the 'View of my Office' - the one office I will never tire of!

Last year we flew out of Singapore for the first time without doing any research. Took us 10 mins to find it and we had to drag our luggage there lol

 

[mrs.dr.ron]

Best view of ROK - leaving on QF2357 !

 

[Cruiser Elite]

............... which is from balcony of Rm 406 Nixe Palace Hotel Majorca Spain:

 

[Bazzi]

Was doing Contiki Tours in the late 80's and early 90's - where I met a famous Australian aviation figure (on the same tour) - trying to remember whether this was the place. Remember the solid bar that held the room key (bar doubled as room double lock) and the basement of the Hotel where we all met the night before the Tour started. Now to dig out the photo where he had hair

I worked for Contiki in 93 and from memory the Contiki desk and bar was in the basement of the Royal National Hotel on Southampton Road near Russell Square. Contiki crew stayed a little further down the road in a hotel, can't remember the name but the rooms were tiny and no private facilities, there were shared bathrooms and toilets on each floor and we paid £10 per night other than pre and post tour nights. The area past the crew hotel was Kings Cross St Pancras and was so dodgy that all crew were advised not to walk around the area alone at night. On our last trip to London we stayed at the Renaissance St Pancras - right in the heart of the dodgy area - wow, what a difference.

 

[Finale]

............... which is from balcony of Rm 406 Nixe Palace Hotel Majorca Spain:

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We were supposed to check in the Nixe Palace last week but had to cancel the trip half way due to my partner's health. Please don't tell me how much you enjoy this place!! The only view we got was from Expedia. :evil:

 

[JohnK]

I worked for Contiki in 93 and from memory the Contiki desk and bar was in the basement of the Royal National Hotel on Southampton Road near Russell Square. Contiki crew stayed a little further down the road in a hotel, can't remember the name but the rooms were tiny and no private facilities, there were shared bathrooms and toilets on each floor and we paid £10 per night other than pre and post tour nights.

Imperial Hotel?

I did Kontiki tour in October 1994 and didn't stay at the Royal National Hotel as that was something like $250/night. I stayed at one down the road but can't remember the name. Don't think it was Imperial. It was the other option offered by Contiki at the time.

 

[blackcat20]

I worked for Contiki in 93 and from memory the Contiki desk and bar was in the basement of the Royal National Hotel on Southampton Road near Russell Square. Contiki crew stayed a little further down the road in a hotel, can't remember the name but the rooms were tiny and no private facilities, there were shared bathrooms and toilets on each floor and we paid £10 per night other than pre and post tour nights. The area past the crew hotel was Kings Cross St Pancras and was so dodgy that all crew were advised not to walk around the area alone at night. On our last trip to London we stayed at the Renaissance St Pancras - right in the heart of the dodgy area - wow, what a difference.

The last Contiki I did a few years back started from a hotel by Russell Square. My room was a lot like Harry Potter's bedroom under the stairs, but they won me over with the full english breakfast and proper tea served from a proper teapot.

 

[Pushka]

Russell Square. That was the name of the place we stayed at. A zoo. The President maybe? I do remember the sausages and sneaked a few of the greasies in my bag for a snack for No1 son who was two. Which makes that trip 30 years ago!

 

[kpc]

Was doing Contiki Tours in the late 80's and early 90's - where I met a famous Australian aviation figure (on the same tour) - trying to remember whether this was21 the place. Remember the solid bar that held the room key (bar doubled as room double lock) and the basement of the Hotel where we all met the night before the Tour started. Now to dig out the photo where he had hair

I did a 21 day Contiki European tour (15 countries I think) ex Royal National Hotel, London in 1989....boy that was an eye opener in so many ways for the young, naive kpc

 

[snabbu]

Downtown ORD on a clear summers day.

 

[QF WP]

I worked for Contiki in 93 and from memory the Contiki desk and bar was in the basement of the Royal National Hotel on Southampton Road near Russell Square. Contiki crew stayed a little further down the road in a hotel, can't remember the name but the rooms were tiny and no private facilities, there were shared bathrooms and toilets on each floor and we paid £10 per night other than pre and post tour nights. The area past the crew hotel was Kings Cross St Pancras and was so dodgy that all crew were advised not to walk around the area alone at night. On our last trip to London we stayed at the Renaissance St Pancras - right in the heart of the dodgy area - wow, what a difference.

That's the one!. Ah yes, it all comes flooding back. Yes, we were similarly warned not to go out by ourselves on either the pre-Tour night or post-Tour. We were a little quieter on the pre-night but almost the whole group went out on the night we returned.

 

[TomVexille]

Couple of shots from my round at Waikaloa Beach Kings Course a couple weeks ago

 

[love_the_life]

Couple of shots from my round at Waikaloa Beach Kings Course a couple weeks ago

Are they goats????

 

[TomVexille]

Are they goats????

Wild ones, yes.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

........... eating breakfast on balcony of Nixe Palace Hotel Majorca:

 

[Cossie]

The cat that saved a railway line. Actually this is Nitama, replacement for the original Tama cat, that died quite a few years ago.



Geez, it's only a cat, boring.



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