Category: lodgings
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Westin Resort with monkeys, Langkawi
The last stop on our Malaysian trip is Langkawi (浮羅交怡), an archipelago of 104 islands in the Anderman Sea. Situated in the North West corner of the Malay peninsula, it is very close to the Thai border. The Westin resort is located on the main island – Pulau Langkawi, and just about 10 minutes away…
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Seven Terraces, Penang – part 2
Continuing with our tour of the most interesting hotel on this Malaysian trip … part 1 is here. The hotel – Seven Terraces – has a second entrance which passes through the restaurant. The hotel’s restaurant, Kebaya, serves classically prepared Straits Chinese style dishes. We did not have a chance to try it. Bababar – the hotel’s…
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Seven Terraces, Penang – part 1
After a series of posts on Malaysian street food, let’s see the most interesting hotel on this trip. Seven Terraces is a spectacularly reimagined heritage hotel in Penang. Located at the UNESCO World Heritage site, in the heart of Georgetown, the hotel is a conversion of a row of seven 19th century Anglo-Chinese terraces. Around the Love Lane area…
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Lanson Place, Kuala Lumpur – part 2
Lanson Place was our lodgings in KL. An earlier post covered the apartment (click here) – this post is about the common areas. Lanson Place is a brand of serviced apartments and hotel suites that is run by a Hong-Kong based company. They have properties in Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong and KL (two locations) – see their web…
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Lanson Place, Kuala Lumpur – part 1
This is where the three of us (including IT) stayed in Kuala Lumpur (KL). Rather than going to a hotel, like we have done in the past, we looked for an apartment. Apparently, there are quite a few choices. There is a property boom in KL and there are expats to fill serviced apartments. Lanson Place…
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Four Seasons Hotel at Gresham Palace, Budapest
In October, I(Chris) attended a business conference in Budapest at the Four Seasons Hotel. Sue joined me and we stayed for a couple of extra days to see the city. Neither one of us has been to Hungary before. . The meetings were held in this historical Art Nouveau building in the center of Budapest. …