www.contic.com
traditional vessels tours from Dhaka
Sunday, September 28, 2008
new delhi
new aman piraña qila
**Aman Delhi**
A hotel that’s completely divided the itchy-scratchy hordes waiting all year for the doors to open. The humbugs think Aman’s first city hotel is dark and gloomy, whereas it is in fact a raj-rejecting, angular, metallic, new-blood stealth bomber. It feels rather like a futuristic government agency, complete with doors that whoosh. The location – in Lutyens’ Delhi – is certainly unbeatable, and staff will mobilise you swiftly through inevitable flight delays. The lobby whirr of other city hotels in India might be lacking, but this is a slick marble retreat away from the ravenous hubbub. Nab a room on the top floor, with a black-tiled pool out on the balcony, for a cool urban frisson in your proper ivory tower. The spa, run by an energetic American, is very impressive.
aman delhi (see Humayun's tomb, red fort, nizamuddin complex)
from WSJ: walking tour map
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123557526942872281.html#mod=article-outset-box
**Aman Delhi**
A hotel that’s completely divided the itchy-scratchy hordes waiting all year for the doors to open. The humbugs think Aman’s first city hotel is dark and gloomy, whereas it is in fact a raj-rejecting, angular, metallic, new-blood stealth bomber. It feels rather like a futuristic government agency, complete with doors that whoosh. The location – in Lutyens’ Delhi – is certainly unbeatable, and staff will mobilise you swiftly through inevitable flight delays. The lobby whirr of other city hotels in India might be lacking, but this is a slick marble retreat away from the ravenous hubbub. Nab a room on the top floor, with a black-tiled pool out on the balcony, for a cool urban frisson in your proper ivory tower. The spa, run by an energetic American, is very impressive.
- eat at Varq (Taj Mahal hotel) Hemant Oberoi's restaurant decor merges Indian artifacts
- Agni, Olive Beach (hotel diplomat 9) or Wasabi, Dakshin (s. indian food at the Sheraton $47) , Sandar Patel Marq, Chanakyapuri, Smoke house grill (VIPPS center) $117/2, 360 @ Oberoi $85/2
hotel:
75 min flight chartered +4 hr car ride + 1 hr hike
http://www.shaktihimalaya.com/360leti.htm
- http://www.imperialindia.com/ $532
- http://www.oberoidelhi.com/ $426
- http://www.theparkhotels.com/ $377
- http://www.tajhotels.com/ tajmahal $512
aman delhi (see Humayun's tomb, red fort, nizamuddin complex)
from WSJ: walking tour map
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123557526942872281.html#mod=article-outset-box
lombok
- best May-Aug
- fly
- to Mataram from Bali, S'pore
- stay
- heaven on the planet (mind blowing bird's eye views of the sea, chalets scattered among cliffs of Lombok's southeast coast) US$97
- kelapa villas: 14 private villas, 1-5 bedrooms, all w/in strolling distance of deserted western shore of Gili Trawangan www.kelapavillas.com $150
- novotel lombok (sasak theme, superb beachfront) $105
- oberoi $240
- eat
- astari (morocaan themed, vegetarian lounge/restaurant, spectacular vistas, Mawan Road, Kuta, L2 $12)
- coco's cafe (gili trawangan) $10 B/L2
- lombok lounge (backpacker diner) chili crab D2 US$9
- sama sama - drinks
- scallywag's -- shabby chic, BBQ, Gili Trawangan D2 US$15
- shore beach bar - drinks
- tir na nog - the irish/drinks gili trawangan, drinks
- 4 day treks $185 (Indonesia's 2nd tallest volcano, Rinjani)
gili nangu
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Alexandria, Egypt
- crumbling colonial mansions, sea walls & sweeping beaches, street cafes & shisha, sunny autumn days 20-20c
- stay 4seasons at san stefano (sev'l cafes for sunset drinks & shisha) or more central sofitel cecil
- eat Samakmak (00 20 3481 1560 crab tagine & spaghetti vongole) abu ashraf (00 20 3481 5497 excellent sea bass & fish stews) greek yachting club (taramasalata)
- see catacombs of shouqafa (Karmouz district) date from Roman times- painted tombs
- fort qaitbar built over ruins of Pharos lighthouse (1 of ancient 7 wonders) national museum of alexandria
- cafes: Trianon (green plaza) delices (43 saad zaghloul)
- fly through frankfurt (Lufthansa) or Athens (olympic air)
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Java
SOLO (SURAKARTA)
The old Royal City and a major repository of Javanese culture. Visit the city's two kratons – Surakarta and Mangkunegara – and ride a pushcart along the palace walls. Buy batik and antiques in Pasar Klewer and Pasar Triwindu. Duration: full-day
DIENG PLATEAUA mysterious plateau with a dozen scattered ninth century Hindu Temples. Take a drive to this isolated region with temples of great archaeological importance located within Dieng's beautiful scenery. Steep mountainsides and terraced vegetable gardens enclose this marshy caldera of a collapsed volcano.
GEDONG SONGOVisit the eighth century Hindu temples of Gedung Songo scattered along the foothills around Gunung Ungaran. The nine temples are quite simple in their architecture, but the setting offers a superb view of Lake Rawa Pening and the surrounding mountains
stay at Losari coffee plantation
The old Royal City and a major repository of Javanese culture. Visit the city's two kratons – Surakarta and Mangkunegara – and ride a pushcart along the palace walls. Buy batik and antiques in Pasar Klewer and Pasar Triwindu. Duration: full-day
DIENG PLATEAUA mysterious plateau with a dozen scattered ninth century Hindu Temples. Take a drive to this isolated region with temples of great archaeological importance located within Dieng's beautiful scenery. Steep mountainsides and terraced vegetable gardens enclose this marshy caldera of a collapsed volcano.
GEDONG SONGOVisit the eighth century Hindu temples of Gedung Songo scattered along the foothills around Gunung Ungaran. The nine temples are quite simple in their architecture, but the setting offers a superb view of Lake Rawa Pening and the surrounding mountains
stay at Losari coffee plantation
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