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Holiday Laos, no passport or visa required…for elephants
Laos, and crossing into the country from China, at least if you’re an elephant seems quite easy. Even the Chinese border guards look on. We hope you enjoy this video.
Our Hotel In Jaipur
Our hotel in Jaipur was an old palace, the oldest in the city and quite an experience. Here is a short video showing some of the rooms. Later that evening the group enjoyed Italian food at the Palladio, a classic garden venue with superb Italian food and wine.
On to Jaipur
Today we travel by train across the desert and reach Bissau Palace, Jaipur; where we’ll stay for two nights. Below is a video of our unusual palace hotel, the oldest in the Jaipur. In fact Angel Holidays is friends with the Royal owners, the first room featured is Steve Carver’s residence when he stays longer term. […]
The Exotic Marigold Hotel
This morning our group are leaving the biblical blue city of Jodhpur and going to the Exotic Marigold Hotel, used for the movies with Judy Dench, Bill Nighy and others. In fact, Angel has a another connection with this film as Jidy Dench’s brother has been on one of our holidays. As one of the first […]
Hotels, what makes Angel Holidays so special?
Many of our Rajasthani hotels come from a Maharaja perspective. In Bikener you’ll stay in an old palace owned by a cousin of the city’s Maharaja, a 17th century house that is decadent, colourful and artistic. The Maharaja is a friend of Angel Holidays. In Jaisalmer, you’ll stay inside a fort; simple medieval rooms with magical sunsets over the desert, whilst […]
Tour Laos & Cambodia, some video clips
Thanks to Nigel Wheeler and wife Jacqui (who is also a professional artist of note), for some traveller’s video clips from our tour. These are just snippets, and even Nigel admits, he quickly put them together, but he’s done a wonderful job in giving you a taste of the fun, the colour and sense of […]
Holi – our 2018 Tour of India
Our tour to India 2018: when we reach the desert citadel of Jaisalmer, that rises out of the desert like something from Arabian Nights, it is likely to be the brightly coloured festival of Holi . The festival celebrates the power of good over evil and is also known as the ‘festival of love.’ Unlike […]
Anyone for Bangkok?
Bangkok: and with just a week to go before our first arrivals for our next tour, we’re getting excited. Temperatures are hot – around 30 degrees by night – with many diners sitting ‘alfresco’ watching the Thai world go by: full of life, neon lights and smiling faces, it’s wonderful. For those coming out early, […]
Bangkok, notes from the author: Jazz happens
Just beyond the tourist enclave of Kao San Road, lies a small bar called ‘Jazz Happens’ little more in space than the size of a single decker bus. It reminded me of Sin’e, a tiny bar in New York I used to visit in the 1990’s where, taken by my New York girlfriend at the […]
Change Black Friday to White
Black Friday: and with dates set for ‘Black Friday’ sales on the 24th Nov in the UK, in Nepal they have a different perspective, entitled white Friday. Here you set aside all consumerism for the day, and don’t buy anything except for essentials. The day is used to consider carefully your spending habits not just for […]