Brisbane Hotels

Brisbane, capital city of Queensland Australia, is home to countless recreational opportunities and boasts big-city arts, entertainment, and shopping. Coined Australia's “most livable city,” Brisbane is more than livable in the way of accommodations for the visitor.

Brisbane hotels are found throughout the city, and include options for all tastes and travel budgets. From the stately and classic, to the ultra-modern or simply the economical, Brisbane hotels treat the visitor to an overnight stay that compliments a stop to this exciting and beautiful city. Many Brisbane hotels are conveniently situated near the Brisbane Airport and downtown Brisbane, in close proximity to all the city has to offer.

The Brisbane Riverview Hotel, located on the Brisbane River, is a five-star Australian hotel that goes to great lengths in its service and accommodations. Boasting fabulous views of the river, the Brisbane Riverview Hotel offers luxurious guest rooms and suites, and its in-hotel restaurant, The Zig Zag, features the freshest Queensland seafood and over 100 premium Australian wines. The Brisbane Riverview Hotel is the closest hotel to the Brisbane Airport, a mere ten minute drive--- and only six minutes from Brisbane's central business district. Also be sure to give the Marriott Hotel Brisbane a good look if you're looking for an option that will enhance your stay in the country.

Other Brisbane hotels include the newer 212 Margaret Street Hotel, situated near the Brisbane Botanical Gardens and offering views of both the Brisbane River and downtown Brisbane skyline. For the corporate traveler, Brisbane offers several extended-stay, apartment style accommodations that include well-appointed corporate meeting rooms and facilities.

Delightful bed and breakfast accommodations are located throughout the city and surrounding areas such as Fortitude Valley and Highgate Hill, and offer the traveler a home away from home-experience. Several Brisbane bed and breakfasts are turn-of-the-century or older Victorian homes, lovingly renovated and equipped with modern amenities that will enable you to enjoy your trip in comfort.

Last minute hotels in Brisbane can be found, especially during the off-season. To book last minute hotels in Brisbane, check with a travel agent or online for web specials. Last minute hotels in Brisbane can be tough to find during the busy tourist season or during special Brisbane city events, but a phone call may net the traveler a room in the event of cancellations.

With all the plentiful options for accommodations that Brisbane offers, the traveler to this wondrous and exciting city is sure to find a perfect fit for one night or several days.

Neko does Harry.

If I could sing like this, I would sing everything. All the time. All day. Every day.

Seattle people.

This ad played before A Single Man, which we saw this weekend at the Harvard Exit theater.

Very loud hissing from the Seattle audience. The Stella Artois ads are kind of pushing our limits. I don't think the LVMH people (or their ad agency) really understand their markets, you know? You can't tell Seattle people that the $1000 Keepall 55 is really about "the journey."




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(The trash bags are so hilarious... what I would give for LV toilet paper or LV trash can liners.)

Best African Holiday Destinations - Hurghada, Egypt

When you mention Egypt as a top holiday destination, most people will instantly think of the towering Pyramids of Cairo or perhaps the coastal paradise of Sharm El Sheikh. However, Egypt has plenty more to offer aside from the obvious.

Hurghada, on the Red Sea coast of Egypt, is one of the country's top tourist destinations and has grown in popularity in recent years. Many companies now offer holidays to Hurghada - with several airlines flying there and many package deals available. The area has seen substantial growth over the last 30 years or so leading to The facilities on offer are therefore very good and enough to cater for most discerning holiday makers.

There are some absolutely stunning hotels available to stay in in Hurghada - the feeling of excess is similar to one you get in Las Vegas although without the cheap and tacky aftertaste that downtown Vegas provides. Much of Hurghada's attraction lies in the stunning coastline. Being situated in North Africa, you can expect the weather here to be excellent from April-September and as a result many people can be sure to spend alot of the day relaxing down at the beach on the miles of golden beaches spanning the Red Sea coast. There are plenty of water sports on offer here as well which is to be expected really - windsurfing, jet skiing, paragliding and more are all exciting activities that can be experienced here. The coastline also provides exceptional scuba diving oppurtunities, much like many other Red Sea resorts.


Coral reefs in hurghada are stunning

Being a fishing vilage originally, you can be sure to eat well here especially if you like your fresh fish. The Red Sea is nutrient and mineral rich - this leads to thriving sea life at all levels of the food chain, so fish is everywhere on the restaurant menus. You will typically see it served up fairly simply - freshly caught, slapped on the BBQ and straight onto your plate.

All in all, holidays in Hurghada have alot to offer and the area deserves its growing reputation as one of the best holiday destinations in Africa. The abundance of great deals to be had in Easter, spring and summer mean it is an affordable holiday destination for families and couples.

Erin and TJ Bultema Belize Slideshow

Thanks to Erin and TJ from Georgia, Atlanta, USA who visited the Jungle Dome in February 2010 and participated in our 5 Night Extreme Jungle Adventure

Oh, youth.

I love these songs. Haven't heard them in ages.

Make lemonade.

Nia commented today on THIS old post and I thought I would throw it out there for comment.


The implied premise here is that if you aren't willing to spend $700, you won't get a quality product. I don't buy that.


Price isn't always an indication of quality; sometimes it's merely an measure of arbitrary mark-up... or economies of scale (or lack of). If you want something custom, or if you're buying bench-made shoes, one component of price in the shoe example might be the creation of the last. You need to make & sell a certain number of shoes from it before you can cover the cost of your capital expense. This is probably the same with lighting. There's this initial cost to get the item into production and then you have the benefit of economies of scale, right?

But when this topic comes up, no one can actually explain to me WHY the light at Veritables is better quality than a knock-off at Restoration. I am not interested here in discussion why one should or should not buy a knock-off. What I am interested in discussing is, on what basis could someone look at a $700 light from Circa and tell me with this much certainty that a $400 light wouldn't be just as good in terms of quality and function?