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Where to stay: Millennium Hilton Bangkok

May 20, 2026

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Arches around the world

Triumphal and decorative Wellington Arch, London Going through photos that I take when travelling, I noticed that I seem to curate them into collections. I see one category and then link that to others in the same category. hence this post on arches! Wellington Arch is in London, originally erected to commemorate Britain's victories in the Napoleonic Wars. It can be found at Hyde Park corner on what is basically a traffic island, I think that's how I found it as I was trying to get across some rather busy roads! It was first constructed on a nearby site and then moved to its current site in the mid 1880s, the top originally had a statue of the Duke of Wellington on a horse, now there's a group of horses and an angel. The same traffic island has the Marble Arch, which was moved there from the front of Buckingham Palace. As Queen Victoria's family grew she needed more space so a new wing was built at what is now the front facade that everyone sees. The triumpha...

Sheffield Tasmania

The town of murals Sheffield is a small town in northern Tasmania that has become well known for its murals. In the 1980s the local tourist board, inspired by a small town in Canada that had painted murals, came up with the idea of painting murals on the town buildings as a tourist attraction. Most buildings in the town have a mural painted on them and there's a Mural Festival held every April. I had decided to spend a night in the town after leaving Cradle Mountain. Sheffield is about an hour's drive from the National Park and I had read about the murals so it seemed the perfect place to stay. The town certainly didn't disappoint and I loved the murals. This was the first mural to be completed in December 1986, it shows Gustav Weindorfer, the man responsible for having Cradle Mountain/Lake St Clair declared a National Park. The scene depicted is his chalet in the park area with snow on the ground. The murals illustrate notable people from the local area. ...

Goodwood Park Hotel, Singapore

A heritage hotel, with a modern wing. I have stayed in this hotel before so this was a return visit, and as it falls into the 'heritage' label, it's naturally one I gravitate to when looking at the list of Singapore hotels. The original parts of the hotel were built in 1900 as the Teutonia Club, a club for expat Germans. In 1918, it was sold to Manasseh brothers who renamed it and converted it into a hotel. One of the guests who stayed there in the 1920s was the ballerina Anna Pavlova (the one after whom the dessert was named!) By the 1930s it was one of the best known hotels and another famous guest was the then Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII and later still, Duke of Windsor. So bundles of history for me to read up on! The entrance from the heritage wing, under the tower (which, more research! Is designated a national monument in Singapore) There is a new entrance with the hotel reception in the newer wing. Walkway through the heritage wing, with the re...