CFFC – Page 2 – Travels with Ali

“Be Like a Tree, Stay Grounded, Keep Growing and Know When to Let Go” – tinybuddha

This week’s CFFC from Cee is green foliage.

Yallingup, South Western Australia — Shrubbery, Yallingup

Yallingup, South West Australia — Shrubbery, Yallingup

Stirling Castle, Scotland — Stirling Castle Graveyard

Hotels I’ve Stayed In – Old and New

This week for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge the theme is Old and New.

Over the years we have stayed in a variety of establishments – from two star to five star. It’s not always the five star hotels that are the best, I prefer ones that are a bit quirky and a view is even better.

OLD

Named after an American town and in the style of a Portuguese villa but located in Japan! This was a very cute hotel complete with an iron gated elevator. There is also the famous Chapel Bussola with its magnificent spiral staircase and stained glass windows. A sensational place to hold a wedding.

The Hotel Saigon Morin is not located in Saigon but in Hue which is around a three hour drive from Da Nang. Established in 1901 by a French businessman Mr. Morin and built in a French colonial style with a wonderful courtyard inside the hotel. Over the years many famous people stayed here, one was Charlie Chaplin. In the evening they have clips of his old films showing on the wall.

Both of the above hotels are small boutique hotels. The Plantation Hotel had a fantastic swimming pool in the middle of the buildings surrounded by palm trees and our room opened up onto it.

The Belle Rive Hotel in Luang Prabang overlooking the Nam Khan River. We had the bottom left room, complete with our own front door. We loved this hotel and walked over the road in the morning to have breakfast by the river.

NEW

The Stones, Bali

We enjoyed our stay at The Stones in Bali, such an opulent hotel. The bath was on the balcony, we never did use it! As you can see there is also a helicopter landing pad on top of the hotel. We stayed here for a week a few years ago when there was an extremely well priced trip from Perth in the local paper.

**Taj Krishna, Banjarra Hills, Hyderabad**

The Taj Krishna was definitely a five star hotel, complete with excellent service. We stayed here for a week with our two travelling companions, Laurence and Maddy a few years ago and had the best time. The staff here could not do enough to make our stay memorable.

**The Stamford, Glenelg, South Australia**

Staying here was part of our road trip across five states. We had a wonderful room overlooking the ocean.

Real and Fake

This week Cee has asked for real and fake photos for her Fun Photo Challenge – CFFC . I had some fun with this one searching through the archives and wondering what to use.

CFFC: Reed, Read or Red 🌾 📚 🥀

Time for another challenge! There are so many to choose from, thanks to all those bloggers who are happy to host. This one is hosted by Cee Neuner, Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.

I’ve managed to find something for all three 😁

Reeds

Some of my Reads of this year

I really enjoyed all three of these books and can highly recommend. Invisible Girl is my book for February Book Club, a psychological thriller set in London. Magpie Lane also a psychological thriller this time set in Oxford around the university and lastly The Other Bennet Sister a spin off from Pride and Prejudice – did you ever wonder what happened to Miss Mary Bennet?

Red

Beautiful Red Roses, a mother’s day gift

Patterns in Nature

Featured image Salt Flats in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

My gallery for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge – Patterns in Nature

Hugo the Aldabra Tortoise, Ballarat, Victoria

Rippled Sand Dunes in Corralejo, Fuerteventura

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Day tripping around Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

I think the best way to see anywhere new is to go on an organised excursion. I did just that when I visited Fuerteventura with the excellent Pie de Caracol tours, with driver and guide Luca. It was a long day from 9.00 am until 8pm so we really packed a whole lot in.…

by Alison April 30, 2019

CFFC – Bridges from around the World

My take on bridges for Cee’s challenge on CFFC for this week. They could also work for Dr. B’s Challenge your Camera for this week’s theme of architecture.

**Franjo Tudman Bridge, Dubrovnik, Croatia**

**Driving over the Queensferry Bridge, Essex, England**

Flower of the Day challenge

For Cee’s FOTD or could also be for Cee’s FFC – White

From my garden

From a walk around Lake Claremont

Old Buildings around the World

The featured image is the old salt mine in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

This week’s challenge from CFFC are photos of old buildings, barns, sheds and houses. Here’s mine! I really look forward to Cee’s different challenges. Taking photos of old buildings is something I really enjoy and now I get a chance to show them off.