Advantages: Individual trainng and programmes. Small and friendly gym Disadvantages: None, I love it!
, (me and many others.) Grrrr:o(
I am pleased to tell you that I have now discovered a gym far superior to the above one via work colleagues and as the song goes, “I‘m having the time of my life” I am, I really am!
So I guess you want me to tell you a bit about it? That’s why you are still reading this op, right?!! Ok here goes then!
Joseph’s personal fitness studio is based on the Cowdray Avenue Business Centre (for those of you who know the area it is opposite Leisure World. Well I guess you would know that seeing as you know the area already?!) It is tucked away right at the back of the business centre, two adjoining units right next to the railway line.
Three of us brave, and slightly mad souls from work decided to go together, strength and courage in numbers we thought!
We paid £7 ...
Advantages: Spectacular example of Bhutanese architecture Disadvantages: Not for those who are unsteady on their feet
For most visitors to Bhutan, Paro Dzong will be either the first or the last dzong that they visit in the country. This is due to it's proximity to Paro Airport, the country's only air-link with the outside world. For us it was the first dzong and one to remember. As our plane landed and taxied along the runway my eyes swivelled to hunt out the big white block on the hillside which I knew from my pre-trip research would be the dzong.
What's a Dzong?
The concept of a dzong is an unusual blend of the sacred and the secular and something that's found in Himalayan Buddhist communities but is most characteristically Bhutanese. Traditionally a dzong was a combination of a fortress crossed with a monastery whilst today most serve as a combination of monastery and local government administration centres. I find something engaging about ...
Advantages: Grand Central Station Disadvantages: Crowded in July and August
Despite being the hub of Greek Island ferries, Paros has a laid back attitude, outside of the high season of July and August.
We did some island hopping at the beginning of June and were pleasantly surprised at how much Paros has to offer.
Originally we only planned to stay overnight, en route to one of the more famous islands in the Cyclades, but I ended up staying for 5 days.
We landed in Paros Town / also known as Paraika and followed the first person who offered us a room to their small hotel, Manolis / Jimmy's apts heading left about 800 metres (or yards) away from where we docked. The manager was named Kiki and she had spent her first 15 years in Australia. She was very helpful and pleasant, despite the demands of her young daughter, Maria.
On the plus side, this hotel was 1/2 block from a beach, restaurants, bars ...
Reynarda 15.06.2003 (26.11.2003)
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