APA Hotel Ueno Ekimae, Ueno, Tokyo, Japan

I’d decided I would stay around the Ueno area for this trip as it where the Keisei Skyline from Narita Airport terminates and where I could jump on the Shinkansen for my train north.

I chose an APA hotel called APA Hotel Ueno Ekimae which is about a 10 minute walk from both the Keisei station and JR Ueno station.

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Novotel Melbourne Airport, Melbourne, Australia

It was time to head off overseas again, and rather than get up at 5am to get to the airport I decided to spend the night before my flight at an airport hotel.

There are several hotels at the airport but I decided to stay at the Novotel, which I think was the old Vibe hotel.

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Palais de Chine, Taipei, Taiwan

I’d made a last minute decision to change hotels after working out it’d be difficult to get around where I was originally staying.

As I was looking for my new hotel, Palais de Chine popped up. You can’t fault the location. Just across the road from Taipei Main Station, and a 7 minute walk to the airport railway station. It’s in the same building as the Q Square shopping centre. The hotel occupies the higher floors.

As a bonus, while I was searching, there was a special deal for the hotel that gave me free breakfasts!

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