This was my second stay at The Bolton Hotel in Wellington. In a previous job I’d stayed here for a couple of night right after the hotel opened back in 2004 (I think it was ’04… it was a boozy trip… so the memories have faded!).
The hotel is just off The Terrace in a really convenient location near the Beehive and just a 15 minutes walk to where I was working.
The Bolton Hotel, Wellington, New Zealand
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I’ve never stayed at a bad InterContinental hotel, and the InterContinental Bangkok is no exception.
As I walked out of immigration at the new Bangkok airport I felt like I was a welcomed guest and my BMW limo was waiting to drive me to the hotel.
InterContinental Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
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Let me start off by saying that this is the crappiest hotel I’ve had the displeasure of staying at in the past 2 or 3 years. And I’ve probably done between 300 and 400 nights in hotels in that time!
Medina Grand, Perth, Australia
Well, decided to change tack a little, and rather than ordering a beer from the other side of the world, decided to see whether a more ‘local’ beer would come at a more reasonable price. And being the lazy person that I am, the venue was to be the same as yesterday, Raffles.
So, after a great late lunch for all of $7, I headed back to Raffles to see what would happen today.
Pulled up a seat by the bar and ordered a pint of Tiger… ahhhhh… it went down super well. So much so, a second chilled one was ordered as soon as the first one was finished. Knowing that this was an expensive beer I savored each and every drop.
Crunch time came as I asked for the bill, which came to $43 give or take a little, which comes in at $21 a pint… ouch… but atleast I got change from a $50 today!
BUT, on a pure bang per ml basis the Tiger wins by about 30%. Though at these prices the only ones that are winning are the bars!
We were in Sydney to attend a training course at our office in West Pennant Hills and the Crowne Plaza in Baulkham Hills was the closest hotel. It is probably 30 to 45 minutes from the Sydney CBD on a good day.
Crowne Plaza, Norwest, Sydney, Australia