Blog Archive: February 2019
Top 5-star hotels in Tashkent
| Hotel reviews | 31 seen
Tashkent is a very Soviet city that has little remaining from its ancient Central Asian past. The city has a mixture of modern new office buildings, hotels, parks, and crumbling Soviet-style apartment blocks.
Over the last few years, the Uzbek government has embarked on a major reconstruction program in the center of the city. Roads, government buildings and parks are all being reconstructed (many historical buildings and sites are bulldozed in the process). To the visitor, the new city looks very impressive, although many of the local residents have yet to see any improvement in their residential areas. See more on Tashkent Travel guide
Tashkent is waiting for a boom. The infrastructure, hotels, and shops are there but the influx of people and business has failed to materialize. This is caused in part by a combination of government policy and bad publicity.
According to Booking.com, there are not many 5 star hotels in Tashkent. In today's article, I've listed the top 5 star hotels in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Disclosure: this article contains links to Booking.com, by clicking on links on this page and…
January 2019 Dividend Income Report - $174.71
| Investments | 12 seen
Welcome to the twenty-first (#21) dividend income report, covering earnings I've made from dividend-paying stocks, peer to peer lending (both fiat and cryptocurrencies) in January 2019.
Wow, times flies, the last January disappeared like a flicker, little miss Fischer baby girl turned already 6-month old. This January also marked a small 2 years anniversary since In originally set my goal to have in savings account 1 million dollars by 2045. In general, January was great for most of the investors (except probably just crypto investments) as in January most markets recovered after the sluggish year end of 2018.
From the point of dividends, last January was awesome, it turned out to be the second largest in terms of income, after July 2018, slightly beating the previous second-best month (December 2017)
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Chinese Restaurant Ensemble (Hotels & Preference Hualing Tbilisi)
| Restaurant reviews | 37 seen
Chinese Restaurant Ensemble is located in a 5-star hotel "Hotels & Preference Hualing Tbilisi" near the Tbilisi Sea in the so-called - Tbilisi Sea New City.
I got a recommendation to visit this restaurant from some other Tbilisi expats. So some Saturday afternoon in a company of the same expats we visited this place and I had a chance to try really authentic Chinese cuisine.
Hotels & Preference Hualing Tbilisi building
Here is what it's all about:
For pure gourmets, the hotel offers an authentic Chinese Restaurant - ENSEMBLE with a masterful blend of ingredients and spices. Enjoy authentic Chinese dishes from various regions and provinces of China; discover Xinjiang delicacies, Cantonese and Sichuan cuisine in an exclusive environment, make yourself and friends extra comfortable by reserving one of our private dining rooms for that extra feeling of luxury and service.
Restaurant Ensemble in Tbilisi
Noodles at Ensemble Chinese restaurant in Tbilisi
Spring-rolls with a sauce
Sliced cold beef meat
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Day trip to Bolnisi and nearby vicinity
| Travel guides | 11 seen
Day trips to Bolnisi and region of Kvemo Kartli are quite possible and easy done from Tbilisi.
In the mid-December, we bought an SUV VW Touareg car and it was just the right time to put it on the test, so we decided to make a day trip to some easy and close place from Tbilisi.
As we were traveling with our 5-month-old daughter it was important to return home the same day, though there are some great hotels available in Bolnisi. Bolnisi is located just some 70 km from Tbilisi and it might take about 1 hour and 30 minutes to get there.
Bolnisi is located in the Kvemo Kartli region, Georgia. It has an estimated 13,800 inhabitants.
In 1818 the colony Katharinenfeld was founded in Bolnisi by 95 German colonist families from Swabia. There are still remnants of the German past in Bolnisi. A small street called Mill Street has evidence of 19th-century German architecture and a few signs in the German language that date from the early 20th century.
Bolnisi has long been the seat of a bishop or archbishop and is the home of the oldest dated Christian structure in…
Bird Watching Tower on Sloka Lake
| Lakes | 12 seen
Bird watching tower on Sloka lake actually is a floating platform which is a very popular tourist attraction among the locals and bird watchers.
Discovered in the early May 2018, during our "living in Jūrmala" series.
Bird watching tower on Sloka Lake
The bird watching tower actually is just one point from Sloka lake walking trail:
The trail winds through diverse forest settings along the coastline of the lake populated by numerous waterfowl. It starts and ends next to Sloka Lake, where there is a car parking lot a picnic site and a 7 m high floating overhead platform for sightseers. Hiking on the trail takes you to a number of interesting sites: the swamp forests of Vēršupīte, a sulfur spring next to Sloka Lake, the great bolder and several swamp lakes.
Walking on the trail gives you a chance to test your physical fitness by trying out the swing, walking on a narrow log, climbing and doing other fitness tests.
The overhead platform is a good place for bird watching on Sloka Lake.
Pontoon footbridge connected…
How To Register Hotel / Guest House on Booking.com
| Blogging | 180 seen
Registering your hotel, guest house, apartment, Bed & Breakfast, vacation home or hostel is really easy and shouldn't take you more than 15 minutes.
Best you can start online and register now.
Disclosure: this article contains links to Booking.com, by clicking on links on this page and by registering your property on Booking.com I will earn an affiliate income, at no cost to you. Last, but not least, if you will sign up with my affiliate link - first 5 bookings via Booking.com will be commission free.
Register property on Booking.com
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