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10 of the best budget hotels in New York. Posted on: September 21st in Cool Hotels, Travel by Graham Padmore. Like this Post? The Big Apple may be one of the ultimate city break destinations – shopping, art, sightseeing and so much more. It’s also (like most major capital cities) unfortunately notoriously expensive. So for those wanting to maximise their spending money, you will have to seek out some good NYC budget hotels.

To save you the time and the hassle here are 10 of the best budget hotels in New York: A good tip is to book as far in advance as possible, this way you’ll get the best price. You’ll also find the popular lower priced hotels in New York get booked up very quickly. The Gershwin This Manhattan midtown hotel is just a block away from 5th Avenue and close to both Madison Square Garden and the Empire State Building.

Prices from $32 a night.Check prices and availability for The Gershwin Hotel The Jane Once home to salty sailors and Titanic survivors, The Jane is a living work of art. The Pod Broadway Hotel and Hostel. The Traveller’s Medicine Cabinet: 5 Essential Drugs for the Road. While out roving you aren’t always (or even often) anywhere near a hospital or pharmacy. But, if you pack these nutritional supplements and natural medications wherever you go, you’ll be able to cope just fine. #1: Kratom The Situation You’re hiking the Appalachian trail in the dead of winter.

It’s freezing cold, the terrain is rough, and you’ve got another four hours of trudging through the snow before you reach your destination for the night. Suddenly the worst happens; your boot gets caught between two rocks, you lose your footing and tumble to the ground, wrenching your ankle in the process. After a loud yelp of pain and several creative obscenities, you manage to sort yourself out and rise back to your feet. . © Miserlou What It Is A leafy green plant grown mainly in Southeast Asia. Uses First and foremost, Kratom is a powerful painkiller similar to Morphine or Opium. Side-Effects Kratom is mildly addictive, about on par with caffeine. Forms Legality #2: Kava Kava Kava Kava #3: Oil of Oregano.

In pictures: romantic travel destinations. » chocolate hills. Random photo Submit your photo Stumble Thru landscape photography Tags: mountain philippines chocolate hills by george steinmetz 37 681 views Rating: +1 chimney rock at dusk, colorado milky way above cortina d`ampezo, italy beautiful view of grouse mountain, vancouver moonlit teton range, wyoming Place your ad here Loading... About OneBigPhoto is your daily dose of high quality photos. 2707 photos uploaded Important stuff Top rated Top galleries Submit photo Privacy policy Wallpaper Contact us Connect with us Search Some rights reserved. ©2013 OneBigPhoto.com. Gulpiyuri Beach - A Stange Beach in the Middle of a Meadow. Tucked away into a small inland hollow, right in the middle of a meadow, Playa de Gulpiyuri is one of the most amazing beaches in the world. We’ve certainly featured some unique places here, on Oddity Central, and even a few incredible beaches, like the hot water beach of New Zealand or California’s glass beach, but none like the beach of Gulpiyuri.

Located near the charming town of Llanes, on the northern coast of Spain, Gulpiyuri Beach is unlike anything I have ever seen, or even imagined existed outside of fantasy books or fictional planets. Imagine walking over 100 meters from the sea shoreline and stumbling over a small charming beach right in the middle of a green meadow. And while you may find other beaches completely hidden from the open sea, around the world, this one is actually fully tidal and even has waves bathing the small strip of golden sand. Photo: chausinho So how is it that waves form this far away from the ocean? Photo: chausinho Photo: supercoco Photo: supercoco Reddit. Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia. The stunning Plitvice Lakes National Park lies in the Lika region of Croatia. The park is surrounded by the mountains Plješevica, Mala Kapela, and Medveđak, which are part of the Dinaric Alps. The 16 blue-green Plitvice Lakes, which are separated by natural dams of travertine, are situated on the Plitvice plateau.

Waterfalls connect the lakes, and the tallest waterfall is Veliki Slap at 70 meters (230 feet) tall. The Plitvice lakes area boasts a large variety of interesting and colorful flora and fauna. World's Most Incredible Hot Springs. Some of them invite to the bubbling pleasures of idle soaking, others had better not be approached too daringly. Whatever the case might be, the world's most incredible hot springs are virtually a feast for the senses, even if you only get to look at them from a distance. They tempt with scintillating colors, caress with steam and embrace with infinity. Here's 8 to fall in head over heels... literally or not. Pamukkale just couldn't have been named more aptly. Meaning “cotton castle” in Turkish, this UNESCO protected wonder does look like cascading royal terraces floating in the infinite sea of strikingly white fluff.

There's nothing like a relaxing bath. Hostile forests, treacherous cliffs and boiling water that bubbles out of almost invisible cracks in the frozen ground have earned it the name “Hell's Valley”. Thousands of years of geological evolution have shaped this solitary land into a wonder beyond measure. Did we miss something? Turnip Rock – Beautiful Place. Turnip Rock is located on Lake Huron and it looks beautiful. Crystal River - The most beautiful river on earth [Pics] - StumbleUpon. Cano Cristales - Crystal River. River of five colors, as the locals call it, originates in the south of the mountain chain Macarena, Colombia, and flows eastward to its confluence with the Guayabero river.

In the Cano Cristales found five colors: yellow, blue, green, black and red. All of them are waste product of many algae and, depending on time of year, color saturation, or weakened or strengthened. Share on Tumblr. Gyser. I wanna go here! The Frozen Roller Coaster: The Tiger & Turtle- Magic Mountain. Disneyland’s Hungry Bear Restaurant. Disneyland’s Carnation Cafe. Disneyland’s Pooh Corner Bakery. Kid’s Republic Bookstore. Top ten hostels in Europe.

Staying in a hostel in Europe is a rite of passage for budget-conscious travelers making their way around the continent. This is particularly the case for budget-conscious younger travelers. Here are ten hostels across Europe that either receive particularly high user-review grades or are notorious enough in one or another way to be noteworthy. St. Christopher's at the Winston, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Långholmen, Stockholm, Sweden. Good Bye Lenin, Krakow, Poland. Balmers, Interlaken, Switzerland. Meininger, London, United Kingdom. Oops! Hostel Archi Rossi, Florence, Italy. Kadir's Tree Houses, Olympos, Turkey.

The Pink Palace, Corfu, Greece. Hotel 4 Youth, Berlin, Germany. (Image: foilman / Flickr) Filed under: Europe, Turkey, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. Club, Hotel, Hostel and Bar in Central Amsterdam - Winston. Hostel Krakow Good Bye Lenin - Pub & Garden | Cracow | Cracovie | Cracovia | Krakau - Poland Krakow Cheap Hostels. Interlaken Switzerland. Oops ! Hostel - Paris. Hostel Archi Rossi. Kadir`s Top Tree Houses - Kadir`in Ağaç Evleri - Olympos (Olimpos) Türkiye.