A Desert Oasis

Advantages: Far too many too many to mention.
Disadvantages: Haggling at the Bazaar

...We rarely spend Christmas at home and prefer to get away from the miserable English weather to somewhere hot, but our choices are normally limited. This Christmas just gone we decided to go to Egypt where we knew we would be guaranteed the sun. We stayed at the Reef Oasis Blue Bay Resort and Spa from 21st December 08 until 2nd January 09. The hotel is situated just outside Ne'ama Bay at Sharm El Sheikh, just a 15 minute drive from Sharm airport. Situated in the Sinai Peninsular and overlooking the Beautiful Red Sea. I should mention this is classed as a 5* hotel and is all inclusive. (643 rooms on two floors) First Impressions On arrival we found ourselves travelling along a very grand, tree lined driveway, the trees were dripping with fairy lights, it was like entering Santa's grotto, very, very magical...

Averilla 12.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of Reef Oasis Blue Bay Resort and Spa

A Spa on a budget?

Advantages: bubbly, interestingly pampering scent, good body wash!
Disadvantages: may be slightly too aromatic for some, possibly too girly to appeal to men?

...I never actually bought this, I sort of acquired it! Some time ago, in Sainsbury's, my mum had decided she was fed up with the soap getting soggy in the shower soap holder and, since the Imperial Leather handwash was on offer, we somehow managed to end up with a buy-one-get-one-free on both types of product! (The other shower gel in question was the far more eye-catching bright icy blue Icelandic Spa one, but that was used up before I had chance to sample it.) So, for variety, we also went for the cream-ivory coloured Japanese Spa shower gel . . . and then my dad decided he couldn't get used to body wash instead of soap - he's not the kind of dad you'd buy toiletries for at the best of times! - and my mum isn't really a high-maintenance person in the bathroom either. Therefore, they finished the blue shower gel and the offer was open to...

KateHurst 30.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Imperial Leather Japanese Spa Shower Creme

Oasis sickening drink.

Advantages: Tastes nice,
Disadvantages: Left me feeling sick after drinking it

...PACKAGING This comes in a medium sized, thick, see through, plastic bottle with a blue lid and blue label with "oasis" written on it in big white letters with bright red coloring highlighting them. There is pictures of stawberries and cherries on the label and it is very nicely designed. It definitely has the type of packaging which would encourage me to buy it. On the back theres a sign to advice against littering and one to show that the box is recyclable . The lid has a sign on the top to indicate that you twist the lid around to open it. (Like we need to know that LOL) It also asks "thristy?" then says "job done", and it says best served chilled which in my opinion it is. It also says still summer fruit juice drink with sugar and sweetners. NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION, TYPICAL VALUES PERS 100ML * Energy - 76.kg, 18...

danielleg1989 10.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of Oasis Summer Fruits

Oasis

Advantages: good music
Disadvantages: arrogant and badly behaved?

...Whether you like them or hate them, this established band seems here to stay for some time more. Who are they? The band formed in 1993 in Manchester, UK. Oasis performed their first gig 11 years ago and it was 8 years since their debut album with their first single ?Supersonic? from April 1994. They have travelled beyond novelty into a well-established band. There was a time when I was thinking that it might be the last we will hear from them. However, to come back down from the mid-nineties of Blur versus Oasis, it is hardly surprising that people might question them when they no longer stay at the very top. As with all bands, they come and go in the pop charts but they will still remain to have dedicated fans. Oasis seem to have transcended above being pop icons from the Britpop days into a band that sticks to...

miss_d_bus 21.05.2004 (22.05.2004) · Read review
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Review of Oasis

A wonderful and relaxing spa with plenty of choice.

Advantages: Not as expensive as other spa's and they're nicely decorated.
Disadvantages: Why can't I afford to come here every day?!

... What is Aqua Sana? Aqua Sana is a chain of spa's, there are 4 Aqua Sana spa's in England and each of them are situated at a different Center Parcs. You can visit the spa whilst on holiday at Center Parcs, or you can just visit the Aqua Sana spa for the day, or an overnight stay. Full details on the soa's and prices are available at www.aquasana.co.uk Each Aqua Sana spa has 14 spa experiences boasting the widest selection in the UK, and of course there are the usual selection of treatments to choose from haircuts and pedicures to massage's and facials. I personally prefer to go for a spa day without any of the treatments as the spa itself is a very relaxing place and not too badly priced considering the prices of some the spa's in the UK! Inside the Spa I have been to the Aqua Sana spa at Whinfell Forest...

GemmaC25 21.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of Aqua Sana Spa

An Oasis of Brilliance!!!

Advantages: Full of Oasis attitude and quality
Disadvantages: Too "Beatles" at times

...If one album could ever be held up as an emblem of true love, then it is this one. Strange, you may say, that it is an Oasis album that holds this honour, but let me enlighten you. The Britpop debate of the 90's divided the nation. Many, including my better half, loved Blur. They loved Damon Albarn's impish charm and cheery delivery, and the coquettish way that Alex James threw his hair around whilst playing bass. I, on the other hand, thought they were a bunch of soft namby-pambies and thought of Albarn as nothing more than an irritating weasel, capable of delivering the odd reasonable song. Oasis, however, was the colossus of the genre, delivering in your face, arrogant rock to a disenchanted and sceptical youth, who were desperate for change at a time when a disenfranchised Conservative government were widely distrusted. "This is...

stevielad123 31.12.2006 · Read review
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Review of Stop The Clocks - Oasis

Flamingo Oasis

Advantages: All inclusive, Don't need to leave it for anything
Disadvantages: Lifts

...I have just recently got home from the Flamingo Oasis hotel in Benidorm, which is an all inclusive hotel which has been an absolute pleasure staying in. I arrived just before ten o clock on Saturday 30th June after a very long one hour bus journey from the airport. I immediately walked into an extremely large and spacious reception area where the staff were incredibly friendly and helpful and they all speak fantastic English. Because it was so late we were given a temporary room card which we could use to get our free drinks for the night, these were replaced in the morning by cards which had a photo of me on it which was taken there and then using a digital camera connected to a pc. These are used to prove to the security guards and bar staff that you stay in the hotel and they are also rooms cards which is handy as I didn?t need...

griff09 09.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Hotel Flamingo Oasis, Benidorm

Noel Gallagher presents: Oasis, Summer Fruits

Advantages: Taste, Low in Sugar and Calories, Sweet, Fruity
Disadvantages: E numbers may put some off, Could be heavy in price

...I wanted something a bit fruity yesterday so decided upon on trying Oasis Summer fruits drink instead of a fizzy drink like Coke again, despite the fact these cost a little bit more they are healthier and won't rot my teeth. There was the summer fruits and the citrus punch flavours available both for around 97p for a 500ml bottle. The bottle is adorned with a lovely label showing off the mixture of fruits contained with in images of Cherry's, Strawberry's, Redcurrants and Apples. Rather tauntingly to be honest considering the summer us British folk seem to have ahead of us seems more like it's going to be cold wet and windy and the only summer fruits we have are the people that told us it was going to be hot and lovely. The juice is a lovely dark red colour, a blend no doubt of having a lot of Cherry, Red Currant and Strawberry...

iamasadlittleboy 19.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Oasis Summer Fruits

An Oasis in the middle of Mexico

Advantages: The price, location, staff, food
Disadvantages: damp rooms

...This is probably going to end up being a super long review just to let ya know :) Firstly when we arrived at the hotel we were provided with a room on the 2nd floor, but as I had paid Thomas Cook extra for a balcony with VIEW we were not impressed so we complained to the hotel staff who then proceeded to tell us that they are contracted with Thomas Cook for the 1st and 2nd floors only, something to do with health and safety, or so we were told. Anyways as it was a Sunday and our wonderful rep wasn?t answering his mobile so we then had to pay ourselves to stay in the Grand part of the hotel for our first night in oasis viva beach. Okay so the room on the second floor was not good, not only did it have a crappy view of a palm tree it stank of damp, the room itself wasn?t bad, it had 2 double beds, a nice wee balcony with table...

purplifried 22.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Oasis Viva Beach, Cancun

A jab from Oasis

Advantages: Taste is ok, smooth, easy to drink
Disadvantages: Too many E's and added sweetners

...As the Orange coloured product in the Oasis range, this one is ?Citrus? punch, and not (as I had all but expected ?Orange? flavoured). The colour is a rather dull and blunt orange, which is made to look even more boring by the lack of any fizz or bubble, when compared to the bright and vibrant Carrot and Pumpkin enhanced Fanta this just looks old and dated. Ever noticed how most still drinks seem to automatically look a bit boring and nonchalant? Having liked the summer fruits version of the same drink a few days I felt having the ?orange? would be just as good and sattisfying as the Summer Fruits version. A combination of Lemon, Oranges and Tangerines (which I'd always been told WERE baby oranges) in a wonderfully smooth blend, that seems to be the Oasis trademark when it comes to the brand of drink, when drank the smoothness is...

iamasadlittleboy 21.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Oasis Citrus Punch