Tropical Island Gardens

Advantages: Beauty, peacefulness, diversity of plant life, reasonable entry fee
Disadvantages: None

...develop with continuity in mind, despite setbacks such as hurricanes in the late 20th century. Valhalla Museum --------------------- There are many shipwrecks around the Isles of Scilly, and Augustus Smith was also a keen collector of the figureheads from the wrecks, building a purpose built home for these objects. At the Tresco Abbey Gardens, a permanent home was built for the collection. I have to say, while they are not particularly of interest to me, the quality of the collection itself was rather striking. Plants from around the World ------------------------------------ The gardens themselves are alive with plants from many more tropical regions of the world, including South Africa, Australia, California and Mexico, Chile, New Zealand and the Canary Isles. Given that the gardens themselves cover a relatively small area...

helencbradshaw 21.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Tresco Abbey Gardens, Cornwall

Totally Tropical

Advantages: Educational, unusal, great value for money
Disadvantages: Not great for younger kids

...Tropical World is situated at the Roundhay Village end of Leeds Roundhay Park. It is an intriguing combination of winter gardens and zoo with a series of expertly created landscapes such as Amazonian rainforest, Australasian desert and swamps for the visitor to explore. Curiously - sine the theme is short-lived, you embark on your trip via the "HMS Tropical World" - not a ship at all just a concept - and the first stop is a tropical beach scene; rather disappointingly there is not much to see here, just a mock up of a tropical beach. It's at this point that everyone takes off their hats and coats in preparation for the heat and humidity that lies ahead. Each ecosystem is home to the birds, fish, insects, plants and trees that would live there; obviously there are some limitations - this is not a zoo and it is all indoors so there...

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Review of Tropical World (Leeds)

Taste of Tropical

Advantages: taste, price, texture
Disadvantages: /

...of the latest editions I tried is the Muller Healthy Balance Corner: Tropical and Granola. The Healthy Balance Corners have been available for a while, but only recently have they introduced the 'and Granola' range. Before trying the tropical one, I had sampled the strawberry option, which I adored. There is also a raspberry one but I am struggling to find it. With such a great success from the strawberry and granola corner though, I was looking forward to this one incredibly. These Healthy Balance options come in a pack of two, unlike the other Corners which are sold either separately or in a multi pack of six. The yoghurt, this time like the rest of the Corners, comes in a white split pot, albeit slightly smaller than usual. The cardboard sleeve around it is a bright red colour, with 'Healthy Balance' written in large white block lettering...

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A TROPICAL DELIGHT

Advantages: A great Juice for a fantastic price.
Disadvantages: None

...-0- TESCO TROPICAL JUICE DRINK -0- I do most of my shopping in Tesco as it is very near my home. If I am in Brighton City Centre I will then go to Waitrose or Marks and Spencer. But to be honest, Tesco has just about everything that I could want, food wise and all under one roof. I also buy online with Tesco if I am quite busy any particular week. What I think is great about Tesco is that they offer a 'Value' range for people on a bit of a budget. These items from the value range are extremely good on the whole and excellent value too. On our last shopping trip we purchased amonst other things a 2 litre bottle of Tesco Tropical Juice Drink. It was a good size bottle and costing only 99p. I get through quite a lot of juice and usually get Tropicana or Tesco finest, which is rather expensive. But the colour of this Tropical Juice...

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I FOUND TIME TO STOP AND STARE.

Advantages: A place to stop and stare.
Disadvantages: Beware of lunch hour closing in off season.

...Roscoff is a ferry port on the Northern Coast of Brittany, which many English people visit on their way to destinations all over France. So many times, I have seen people sitting waiting for ferries in the ferry port for up to four or five hours because they wanted to get to the ferry in time. I have also seen British people come over for the hypermarket runs, where they buy a lot of booze or cigarettes on a day trip that costs very little. What they don't get to see is what I want to tell you about as it may enhance a persons view of what is otherwise a small town with a port. It is the tropical gardens that were established some years back, within a walk of the ferry port itself for the energetic, or within a two minute car or taxi ride from the port itself. This little piece of God's earth is full of surprises, and actually gets...

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Review of Roscoff Tropical Gardens

Nice Resort and Excellent Value

Advantages: Bungalows were spacious and well kept
Disadvantages: Quite far from all the action, Nearby beach is difficult to get to and not the nicest

...I stayed at Tropical Garden Lounge in May 2009. GENERAL INFORMATION ----------------------------------- The resort has a website (http://www.tropicalgardenlounge.com), which provides some useful information about the place. You can also use the website to book your room. I booked my room through the website and it was relatively straight-forward. Although even though you book a room through the website and provide credit card details, your booking and payment is only completed when you carry out an additional transaction through Paypal. This could possibly be explained a bit more when going through the booking process. I thought after completing the transaction on the website I was all booked and confirmed. It came as an unwelcome surprise to get an email saying confirmation of the booking will not be finalised until I carry out...

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Review of Tropical Garden Lounge, Surat Thani

TROPICAL FRESHNESS

Advantages: softens clothes. leaves them smelling great
Disadvantages: none i can think of

...the same apart from the fragrance. Sometimes ill just choose a bottle simply because I like the colour of the fabric softener inside it; a bit weird I know but hey each to their own. I suppose you can say that I'm as addicted to fabric softeners as I am to perfumes. I first bought Comfort Tropical Burst a month or so ago from Tesco's, the reason I immediately purchased it was because it was on a special introductory offer and only cost £0.95 for a massive 1.5litre bottle, which would last me well over a week considering it is much bigger than the usual 750ml bottles I tend to purchase. As you can see from the picture at the top of this review the bottle of Fabric Softener is supplied in a tall see through plastic bottle, which has a curvy shape to it. On the top of the bottle there is a bright orange screw on/off lid which also acts as...

just.bcoz 15.04.2008 (13.04.2008) · Read review
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Hanging Gardens of Wellington

Advantages: Nice stroll, good plants
Disadvantages: Steep

...If you only can spare time to seek out one plant in New Zealand, it would have to be the most famous of all its plants - the silver fern. If, on the other hand, you are a nature lover and you find yourself with a free afternoon to spend in Wellington (New Zealand's capital city), then I strongly recommend the Botanic Garden for its plants, scenic views and pleasant strolls. For everyone else, I'd still recommend it, but only after you have taken your fill of the Te Papa museum (which is my number one "must-see" recommendation for Wellington). The gardens span some 25 hectares and if you are anything like me, they will fill as much time as you have to spare and then some. People with bad knees or small children be warned though - it's pretty steep and you may struggle a bit! There are some mobility scooters available though. I came here...

beckyXX 28.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of Wellington Botanic Gardens

The Constant Gardener

Advantages: Excellent plot, superb acting, stunning location
Disadvantages: Emotionally draining

..."In Africa there are no murders, only regrettable deaths." The Constant Gardener is an adaptation of a John Le Carre novel, a thrilling adventure of immense social relevance which highlights commercial exploitation and political corruption in Africa, whilst simultaneously celebrating the astounding beauty of the landscape, culture and people. The political focus of this movie is cleverly interwoven with the struggle of a British diplomat to discover the truth behind his wife's murder, to learn who she really was, and to realise a greater love and trust in her than he ever had when she was alive. The Main Cast Ralph Fiennes ...Justin Quayle Rachel Weisz ...Tessa Quayle Hubert Koundé ...Arnold Bluhm Danny Huston ...Sandy Woodrow Bill Nighy ...Sir Bernard Pellegrin Donald Sumpter ...Tim Donohue Archie Panjabi ...Ghita...

VC81 03.11.2005 · Read review
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A Taste of the totally Tropical

Advantages: Good selection of animals to view
Disadvantages: Repeating areas you've already visited

...I first visited this attraction way back on a school when I was in short trousers and my top lip was marmite. Only recently did I darken its doors again and I felt like I was back in my school days and half expecting Miss Richards to shout "STOP TEASING THOSE MONKEYS!" I did expect a lot of natural evolution over the twenty years plus since my last visit and there have been an improvement but sadly no, apart from the lick of paint and shift round of the gift shop it seemed almost the same. Open every day excluding Xmas and Boxing Day, Tropical World attracts 1 million visitors a year to the 'Home of the largest collection of tropical plants outside of Kew Gardens'. At the staring point of the tour, Coronation house, you see a display of seasonal flowers as you past the small teashop on your right to head thorough an archway to...

Paid.Ark.Man 22.06.2005 · Read review
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