Most unique, unusual and crazy hotels in the world – Part 1

PWB — Sat, 26 Mar 2022 15:47:31 +0000

Slowly we are coming out of the Covid restrictions, and feeling like roaming around the world or at least to somewhere near. It will feel great if we can stay few days in a hotel (of course, didn’t mean to stay inside a room again) but to visit new place with new experience. So, here we present a list of hotels and resort that are totally unique, very unusual and outward crazy. I know most of us cannot visit these unique hotels, but looking at the images of these cool place shall surely relax your mind.

#1 Glass Igloos, Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort, Finland

Glass Igloos is a very spectacular hotel / resort, because of spectacular surrounding and top glass ceiling. You can view Aurora, the Northern lights, lying down on your bed. As the name suggest this is Igloo shaped thermal glass hotel room or cottage, each one is in little distance from other. The Igloos are located in the Saariselkä Fell region of Finnish Lapland. Each igloo feature a bedroom with a glass roof and luxury beds. Some igloos include a bathroom with sauna, while others have shared shower facilities. It cost around US$ 700.

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#2 Faralda Crane Hotel, Amsterdam, Netherlands

As CNN mentioned “An unusual hotel you won’t believe actually exists”, it is truly one of a kind. The hotel is built in an abandoned crane. It has only three rooms or suite, Mystique, Free Spirit and Secret. The interiors are different for each setting. Staying there is definitely an unique experience. The hotel is located in the middle of the industrial NDSM heritage, a former shipyard now a lively area with numerous trendy restaurants and cafés. The view from your suite over Amsterdam is extraordinary. The largest graffiti museum in the world is only 150 meteres from this unique hotel. The cost is €895 (around US$ 1000) per night.

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#3 SiloStay, New Zealand

This hotel rooms are in silo, specifically it contains two rooms in two floors. If you don’t know what is silo, you read it in wikipedia here. The lower floors has a dining area and a toilet. The upper floor has a bed for couple, a bathroom and a small balcony. Some of the silos have kitchen at the ground floor. The way they promote is amazing, “SiloStay’s team view Little River’s isolation and peacefulness as a definitive bonus, placing us at the forefront of civilizations quest for inner peace and tranquility.” The view is very relaxing The cost is around NZ$ 200 to NZ$230 (US$140 to US$160) per night.

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Image source: Hotel Website

#4 Giraffe Manor, Kenya

A very unique hotel where you live or have kind of live-in experience with giraffe. This beautiful tallest creatue will share meal with you. The hotel looks like a old age british era large house. Giraffe manor is situated in Nairaobi, Kenya and is owned by The Safari Collection. This is an exclusive boutique hotel. “One of the most fascinating things about Giraffe Manor is its resident herd of Rothschild’s giraffes who may visit morning and evening, poking their long necks into the windows in the hope of a treat, before retreating to their forest sanctuary.” Touted as “The most unforgettable bucket-list breakfast in the world” by the hotel website. Price starts from US$965 per adult.

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Spice Plants and Trees

PWB — Sat, 22 Jan 2022 05:03:24 +0000

Ever wondered where our regular spices come from? How are they grown? How those spice plants and trees look like? Here a quick image walk through that shall give you all answers. Also few YouTube videos are linked, fi you want you can learn more or even grow on your personal garden or even on a flower pot.

Cardamom plant

Cardamom is a very well known spice, and commonly used in both sweet and savory dishes. Mainly two types of cardamom is available, true or green (pale to light green) and black (or deep brown). Cardamom plant is a herbaceous, perennial plant in the ginger family, native to Indian subcontinent and Indonesia. You can learn more from this links; wikiHow, Wikipedia and another Wikipedia page. There’s also a Youtube video below the image.

Image source: Pixabay

Cinnamon tree

Cinnamon is well loved spice around the world. Very commonly used in sweet dishes and dessert in the western country, but it is also a common stable in savory dishes around the Asian world. It is also variedly used as flavouring ingredients in coffee, tea, many drink as well as alcohols. The spice is obtained from the inner bark of the cinnamon tree. Some type of cinnamon trees grow very big with wide trunk, rest are think tall trees. You can learn more from this Wikipedia page.

Image Source: Wikimedia Common, Pixabay