E: 30/09 Win a five-night holiday for two at Pimalai Resort & Spa, Thailand

cornishpasty1

Originally posted here https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2148517 but not a prize to Mauritius now, it's Thailand for September prize, details below. I've posted this separately as end date shows as 30/10 on original post and a lot of people will miss it.

This is the September Where Are You?

On page 130 in the September 2010 issue of Cond! Nast Traveller to identify the road in the picture and the city in which it is located. Correct answers will be placed in a random prize-draw, and one reader will win a five-night holiday for two at Pimalai Resort & Spa, staying (on a bed-and-breakfast basis) in a one-bedroom pool villa. The prize, worth £7,900, includes international flights from Heathrow to Bangkok with Thai Airways as well as transfers. The holiday is subject to availability and must be taken by September 2011 (excluding 21 December-10 January 2011).

This sea-swept roadway is located in a city founded nearly 500 years ago by settlers who were correcting an earlier error of judgement. In 1514 they had established a town on mosquito-infested marshland about 50km to the south; five years later they relocated to the city's present site, where conditions were much better.
Having prospered as a trading hub, the city began to develop the trappings of power. Defensive towers and ramparts sprang up, and mansions were built for wealthy merchants and their families. The city's fortunes rose and fell over the centuries, as nations including Britain and the USA fought for influence over the island of which it is the capital, and in the resulting political turmoil, many of its grand buildings fell into disrepair. Today the island is an independent republic.
The road in the picture stretches for seven kilometres along the coast, and on less stormy days its broad promenade is full of life. Where are you?

SEPTEMBER ENTRY HERE

All entries to be in by September by 30 September 2010.

Good luck everyone

catmiaow

Anyone know the answer?

julesanddip

I think its The Malecon Havana

weeowens

I'd agree julesanddip
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana

stu-b

The Malecon, Havana

http://www.rogerdarlington.co.uk/cities.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malec%C3%B3n,_Havana

To enter the competition you need to name the street and the city.

Anisceline

Conde Nast do a competition that relies on the participant having a copy of the Traveller magazine to hand

Does anybody here have the September issue who can look at P130?

I looked for a scan online or a posted image but to no avail.

*Please can anyone help provide an educated guess?*

THANKS

http://www.cntraveller.com/news/competitions/where-are-you-september-2010
( has entry box on it to complete with your answer)

There is a description of a location and you need to identify the road and the city into the competition for a random prize draw to:

win a five-night holiday for two at Pimalai Resort & Spa, staying (on a bed-and-breakfast basis) in a one-bedroom pool villa. The prize, worth £7,900, includes international flights from Heathrow to Bangkok with Thai Airways as well as transfers. The holiday is subject to availability and must be taken by September 2011 (excluding 21 December-10 January 2011)

'This sea-swept roadway is located in a city founded nearly 500 years ago by settlers who were correcting an earlier error of judgement. In 1514 they had established a town on mosquito-infested marshland about 50km to the south; five years later they relocated to the city's present site, where conditions were much better.
Having prospered as a trading hub, the city began to develop the trappings of power. Defensive towers and ramparts sprang up, and mansions were built for wealthy merchants and their families. The city's fortunes rose and fell over the centuries, as nations including Britain and the USA fought for influence over the island of which it is the capital, and in the resulting political turmoil, many of its grand buildings fell into disrepair. Today the island is an independent republic.
The road in the picture stretches for seven kilometres along the coast, and on less stormy days its broad promenade is full of life. Where are you?
Competition terms and conditions

c_l_a_i_r_e

Hi Anisceline, I think this is a dupe of this comp here:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2642783

I've requested a merge:)

Anisceline

Apologies for not spotting that
and lo and behold there appears to be an answer too


The Malecon, Havana

Thank you! xx