Shite hotels

[Otta]

DaisyP Wrote:

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> Some years ago (when I was much younger and a lot

> more naive) I arrived in Cairo in the dead of

> night, with the streets flooded to knees depth.

> Desperate for somewhere to stay i went with one of

> the hawkers at the bus station who promised me

> luxury at a bargain rate...... On arrival, things

> didn't look to bad, a reasonably smart reception,

> a lift up to the fifth floor and a large room, a

> functional shower and a mini bar! In the morning,

> we went to get the lift but as it was in use

> decided to use the stairs. But.... there were no

> stairs!! In fact there was nothing between the

> ground floor and the fifth floor apart from the

> lift shaft. It seems there had been some kind of

> catastrophic collapse a number of years ago and

> they hadn't got past re doing the reception. So

> yes, a shite hotel but hell, it did have a mini

> bar!

That's brilliant. Would totally freak me out though.

[JohnL]

DaisyP Wrote:

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> Some years ago (when I was much younger and a lot

> more naive) I arrived in Cairo in the dead of

> night, with the streets flooded to knees depth.

> Desperate for somewhere to stay i went with one of

> the hawkers at the bus station who promised me

> luxury at a bargain rate...... On arrival, things

> didn't look to bad, a reasonably smart reception,

> a lift up to the fifth floor and a large room, a

> functional shower and a mini bar! In the morning,

> we went to get the lift but as it was in use

> decided to use the stairs. But.... there were no

> stairs!! In fact there was nothing between the

> ground floor and the fifth floor apart from the

> lift shaft. It seems there had been some kind of

> catastrophic collapse a number of years ago and

> they hadn't got past re doing the reception. So

> yes, a shite hotel but hell, it did have a mini

> bar!

In Hurghada (Red Sea) every building had a top floor

that was in the middle of construction.

Might have been a tax loophole ?

[Sue]

JohnL Wrote:

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>

> In Hurghada (Red Sea) every building had a top

> floor

> that was in the middle of construction.

>

> Might have been a tax loophole ?

Used to be like that in Greece, don't know whether it still is.

But I don't think they left out the stairs!!!!

[DaisyP]

It's funny that you mention Hurghada, I went there too. On entry to our hotel there, we were confronted by a very large cockroach eating a slightly smaller one!

[steveo]

I can't compete with the above but I have stayed in some filthy pits: a hostel in Athens for example, where three debauched late arrivals - a coked up Englishman and two Albanians wanted to have a violent orgy with my (male) travelling companion and myself.

And in Corfu in a humid, stinking, windowless room in a shack on the beach which when I clocked all the blood on the walls I realised was a mosquito nest

[Sue]

DaisyP Wrote:

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> It's funny that you mention Hurghada, I went there

> too. On entry to our hotel there, we were

> confronted by a very large cockroach eating a

> slightly smaller one!

That's just reminded me of a hotel in Penang where my then partner was confined to bed with a fever so if we wanted to eat together we had to eat via room service.

When one meal arrived there was a large cockroach clinging to the underside of the tray.

Then there was a place in Alice Springs where we were lying in bed and cicadas were dropping onto the pillows from the air conditioning.

AAAARRRRRGGGGGHHHHHH :(

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Sat in The Elm Tree right now. Can't say as a solo drinker I feel imbedded yet! Tis ok. A mix of Scaffolders and lads with smart shirts, buttoned up for the night. Doormen unsure as to my identity and what treasures my rucksack holds. ?4 for a pint of reasonable Guiness.

[uncleglen]

I wonder what state the Queens Hotel in crystal palace is in after having 600 asylum seekers in it?