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Title: Hotel Memories
Post by: STONE on April 12, 2010, 15:39:51 GMT
I feel sure that this is the place to share cherished memories of hotels - anyone want to start with the Cape Sierra?
Title: Re: Hotel Memories
Post by: Napodano on April 12, 2010, 15:56:05 GMT
I remember staying at an hotel in Baku (around 1994), where nothing was right.

My Azeri colleague told me that happiness in the Sovet time was discovering ingenious way to make it right.

One night I applied a paper clip to join the two sides of a round-down curtain.
It went dark in the room...and I felt happy the Soviet way  ;D
Title: Re: Hotel Memories
Post by: Martin Johnson on April 12, 2010, 17:51:35 GMT
How can I forget the Cape Sierra? Could it be the jet aircraft in the air conditioner (that somehow did not make the air any cooler)? Could it be the beds? The shower curtain (oh, that's right, there wasn't one)? The welcoming atmosphere?
Title: Re: Hotel Memories
Post by: russcraig7 on April 13, 2010, 08:43:54 GMT
.....not to mention the lack of water in the bathroom or the no-so-subtle knocks on the door in the middle of the night! This is the only hotel I have stayed in that lifted my credit card details and used them to purchase some very strange things.
Title: Re: Hotel Memories: Fairview Hotel in Nairobi
Post by: Glen Wright on December 17, 2011, 12:57:39 GMT
My favorite hotel is the Fairview in Nairboi.  Beautiful place with the waterfalls in the garden, beautiful grounds, excellent rooms and great service. 
Title: Re: Hotel Memories
Post by: harnett on December 19, 2011, 16:58:06 GMT
Glen

Can't deny it's a relaxing location, but the fact its owned by a prominent Israeli has resulted in the annoying roadblocks and stop and searches around it!
Title: Re: Hotel Memories
Post by: John Short on December 19, 2011, 17:14:38 GMT
And the Israeli Embassy next door
Title: Re: Hotel Memories
Post by: petagny on December 19, 2011, 21:44:29 GMT
I also have some fond memories of the Fairview. Stayed there for Christmas when my daughter was 6 months - she's now 18 years old!