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Saturday, January 16, 2010

The crappiest nice hotel I have ever been to

When we first walked in to our hotel in Nyzana it was glorious. TV’s and balconies. We said we would come here whenever things got bad at our placements. This is no longer the case. These are all the bad, crazy, and twilight zone happenings that made me swear to never frequent this hotel again.

1. Our first night, it took a full 2 hours for food to come. We ordered around 6 and Susan jokingly said 7:43 but ha! Food came AT 8:15. Jane “I am so close to tears, you don't know” then food came. veg pizza with peas and cassava and the biggest bastardization of a croque monsier ever created (a hamburger on wonder bread). (Sunday)

2. Food poisoning for Jane after said meal despite abstaining from meat. (Monday)

3. Monsoon in rooms. On Monday, it rained. Subsequently, there was massive flooding in Meghan and Susan & Jo and Jane rooms which would have been easily fixed by a rubber stopper under the balcony doors or drains on balcony. (Monday)

4. The ruckus. People in hotel bar sang football songs and rioted from 12-3:30 AM.  Eventually, the manager of the hotel shut off the power to discourage the rioters. This did not work, so Jo and I listened to David Sedaris read “Holidays on Ice” until our bodies just gave out into sleep. (Monday night to Tuesday morning) 

5. Spaghetti Bolognese– Apparently, the only palatable thing on the menu was Spaghetti Bolognese (spag bog to the brits)but they doled it out randomly. Sometimes, people would order it only to be told 1/2 hour later they didn't have it. But, at the same time, people in different parts of the hotel were getting it.  This finally got the better of Jo, who cried out after waiting 45 minutes in the hotel restaurant for her food, only to be told they didn’t have it: “He was effectively holding us hostage” (Tuesday)

5.  Sketchy balcony situation/Naked neighbors. Susan was out on her balcony one night we looked over and saw that her neighbors were also enjoying their balcony-naked. Soon after, the man knocked on her door and “offered to buy her a bottle” (Tuesday night)

7. mini ruckus-I went down alone in my pajamas and threatened to call the police. This prompted a “hotel safety and security” talk the next day, (Tuesday night Wednesday Morning)

8. Chicken death. They were killing chickens in the open in the back of our hotel  (right in front of our balconies) Enough said. (Wednesday)

9. il plurait dans ma chambre-encore. Jo and I were given a different room to sleep in as it was raining on our bed, in the bathroom and in 5 other places in the room. (Wednesday Night)

10. Goat death. They were killing and gutting goats in the open in the back of our hotel. Enough said. (Thursday)

1 comment:

  1. Jane! what a fascinating, extraordinary account. You are most intrepid and I admire you very much. I look forward to reading your updates & wish you all the best in your adventures and no more goat & chicken death.
    lots of love
    Kitty

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