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Nairobi Hotel View? Great. Swimming Pool? Not So Great.

Tim L. — 2007-03-07T14:14:17-05:00

<![CDATA[<object height="325" width="268"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/j51GhggNFQ8"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/j51GhggNFQ8" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="325" height="268"></object></embed> If you want to step away from your desk for 30 seconds and get a hotel window view of Nairobi, Kenya, then here's your chance.This was shot from a room at Nairobi's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Meridian+Court+Hotel/local/341/">Meridian Court Hotel</a> during the Tuesday market, with lots of vehicles and walkers going in every direction. The clip doesn't exactly come with high praise for the hotel itself though. Here's the description:<blockquote>A vid I shot from the Meridian hotel in Nairobi, on my first morning. The hotel was somewhat over priced and the swiming pool was full of green pond scum!! Later found a cheaper hotel just 5 mins from the national archive. But still I have

Hotel Technology We Want More Of

Tim L. — 2006-06-15T09:30:02-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/bathlight.jpg">About 10 years ago the <a href="http://www.shilla.net">Hotel Shilla</a> in Seoul put some cool tech features in all its guest rooms. We're still waiting for them to show up elsewhere.At the hotel, a bathroom break in the middle of the night is almost a pleasure. You turn on the bathroom light and it doesn't come on all the way. It starts off dim and gradually gets brighter. When you turn it off it gradually gets dimmer again. No blinding light when you turn it on, no stumbling back to bed in complete darkness, with spots swimming in front of your eyes. The second feature is probably more of a pain to initiate, but it's brilliant. Whenever the phone

Africa On Ice

GEM0330 — 2005-12-19T17:48:42-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/2474/skating.jpg"> <a href="http://www.eastandard.net/travel/hm_news/news.php?articleid=24621">Panari Hotel</a> opened its doors 12 years ago as a "top class hotel" including: impressive lobby, several shower options: including normal, multi-jet, and steam, satellite TV and internet access. However, what makes this hotel different is inside the property is the first ice skating rink in Kenya. Up to 200 skaters can double axle and triple salchow on this 15,000 sq. ft., solar powered rink. The only issue? At $12 per skate, most Kenyan's will never get a sniff, as the price is just too high for most. The only other Africa countries with ice rinks are South Africa and Egypt. Related Stories: ·   <a href="http://www.eastandard.net/travel/hm_news/news.php?articleid=24621">Paradise at Panari</a>[The Standard] ·   <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4543576.stm">East Africa's Ice Skating First</a> [BBC] ·   <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g294207-i9695-k338124-_Flights_from_Nairobi_to_Madagascar-l2055408-Nairobi.html#2055408-m10559.html">Panari

Jessica's African Safari Stay

markj — 2005-11-09T10:52:44-05:00

<![CDATA[<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/jessica_simpson_africa.jpg"> While Jessica Simpson didn't want to talk with Billy Bush about anything but shoes--and can you blame her? We know where Jessica and her creepy Dad shacked up while in Nairobi Kenya for <a href="http://www.operationsmile.org/">Operation Smile</a>. The $525 a night <a href="http://www.lonrhohotels.com/norfolk/introduction.html">Norfolk Hotel in Nairobi</a> housed the Simpsons in Africa. The hotel is a popular package property--usually bundled at the start and finish of a safari package from <a href="http://www.abercrombiekent.com/">A&K</a> and others. So what is it like to stay here? A guest who visited the Norfolk earlier this year had this to say: <blockquote> Location is across from a local college. Lots of street activity. I was informed NOT to travel outside the hotel at night on

Jolie: Hotel Sex Loud Enough To Rouse A Sleepin' Kenyan

markj — 2005-05-04T13:42:46-05:00

Angelina Jolie loves hotel sex part four of a ?? part series.

Admit it, you have always wanted to have hotel sex powerful enough to wake a sleepin' Kenyan.

Think about it, those Kenyans can sleep through herds of trampling elephants, roaring lion prides-- hell on Seinfeld a promising Kenyan marathon runner slept right through the starting gun, but when the worlds' best looking couple rents a $2,000-a-night villa at the posh Alfajiri Villa resort, no Kenyan's beauty rest is safe.

According to the NY Post "worried guards grabbed their weapons, and rushed in to Pitt and Jolie's suite to make sure someone wasn't being killed inside."

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