Worst place you've overnighted?

[Juud]

DonŽt mind the crew hotel in Lagos, and the prossies in Togo never insist unless encouraged. Moscow hotels can be a tad grim, as can USA city ones.


We used to spend much time at the Midway House in Karachi.



Per 10 rooms there was a bearer responsible for cleaning the rooms, serving a cup of tea at calling time, doing your laundry and anything else one might require. (like loose women and local hallucinogenics)
Their idea of cleanliness markedly differed from ours. But they did like clean teeth. Leaving your toothbrush & toothpaste on the wash basin was taken by the bearer as a sign that he was free to use it.
Leaving a bottle of booze out meant that the bearer could take a hefty sip while waving a dirty rag about the room; heŽd re-fill with tap water.
The menu was varied, but once youŽd seen the butcher and his wooden wheelbarrow, with the meat covered by a bloody burlap sack and his wee son riding on top, the only thing youŽd eat was toasted cheese sandwiches. (and even they often gave you the trots)

Cockroaches, fleas and bedbugs were rife, despite frequent use of the Flitgun.

At the pool there was a small wizened chap who specialised in the removal of corns from flight attendants' feet. He had a little toolkit wrapped in a greyish piece of cloth which he would ceremoniously unwrap next to the sun lounger. It contained a knife and a plastic straw. The knife to make an incision around the corn, and the plastic straw to suck it out.

I much enjoyed the Midway House.