Missive from parts of Africa

A light hearted and sometimes serious look at moving 6000km into a place in Africa: April 2007. Promoted back to South Africa, the missive will continue to track my foray's into deepest Africa as and when I get there.

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Location: Joburg, Africa, South Africa

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Service

When you pay R1050 a night (bed only) for a hotel room, you expect something that approaches reasonable.

Ask for a menu at 8pm. (no problem)

Receive menu at 8.20 pm (humm - we may have a problem)

Hear waitron say "there is no beef" (The problem may be growing)

See that almost the entire menu is Beef (Note there is a problem)

Order a baby chicken and chips (That should work)

Be advised that the baby chicken will take 45 mins (Sigh - that is a problem)

Order Chicken in Curry Sauce (That should work)

Enquire about our food at 9pm (BIG problem)

Enquire about our food at 9.15 pm

Receive food at 9.30 pm (fark at last!!!!)

Sad that.

Tonight we decided to order food early, only to be told "the kitchen only opens at 7pm"

You cannot even get a cup of coffee cause "That is made in he Kitchen"

Yup - Hotels in Small African towns are interesting - and this is the best place to stay in town.

Who says travel is a gas??

1 Comments:

Blogger Esther said...

Not having coffee? that's a big issue. This is when you start looking for a pub and some alcohol.

5:34 PM  

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