tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689571.post7546260956756601056..comments2023-11-05T12:59:29.404+02:00Comments on CsĂkszereda musings: I'm trying to run a hotel hereAndyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11294221123964774524noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689571.post-82354925751836521992010-03-08T18:39:27.826+02:002010-03-08T18:39:27.826+02:00Hey Andy,
I have had to stay in a guest house for ...Hey Andy,<br />I have had to stay in a guest house for the last 4 weeks (and the next 4 weeks) as I can't afford 8 weeks of swanky hotels while I'm down in HCMC. Someone stole all my t-shirts from the hotel laundry last weekend. I can only imagine it's staff as other people don't have access. This is more annoying than you will ever imagine because I cannot get decent t-shirts to fit me (being much taller than the average Vietnamese lady.) The upshot is...the only t-shirts I can buy are for tourists and have things like 'Good Morning Vietnam' and 'Same Same but Different' on them. This, in turn, makes everything more expensive despite my efforts to haggle in Vietnamese. And all because someone stole my t-shirts from the laundry! I'm here for 4 more weeks and am too embarrassed to make a fuss. Ho hum.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080853799337547996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689571.post-56446192052087474252010-03-08T18:37:52.890+02:002010-03-08T18:37:52.890+02:00Hey Andy,
I have had to stay in a guest house for ...Hey Andy,<br />I have had to stay in a guest house for the last 4 weeks (and the next 4 weeks) as I can't afford 8 weeks of swanky hotels while I'm down in HCMC. Someone stole all my t-shirts from the hotel laundry last weekend. I can only imagine it's staff as other people don't have access. This is more annoying than you will ever imagine because I cannot get decent t-shirts to fit me (being much taller than the average Vietnamese lady.) The upshot is...the only t-shirts I can buy are for tourists and have things like 'Good Morning Vietnam' and 'Same Same but Different' on them. This, in turn, makes everything more expensive despite my efforts to haggle in Vietnamese. And all because someone stole my t-shirts from the laundry! I'm here for 4 more weeks and am too embarrassed to make a fuss. Ho hum.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080853799337547996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689571.post-82427040313891532812010-02-26T04:51:40.522+02:002010-02-26T04:51:40.522+02:00The worst holidays are the best - last week we wen...The worst holidays are the best - last week we went to North Carolina and nearly got killed by a crazed motorist, got a ludicrous speeding ticket from a zealous cop, and loudly sworn at by a busker because he didn't hear me apologise when I accidentally knocked his guitar case. All in sub-zero temperatures with a minus 100 wind chill that made going outside nigh impossible. But how we laughed.<br /><br />It pays to complain, though - at Xmas we had another fun holiday courtesy of multiple United Airlines cock-ups. My four-page rant to their customer relations department yielded $1600 in flight vouchers, and a grovelling letter to boot. <br /><br />Once had that eastern European spa experience too - a massage in Karlovy Vary from a robust, well-built woman who seemed intent on using my allotted ten minutes to tenderise me for her family's barbecue that night.Ian Plenderleithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08512357220650578961noreply@blogger.com