Oddly enough one of the things I love most about travelling is staying in hotels. Seriously! I'm sure the busy, jaded business travellers who jetset around the world would find the sight of another hotel suite an utter bore but for me, it's always the start of something novel and exciting - and as it's usually the first thing that see in a new destination, certainly the gateway to an exhilarating adventure. So much to see, so much to do - and certainly so much to buy :)
Did the crazy backpacking thing with the prerequisite super-cheap, tacky hostels in my youth and that certainly has its own quaint charm but there's nothing quite as divine as coming back from a hectic travel schedule to a lovely, well-appointed suite facing the sea. Beds freshly made with my shirts nicely folded into neat piles on the side table. Bath salts ready to be tossed into a tub just perfect for a relaxing bath after a tiring day out. And when it comes with broadband wi-fi as most hotels do nowadays, it's practically heaven.
Surely this is one of my odd quirks but as always, staying in hotel rooms gives me this weird, forbidden thrill which brings to mind some of the wicked little assignations I've had before ( terribly few in number, believe me! ) and makes me more than a little naughty. Cute hotel receptionists get saucy winks and hot bellboys get massive tips. And I can easily recall such times like that day in October when I tossed those white sheets with that funny Scotsman in a bed and breakfast in Edinburgh.
Damn. I should have become a jetsetting pilot like Will!
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Oh I love hotels too. So many fond memories. Great views and you don't have to worry about the sheets later.
I love backpacking. So my style. ;) cause for me i dont mind the place where im going to sleep.
But for the Bangkok trip next month, I will be staying at 4 Season Hotel..
"Beds freshly made with my shirts nicely folded into neat piles on the side table. Bath salts ready to be tossed into a tub just perfect for a relaxing bath after a tiring day out."
Now that's what I call, relaxation and pampered being in a hotel!! But I didn't know they have such a service in any of the Penang hotels? Seems like you're enjoying yourself. Good to hear! Have fun!
Yes, i'm a sucker for hotel too. Especially the way the messy sheets 'magically' arranged themselves whenever i go out =o
Anyway, had a bad exeperience in Genting first world hotel. I found 5 bloody bugs/thing on my new bed.
First of all, how can bugs fly to that altitude, second of all, what the hell were they doing before i came?
Crappy services. Bleah.
heheheh..hotel sheets n sexy bellboys? ;-)
may be going out of town tonight itself, with a strt frnd, but nooooo, will be backpacking it actually!
lol.
PS: mmm... wat if ure in a relationship and u NEED the sex, but rather than do it with a hot guy (which wud tempt u to get connected on a deeper level), u purposely do it with a butt ugly guy? does dat sound demented?
Oh hotels *roll eyes*
They're not all the same! You quickly learn to appreciate the good ones once you've been in some bad ones!
But all you need is a clean toilet and a nice bed, really.
Oh, and Discovery Channel.
Now why don't my sheets magically rearrange themselves when I leave them tossed asunder at home? I'm always disappointed coming home from work to find my place an utter mess. Gonna have to work on that.
Tossing sheets with a funny Scotsman, now that must have been a nice holiday.. :)
You know already which places you'll visit this year?
BTW.. I started my own blog, would be happy if you'd stop by sometimes.
Well, if you ever travel to the US (to one of the mid-atlantic states....
....I was dreaming about you last night. You were telling a story about a hot young patient who, it seemed, was smitten with you (I think he was a traveling American, or European). And another doctor was amused and curious as to what you had done to make this patient become so enamored with you.
sigh. kinda wish i could afford a holiday to. but that's the problem with being young, jobless, and still under the financial leash of parents.
If I ever become an executive of a big hotel chain, I promise I'll keep a bunch of hot bellboys at arm's length ready to be dispatched just for you. ;)
Tossing sheets at an Edinburgh B and B? It wasn't Garlands, was it? Oh, I brought a cute Irish boy back and tossed a sheet or two, then the next day the owner felt me up while helping me try on a kilt (ok, that part wa a little creepy).
I think I'm the same way. The moment I enter a hotel room, I find myself walking around fascinated by how neat the place is. I would even wear my "Wow, I'm so excited" look, even though it looks exactly the same as the last hotel room I stayed in.
My favourite is at the Langham Kowloon! 42 inch flat screen TV, queen size beds with white linen, floor to ceiling window panes and a view to die for. And the toilets- what an experience! Glass cage, see through-you name it. A voyeur's dream! To top it up - a gym with a view! :-) Only the best!
"And I can easily recall such times like that day in October when I tossed those white sheets with that funny Scotsman in a bed and breakfast in Edinburgh."
Now please elaborate :)
I love the hotel experience too! A luxury well-spent.
Am I the only one (oh the irony) wondering whether that pix has been photoshopped or is it just a very coincidental (and fortuitous??) shadow on his left leg???
oh my god. i. fucking. love. hotels.
i've been to chalet in langkawi like one time, and was up the whole night because i'm afraid that a cockroaches i saw earlier might bring its whole family for a night out. me and my girl went to check in to a decent hotel the next day.
and yeah. please elaborate on the B&B story.
"sigh. kinda wish i could afford a holiday to. but that's the problem with being young, jobless, and still under the financial leash of parents."
quicksilverlining, I totally understand you! We're pretty much in the same boat!! =P
I have been to so, so, so many hotels since I used to travel for my job. One on the beach is always a treat, though and makes for a special holiday!
I love having a hotel room to myself - especially at conventions, where it's a real haven of peace to escape to. (No, I have never enticed anyone into my room, even the butt-ugly guys aren't that brave/stupid! :oD )
Mostly when I'm on holiday though I stay with friends, which I really enjoy (in a different kind of way from staying in an hotel).
True, jay :) The sheets are amazing just as squido says!
Backpacking is okay but now I've got a taste of hotels, it's hard to go back, pakcik.
Hey, don't insult the hotels, Matt :) We do have some really great ones surprisingly.
closetalk, the sex talk with the buttugly guy was a tad wicked :) What if he falls for you?
See. Will has become a jaded traveller!
Wouldn't it be great to just clap your hands and the beds would make themselves, rick?
camydi, yeah I have a vague idea of where i'm going. :) WRite more!
Where is that travelling American who loves me! Brian, go find that man!
Hey, you should be thinking of the silver lining :) You don't have to pay bills yet.
Drew. Please join a hotel chain.
Will, felt you up while you were trying on a kilt? That does sound creppy - and a lil titillating. I have weird tastes.
Just makes you feel all ecite, doesn't it, mike!
At the Langham? Ian, you freaking rich man. Call me when you're in a hotel again :)
Pete, it's in my shameful / shameless past. :)
I think it's a fortuitous shadow. Surely God wouldn't skimp on such a man, spot :)
musang! Me and my girl?!
Sue, you lucky woman!
Oh, ru you naughty man. I would have enticed myself into your room.
Paul
hey, i have my own fag hag occay. i'm NOT that miserable! hmmpphh.
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