A Royal Elevator

A Royal Elevator

All of these photos were taken at the Princess Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana — perhaps the worst and ugliest hotel I have ever stayed in. It bills itself as a fancy, four-star sort of place, but… the pictures do the talking.”

Patrick Smith is an airline pilot, air travel blogger and author. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.

The book:
http://www.askthepilot.com/CockpitConfidential/

Curtains From Hell

Curtains From Hell

One of a series of photos that were taken at the Princess Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana — perhaps the worst and ugliest hotel I have ever stayed in. It bills itself as a fancy, four-star sort of place, but… the pictures do the talking. These were the curtains. Classy.

Patrick Smith is an airline pilot, air travel blogger and author. He lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.

The book:
http://www.askthepilot.com/CockpitConfidential/

Fridge Hair

Fridge Hair

“Hair” seems to bother people. A *lot*. This hair was found in an Embassy Suites fridge at LAX.

Ka….BLOOM

Ka….BLOOM

Imagine if you will, 7:13 on a Saturday morning and the construction workers at the building next to your hotel are dropping large chunks of concrete and debris down a 16 story chute into a metal dumpster. You hear tumbling a pause and then a window rattling boom like an Air Force “daisy cutter” on Tora Bora.