Comments on: The “local,” or why I love hotel bars http://caroundtheworld.com/2009/07/29/the-local/ A Travel Journalist's Tips from the Road Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:19:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Vitaly Gumirovhttp://caroundtheworld.com/2009/07/29/the-local/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Vitaly Gumirov Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:49:50 +0000 http://caroundtheworld.com/?p=158#comment-11 We stayed with my friend in JW Marriott Jakarta one year ago on the so called "executive floor". It gives you access to the executive lounge with free breakfast included and free wifi, tee and wine party lunch etc. This is exactly the place what you are writing about -- corporate travelers place. Guys with laptops and blackberries, in business suites, speacking mostly english, rare local asian people. Aircons are always supporting +20C (+68F) in this place. So my friend called us business travelers -- skin sweatting apes who can live only in such artificial conditions with the +68F, with cappuchinos and the food served for breakfast which is the same does not matter where you are -- Jakarta, LA, or Moscow...Still dream to get to the place without any aircons, coffes, normal toilets, and no any cell towers;-)Thanks for the post! We stayed with my friend in JW Marriott Jakarta one year ago on the so called “executive floor”. It gives you access to the executive lounge with free breakfast included and free wifi, tee and wine party lunch etc. This is exactly the place what you are writing about — corporate travelers place. Guys with laptops and blackberries, in business suites, speacking mostly english, rare local asian people. Aircons are always supporting +20C (+68F) in this place. So my friend called us business travelers — skin sweatting apes who can live only in such artificial conditions with the +68F, with cappuchinos and the food served for breakfast which is the same does not matter where you are — Jakarta, LA, or Moscow…

Still dream to get to the place without any aircons, coffes, normal toilets, and no any cell towers;-)

Thanks for the post!

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