Bangladesh Hotels

Pan Pacific What?

Advantages: Comfortable, pleasant, good service
Disadvantages: Not easy to work in the rooms

Dhaka, Bangladesh. Not the kind of place you want to arrive late at night, when you can't pronounce the name of the hotel. In fact, there are some that would say it is not the kind of place you want to arrive at under any circumstances! However, the city itself was a fairly pleasant surprise - shopping malls, cheap pearls and even cheaper DVDs, but that's another story. Airport Pick-Up So there I was, getting off an aged Biman Airways aircraft, quite ...
...been. It was approaching midnight, I knew that a car had been booked but would it still be there? Yes it was. Relief. I didn't fancy the idea of trying to say "Son-are-gow-on" to a taxi shark, even without drinking - specially as it is pronounced "Shon-are-gon". The hotel rep singled me out as I came toward customs. He nimbly steered me away from the X-ray machines, into the muggy warmth beyond the doors and into the car. We set off towards the hotel, ...

Vodkaboy 23.02.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Pan Pacific Sonargaon, Dhaka

Stir Your Tea? Fondle Your Genitals?

Advantages: Comfy Room, Friendly Service, Some Good Restaurants
Disadvantages: Service Too Friendly!

...started well. I arrived in Dhaka in the late afternoon and, before I even got to passport control, there was a man with a sign bearing my name. "I'm Mr Vodka," I introduced myself and he took my passport and arrival card and, minutes later, I was through immigration. I chuckled at the queue behind me as I left them behind and bypassed the Customs check too. I later found out that the Sheraton run an airport lounge, so they always have people there ...
...first time person, or anyone who needs a bit of a helping hand, Once through the airport I was placed in a car and whisked, slowly, through the busy streets of Dhaka, past the beggars tapping on the car windows, until we got to the hotel. The Sheraton is located in the south of the city in an area that used to be the commercial heart of Dhaka. However over the recent years, the business has moved north into an area called Gulshan, leaving the Sheraton ...

Vodkaboy 16.05.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Dhaka Sheraton Hotel