Qubus Hotel Prestige Katowice, Katowice

Crushed by the Wheels of Industry

Advantages: Appeals to my bizarre taste, fascinating history
Disadvantages: A depressed area, few "activities"

In eastern Europe many people sit in the dark. They do in the reception of the Slaski hotel in Katowice; and in the information office at the city's railway station; and I can only assume that the barely dim lighting in the Taj Mahal, Katowice's take on an Indian restaurant, is to disguise the fact that the pickle tray consists of thousand island dressing and tomato ketchup to which a meagre sprinkling of curry powder has been added. I do not know why they sit in the dark - maybe they can't find a bulb stronger than 5 watts, maybe they just like it - just take it from me that they do. It contributes to the surreal ambience to a Saturday night in the south of Poland which, when combined with a sudden downpour, makes this part of the world even more attractive to me. I am a confirmed eastern Europhile and relish some of the quirkier ...

fizzytom 05.08.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Katowice - Poland

"Doing a George" at the Prestige.

Advantages: Clean, comfortable and cheap
Disadvantages: None

Ok, it's a little off the beaten track. (And if you're interested in what a "beaten track" looks like, check out the photo of the main road into Bangem at the time of our visit.) True, it's not a tourist area. But if you should ever find yourself in the town of Bangem in the Kupe Muanenguba division of Cameroon, then the chances are that you'll stay at the Prestige Hotel. For the princely sum of 10,000 CF (Cameroon Francs), equivalent to approximately £10 a night, you can stay here in the area's top rated hotel - we manage to get a bargain price of £8 as we are a group (five of us) and have someone local negotiating for us. The hotel is situated on the outskirts of town, and is fully equipped with both electricity and running water. True, the electricity is rather subject to availability, as the area is prone to power cuts ...

k8_lloyd 02.03.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Hotel Prestige, Bangem, S.W. Cameroon

The Pledge. The Turn. The Prestige

Advantages: Great charecters, script.
Disadvantages: Not much at all

From the director that brought us Memento and the two latest Batman films, Christopher Nolan excels himself with this dramatic thriller, The Prestige. The Plot The film begins with Michael Caine's character telling a young girl about a magic trick. Each magic trick has three parts, the Pledge, the Turn and then finally The Prestige. The film follows two starting magicians, Angier and Borden. They start off as good friends but then turn into rivals when Angier's wife is killed in a magic trick that went wrong. The two spend the film, trying to work out each other's secrets and ruin their tricks, eventually ruining their livelihood. Borden then however discovers a trick, the ultimate trick. This trick makes Angier loose his mind trying to work out how the hell Borden does this trick. The Characters Hugh Jackman ...

DixieChick10 26.07.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Prestige (DVD)