TripAdvisor reveals its dirtiest hotels in Britain awards

Everyone has their chance or reason to stay in the hotel but do you know how clean the hotels are before you check-in???? Of course we don’t and perhaps some people rely on the review websites to provide more information and more details, and therefore those are the result from reviewers' opinions.

Dirtiest Hotels - United Kingdom
(based on TripAdvisor traveler reviews)
1.Cromwell Crown, London, England
2.Corbigoe Hotel, London, England
3.Nanford Guest House, Oxford, England
4.Cosmopolitan Hotel, Brighton, England
5.Eden Plaza Hotel, London, England
6.Hanover Hotel, London, England
7.Rose Court Hotel, London, England
8.Imperial Hotel, Manchester, England
9.Gresham Hotel Bloomsbury, London, England
10.Park Hotel, London, England

Dirtiest Hotels - United States
(based on TripAdvisor traveler reviews)
1.Hotel Carter, New York City, New York
2.Continental Bayside Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida
3.New York Inn, New York City, New York
4.Eden Roc Motel, Wildwood, New Jersey
5.Days Inn Cleveland Airport, Brook Park, Ohio
6.Days Inn Airport / Stadium Tampa, Tampa, Florida
7.Travelodge Bangor, Bangor, Maine
8.Velda Rose Resort Hotel, Hot Springs, Arkansas
9.Ramada Plaza Hotel JFK International Airport, Jamaica, New York
10.Days Inn & Suites Gatlinburg, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Dirtiest Hotels - Asia (Pacific)
(based on TripAdvisor traveler reviews)
1.First Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
2.Hotel Grand Central, Singapore, Singapore
3.The Imperial Hotel, Hong Kong, China
4.Royal Peacock Hotel, Singapore, Singapore
5.Woraburi Sukhumvit Hotel and Resort, Bangkok, Thailand
6.Colmar Tropicale, A French-Themed Resort, Bentung, Malaysia
7.Oxford Hotel, Singapore, Singapore
8.City Gate Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam
9.Royal Parkview Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand
10.Aseania Resort, Langkawi, Malaysia

Dirtiest Hotels - France
(based on TripAdvisor traveler reviews)
1.Hotel Merryl, Paris, France
2.Hotel Bristol Republique, Paris, France
3.Hotel Lebron, Paris, France
4.Hotel Altona, Paris, France
5.Comfort Hotel Airport CDG, Roissy, France
6.Notre Dame Hotel, Paris, France
7.PV-Holidays Village Pierre & Vacances du Cap Esterel, Agay, France
8.Abotel Hibiscus, Paris, France
9.Plaza Opera Hotel, Paris, France
10.Hotel Saintonge, Paris, France

Dirtiest Hotels - Germany
(based on TripAdvisor traveler reviews)
We looked everywhere, honest. But our members tell us there aren't that many dirty hotels in Germany.
1.Hotel Modern, Munich, Germany
2.Central Hotel am Dom, Cologne, Germany
3.Ludwig Hotel, Munich, Germany
(Beg to differ? Write a review and warn fellow travelers!)

Dirtiest Hotels - India
(based on TripAdvisor traveler reviews)
1.Centaur Hotel, IGI Airport, New Delhi, India
2.Hotel Regent Continental, New Delhi, India
3.Ashok Hotel, New Delhi, India
4.Marina Hotel New Delhi, New Delhi, India
5.Jupiter Spa & Resort, Salcette, India
6.Ajanta Hotel, New Delhi, India
7.The Connaught, New Delhi, India
8.Hotel Janpath Ashok, New Delhi, India
9.Hotel Welcome Palace, New Delhi, India
10.Hotel Yamuna View, Agra, India

Dirtiest Hotels - Italy
(based on TripAdvisor traveler reviews)
1.Hotel Nizza, Rome, Italy
2.Hotel Anglo Americano, Rome, Italy
3.Repubblica Hotel, Rome, Italy
4.Hotel Club Florence, Florence, Italy
5.Piccolo Hotel Il Palio, Siena, Italy
6.Hotel Ascot Florence, Florence, Italy
7.Blue Paradise Resort, Parghelia, Italy
8.Casa Olmata, Rome, Italy
9.Hotel Guelfa, Florence, Italy
10.Hotel Delle Nazioni, Milan, Italy

Dirtiest Hotels - Spain
(based on TripAdvisor traveler reviews)
1.Playamar, S'illot, Spain
2.Catalonia Gardens, Salou, Spain
3.Rambla & Catalunya Hostel, Barcelona, Spain
4.Amalia Apartments, Benidorm, Spain
5.Hostal Abrevadero, Barcelona, Spain
6.Althay Apartments, Costa Calma, Spain
7.HTOP Gran Casino Royal, Lloret de Mar, Spain
8.Hotel Veracruz, Sitges, Spain
9.Hotel Emperador, El Arenal, Spain
10.Guitart Capri, Lloret de Mar, Spain

Oh dear, have you ever been to these hotels before and what do you reckon!?

Happy Ox Year 2009!!!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

One of the video clips were taken in front of Believe It or Not Museum of Orlando.

As the building was leaning on one side, it literally made me walk funny and could NOT walk in a straight line. >_<

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A View in El Djem

El Djem (Latin Thysdrus) is a town in Mahdia Governorate, Tunisia। It is home to some of the most impressive Roman remains in Africa, the ruins of the amphitheatre were declared a World Heritage Site in 1979.

Apart from the Roman coliseum, the sights of El Djem are also in a good condition and the city of El Djem is busier than ever due to many travellers and tourisms pay their visit daily. I could image how greater atmospheres and powerful states were at that time, and I have to say, it was magnificent view and amazed.

Its My Turn

For most of my friends, they know I don’t enjoying cooking but I like to make dumplings. It happens when is in a special occasion, for instance food fest, birthday or small party.

It was a food fest with friends a weekend just after the New Year. The menu was my dumplings (Chinese style) as a starter and then followed with two main courses massala fish (Indian style) and sausages with mash potato (English style), of course and dessert.

In fact, dumpling is not difficult to make but a few hours are needed from preparing and be patience when go through the procedures while making it. I remember when I was little, mum always grabbed me to sit next to her and made dumplings. I hesitated for a few minutes and was going to play out with neighbours at that time but I stayed, watched her and did the copy cat.

In the early evening before the food fest, I started putting the filling (meat, sea food or veggies) in the middle of the pastry, and folded the pastry up in half which just covered the whole filling, I made 60 dumplings that evening for friends and by the time we started, it went just like flicked the fingers – was quick. There is a technique in order to seal the dumpling well and looks nice and is something I feel proud of myself that I had a full training with my mum.

British Design Classics

Royal Mail recently issues design classics stamps, most images are my favourite and are very classic British sign; i.e. Mail Box, Double Decker, Tube Map, Miniskirt and Mini. I also heard, Royal Mail will issue different design especially when is near Valentine’s Day every year.

However, I believe it is an old fashion or an old activity if you like to collect unused stamps or used stamps। I have already started to collect it a few years ago, and I also keep the completed franking mark on the stamp all together, as these marks were also designed in different sharps or layouts especially when they were sent from different companies, and locations or countries.

What Can You Do?!

I can't help it and only laughs can explain how I feel. I bet it is hard to make a business nowadays but, with them - it will be even harder.

“Shoganai” in Japanese means “nothing you can do about it”,so “shogafuckinai” is like “nothing the f*** you can do about it”.

Camel Ride

Enjoy a memorable camel ride through farmland the picturesque huge olives trees and old fashion building in the middle of farmland.

It was breath taken and I said to myself "clam down he/she won’t kick you". In fact, there were two people assisted me in order to get me on camel’s back; and how it worked: two people held one of my each leg, and I was push onto it. It was like to sit on the Double Decker, that was high and was in a very good view.

It was a 3 hours return journey excluded the time when was collected from the hotel. It was a great opportunity to see elsewhere rather than the city, as well as how the living style was in the old day in Tunisia. The trip also offered a traditional Tunisian Quick Lunch, which were home-made bread, tomato and olive oil. Actually, I found it was very healthy eating, as they spread olive oil first on the bread and placed a few slices of tomato inside the bread. The bread was like a Naan Bread, crispy on the surface and very soft inside.

What to wear on the day: casual (trousers is better) with trainer and dress according to the weather for that day. It is recommended you take a sunhat, sunglasses and a bottle of water. It may be a good idea if you do not wear fragrance on the day, as it may irritate camels.