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[Nicholas19]

So ICEAT tells me that I'll be living in Lewan Hotel VIP and have sent several example pictures of the room. I can't find the hotel on googlemaps or in web searches. Anyone know where/how it is?

Best regards,

Nicholas

[Cletus]

I received the same email. The adventure begins.

[baa_baa]

Cool I want to live there too

[AJ88]

Do the rooms look at all appealing?

[Cletus]

From the pictures, the rooms look great.

[Nabz1236]

Is this in Riyadh?

Will you be teaching at King Saud University?

[AJ88]

[Cletus]

My Kindle will not allow me to post the pictures or my computer skills are limited. If only I had my laptop.

[nomad soul]

Don't be surprised if your housing turns out to be entirely different from what the company presented.

[Cletus]

The company I worked for in Qassim sent nice pictures too. Reality was very different. The pictures ICEAT sent had a disclaimer on them.

[AJ88]

Yh I don't think you can do that on a kindle. So will you be staying in the hotel for the entire duration of your contract?

[Cletus]

[Nicholas19]

So, you guys also don't know where/what this hotel is? Does anyone know?

[johnslat]

Perhaps it's the Hotel California:

"On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
"This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year (Any time of year)
You can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the Captain,
"Please bring me my wine"
He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine"
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
"Relax, " said the night man,
"We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave! "



Regards,
John

[Cletus]

It could be real but like you I am unable to find it. People have different names for place in KSA. The hotel could be called by another name or spelled in a different manner.