Here's the "Waikiki Indoor Pool," a remarkably un-tropical hangout spot at the Nevele. Now vacationers can get the full vacation experience without having to get any sunlight at all! Frolic under space-wasting green and yellow discs in a sea of scorching chlorine and pale flab.
The girl on the edge of the pool looks for a polite way to get rid of her gentleman caller without mentioning his enormous man-breasts.
The man on the left looks remarkably uncomfortable. He must really regret having pulled his shorts up to his chest. Time to awkwardly stagger away from the pool.
Anyway, the resort is still around, albeit renamed the Grand Nevele. Unfortunately, the name change doesn't seem to have helped much. Reviews of it are amazingly bad; here's a brief sample:
"The lobby smelled like cat urine and the rooms and hallways reaked of mildew."
"...the entire hotel smells like a geriatric ward (not in a good 'hospital clean' way)."
"This year the smell of mold was so overwhelming it was nauseating."
"The Stardust Room (entertainment room) smelled like a urinal."
"The overall smell of the entire place is gross."
"...there was a putrid and toxic smell."
All in all, there were at least 34 mentions of the hotel's smell on one page of reviews. Though it was the most common complaint, it was far from the only one. (The word "worst" was used 13 times.) They're worth a read, each reviewer seems to want to outdo the others in describing the hotel's awfulness. (When the reviews of any hotel mention pubic hair, it's a pretty accurate warning sign.)
That's all for now; look for more postcards and other business coming up.
