At 0:56 -0700 8/8/11, Ole Jacobsen wrote:
Nothing is "a reasonable walk" when the average temperature is 32 C.
At least not for the "average" IETF attendee.
(34 in April, 31 in December, lowest nightime temp 21 in December and
27 in April-May-June).
We did APRICOT at this venue in 2002. Not a bad place for a
conference, but most certainly requires transportation to the hotels.
I was there too, for 10-14 days. It was an experience I never
forgot. At the time there was considerable road work at a key
intersection not far from the venue. I was staying at the Windsor
Suites with a room that could see the main entrance of the venue.
Despite the "long way" being about 1 mile, it would take about 45
mins to get from the hotel to venue via a van/taxi. And taxi's were
funnier. Although we had hotel cards printed in both English and
Thai, the driver always needed an "interpreter" (usually a venue
staff member at the door) to read the card back to him. One
English-speaking cabbie explained that this wasn't a language problem
but an eyesight problem. Most cabbies couldn't see well enough to
make out the card's contents. (Including the driver we spoke too.)
At least with the traffic moving so slow you didn't need good eyes to drive.
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