Apparently this was a beautiful hotel. It was built when the local regulations basically said you couldn't put up a building higher that a coconut palm - so they designed it to flow down the hill. You caught the elevator down to your room instead of up.
The hotel has been abandoned since the late 90s. The combination of distance from the city and mismanagement meant it couldn't survive financially.
There have been a couple of proposals to turn it into apartments or a retirement village, but too much money was required to bring it up to scratch. There is a caretaker living there, but the building is basically just rotting away.
I guess now, after more than 10 years, it is well past being able to be rescued. So, this huge hotel and its restaurant and bar down on the beach are just being left like this. Apparently there is not enough money to pull it down.
And that's what made us grumpy. It is such a waste, it looks bad, and it smacks of the arrogance of multinational businesses to think they can just leave their mess behind.
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When I win the lottery I will buy this hotel and we will all live in it.
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