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1873
- 1887
For over 14 years the 'Old Oriental Hotel'
(a one storey hostelry raised upon piles and already widely known
) was offering'Family accomodations-American Bar-Billiard Saloon-Newspapers
Kept, Boats for hire, Table d'hote, with breakfast at 9.00 a.m.,tiffin
at 1.00 p.m. and dinner at 7.00 p.m.
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too
(going to sea as a young boy, and from 1872 to 1884 was emp;oyed
on sailing ships on the China coast). Andersen then led Conrad to
room No.1
1897-Today
The luxury of Oriental that "surprised
and worried' Joseph Conrad exists today in a form that would undoubtedly
leave him speechless. |
1873 - 1887
The day Joseph Conrad
met Captain Andersen the 'Old Oriental Hotel' was still there, to
the left of the elephant new one, and it was still used as a Club-room.
The luxury of the hotel surprised and worried
Conrad as he thougnt that a room there would be rather costly for
his meagre salary, but Andersen reassured him. After all, Andersen
had been a sailor
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And nowhere is this more evident than in The
Oriental Suites.
The suites have, in many cases, been named
after famous authors who have resided and at the hotel-Conrad,
Maugham, Michener and Greene. Others are named after the ships of
Conrad's time that lay at anchor in the river opposite the hotel
Each suite is in dividually furnished and
decorated to reflect the origin of its name. |
