A Forgotten Hotel

Hundreds of foreign journalists were based here. It was from here that coverage of the Asia-Africa Summit made its way to every part of the world. Although the hotel is in disrepair today, a poster exhibition is being held inside.

April 26, 2005

THE rooms seem to have been abandoned. The walls are covered with mould. The glass panes are dull. Windows and door frames are black with dust. The curtains look like a black tarpaulin, hanging, torn or sweeping the floor. Thick moss is found on the floor and in every corner of the room there are pools of water like small revolting swamps.

Nobody has come here for over two decades. The building has four floors. On each floor there are two r

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