Advantages: Conveniently lost in the middle of nowhere (so you will not bump into it unexpectedly). Disadvantages: A total conn - read on..
HOTEL ANTARES (****)
VIA POSTUMA, 88
1-37069 VILLAFRANCA DI VERONA
TEL: +39 045 6301879
FAX: +39 045 6303722
www.hotelantares.com
info@hotelantares.com
Please do not be fooled by flashy web page presented by the management of this Hotel near Villa Franca, approximately 20min by car from Verona city, Italy.
It is situated on a very busy (noisy) main road, right next to a bird farm that was easy to smell from the room we occupied.
The farm ensures a continuos supply of insects reaches the hotel, day and night; they enter the bathrooms through the air vents above.
The entire front of the hotel is finished in dry cement, which the management have attempted to camouflage using big posters.
There is another building site next to the hotel (that was the view from our room).
There is a bus stop in front of the hotel but they run 1 ...
Advantages: Logical to put up, spacious to be in Disadvantages: Bit big for the odd weekend!
names you'd know... Vango, Outwell, Khymer, Coleman, and of course, Wynnster. During our previous visits we'd always seem to spend more time in the Mercury 9 than any other. We never understood why, but there you go. There were bigger and flasher tents around, but it just caught our eye. Maybe it was the shape. Or the layout inside, or the little touches that impressed us.
Obviously, we bought one, otherwise I wouldn't be writing this!! LOL!!
Just a note: We bought our's in 2003 for £300. They have updated the tent a bit since then, including a different colour scheme. However, looking around the later versions, there seem to be only minor differences between them other than colour.
What you get:
Actually, quite a lot. As well as the outer and inner tents, obviously, you also get a repair kit, all the guy ropes, a full kit of tent ...
Advantages: Good action sequences, interesting moral ideas. Disadvantages: Terrible (and I mean terrible) acting, disjointed.
When an alien race finds itself marooned on earth they are fortunate that a caring humanity give them refuge and their own land in South Africa known as District 9. Years on however, these prawn-like creatures are seen as a resource eating nuisance and live in slum conditions. The subject of abuse from a corrupt government and Nigerian gangs they are about to be relocated to the even worse District 10. Fortunately, they may well have found themselves an unwitting ally in government stooge Wilkus who finds himself exposed to a DNA altering gas. As he becomes more alien by the day will he become their Saviour?
I don't really get District 9. It seems to have gone down well with almost all film audiences and critics but I feel like I must be missing something. I think maybe a lot of it is because it has strong apartheid references ...
Shortsharpshock 27.10.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of District 9
A simple design concept offering the camper space, stability and security for their holiday. With pleanty of window points around the tent the user can enjoy a bright roomy tent in the worst of weathers.
Specification:
Sleeps: 9
Bedrooms: 3
Overall length: 490cm Width: 735cm Height: 220cm
Weight: 41.50kg
Packed size box 1: 78x32x42cm
Packed size box 2: 91x20x22cm
Number of doors: 3
Secondary mesh doors: 2
Number of windows: 7
Colour: As Shown
Pitching time: 50 minutes
Hydrostatic Head: 3000mm
Pitching Style: Flysheet First
Poles: Durawrap Fibreglass/Tough steel
