From: Mask Of Zorro (ciscokid00@xxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Feb 26 2001 - 18:23:42 GMT-3
I wish I could remember the name of the place I stayed last time... It was
not particularly close to the lab, but the price was the cheapest in town.
Over the phone, they seemed to be a bit reluctant to take my reservation,
but eventually I managed to get one. When I arrived, they did NOT have any
record of my reservation, but had a room available nonetheless...
The parking lot of this place was an open-air drug market after dark, and
the rooms seemed to be routinely used by hookers. The other occupants were
biker-types and other sorts of low-life transients. During the second day of
my stay, I was carrying in a number of books from my car to the room, so I
left my door propped open. Some of the other occupants walked by, and I
could hear one remark "Hey! He's got a bathroom in his room!" Evidently they
did not...
I'll try to find my receipt so I can recommend it as one place NOT to stay
while in the area. The $59 per night price met my budget at the time, but
the environment was definitely contrary to a successful lab experience.
I am from Baltimore, so I don't scare easily, but this was one place I was
definitely glad to leave.
Z
>From: "Sam Pilot" <sam_pilot@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Sam Pilot" <sam_pilot@hotmail.com>
>To: Elton_Fontaine@ins.com
>CC: ccielab@groupstudy.com
>Subject: Re: San Jose LAB
>Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 20:56:03 -0000
>
>If you are looking for a cheap hotel, check out the Motel 6 in San Jose.
>It is 5 minutes from the airport, and 5 minutes from the lab.. not more
>than
>2-3 miles.. you can even use the tram to get to the lab.. if you know how
>to use them..
>the rooms are nothing spectacular..but they are nice and clean..
>I dont have the phone number but you can check on the Motel6 website.
>there is a mcdonalds and a denny adjacent to the motel..
>
>
>
> >From: Andrew Short <ashort@wingedwheel.net>
> >Reply-To: Andrew Short <ashort@wingedwheel.net>
> >To: Elton Fontaine <Elton_Fontaine@ins.com>
> >CC: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> >Subject: Re: San Jose LAB
> >Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 14:43:39 -0500 (EST)
> >
> > > I will be taking the lab in SJ on the 17-18th
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any recommendations on hotels close to the testing
> >site?
> >
> >I stayed at the San Jose Hyatt Regency when I was there for a class.
>It's
> >only a few miles from Tasman drive (cisco is straight north on 1st st.),
> >and right next to the airport.
> >
> >It's a hefty $230 a night, but it's one of the nicer hotels (it may be
>the
> >cleanest hotel) that I have stayed in. Very clean, very sharp, and they
> >hand you an ethernet connection in your room (for an extra $11 or so).
> >
> >But then again...everything I saw in San Jose was nice...place is like
>the
> >twilight zone that way.
> >
> >You'd want to research this by calling the hotel and perhaps even the lab
> >coordinator, but I believe that you can catch the trolley straight to the
> >cisco campus from there.
> >
> >Oh...and definitely find something to do the night between test days, I
> >recommend a Sharks game if they are in town that night...but find your
>own
> >thing...
> >
> >--
> >Andrew Short ashort@wingedwheel.net
> >CCIE #6641 Colossians 3:23
> >"It is rare, but not unprecedented, for a hockey player to face criminal
> >charges for action on the ice." -Associated Press
> >
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