Disability is not Inability

:: The Panafric accomodation with its goodnite smiles....

All the rooms had numbers on braille which you could easily related with the numbers on the key holders which was also braillled.

The rooms were spacious and accessible without the usual one step common in many hotel doorsteps.

All the rooms are served by a lift and there are very limited need for even rumps from the reception hall all the way to slumberland.

This also makes bags less cumbersome as holding my friends hand and pulling it with the other was possible until an escourt came and helped with the bag. True these bags with wheels are a great addition to travel comfort. I wonder how we managed without them in the days when we had to carry everything on your head or shoulders...

Most of us stayed in single rooms. I in particular am quite independent and would wish to learn all by myself and laugh at myself when i make mistakes...
Any visitors into the rooms need to give an advance warning to avoid misunderstandings. This includes room service. Its usually important for a you to attract attention first, before you undertake a task or duty.

Like when in the heat of the moment i forgot my key somewhere i dont know and had to sleep with my friend because i was too proud to ask if someone had seen it.

Only to find it was in one of my jackets and the jacket was in the same friend's room. The issues of security are important addition in defining accomodations facilities for persons with visual impairments.

Room service

The beds were quite comfortable and you could sit long hours talking and laughing about the days events and experiences from the various countries. I noticed some were more at home with hotel life than other by the kind of complints i heard.

Any visitors into the rooms need to give an advance warning to avoid misunderstandings. This includes room service. Its usually important for a you to attract attention first, before you undertake a task or duty.

Knocking the door is an important way to attract attention. Secondly, introduce yourself by name and position. Then what do you want to do in my room. Again only enter when you are welcomed in!!

I also noticed some were more independent than others by the number of things one can do without making a fuss about it. This is common talk in the Bar or Restaurants when we find time for small talk or overhear others fuss...

But all in all Sarova Panafric waas an experience to behold again...

Participant

DISABILITYKENYA.