In the spring of 2009 we flew half way around the world to adopt a little girl in the city of Petropavlovsk in northern Kazakhstan. This blog chronicles our experiences in bringing her home. We wrote it both to keep those at home up to date on our progress and also to provide help and perspective to those who might follow behind us on the same adventure. Hopefully it accomplishes both goals.
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Hotel Skif – Floor Plan
Posted on April 5th, 2009 2 commentsAs I’ve mentioned before, I was pretty frustrated when we were planning out trip over here that I couldn’t find any information on the Hotel Skif (given that it is the the main hotel that is used by adoption agencies who are working with the Baby House). We had to take it on faith that it would be adequate and that the rooms would work for us.
I found this floor layout for the second floor (the only floor that has western style rooms from what I have been told) on the wall this morning. So if you are planning a trip, at least this will tell you where your room is assuming your agency will tell you which one has been reserved (which they should – make sure to ask). We’ve got 201 and 211 for this trip which are the two largest.
Keep in mind that the current Internet wireless attenna is pretty much in the middle of this diagram on the first floor so the outer rooms have no usable WiFI within the room – you need to go out into the hall.
2 responses to “Hotel Skif – Floor Plan”
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Thanks SO MUCH for this!!! We are heading to Petro this summer and will be taking our three sons, ages 6,9 and 10 and I too have scoured the internet to find anything about the Skiff or Petro. Keep up with the kind of info yoiu are sharing, it is very helpful. Anything you can share on the Skiff would really be appreciated by us (lots of photos maybe? Costs? More about the internet access? Is it wifi in the rooms? Hard to connect to?). Also kid oriented things that are available in town? THANKS A MILLION!! Just found your blog this morning and will read it all!
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If you read a few of my earlier posts you’ll find a lot on the Skif. As of about four hours ago there is now a couple of additional WiFi antennas on floor two and three and the access is much better. The hotel itself still only has a 1 MB connection so it does get slow during the day but it is better than dial-up.
The town isn’t really kid orientated beyond the two Turkish restaurants you’ll find posts for. Expect the kids to get bored after a few days so make sure to load up on videos, games and pretty much anything else you can think of to keep them entertained. My daughter is nearly three and after four weeks we are struggling to keep her entertained. At least in the summer you’ll be able to get outside which will help – the snow just melted here a few days ago. Petro is a small, northern Kazakhstan town and the facilities are consistent with that reality.
Glad you are finding my posts useful. I also found the general lack of information on Petro frustrating before we traveled. I’ve since found a bit more out there (and linked to most of it from here). Make sure to get yourself on the Petro adoption Yahoo group.
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