Honduras To Suspend Some Constitutional Rights To Fight Gang Violence
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Throw in a circular bar, a couple of hot tubs and the option to order light bites, and the rooftop can stake a claim - alongside the price - to being one of the major lures of this hip 220-room property, the fourth hotel by Tel Aviv-born hospitality group Brown Hotels to open in the Greek capital.
But a switch in schools coupled with idolising the Socceroos so-called 'golden generation' play in the 2006 World Cup, saw Leckie switch his focus away from his beloved Essendon Bombers and towards football.
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(Reporting by Gustavo Palencia; Edited by Noé Torres and Sandra Maler) This extortion generates annual profits equivalent to $737 million for the gangs, nearly 3% of the country's gross domestic product, transportation in greece Pelion according to the Association for a More Just Society, a security-focused non-governmental organization.
The rights would be suspended under a national security emergency that would last for 30 days and be implemented on Tuesday in some of the poorest areas of the capital, Tegucigalpa, and the northern city of San Pedro Sula.
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The plan follows pressure from businessmen, truck, bus and online taxi Pelion drivers, residents and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) who say extortion - largely by the Mara Salvatrucha MS-13 and Mara Barrio 18 gangs - has worsened in recent months.
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"The partial state of exception will enter into force on Tuesday, December 6 at 6pm for thirty days, to promote the gradual activity of economic development, investment, commerce and in public spaces," the country's security secretariat said in a statement.
The other contented-looking guests, lounging on loungers and lolling in cabanas, are busying themselves with selfies and soaking up the August rays, which are pushing the mercury to the late-30s Celsius.
Those who love their own reflection will no doubt be bewitched by the dark reflective surfaces that abound - the walls behind and in front of the bed are mirrored, along with the black door taxi Pelion airport to piraeus price and dividing wall for the ensuite.
Still, we sleep well on the sumptuous king-sized bed and in the fresh light of day appreciate the hotel's efforts to inject some stylish avian-related quirk into the interior design, typified by the bare lightbulb by the bed held in the beak of a wall-mounted bird sculpture, the golden egg chairs in the foyer and the banquettes housed in birdcage-style frames in the dining room.
Leckie finally made his senior Socceroos starting debut under Postecoglou, and would go on to be a coaches pet under the Greek-born Aussie mentor - so far as he was actually the most selected player under his watch.
We parents, meanwhile, are taking the window this unannounced babysitting shift has afforded us to soak in the view, which is stupendous - an almost-360-degree panorama of Athens, including the famed Acropolis, which lies a couple of miles away.
We opt for cooked-to-order pancakes with chocolate sauce, watermelon, good coffee from a high-end Douwe Egberts machine and croissants, before taking advantage of the hotel's handy location in Omonia Square, which has a metro station just three stops from Akropoli - the station for the Acropolis.
We vow to rise early and reach the ancient site before the midday sun and the crowds and taxi fare piraeus to Pelion airport fail miserably, instead hoping on a subway train at around 11.30am and Pelion transport ascending the slopes to the pillared Parthenon and the other glorious monuments and sanctuaries in the former city - built in the 5th century BC - amid heaving crowds and in blowtorch heat.
A pouter's paradise, but ironically given the hotel's name, I find it a bit dark and dingy - the only natural light comes from a small window in one corner (and Pelion airport to city taxi cost the view is of a crumbling building next door) and creating a relaxing glow artificially is tricky.
