I had reservations about this motel prior to arriving, due to the numbers of adverse reviews regarding it. My fears were realised when we finally arrived on Christmas Day 2016:
- The outside appearance of the property was very run-down and in need of immediate maintenance
- The other clientele inhabiting the premises looked unagreeably undesirable and gave one the distinct impression that this was the backwater end of town
- The parking spaces provided was totally inadequate, and even if you find one, it would require a contortionist and an 13-point turn to maneouvre into!
- The rooms were quite filthy with visible grime on the curtains
- The bathroom and toilet had visible stains, which are not able to be removed, even with extreme effort on my part
- There were countless cockroaches and other critters scurrying around the place
- On the second night when we arrived back from a day of touring (and respite from the place), we were greeted with a flooded carpark with no vacant space to park at about 6:30pm
- When we used the (permanently-stained) toilet, it became blocked and threatened to overflow with refluxing sewage emanating from its blackened orifice
- A quick visit to the manager's office was no help as it was unattended
- A handwritten sign on a board indicated to ring the mobile phone of the "Night Manager"
- After a few rings, the aforementioned "Night Manager"...I had reservations about this motel prior to arriving, due to the numbers of adverse reviews regarding it. My fears were realised when we finally arrived on Christmas Day 2016:
- The outside appearance of the property was very run-down and in need of immediate maintenance
- The other clientele inhabiting the premises looked unagreeably undesirable and gave one the distinct impression that this was the backwater end of town
- The parking spaces provided was totally inadequate, and even if you find one, it would require a contortionist and an 13-point turn to maneouvre into!
- The rooms were quite filthy with visible grime on the curtains
- The bathroom and toilet had visible stains, which are not able to be removed, even with extreme effort on my part
- There were countless cockroaches and other critters scurrying around the place
- On the second night when we arrived back from a day of touring (and respite from the place), we were greeted with a flooded carpark with no vacant space to park at about 6:30pm
- When we used the (permanently-stained) toilet, it became blocked and threatened to overflow with refluxing sewage emanating from its blackened orifice
- A quick visit to the manager's office was no help as it was unattended
- A handwritten sign on a board indicated to ring the mobile phone of the "Night Manager"
- After a few rings, the aforementioned "Night Manager" did pick up with a hesitant "hello"
- He then emerged from one of the staff accommodation rooms half-clothed and with a puzzled fearful look on his face
- I lead him to the recalcitrant toilet, subsequent to which he henceforth produced a toilet plunger and requested that I try to unblock the toilet
- I respectfully declined and suggested that he should have the honour instead
- He tried a few futile plunges, then scurried off into the darkness
- He came back about 10 minutes later, slightly more confident in manner
- He said that he reactivated one of the sewage pumps which had failed during the monsoonal storm
- He then tried the flush button on the toilet as I waited with baited breath
- We were both relieved when we started to see the receding brown water level in the blackened bowl
- After that, he quickly excused himself and returned to whatever activity he was previously engaged in
As you can see, this accommodation presented enormous challenges to our family and the hapless Night Manager. It was with some good fortune that we managed to survive this ordeal, and put pen to paper about our less-than-desirable experience.
We will never come back to this place again.More
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