Arriving for the night of April 30 to May 1, I knew it was going to be difficult to find a hotel in Hong Kong. Indeed, it is the holidays in China and many people take advantage of it to come and recharge their batteries in this territory.
When looking for hotels, I found this one overpriced for surrounding cities like Guangzhou or Shenzhen, but rather cheap given the location (very well located in the center of Kowloon) and the date chosen.
Exiting the bus, the quest for the hotel begins. You first have to find the hotel, with the only indication being the name of the building written in Chinese and the floor 15F. Once the location has been identified, you must find the elevator leading to the corresponding floor. This leads to a long corridor with a sign reading “Indian services”.
After going around the floor with the suitcases, we understand that the reception is in fact on the floor below, since superstition dictates 'there is no fourth floor here, and therefore the 15th floor is in done in the fourteenth.
A closed door indicates the name of the hotel in English, and a wechat number allows you to contact the person. Fortunately, a person arrives and seems to be in charge of the place. He is sort of the master of the keys and is the person who gives you your main quest.
To activate it you must give one hundred kuais as a deposit. You then have to be vigilant, because the key master then leaves, goes up a floor and continues walking at his own pace but without turning around, it is then a question of not losing sight of him while carrying the suitcases from floor to floor. floors.
At this point you arrive in front of a door then a second door leading to your 5 square meter room without windows. It is equipped with a working air conditioner, clean sheets and two cushions. There is no bottled water provided or any other service that is standard in any mainland hotel bookable here, only boiled water in a separate room. The bathroom is one square meter, and has a toilet. Lots of traces of mold are present in the bathroom, while a small cockroach came out to say hello on the opposite wall. These are simple observations made.
The challenge is therefore to stay one night here, which will also be your mission if you choose this hotel.
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