NP: Paradise Lost - Enchantment
Mood: Calm
We decided to head to Makati to wait for a word from the Norwegian embassy, which is located in the area.
It turned out finding a hotel without a reservation in Makati can be rather difficult. After three hotels (24h Apartment Hotel, El Rico Suites and some other place) that were fully booked and more than one hopeless taxi drivers who didn't know how to find any of the places we wanted and asked for more money than agreed upon after the trip was complete, my fiance was getting very frustrated and the ordeal even nearly sent a dash of despair through the deep calm of my tired mind.
Soon it was getting quite late. We finally decided to jump out of the taxi at a hotel we hadn't asked for, since our taxi driver couldn't find the one we wanted. Instead of Hotel Durban we marched inside the Traveller's Inn
For 2300 pesos per night we settled in Traveller's Inn's mightily spacious set of rooms on the top floor. There was a kitchen / dining room, a big bathroom and a large bedroom within our "room". Unfortunately there was also a funny smell and a roach trap visible by the fridge, hinting at unwelcome nightly guests. The cleanliness of the place was questionable - especially after they brought us a second set of highly dirty towels resembling rags with brown and yellow spots on them. Also the wifi hardly worked and the service was frosty, so we switched hotels the next day, after we found Hotel Durban just one block away.
Such a good choice! Hotel Durban had just one deluxe room left available, for 1700 pesos a night. Though it wasn't as big as the room at our previous hotel, it was very clean, service was friendly and the wifi worked reasonably well. All in all it was much better value and comfort.
Now all that we had to do was wait in comfort.
No comments:
Post a Comment