Apporaching this hotel we were intrigued at the number of van's with red lights on the side of the road however our intrigue turned to shock as we realised that this hotel is right in the middle of all these vans. Two girls travelling in our early twenties, we did not feel safe stepping outside the door of the hotel after dark for fear of what might happen in such a shady area.

The hotel was actually reasonably clean, although the air coniditioning was difficult to work, and although the temperature was sitting around 0* outside, it was somewhere up around 30*C inside. Perhaps I'm just being fussy now, but I found the bed attrocious (spongy, and lumpy all at teh same time), and this combined with the heat inside did not make for a wonderful night's sleep.

We did not have much dealings with the staff as we were travelling in a tour group however it was obvious their English was good enough for us to get by communicating.

Breakfast the next morning was disgusting though. THere was an allocated one croissant per person, and cereal was to be eaten from a mug. This was it. I understand that continental breakfasts vary from place to place, but this could hardly even be called a breakfast.

All up this hotel was clean enough, but I wouldn't recommend venturing far from the doors at nights simply becuase of it's location.

The areas surrounding the hotel is a bit shocking, but the hotel itself was decent.

As we were driving closer and closer to the hotel, an increasing feeling of dread came upon us. It was not in a nice location, and we kept passing by these white vans with the windows blacked out. I'm sure you can imagine what business was transacted in these vans. You could actually see 2 of these vans from the window of our hotel room!!!

The rooms themselves far exceeded my expectations, as did the meal. Actually, the meal was fantastic! The room was clean and comfortable, and you could almost forget what was outside those walls.