Lodging in Hong Kong and Shenzhen Part 2/2

I guess you wouldn’t be surprised if I said that Lyn (my boo) and I were keeping our fingers crossed hoping for better accommodations after experiencing two cramped hostels in Hong Kong. Walking around the rooms can be a real b**ch especially with two opened luggages and with me being the bigger (in size) person, let’s just say my presence didn’t make it any easier.

But thankfully, our last two locations were just wonderful. They were much roomier and oddly cheaper. I am guessing our first two hostels were pricey due to their location. But hey..lets move on.

After taking a short ferry ride to Cheung Chau island from the pier, Lyn and I had the initial problem of navigating to our hotel. We didn’t have a map of the island and being in a foreign land, we tend to be in some ways..blinder. Some things are just in your face but we rather spend our time scratching our heads and whining about how unfriendly the island is. Okay okay…I admit…I was the only one complaining . Take for example, street signs. Quite a number around but we kept missing them…yeap…blind as a bat.

Anyhoo allow me to focus on our lodging since I will write about Cheung Chau later on. When we got into our room, we were pleasantly surprised at the way it was decorated. The nice people at Miami Resorts gave us a newly renovated room with cleaner facilities. For S$60 we got the usual amenities like a small bathtub, a nice comfy bed, a TV (with like 4 channels or something), a small fridge, a kettle, 4 chairs and a small table. But what sets this hostel apart from the other two was the balcony with a view of the ocean.

Left: Roomier and cleaner | Right: Our balcony

Left and Right: Although the toilet was still cramped, we loved them.

Left and Right: Our view from the balcony. Too bad it isn’t summer.

Our only problem was that the temperature in Hong Kong dipped during our visit. So with the cold ocean wind blowing into our room at about 10 degC, let’s say it wasn’t easy sleeping at night. Lyn had to sleep with her jackets on. But the view of the ocean paid off. The next morning, I may have woken up stoned but was awed by the majestic sunrise (well to me at least). Kudos to the Miami Resorts, We give them a rating of 3.5/5.

Woah!!

Lastly our final accommodation at Shenzhen. Being a much more economical location compared to Hong Kong, we were able to afford living slightly more luxuriously and checked into a hotel. At Shan Shui Trends Hotel in Luohu, we almost burst into tears when the bellboy opened our room door and led us in. It was beautiful.

The room was huge compared to the other three hostels and the toilets were much bigger. Amenities include free internet connection, a fridge, cupboards (woah!! cupboards!!), the usual flat screen TV and other good stuffs that a hotel should have. Oh btw, our beds are round . And all that for about S$50 a night. I’m sure heaven is better but upon entering the room, I can’t begin to tell you how happy we were.

Left: Roomier…much roomier | Right: Round bed!!

Left: Bigger toilets and the nice rainfall type shower

To round it up, I am pretty sure you would already know which accommodation we preferred in our Hong Kong and Shenzhen trip. Dearest Shan Shui Trend Hotel, we love you long time. We give it a 7/5…yes, we were that emotional.

Well that’s all I have for our lodging. Allow me to end with this really interesting point though. If you have read both posts on our accommodation, you would notice that as we progressed in the trip, our hotels got roomier and less expensive. Kinda weird eh? More stories to come..

A peacock chillin’ outside Shan Shui Trends Hotel

Related posts:

1. Hong Kong Food – Yung Kee Restaurant
2. Lodging in Hong Kong and Shenzhen Part 1/2
3. Coming back from Hong Kong and Shenzhen
4. Greetings from Hong Kong
5. Hello Hong Kong