Wow...we must have been tired!
Both of us didn't wake up until 10.30am and by the time we showered, did some washing, sorted out our gear, we decided to stay another night here.
Still haven't decided about New York yet...as it seems things are getting sorted out quickly up there and as we are booked for Thursday afternoon...so there may be a glimmer of hope...but we are OK with whatever happens.
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| Sipping on our free champers in the restaurant in the Hotel/Hostel... |
We have a 2 bedroom apartment here, with a queen bed in each room, one bathroom and a small kitchen area with a fridge and a massive flat-screen TV.
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| The restaurant at our hostel/hotel all decked out for Halloween... |
So, I asked at the front desk how much to stay again and was told it was $68, plus tax.
I said we only paid $54 including tax, yesterday, why the difference and she said I could go buy it online and get it for that price still!
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| Every night ...a home made cake... |
Our free champers turned into 2 glasses each and the free hot food dinner was nice for free stuff... spicy, thin chips, nachos with cheese and heaps of jallipano peppers and potato gems with amazing fresh home made bread and whipped butter. One of the waitresses had a birthday and we also had a huge slice of chocolate cake too!
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| The chandelier over the baby grand piano in the restaurant entrance foyer... |
OK...Yeahhh...all carbs, but for backpackers on a budget, this place really is the place to stay. I had a big plate of the nacho corn chips and the spicy hot potato chips, which I usually don't eat, but we just went with the flow of things and had fun! It is Halloween here and they really go to town! Cobwebs, skeletons, scarecrows and ghouls everywhere...such fun stuff that makes you smile.
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| The front desk area of our hostel... |
It was a motel in the olden days, so is set up so well for backpackers and budget tourists and is located about 5-10 ks from the airport on the same road. It's a massively long road, so it's easy to get your bearings in the area.
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| A poster on one of the guest motel/hostel doors... |
Also, something I have never heard of before in all my travels...they take you almost anywhere for free...
They have a shuttle bus and pick up and drop you off at the airport all day, take you to the beach at certain times through out the day, take you to the transit centre on demand 24/7.
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| Val contemplating her first USA champers... |
We took the bus out to the beach for the pick-up of some of their customers, toured around in the bus for 2 hours and had a ball. The bus driver told us lots of tips about the area and we'll get to be a real tourist to-morrow.
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| All ready to jump into our shuttle transport...oops...wrong vehicle! |
I only used my card to pay for the hotel again to-day and now day 3 has been and almost gone and we still haven't had to open our purses!
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| A real Themla and Louise moment here... |
The typical American image...A convertible on the highway with the palm trees in the background!
This is the hotel cum backpackers hotel entrance which is very confusing for most customers as they book one name and turn up and the hotel/motel/hostel says heaps of other names on the place!
We booked the Tradewinds Airport Hotel. Another person booked Backpackers Paradise Hostel and another person booked The All Suites Hotel...so I have no idea what it's real name is! Great SEO for the website for people searching for accommodation though.
The shuttle bus that takes us everywhere...our own private chauffeur service!...
Think we might stay another day yet!
Here is the report from the newspaper...they actually did publish the interview about us!
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| We made an impact too! |
The Los Angeles Times thought we were newsworthy items of interest!
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| We will always remember our Phantom chase to USA! |
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