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 Monday, December 21, 2009 @ 13:22
finally a vacancy in malacca! who knew malacca is a hot location for christmas? i definitely didn't. in my estimate, probably 98% of the hotels in malacca have been fully booked. it was really frustrating calling and looking for hotels (yes, we were that desperate and actually made several overseas calls). we weren't fussy, something clean would be sufficient. my family have been trying to find a hotel for 25-27 december for the past week and we finally caught a break.  say hello to one of the minorities (part of the 2%)--cheng ho guesthouse. we stopped looking for hotels, since there were no vacancies and those hotels with rooms were very high end, and started searching for guesthouses and hostels.   according to reviews at hostels.com, the rooms are clean. cheng ho guesthouse is rated 74/100 and considered one of the best hostels in malacca. the hostel is centrally located, within walking distance to all the tourist spots. there's also free wi-fi and broadband services. what's more, the air-conditioned twin rooms cost us only 60rm (sgd$25)!  however, i'm really worried about the shared toilets/bathrooms. i'm very particular about toilets and while there were no reviews about the toilets, they look really small in the picture above. can you imagine bathing in that small cubicle with the toilet bowl taking up so much of the minuscule space? furthermore, reviews also said that the employees often mess up reservations and cautioned calling closer to date. i'm worried about that because almost everywhere's filled up. if they do not put down our reservations properly, we'll have no place to stay. hopefully everything turns out well. *pictures taken from hostels.com Labels: holidays |