Journey34939160308
13. november 2024
Convair Hotel in Ciudad del Este needs a significant refurbishment. The reception area did not look inviting with a refrigerator placed in the reception area. There were two old fashioned armchairs in front of the reception, making it inconvenient to register. When I entered my room, I felt it was a mistake to have booked two nights, because the furniture was from yesteryear. I really felt depressed. Initially there were Spanish and Portuguese language channels on the TV only. It took housekeeping and the receptionist more than 10 minutes to find English language (news) channels, because the TV was cumbersome to operate. The safe was loose and not big enough to safe-keep my iPad, it was also cumbersome to operate. I gave up and kept my valuables in my locked suitcase. The mattress, however, was very firm and really fantastic. The bathroom was also from yesteryear and certainly not clean. I found a small piece of brown dirt next to the WC. It was dry dirt, as I in vain tried to clean it up with toilet paper. After housekeeping had cleaned my room the next day, the dirt in the bathroom was still there. Continental breakfast, with many sweet items, was decent with eggs of choice upon request. I asked the receptionist to recommend a good restaurant for dinner in the neighborhood. He did and told me to get a taxi to take me the 1.0-1.2 km to the restaurant, because the area is not safe after dark. He was adamant that I did not walk the short distance. Indeed, the UBER driver took me through a part of town, where I also deemed it unsafe to walk. However, the immediate vicinity of the hotel looked fairly safe.
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