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nice and not so nice Date: March 16, 2010
Best things about resort
Every room has an oceanview, beautiful to listen to and see the ocean and sit out on your balcony enjoying it.
Best attractions or restaurants nearby
None that I liked. I went to Costco and cooked all my own food and it was delicious, despite the fact that I had to keep everything, including food trash in the fridge till I threw it out. Potatoes, $10.00 for a 10 pound bag....I just bought the same bag here in socal for .99Cents!
Review
I began with a rental car infested with cockroaches. Was told that was common on this island...got that replaced, major hassle... They weren't in the trunk where my luggage was, they asked me to drive it back....I told them to bring me a Lincoln Town Car...on a tow truck. Guess who got their way?
I carried a few into the unit in a bag of magazines I brought from the airport that were on my passenger seat.
The resort was hard to find in the pouring rain late at night. Actually, a nightmare. Kept thinking I was going to drive into the ocean any minute...and never be found alive.
There were roaches everywhere. I sat down on my couch enjoying some of the Hawaiin tea in a can and went to pick it up, and there were roaches climbing up from the underside of the table and onto the can. So, I dumped the drink and freaked out. This was AFTER the first spraying of the roaches.
There were geckos cliimbing on my wall...heard they eat roaches...they were the fast ones that hide in crevices AND IN YOUR LUGGAGE.
I had the place exterminated three times while I was there for a week. They were in the lobby, and always in the bathroom off the lobby.
Everyone just shrugged them off. Said they couldn't get the exterminator out..was only ONE ON THE ISLAND....great business for anyone needing a job I guess.
Washer and dryer worked good. That's nice because I washed every single item in my luggage and bombed it before leaving for home. I took my trash out after every meal. Hid my toothbrush in the fridge...this was the top floor too.
Kitchen was decent, older furnishings...Hawaiin rattan ugly stuff...but ok ....beds, old fashioned bedspreads, no new linens...but comfortable enough bed once I inspected it every time I got in it.
Bedroom had weird shutters, that worked for the tradewinds I guess, but if you left them open on the bottom, everyone walking by could look into your bedroom...so you open only the tops and watch the tops of heads go by and hear the talking. I had a one bedroom and it was in the back of the unit.
It was hotter than you know what, with no AC...WET AND MUGGY...with four of the days no trade winds. They should have AC for if you want it. They came in and shut off my ceiling fans....hello? Carpet was dirty, definitely don't take off your shoes unless you want to step on a roach. A dolly of curtains and bedspreads, and vaccuum cleaners, sat outside the elevator in the same spot the entire week I was there.
Bathroom was the worst part of the unit, old and ugly. Had to turn on the light in the middle of the night to get the roaches off your toilet LOL.
I just kept the light on.
Use the main building pool..it's the best one...and barbecue grill will have roach legs stuck to the grill.
But still, other than the roaches, the place is great IMO. IF they just stop making stupid excuses and get it exterminated and keep it done on a regular basis. they will have a halfway decent resort. And remodel the bathrooms please...the tile looks like it's from 1970. Gross.
PS I found a lot of the locals to have bad attitudes, theft signs in all parking lots, and the nicest places I visited was a restaurant at the end of the road on the north east shore, and the beautiful animal shelter not far from the resort. I went to visit the animals every day. I'm not kidding.
Bring an unbrella and rain coat. It rains constantly.
4 of 11 people found this review helpful.
Best things about resort
Every room has an oceanview, beautiful to listen to and see the ocean and sit out on your balcony enjoying it.
Best attractions or restaurants nearby
None that I liked. I went to Costco and cooked all my own food and it was delicious, despite the fact that I had to keep everything, including food trash in the fridge till I threw it out. Potatoes, $10.00 for a 10 pound bag....I just bought the same bag here in socal for .99Cents!
Review
I began with a rental car infested with cockroaches. Was told that was common on this island...got that replaced, major hassle... They weren't in the trunk where my luggage was, they asked me to drive it back....I told them to bring me a Lincoln Town Car...on a tow truck. Guess who got their way?
I carried a few into the unit in a bag of magazines I brought from the airport that were on my passenger seat.
The resort was hard to find in the pouring rain late at night. Actually, a nightmare. Kept thinking I was going to drive into the ocean any minute...and never be found alive.
There were roaches everywhere. I sat down on my couch enjoying some of the Hawaiin tea in a can and went to pick it up, and there were roaches climbing up from the underside of the table and onto the can. So, I dumped the drink and freaked out. This was AFTER the first spraying of the roaches.
There were geckos cliimbing on my wall...heard they eat roaches...they were the fast ones that hide in crevices AND IN YOUR LUGGAGE.
I had the place exterminated three times while I was there for a week. They were in the lobby, and always in the bathroom off the lobby.
Everyone just shrugged them off. Said they couldn't get the exterminator out..was only ONE ON THE ISLAND....great business for anyone needing a job I guess.
Washer and dryer worked good. That's nice because I washed every single item in my luggage and bombed it before leaving for home. I took my trash out after every meal. Hid my toothbrush in the fridge...this was the top floor too.
Kitchen was decent, older furnishings...Hawaiin rattan ugly stuff...but ok ....beds, old fashioned bedspreads, no new linens...but comfortable enough bed once I inspected it every time I got in it.
Bedroom had weird shutters, that worked for the tradewinds I guess, but if you left them open on the bottom, everyone walking by could look into your bedroom...so you open only the tops and watch the tops of heads go by and hear the talking. I had a one bedroom and it was in the back of the unit.
It was hotter than you know what, with no AC...WET AND MUGGY...with four of the days no trade winds. They should have AC for if you want it. They came in and shut off my ceiling fans....hello? Carpet was dirty, definitely don't take off your shoes unless you want to step on a roach. A dolly of curtains and bedspreads, and vaccuum cleaners, sat outside the elevator in the same spot the entire week I was there.
Bathroom was the worst part of the unit, old and ugly. Had to turn on the light in the middle of the night to get the roaches off your toilet LOL.
I just kept the light on.
Use the main building pool..it's the best one...and barbecue grill will have roach legs stuck to the grill.
But still, other than the roaches, the place is great IMO. IF they just stop making stupid excuses and get it exterminated and keep it done on a regular basis. they will have a halfway decent resort. And remodel the bathrooms please...the tile looks like it's from 1970. Gross.
PS I found a lot of the locals to have bad attitudes, theft signs in all parking lots, and the nicest places I visited was a restaurant at the end of the road on the north east shore, and the beautiful animal shelter not far from the resort. I went to visit the animals every day. I'm not kidding.
Bring an unbrella and rain coat. It rains constantly.
4 of 11 people found this review helpful.