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Phongsali Hotel
Lacks atmosphere
Basic and clean, but no atmosphere.
Phongsali Province
Description
The Phongsali is a big, white, square concrete building. The lack of atmosphere starts from the outside and doesn't improve any once you're in the door. The rooms are basic but much cleaner than the corridors and external look would have you imagine. Not only are stairways and corridors dirty, they are dotted with scary looking electrical circuit boards. Three standards of room are on offer: the cheapest are plain basic rooms with three beds and nothing else. Bed sheets are clean, and shared bathrooms with squat toilet and cold bucket wash are cleanish. More appealing are the rooms with one big and one small bed, with a clean private bathroom housing a squat toilet and cold bucket wash. The best are the larger rooms with nicer, colourful bedding, a suburban view out the back and a private bathroom with hot shower and western toilet.
A restaurant downstairs serves good Chinese food, with a constantly running TV playing karaoke CDs thrown in for free. On Saturdays and Sundays, the hotel has a karaoke and beer-style disco on one of the upper floors. Young people of Phongsali troop in and out, flirting madly, and loud music blares from 8-9pm until about 12am.
Total rooms: 36
Sgl fan private b'room
3 USD (low season)
3 USD (high season)
$5 for a western bathroom
Triple fan share b'room
3 USD (low season)
3 USD (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 8th October, 2004
Last visited or updated on: 10th February, 2005
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