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Barbara's Kiwi Connection

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Barbara's is the place to go, and most backpackers could do worse than just settle in here. You'll get an English-speaking staff, good food, meet everyone else who happens to be in town, and it's close to the beach. Also, the dorm beds are by far the cheapest sleeps in town. We sort of thought on our last visit, thought, that the 'antiquated charm' of the rooms had started to cross the line into 'just plain old.' And the staff, when Barbara isn't there, aren't very informative. There's an information book available to page through -- it's useful, but it's getting a little out of date and it somewhat oversells Qui Nhon's attractions. Still, we give it good marks since it's a great place to hang out, and the home-style western menu is one of the best, soul-satisfying bills of fare we've had in the whole country. The prices are right, too, so definitely head here for a meal.

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19 Xuan Dieu, Qui Nhon. T: (056) 892 921, (0905) 108 589
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What we were quoted*

Type of room	Low season	High season	Notes
Dorm Fan	40,000 Dong	40,000 Dong
Dbl fan share b'room	100,000 Dong	100,000 Dong
Dbl fan private b'room	8 USD	8 USD
Dbl air-con private b'room	10 USD	10 USD

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Added to Travelfish on: 23rd July, 2007
Last visited or updated on: 24th September, 2007

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Disorganised and unapologetic - 7th June, 2008
We had an awful time with our stay at Barbaras. Admittedly we arrived at 1.30 am, but had told them we would as the buses usually drop off all long haul bus visitors around this time. However when we arrived our reserved room was unavailable (it even stated on our booking slip that room may be unavailable, written when they took the booking). Instead we were shoved into a dorm room, when we questioned this they knocked on another door, woke up one of the staff and shut us in her stinky room with a window looking onto a wall. The next day they tried to charge us for the seaview room and when we complained Barbara said we should have just taken the dorm. The beach it overlooks is littered with rubbish and unswimmable. We rented a bike from Barbaras to explore the better beaches and on our return at dusk we discovered one bike had no headlight an the other no backlight. Thouroughly unimpressed by the whole experience. There is a much nicer and cheaper hotel just around the corner from Barbaras, can't remember the name but Barbaras staff recommended it to us. Just go to Barbaras for the food, it is OK.

Barbara's Kiwi Connection reviewed by Kezia on 7th June, 2008, rated 2 out of 5.
Stayed here 6/2008
Total reviews submitted: 3.
Kezia also reviewed: Hoa's Place, Jungle Beach.

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