Dragon Hostel:
For the first 2 nights of my stay in Hong Kong, I stayed at Dragon Hostel which is located at Mongkok. Since there were 5 of us, we chose to stay in their 5 people family room, which is equipped with an air-cond, television, direct telephone (free local) and a bathroom with water heater. Free Wifi (the speed is ok) is also provided in the room. The room has a double bed and 3 single beds which was just right for us. But the room is really really small. Not much room to walk after putting our luggages on the floor.
One of the single bed is placed on top of the double bed
Another single bed
This is the single bed that I slept at....the mattress is a lil bit hard and the pillow is too shallow and hard for my liking.
As can be seen from the picture below, the toilet is really small too. The whole toilet will get wet after each shower because the shower head is right above the toilet bowl. Again, no room for movement.
Interesting instruction right? lol.......
Although the room is small, we don't really mind as we will be spending most of the time outside and will only come back at night to sleep. Dragon Hostel is actually a good choice for budget travellers like us since Hong Kong is well known for expensive accommodation and the total price we paid for the two nights were HKD 1360 (RM 544) which cost each of us RM 108.80.
The location of Dragon Hostel is very convenient because it is located in Mongkok and is located very near to various street markets. For example, it is only 1 minute to Ladies market in Tung Choi Street and Fa Yuen street (s port street). Besides, the Mongkok MTR station is also located very near to the hostel; 5 minutes walk.
Overall the stay at Dragon is ok, just that some irresponsible customers do not clean the toilet after doing their "big business" and amazingly shits were found on the basin of the public toilet in the hostel. This makes me wonder, how they actually do their "big business" on the basin?????? Really disgusting....
Address:
Room 707, 7/F Sincere House,
83 Argyle Street
Mong Kok,Kowloon
Hong
Kong
Mong Kok,
Website: http://www.dragonhostel.com/
Tel: (852) 2395-0577, 9347-4767
InnSight Hostel:
After checking out from Dragon Hostel, we proceeded to InnSight Hostel in Tsim Tsa Tsui and stayed there for the 3rd and 4th day. For this time, we booked 2 rooms; one Comfort Double room and One Comfort Twin room and the 2 nights charges were as follow:
Comfort Double Room for 3 guests: HKD1410 + (50X2....additional charges for 3rd guest) = HKD1510 (RM 604)
Comfort Twin Room for 2 guests: HKD1340 (RM 536)
After dividing the total with 5 people, each of us payed RM 228 for the 2 nights in InnSight.
Each room is equipped with a private bathroom, air conditioning, free wifi and a 22” Sony HD TV which supports USB connection and Skype.
Comfort Double room....orange theme
As can be seen from the photo, the bed is actually just nice for 2 people but instead of 2, me, Julie and CY slept on this bed for 2 nights. Reason is because we want to save on accommodation and do not want to rent another single room. Instead of sleeping straight, we slept horizontally; a bit uncomfortable bcause my legs were hanging in the air without support. However, this room is actually quite comfortable if there were only 2 people sharing the bed. The bed, pillow and blanket is very comfortable. Not too hard or too soft; just nice. Much better than Dragon's bed and pillow.
The TV is mounted on the wall right in front of the bed
Cute drawings on the wall
The Bathroom
The bathroom has a transparent sliding glass door as its' door. I guess it is nice for couples but not for us as we want privacy when we are doing our business in the toilet....Luckily, there are curtain provided to block the view in the toilet...lol.....The bathroom is quite spacious too; the toilet seat and the shower is separated quite far. The whole toilet will not get wet after showering. Much bigger than Dragon's bathroom.
Comfort Twin Room......green theme....
Jol and LS slept in this room.....more comfy for them cause no need to squeeze 3 people in a bed...lol..........
Cute Birdie Drawings on The Wall
The Bathroom......is smaller than the bathroom in the Comfort Double room
Just like Dragon Hostel, InnSight is located near to a few tourist attractions such as the Clock Tower, Avenue of Stars and Victoria Harbour (Symphony of Lights). All these destinations can be reached by walking from InnSight. Besides, there are also lots of shopping destinations and eating outlets near InnSight and the MTR station is just 1 minute away from the hostel. Really convenient.
If I were to come Hong Kong again, I think I'll come back to InnSight because the service is very good. For example, when we asked for direction to go to a place, the staffs there immediately looked up the internet and find the exact location of the place for us and even called the shop for the opening hours. Kudos to Shirley and her team. Their service is definitely much better than Dragon Hostel but of course more expensive..hehe......
Address:
InnSight Hostel,
3/F, 9 Lock Road,
3/F, 9 Lock Road,
Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon,
Hong Kong
Website: http://www.innsight.hk/en/index.html
Email:innsight.info@gmail.com
Tel: (+852) 2369-1151
Fax: (+852) 2369-6699
Hotel Sintra:
For the final night of our trip, we stayed in Hotel Sintra in Macau (a 3 star hotel). For this round, we booked 2 standard rooms (one with a king size bed and another with 2 single beds). Each room is equipped with an individual air-conditioning, writing desk, mini-bar, IDD phone, satellite TV, WiFi, bathtub with shower, hair dryer and complimentary slippers. The rate per room including 15 % tax were MOP 747.50 (RM 299). Each of us payed RM119.60 for the two rooms.
Hotel Sintra building at night
Hotel lobby
I guess Dr. Stanley Ho is the owner cause his statue is placed in the hotel lobby
The Standard Room with 2 Single Beds. Very spacious and nice.....
The Standard Room with a King Size Bed. Again, me, Julie and CY shared a bed. But this time, we have sufficient space and slept comfortably. The bed and pillow is very comfy. The best night of sleep I had throughout the trip.
The dressing table area; the small cabinet thingy is actually a mini fridge
Want to check your weight after eating your eating spree??? Yes, you can because a digital weighing scale is provided in the room
Toiletries provided
The bathroom comes with a bathtub and shower head....very spacious
Complimentry drinking water
The telephone and light switches
In future, if I were to come to Macau again, I think I'll choose Sintra Hotel again. This is because therooms are really comfortable and nice. Besides, the hotel is also located very near to many attractions such as The Ruins of St. Paul and Senado Square. One can also simply hop into the shuttle bus provided by City Of Dreams to go to the Venetian and City of Dreams and Galaxy Macau asily because the bus stops right in front of Sintra Hotel. Lastly, the staffs of the hotel is also quite helpful. For example, the helped us to get a cab to the airport (20 minutes to the airport) on our last day of the trip.
Address:
Hotel Sintra,
Avenida de D.João IV, Macau
Avenida de D.João IV, Macau
Tel: +853 2871 0111
Fax: +853 2856 7769
