123haceliang
February 19, 2024
On the last day in Colombo, I stayed at the 200-year-old Oriental Hotel, GOH. I didn’t have high hopes for this hotel because Ctrip rated it 3 points and Booking rated it 6 points. All the reviews said it was too old. Plus The Ctrip price for one night including breakfast is only over 200. But because this hotel has a Chekhov Suite, Chekhov stayed here for a week after returning from Sakhalin Island and completed the short story "Gusev" here. Therefore, this hotel became the hotel that teammates requested to book. I didn't expect it to be a big surprise when I came here. First of all, we, 4 adults and 2 children, didn’t ask us to pay extra for breakfast. This was the only hotel in this trip that didn’t ask us to pay extra. In addition, we also checked into the Chekhov Suite, sat and took photos where he wrote his novels. Third, the room is fully equipped with a TV and refrigerator, and the wifi speed is the fastest in this trip. The boss is very interested in Panasonic TVs from the 1990s. Third, the various facilities in the room can be seen to be relatively old. The TV, refrigerator, and air conditioner are at least 30 years old, and the bed is estimated to be an antique bed that is 200 years old. However, it can be seen that the hotel is very attentive to maintenance. It may not have money to renovate, but it is trying its best with no money. Therefore, our room is very clean, without the damp and decaying smell of old rooms, but Full of light fragrance. Fourth, the rooms are very large, each room is at least more than 40 square meters, and Chekhov only costs 50 US dollars a night, but it is not available on Ctrip. Fifth, the location is very good, no matter where you go, you are within a radius of 3 kilometers. Sixth, the breakfast was pretty good, with the incomparable sea view. Before leaving, the boss tried his hand on the piano in the hall, which still had a sense of age. The sound quality was pretty good. Pictured is a photo of the Chekhov Suite
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