I have never been this disappointed with a hotel stay. From the moment we checked in on the first day, the entire room reeked of urine. As soon as we opened the door, cockroaches scattered everywhere—so many that I honestly lost count. The bed itself had a strange, unpleasant smell, so we had to put down our own towels and blanket just to sleep. Even then, the stench from the carpet was so strong that it made my nose hurt while trying to sleep.
Over the course of four nights, I remember killing at least 5 cockroaches a day. The balcony table was so filthy that even after wiping it three times with wet tissues, black grime kept coming off. The laundry rack was equally disgusting—we had to clean it several times before we could even hang our clothes.
The smell in the room was so bad that even after returning home to Korea, all of our luggage and clothes—even the ones we never wore—still carried that disgusting odor. We ended up having to wash everything.
The only redeeming part of this stay was watching geckos and mongooses around the balcony in the morning, which briefly lifted my mood. Other than that, this was a truly awful experience.
