Leisurely brekky followed by a pack up and move all our stuff into Michael & Kate's room. Seven of us moved to another motel just around the corner as The Dream was booked out post-tour, but we could not do that till after lunch. In the meantime Michael then took Bob, Kerry, Kerrie, Kate, Phil and I on a walking tour (from his Lonely Planet book) of the city. Wow, what a gem of a place. The lay-back, (hippie-like) quirky decor of some of the guesthouses and restaurants felt like the 1970s. Riverside cafés, temples, French era architecture, local art galleries and just walking the back-streets were all fascinating. No wonder the tourists are coming here in their droves.
Had morning tea then lunch at a different places, both overlooking the river; great atmosphere. Pad Thai and green tea was A$6.50 at Utopia Bar & Restaurant.
Then back to move motels, which turned out to be a bit of a laugh when three of us fronted up at once, one single and one twin room. Two of us (boys) in the twin wanted to pay cash now, one (girl) in the single wanted to pay when they checked out. It was all too much for the guy on the deck, who only had Basic English (and intelligence) but after a lot of patience on our behalf we got there.
The room was a few stars down from The Dream, but at US$35 a night for two people, including brekky, who cares. The shower was hot, bed clean (but hard) and aircon worked well so no problem. When we couldn’t find the aircon remote in the room we saw the reception guy who wanted to charge us US$10 extra for aircon until we showed him the booking sheet which said aircon included.
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