7 dreadful spaces We must have never Slept In!

As a backpacker, it’s inevitable that you’ll end up sleeping in some quite dodgy locations during your travels. Whether it’s due to budget plan constraints, or just the truth that there aren’t lots of options for sleeping in the incredible, off-the-beaten-path destination that you’ve discovered yourself in.

During our 5 years on the road, we’ve slept in some quite diabolical rooms, these are just 7 of the lots of dreadful accommodations we’ve discovered ourselves in over the years!

Beirut, Lebanon

This is by far the worst space we’ve ever stayed in. It’s one of those locations that we often discover ourselves telling other travellers about when discussing dreadful accommodations. We were in Beirut during the middle east transformation in 2011. lots of people had fled from Syria, which was causing all of the hotel spaces in Beirut to be full. We discovered only 2 offered when we were in the city. One was for $100/night, as well as the other was the one we chose.

We were greeted by a extremely friendly guy who showed us to our room. As the door opened, our jaws dropped, however not in a great way. We were shocked. Glued to every wall, the doors of the armoire, the top of the table, as well as even the window, was a brown material with paisley swirls on it. The material bedding was a charming shade of turquoise blue, with matching pillows. This exact same material was glued to the ceiling. The view over the dump outside was a great touch as well. The shared shower room was horrific with cockroaches, a toilet that appeared like it had never been cleaned as well as hair clogging up the shower drain.

Just look at that toilet! What’s up with all the fabric?!
As we settled in, we believed – well, this isn’t so bad, is it? As we were drifting off to sleep, we both smelled something, something foul, like rotting eggs. We searched high as well as low up until we found the unsavoury scent. beneath our bed was a drain pipe sticking up. obviously our space utilized to be a bathroom, as well as when someone flushed the toilet in the close-by bathroom, the odor would come up with our pipe! Nick instantly covered it with a plastic bag, an elastic band as well as threw a pillow over top of it for great measure.

The complying with day, we changed spaces (but in the exact same hotel) as well as discovered ourselves with a bright space with 3 beds, a table as well as a couch as well as no material glued to the walls. We did, however, discover pistachio shells as well as hair in the beds. We’re quite sure that the guy who run the hotel slept in those beds the night before, while chowing down on a huge bag of nuts.

We stayed in that space for 9 days as well as when we were leaving, we passed by a space as well as saw one of the managers folding up the bed sheets as well as blankets of somebody who had just checked-out…he then proceeded to put them back in the closet.

Mombasa, Kenya

After an 11 hour day on African carry (which is a lot more like 24 hours in normal travel time) we discovered ourselves in Mombasa, Kenya. Exhausted, we made our method into town as well as discovered a hotel that was near to a decent restaurant. The location from the outside looked alright, so we made a decision to inspect in. as well exhausted to completely inspect the room, we set up the mosquito net, got out our shampoo as well as soap as well as headed off for a much-needed shower.

That’s when we saw it.

Someone’s dirty, grey underwear was slung over the shower head!

So…the space wasn’t cleaned before us?
Pemba, Mozambique

After hitchhiking for 2 days as well as taking a extremely long regional bus, we discovered ourselves in the beachside city of Pemba. away from the stunning beach, this is just a normal dirty town, with not a great deal of accommodation choices on offer. So, when we saw one available, we went for it.

Our space was in the basement of a building, without any windows. It was musky, damp as well as dark.

The flooring was linoleum, which was coming up along all of the edges, the shower room was deemed unusable (by us), so we opted for the somewhat better upstairs bathroom. There were cobwebs along the bedroom ceiling as well as as we got prepared for bed, I nearly stepped on a extremely small, extremely light coloured scorpion. as well as if you understand anything about scorpions, you’ll understand that the smaller they are, the harder they sting. Unfortunately, we only have a photo of the bathroom, not the bedroom.

This was the “better” upstairs shower room – total with cockroach as well as an dreadful toiletHong Kong

This city is full of high-end accommodations, extraordinary night life as well as contemporary architecture. It’s likewise house to the Mirador Mansion, which is, in essence, a towering apartment or condo building with small square rooms. In this mansion you’ll discover hair salons, cyber cafes, tailors, hostels as well as people’s homes. The mansion is not aptly named, as the spaces as exceptionally small, it’s rather run down, it’s unclean as well as 90% of the time, the elevator is in use, as well as you’ll end up walking 10+ floors to your room.

Our sleeping quarters right here consisted of a 7 square meter space (yes, SEVEN) with two single beds, a shower room as well as a shelf. In between the two beds was sufficient space for one person to stand. ideal as we opened the door, the shower room was on our left, which was about the size of one on an airplane. It’s never perfect to have a shower room ideal next to your bed! the worst part? This shoebox of a space was $50 a night, which was the cheapest choice in Hong Kong.

Oh, wait, that’s not the worst part…we had to spend 10 days right here while waiting on our Chinese working visas to get sorted out!

The a lot of claustrophobic space ever!

Tsetserleg, Mongolia

We shown up in the bit town of Tsetserleg in time for the Naadam Festival. Seeing the celebration is a must, however so is booking your space in advance, something we neglected to do. We asked around at every hotel as well as discovered only one with spaces available. We truly didn’t want to stay there as well as even believed about setting up our tent, however were advised against doing so during celebration time.

So, we checked into the only location offered in town, which likewise happened to be haunted (or so the locals said). feeling sketched out as well as wanting to phone call Ghostbusters, we hesitantly checked in. We looked at many rooms, all of which were bad, as well as selected the very best of the worst.

The door didn’t lock. All a person needed to do was slide a card down the side of it as well as voila, it opened. There were no lights that worked, we had to take bulbs from the other rooms. The shower room was horrendous, without any toilet seat on the toilet, a sink that didn’t work, a shower that wouldn’t stop running, a stained bathtub as well as cobwebs with spiders along the ceiling. The beds were uncomfortable, the view was awful…but there’s more, inspect out this quick video we made!

Denpasar, Indonesia

We discovered ourselves in the funding city of Bali, during a especially long travel day. After haggling with numerous bemo drivers, enduring long windy roads, we just wished to lay down as well as go to sleep.

We were travelling during the high season as well as whatever seemed to be booked, except for one guesthouse. The space was dark, the beds were so-so, there were cobwebs on the ceiling, the floor was dusty, however the most amazing part had to be the bathroom. To this day, we still talk about this gem.

It was a grimy shower room with a bucket-shower, as well as who understands exactly how long the water was sitting there before we came along. The toilet was gross without any toilet seat, the floors were awful, however we were so greasy as well as sweaty from our day of travel that we endured it as well as showered. The next morning, we awoke at 9:00am, prepared for our breakfast (which was included in the space price) as well as discovered 2 pieces of rock-hard toast laying outside our door, together with two cups of chilly coffee. obviously breakfast was served at 7:00 am.

Oh man, this shower room was just brutal…

Kolkatta, India

This was the very first hotel we ever stayed at in India, as well as to be honest, it’s the only poor one we’ve ever had to sleep in during our travels in the Subcontinent. found in the heart of the ghetto, was our hotel, which was surrounded by prostitutes, medications as well as dodgy looking people. The space itself was so-so with dim lighting, a little fundamental bed as well as a bathroom.

The view was what truly made this location stand out, as well as we didn’t even have to pay additional for it!

What a view!

We’ve stayed in lots of a lot more unruly locations in our travels, however these are the ones that we have pictures for! regardless of exactly how dreadful they were (are), they were all part of our journey as well as now we look back on these horrible spaces as well as laugh.

What about you? What’s the worst space you’ve ever slept in? Was it as poor as the one in Beirut?!

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