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Chungking Mansions: Bedbugs, Racial Tensions and Closet Sized Rooms

About an hour after the bedbug check, I felt something crawling on my neck, slapped it and looked at my blood-stained hand. Sure enough…bedbugs! I guess they must have been in hiding and came out when they smelled my blood, because they were all over the bed and pillows.
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Posted on September 16, 2009 by Greg Goodman

Posted in Cities, Highlights, Hong Kong and Macau, Skylines, Racial Tension, Buddha Statues and Good Friends in Hong Kong | Tagged Bed Bugs, Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong and Macau, Hotel, Hotel Rooms, Indian Food, Touts | 2 Comments

Chasing a Naked Thai Thief into the River Kwai at 3am

“The thief is getting away! Go after him,” Carrie yelled. Pure instinct and adrenalin took control and I jumped over the banister into the waist high river chasing after him. I gave a good run, screaming on the top of my lungs the whole time. “Stop! Thief! Help!”
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Posted on August 21, 2009 by Greg Goodman

Posted in * My Craziest & Best Stories, Chasing the Naked Thai Thief Through the River Kwai and Other Thailand Tales, Highlights, My Favorites, SouthEast Asia, Thailand | Tagged Crazy Story, Hotel, Hotel Rooms, Kanchanaburi, Robbery, Thailand, Thief | 1 Comment

The Most Disgusting, Slummy and Awful Place I’ve Ever Stayed…for Five Days

A former whorehouse and home of at least two murders and one ghost, the Overstay featured shattered panes of glass in the hallways, toilets with no pipes, dozens of travelers sleeping on the floor and bedbugs galore. And I stayed there for five nights.
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Posted on May 4, 2009 by Greg Goodman

Posted in * My Craziest & Best Stories, Highlights, My Favorites, Scams, SouthEast Asia, Thailand, The Streets of Bangkok: Water Fights, Civil Unrest, Thai New Year and the Worst Place I've Ever Stayed | Tagged Bangkok, City, Hotel, Hotel Rooms, Scams, Thailand | 2 Comments

Rodney. No Post Title Can Sum Up This Man

Our time in Kandy was also marked by our experience with Rodney, the owner of our guesthouse. Rodney first found us at the Colombo train station, fresh off the plane and looking to head to Kandy. He was very nice and helped us buy our tickets, explained what the local …
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Posted on April 21, 2009 by Greg Goodman

Posted in * My Craziest & Best Stories, SouthEast Asia, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka: The Undiscovered Country | Tagged Guesthouse owner, Hotel, Hotel Rooms, Kandy, Scams | Leave a comment

Beating the Rickshaw Commission Hotel Scam in Puna

For the final bit of fun after our 31 hour train journey, Carrie and I found ourselves with the unenviable task of finding cheap lodging near the world famous (who knew!) OSHO Meditation Resort in Puna during a festival. The first few guesthouses we saw were too expensive and we …
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Posted on February 7, 2009 by Greg Goodman

Posted in * My Craziest & Best Stories, Bombay, Spiritual Healing Circles, More Scams and Beach Towns, India, Scams | Tagged Hotel Rooms, India, Puna, Rajasthan, Rickshaw, Scams | Leave a comment

How to Stay in a Hotel for $4 – $6 Per Night in India

These guesthouses are less a hotel than a closet-sized room with a bathroom and, if we’re lucky, a hot water shower attached. Usually the room has badly-painted and peeling concrete walls and one florescent light with no insulation.
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Posted on January 21, 2009 by Greg Goodman