Ok, as promised, let's talk about the hotel. First, it is really nice. We got here safely and happily at about 1 am on the 22nd. We had left Utah on the 20 at 11 am. We felt tired but empowered especially since we took a real Chinese bus to the hotel instead of a private cab. We were the only westerners on board; it was fun to feel a bit integrated. Our room was ready and other than sleeping we had only one goal and that was to eat a snack, Tash and I were starving. No problem, after all we are armed with a suitcase of cup 'o noddles. Tash set out to accomplish the task, put water in the water cooker and off it went. After the water got cooked Tash was ready to pour when she noticed the water smelled moldy. Now I would like to put this into perspective for you, ok?! It wasn't a slight smell of mold nor our imagination playing a trick on our overly sensitive noses. It was outright, smack in your face, deep down, bolder than bold mold. The kind I have never experienced. Well, we know what to do, we call the concierge, get a new cooker because naturally the cooker must be at fault and start the process anew. Only, when we were just about to pour more water into the water cooker, we noticed it wasn't the cooker, the stuff came out of the faucet that way. Gross! Now I know why the Marriott where we stayed last time made such a big deal out of having a facility wide water-filtration system. Sure could use one here!
How did the story end? We used our hotel-provided water bottles and still got a dose of cup 'noodles.
There was only one worry and for me this was huge and occupied me the entire night, how am I going to take a shower in the morning?
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