The REAL 'new' wing!
by sugarpuffIt was of course raining cats and dogs when we arrives so all strolling was out of the question....but so were the luxury rooms!!!! Apparently the 'new' wing, which was in fact the 'original' wing was being totally refurbished! And all guests were being put in the oldest of old wings! Everything was brown, not to mention the leaking taps, and the stains on the carpets! So within an hour we were checked out and moving to our next hotel....The Friendship Hotel!
I must admit that the staff at the Nanlin were very understanding and didnt charge us anything. They knew that the rooms were not up to scratch...we were afterall only going to be paying around 180yuan per night...and so completely understood when we said we were off! The staff were friendly and Im sure by now the original and newer of the two wings is fully operational. From brochures I picked up, it definitley looks like a lovely place to stay...it's just a shame we got there when they were doing works to it.
The receptionist did sort out our train tickets back to Shanghai however with only a 5% commission.
