Hostal Noa-Ariki

People where amazing but the room was not very clean.

Comfortable bed with clean sheets but difficult to sleep as no air con and packs of local dogs bark most of the night and all the local roosters crow from c 2am! This is not the owner's fault.He was very helpful in organising reasonably priced trips, transferred me to and from the airport ( 10 mins away) and made me omelette every day for breakfast to go with the cheese,salami,scones and cake.Very basic accommodation in someone's home.I felt very safe as a single traveller.Be aware that the information on Hotels.com website is incorrect.The WiFi connection is very hit and miss and you have to go prepared to pay in cash as the card reader also only works intermittently. Location is good. Next door to a cafe and minimally. Only 5- 10 mins walk from the centre of town and 15 mins from several small beaches

Bekreftet ordre fra Expedia var tilsynelatende ikke mottatt. Har ikke betalingssystem for kort. Skittent. Kakerlakker. Forsøk på å ta dobbelt betalt ved avreise. Styr unna!

Nice breakfasts and the hotel was able to arrange trips. Good pick up and take to the air port.

I had a hard time finding the Hostal as there were no signs. Finally someone pointed it out to me (where I must go) - I'd already spent 1 1/2 hours looking for it. I went there and there was not a single person there. I knocked on many doors and called out. I even peeked in a few unlocked rooms - almost all were under renovation. There were three dogs (one with a very vicious attitude - frightened me a bit, but the dog backed down when I said "NO") and a small kitten. There was also a kitten calling out from inside a locked room. That was the only life around. I waited about 30 minutes. Finally someone pulled in the driveway. I think she was trying to deliver something there. She said that was not the Hostal Ariki - I should look in town. But the photo on Expedia matched what I was looking at, as did the position on the map. I was definitely at the right place. She did not think this place was open. So I left and found a different hotel. This was very inconvenient, as I only had 2 days to sight see and this had now taken up about 3 hours of one of those days (finding this property and then needing to find a new hotel).