Taiwan – China
, Taipei 
Jane
This place is SO Taiwan. The nicest, clearest most helpful heart-centered people. Super nice bed. The curtains could be adjusted for full light or full dark. The LOBBY was amazing - inside and out -- out being a balcony with beautiful plants and furniture and ... SWINGS!!!! so I could sip coffee from the [very good] anytime coffee machine while gently swinging outside beside lovely plantings.
Then, the thing that breaks my heart is by no means unique to this hotel, but it's quite noticeable here. The materials they used to build things with are of the quality of a movie set. Which is to say, everything shows wear in a way that causes me sadness about the world. This starts at the entranceway. The idea of a grand wooden door is great, but the wood is not of a quality to last. So I see the lack of deep care in the building of the hotel. A cry goes out from my heart ... Wake up world! Everything here was built for that initial picture but not to last. It was built to earn someone money, then be destroyed and "thrown away" in short order (a decade? two?). But there is actually no "away" to throw things. That's my own personal sensitivity.
Also, NOT for serious bicyclists. There is no indoor place to bring your bicycle. I asked several ways. A bicycle only belongs outside in a public area, and the vibe of the neighborhood in which this hotel is situated is quite raw or rough. Again I was sad to find no sense of the value of bicycles.
Breakfasts looked amazing!
Then, the thing that breaks my heart is by no means unique to this hotel, but it's quite noticeable here. The materials they used to build things with are of the quality of a movie set. Which is to say, everything shows wear in a way that causes me sadness about the world. This starts at the entranceway. The idea of a grand wooden door is great, but the wood is not of a quality to last. So I see the lack of deep care in the building of the hotel. A cry goes out from my heart ... Wake up world! Everything here was built for that initial picture but not to last. It was built to earn someone money, then be destroyed and "thrown away" in short order (a decade? two?). But there is actually no "away" to throw things. That's my own personal sensitivity.
Also, NOT for serious bicyclists. There is no indoor place to bring your bicycle. I asked several ways. A bicycle only belongs outside in a public area, and the vibe of the neighborhood in which this hotel is situated is quite raw or rough. Again I was sad to find no sense of the value of bicycles.
Breakfasts looked amazing!
