{"id":1032,"date":"2016-11-20T15:41:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T15:41:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/church-boutique-hotel-hanoi-all-good-in-the-end\/"},"modified":"2016-11-20T15:41:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T15:41:04","slug":"church-boutique-hotel-hanoi-all-good-in-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/church-boutique-hotel-hanoi-all-good-in-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Church Boutique Hotel, Hanoi &#8211; all good in the end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So this may seem confusing .. it was to us.. you see we stayed initially in Hang Trong Street our first two nights in Hanoi.<\/p>\n<p>The room was adequate I guess but the headboard and lamp shades were stained so I commented to our Rep.<\/p>\n<p>Before we even completed the second night they wanted to move us to another one of their hotels.<\/p>\n<p>We declined because we were going to Mai Chau and would be back in Hanoi so the change then would be fine.<\/p>\n<p>They sent up cake and roses by way of an apology and told us we would be moved to Hang Gai Street to a suite for our last night in Hanoi.<\/p>\n<p>All very nice and unexpected .. our driver pulled up on the opposite side of the road and a porter took our cases, expertly navigating between hundreds of motorbikes as we all crossed the road.<\/p>\n<p>Our guide came into the changed hotel to check us in.. except they weren&#8217;t expecting us!<\/p>\n<p>On further checks they discovered that we should be at the other Hang Gai hotel just down the road. Of course!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway porter, bags, Adele, guide and I navigated nimbly between pedestrians, bikes and cars to the other hotel.<\/p>\n<p>We checked in and a porter took us to our room &#8230; we were in for a major surprise&#8230; and so was the middle aged naked German woman in our bed!<\/p>\n<p>She went mad with the porter who was most apologetic .. eventually we all went back down to the ground, bags in tow to get another room.<\/p>\n<p>They gave us a suite with balcolny .. very nice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3426.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1030\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/church-boutique-hotel-hanoi-all-good-in-the-end\/img_3426\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3426.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1479664853&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0588235294118&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_3426\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3426-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3426-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3426.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3426.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3426-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3426-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fiftyfourandcounting.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/img_3426-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nThe digital safe though was locked so we called reception to tell them, the same porter came up and opened the safe with a key in seconds!<\/p>\n<p>All in all this hotel is fab, staff lovely and helpful.<\/p>\n<p>This is a Boutique Hotel and worthy of that status.<\/p>\n<p>The room with a view is fab!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So this may seem confusing .. it was to us.. you see we stayed initially in Hang Trong Street our first two nights in Hanoi. The room was adequate I guess but the headboard and lamp shades were stained so I commented to our Rep. 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