点评:I’ll start with the good. The jungle was beautiful and we saw some nice wildlife including pig-tailed macaques, a monitor lizard and some snakes and critters.
Unfortunately we were very disappointed in the accomodation and vibe of Bombalai Hostel/ Tawau Hills. When we arrived we were stared at in an unfriendly way by 1stopborneo staff as if we weren’t meant to be there. We were not told anything about the hostel and assumed we could use the small dining area/kitchen in the hostel. We just used a plate and knife to cut some fruit and were told off saying we couldn’t even use that, it was just for staff apparently. Apparently paying $80 a night we were only allowed access to the water and toilets. We couldn’t even use a fridge. The toilets were so dirty and looked like they hadn’t ever been cleaned. We saw no one come round to clean anything in our 3 days there. The staff would stare at us whenever we came out of the room, it felt hostile and awkward. It is a hostel after all but it seems to be 90% staff? When we would go to the canteen to eat (the only place to get food since we weren’t allowed to cook our own) the interaction with the lady serving was always very uncomfortable it felt like she never wanted to serve us and that is was a pain to speak to us. The paths on the trails that you pay the basic entrance fee for are in pretty bad shape also. There are cut down trees over the path and very dodgy steps or walkways.
Overall pretty disappointed with our stay so we left early, the only highlight was being in beautiful nature.
翻译:先说说好的方面。丛林景色优美,我们看到了一些可爱的野生动物,包括豚尾猕猴、巨蜥以及一些蛇和其他小动物。
可惜的是,我们对Bombalai Hostel/Tawau Hills的住宿条件和氛围非常失望。抵达时,1stopborneo的工作人员用不友好的眼神盯着我们,好像我们不应该出现在这里。他们没有告诉我们任何关于旅舍的信息,我们以为可以使用旅舍里的小餐厅/厨房。我们只是用盘子和刀切了一些水果,就被告知连这些都不能用,显然那是工作人员的专属空间。据说我们每晚支付80美元,却只能使用水和厕所。冰箱都不能用。厕所非常脏,看起来好像从来没打扫过。我们在那里住了三天,也没看到有人来打扫过。每次我们走出房间,工作人员都会盯着我们看,感觉很不自在,很尴尬。虽然是青年旅舍,但感觉90%都是工作人员?我们去食堂吃饭(因为不允许自己做饭,所以食堂是唯一能买到食物的地方),和那位女服务员的互动总是让人很不舒服,感觉她根本不想为我们服务,跟我们说话也很不情愿。需要付费才能进入的步道状况也很差,到处都是倒下的树木,台阶和人行道也摇摇晃晃的。
总的来说,这次住宿体验非常令人失望,所以我们提前离开了,唯一的亮点就是置身于美丽的自然风光之中。