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thank you for destroying this topic :-(

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@sean1

thanks a lot for the great explanation!

谢谢嘎！:-)

Forums > Travel Yunnan > Be carfeful: Halfway Lodge (Tiger Leaping Gorge)

@ludwig

I really appreciate your posting. Yes, maybe you are right - maybe the rooms were already booked. However, 350Y is quit a lot. Its much more than normal Hostels in Korea will charge for a room (Therefore I cant agree your opinion, that 350Y is not all that much for travellers).

Did you read that I have been at the Halfway Lodge already two times, before the annoying situation happend? It seemed that the normal price is 120 Yuan (in 2012!). 4 weeks later they wanted to charge the triple price! wtf?

I dont like to support this kind of (Gollum like) greed... ("tamen you qian" and "fanzheng, nimen mei you banfa") It makes me sad too.

By the way, we also asked them for the price in the dorm, of course. The wanted to charge 100 Yuan each...

Forums > Travel Yunnan > Be carfeful: Halfway Lodge (Tiger Leaping Gorge)

Yes, its actually a pretty nice place to stay. And I did it twice.

I paid 120 Kuai for a normal standard room (Februar and May 2012). We always went there with a chinese friend. The last time, when we went there (June 2012), the chinese guy wasnt with us.

First, they didnt know, that our chinese is fluently and they said: "他们有钱！" ("They have money!") and wanted to charge 350 Kuai for the same room. The Halfway Lodge wasnt full booked, a lot of rooms were free.

We didnt agree, asked them for a cheaper price. They just said: "反正,你们没有办法!" ("Anyway, you dont have any choice!") It was quit about 6pm. But we went to Tinas Guesthouse (1,5 hour futher).

I can understand, that chinese people want to earn money - of course, why not? But if they want to have the triple price, just because they see we are western people, its really unfair.

Its also a little bit sad, since the manager is a young lady, who studied for few years in Kunming. She is a local Naxi and in my humble opinion, normally they dont have this behavior...

My advise is, if you really want to stay at the Halfway Lodge, you should call them first. But they are some other nice places on the Tiger Leaping Gorge Route, too..

However, have fun there!

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oh.. its an advertisement? however... I will try it... :-)

but with your description it is a little bit hard to find it... fuxinglu has a lot of drum shops... do you have some more details? thank you!