Arriving in Dongguan was strange enough. The city was shrouded in fog and the journey to the hotel was through areas that were being developed in every possible space. Every part is used to produce something and people seem to live in their workshops with TVs flickering in the corners and babies crawling about in debris.
Arriving at this over the top hotel was therefore wired to say the least. There was so much smog that you would almost expect Sherlock Holmes to be parking up outside in a hansom cab. Of course this is China and service is an art form. From the drive in we were saluted by the security guards in their oversized military style caps and the bell boys as cute as apple pie in their some like it hot uniforms. Yes this place has an obsession with uniforms on the whole and girls stand outside the restaurants dressed in costumes that would not look out of place in a fairy story with their long gloves and little baskets too. So far so wired you might say but it gets even stranger.
One night my supplier insisted I have a massage in the health centre and lo and behold I found myself in a brothel run very professionally by the hotel itself. Yes the hotel takes the money and the young girls - again in uniform of knickers and long chiffon skirt take them to the magnificent reception.
A good reason why I will pick a hotel careful next time as I did not like my husband staying here with so much temptation.
The hotel is very luxurious in a developing area, but prostitution abounds and it is not my cup of tea. So clean up your act Grand View Hotel Dongguan or you may become unpopular with western clients and in particular their wives. |
