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     Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Oceanspray Hotel

  • April 26, 2002
  • Rated 3 of 5 by kiminhalifax from Moncton, New Brunswick
Oceanspray Hotel

Oceanspray Hotel
Very basic accommodations - comfortable bed, large bathroom with tub and shower, mini-fridge, satellite TV with all usual US and CANADIAN channels!! I was visiting in January and it was very odd to have a Caribbean breeze blowing through the window as I watched figure skating on the station I tune into at home.
You must be "buzzed" into the lobby - I guess security is a problem. The desk staff is not extremely helpful or knowledgeable (where can I eat? I don't know I eat at home), but if you push them they will assist you.
There is an elevator that works sporadically, but when it works, it is fast. And you can hold the door open by turning it off so that you can unload your luggage - there is no bellstaff.
Clean, centrally located and cheap, but that's about it. It is noisy in the mornings from traffic going by on the main road of the island. It is noisy at night from the "Jerk Shack" in the "empty" lot next door - it looks as if a building was torn down and a shack was put up to serve take out jerk chicken and play loud music in the evenings.
There is a restaurant attached - I didn't eat there, but it did smell good!! There are no grocery or convenience stores nearby - you have to go "downtown" into the cruise ship area. On the way to the grocery & convenience stores you pass several restaurants - some 24 hour, some daytime, some all meals where you can get lots of tasty food for any palette.
You are about 5 minutes (right across the street and up the road) from what is a decent beach (Junkanoo Beach) - I didn't realize this until day 6 because the hotel staff told me the closest beach was Cable!!! Also, close to Ardastra gardens and fresh fruit stand heading towards Cable Beach.

From journal A Week Underwater - maybe it really is Atlantis!!!

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