Pinthu Home Stay

The room was filthy, with insects everywhere, and the mosquito net had so many holes it was useless. The Wi-Fi didn’t work because the lady said she hadn’t paid for it. Plugging in my phone charger even tripped the electricity. During the night, loud bangs terrified us, someone sang religious songs from midnight until 5 a.m., and dogs howled in a way I’d never heard before. In the morning, when we mentioned the noise, she said other guests hadn’t complained but didn’t explain what it was. Other reviews said the bangs were probably mangoes falling onto the roof of the tree house next door. A warning would have helped, instead of her continually pushing us to book tours. We were told not to go outside in the evening because of wild elephants, and there was nothing around the area. We were extremely scared, didn’t sleep at all, and couldn’t go anywhere. We left first thing in the morning, a day early. The lady didn’t seem surprised. When we said how frightened and unhappy we were, she replied that other guests were satisfied and that we shouldn’t write a bad review. I’m writing this so no one else has to go through what we did. The thought of staying here alone is honestly terrifying. I would have lost my mind from fear. My mom and I travel around the world with just our backpacks and stay in low-budget hotels, but this was by far our worst experience. We were charged too much for a tuk-tuk from the train station, which we only realized afterward. The hotel listing also gives a different address from its actual location. At check-in, the lady claimed we’d canceled our reservation and that she now had to pay a high fee because of us. That simply wasn’t true, and I don’t know what she expected to get from saying it. PLEASE, AVOID THIS PLACE.