Kia Orana:
Welcome to the Paradise Inn. This is a
little information that you might find useful. "House
Rules"
We'll start from the beginning. You are
staying in a very historic building which in its heyday was
the largest dance hall in the South Pacific. The renovation
took over one year along with a lot of blood sweat and tears
to try to retain a true South Pacific atmosphere. Bearing
that in mind, you must (at least, I hope) appreciate that
the building has a few idiosyncrasies which I will get into
later, but first: We are a motel - not a hotel - or a
restaurant. There is a grocery in front of the Paradise that
sells almost everything. Home Market stays open from 6:00
a.m. to 9:00 p.m.. Sunday hours are from around 7:00 a.m. to
9.00 a.m. and then again from 5:30 p.m to 8:00 p.m. Church
begins at 10:00 a.m. Sundays. The laundry is behind the
office. Just take it to the head housekeeper with a smile
and she'll have it washed, dried and folded real quick.
$7.00 per load. If you want to iron anything you're welcome
to use the iron and board - best time to iron is after 3.00
p.m. in the laundry room.
Now lets talk about the rooms: They are
all equipped with instant gas water heaters which are
automatic. All you have to do is turn on the tap. They are
adjusted for our water pressure so please don't play with
the knobs on the machine in the toilet area. When you use
the shower, turn the hot water on first, then add the cold
water. If there is no hot water, come and get me. We've
either run out of gas or the pilot light is out. The rooms
also have smoke alarms - if you burn the toast, the alarm
will go off. So turn on the fan, then go upstairs with a
towel and fan the small round unit in the ceiling. If you
really have a fire, there is a fire extinguisher under the
bathroom counter.
Now about the idiosyncrasies: When the
weather is wet most of the room doors stick, except Room 2,
it sticks all the time. If you are in a room on the west
side, Rooms 1 to 7, you will see an old packing shed through
the trellis. This is now a workout gym. The boys lift
weights (and drop them) usually at lunch time and then again
after work, 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. or so. If you are on the
east side of Paradise, Rooms 8 to 14, through the trellis is
Ngati's house. Sometimes they come home very late singing,
sometimes they get up very early to go fishing. In anyevent,
they'll wake you up, so you may as well go fishing with
them. Justask them. However, if that doesn't wake you up,
I'm sure the roosters, dogsor babies will. Try to think of
it as a cultural experience.
Now we do have a bar for the guests only.
We call it the living room. Beer and wine is $2.50, write it
down in the book on the counter and help yourself. You can
also make coffee or tea behind the bar - that's free. We
have no bar staff so everyone cleans up after themselves.
Thanks. The telephone is behind the bar also, 20 cents for
local calls. See us for long distance calls. The ice machine
is located there too, so don't use the little ice trays in
your room, they're hopeless. The bananas and other fruit on
the bar are free, help yourself.
Upstairs of the living room is the
library, television and video, so make yourselves at home.
There are several video rental shops in town where you can
select a movie for $5 or $6. On the patio we have a gas
barbecue that you can use anytime. If you need assistance
turning it on, just ask (the automatic starters don't work
anymore). The manager lives above the barbie so don't forget
to turn it off.
We also have a great night lady, she
works from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. If you need anything or
can't sleep and want to talk to someone, she's here six
nights a week. So that's that. If you need anything or have
any questions, don't hesitate, just ask. And thanks for
staying with us. Regards from all of us at Paradise .
Dianne , Shanon,
and Mata!!!
P.S. We also have two house cats named -
Trouble . One is black with a little white, the other is a
fat ginger one. They will come to visit you and act like
they own the place, so don't let them push you around,
especially the black one. And if you feed them any scraps,
make them sit first .
