Playing with the truth

Our hotel in Ningbo was described as "5 minutes from the railway station."

I am glad we didn't walk! We chose to go by taxi - in part because it is not easy to follow a Chinese map! I am sure that the ride was a fairly direct route - though we did weave in and out of traffic! But it took about 20 minutes in a taxi. I wonder what mode of transport was used to take 5 minutes from the station to the hotel?

The hotel advertised "Cable TV" - when we queried it - when we couldn't find it on the television, we were told "no longer available." I do suspect though because we had discount rates that we were put in a room without all the facilities advertised.

The Room Service menu - was old. The items we chose were no longer available!

Is it all about "show"?

Sadly this type of playing with the truth is not rare here. Very frustrating.

All is not as it seems.