Awful, Terrible, Repulsive, Disgusting, Horrible and Evil
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 1/25/07
After a long and rather boring flight in from Los Angeles, we arrived at the airport. We got into our taxi which took us to Banyan Harbor and dropped us off in front of the main desk, which was a small building quite some distance away from the other rooms. At first it seemed like a nice place. The office building was nice and the foliage growing on it gave it a nice feel. However, upon entering we were rudely given the papers to sign and we tossed the keys to the apartment.
Now we had to walk about a hundred yards just to get to our apartment, in the sweltering sun. When we opened the door, the entire place was a dark as anything I have ever seen despite the sun being out and blazing. The kitchen was ill-equipped with only a fridge and stove (which didn�t look clean). I opened the cabinets to see what was inside and several roaches jumped out and landed on my face. In a moment of sheer panic, I ran backwards and into my husband who had opened the drawer which contained the utensils. I knocked the drawer out of the socket and sharp flatware spilled everywhere.
After cleaning up the awful mess, we climbed the stairs with filthy carpets and went into the bathroom. The bathrooms had what looked like mold everywhere and I was afraid to touch anything. The master bedroom had sheets that looked like hadn�t been changed in years and was only sparsely furnished. When I opened the closet, a few moths flew out, giving me yet another scare. It smelled of decay and I decided to keep my clothes safe in my bag.
The entire complex lacked restaurants, and only had a soda machine guarded by security who glared at you every time you passed by. For the night we went to the pool to swim and found that dead bugs had practically clogged the filters. Afraid of drowning in bugs, we changed and went to the local restaurants which were within comfortable walking distance. They were great, but when we returned we had to endure the withering looks of the guards who we in front of the entrance.
At night my kids started coughing from something inside their bedroom and their asthma nearly required us to go to the hospital. After broken sleep, I was awoken by the thunder of one of the maintenance people on their bike gunning their motor and causing the windows to shake violently. Needless to say, that was a living hell. I would not recommend that anyone go there for any reason at all.