Hotel 'Filamona Hotel' right next to the runway feels the flight of takeoff and landing of an airplane

Floating in the South Pacific, Tuvalu 's life known as' sinking island' from the low sea level remains a mystery because there are few visitors. As for one hotel as of August 2018 as for August, only " Biaku rugi hotel " is registered as a visitor . So , I tried staying at " Filamona Hotel " where the whole picture of the accommodation was unknown despite being right next to the airport .

Filamona Hotel Filamona
http://filamona.com/

The capital city of Tuvalu - Funafuti is about 30 minutes by plane from Fiji's capital · Suva. Because the ultraviolet rays are violent sunlight of 17 times that of Japan, the sky is amazing blue.

Next to this airport, it is about 20 seconds walking distance to Filamona Hotel. The roof of the airport is a glimpse of the left edge of the photo.

At the entrance of the hotel there is a flower arch and it is a southern country style.

An open office-like desk placed beside the entrance of the building is a reception. I will check in here.

Finish reception and go inside the building.

It was supposed to be like this ...

Shoes are lined up under the stairs.

If you look closely it says "PUT YOUR SHOES HERE ..." on the stairs, so the foot on the second floor was strictly prohibited so as not to introduce sand.

Go up to the second floor ......

I will proceed to the back.

This is the door of the room to stay.

The key is a physical type, and the plate is full of handmade feeling.

Put the key in the door. The bed is placed in the center of the room with one dawn, it is very simple interior decoration.

You can see the inside of the room from the following movies.

In the room of "Filamona Hotel" right next to the runway looks something like this - YouTube


The bed is king size, there is no comforter and only sheets. Bath towels and flowers are placed.

Desk & luggage storage opposite the bed.

There is a sink and mirror in the back of the room ......

In the interior there is a toilet.

A shower room next to the toilet. There is no partition between the room and the toilet / shower room. And this shower gets basically only water, you can take the water warmed by sunlight during the daytime, but it will be trembling as it becomes cold water at night.

In addition, when locking the door of the room, the door closes with the button of the handle pressed from the inside. It is security that there is no security box and there is only security to believe in human good faith, but crime rarely happens and it is a country that there are only 9 prisoners in prison, so basically it seems to be OK.

A shared space with a large sofa & iron was spreading outside the room.

When coming out from the door, the balcony overlooks the airport runway. Because the hotel is right beside the runway, the wind is strong when the airplane leaves, so it was said that "windows and doors are necessarily closed as sand enters the room."

A hammock is also installed ......

You can enjoy rare circumstances where you can see the airplane leaping in a close distance while being shaken fluttering.

On the ground floor there is also a bar & restaurant facing the runway.

Breakfast and lunch are offered here.

I tried selecting "Fried Fish (STIR FRY FISH) (8.5 Australian Dollar / Approximately 700 yen)" in the lunch menu. Stir - fried vegetables with rice are served.

In addition, breakfast is basically free for guests. When breakfast comes, like this, buns and pots line up at the counter.

Bread is a form to toast by yourself.

There is also a serial.

There is hot water in the pot ... ....

I will make drinks myself from instant coffee and tea packs.

When baked in the default condition it burned slightly, but without touching the butter.

I will have breakfast while watching the runway.

By the way, this runway turns into a playground when it is cool in the evening or in the morning, and it has a unique way of using old and young girls to play soccer, rugby, volleyball and so on.

The runway looks something like this.

As children are barefoot, I was going to play soccer etc. with asphalt if it hurts or on the side next to it.

The adult team seems to be doing a full-scale program with shoes on.

The appearance of the runway to be converted into a playground can be seen from the following movie.

The appearance of rugby playing on the runway of Tuvalu · Funafuti International Airport is like this - YouTube


Right next to the runway, private houses stand side by side ... ...

Some people are doing something dishes, just walking on the runway made me glimpse the life of Tuvalu people.

The room at Filamona Hotel stayed at this time is 105 AUD per night (about 8500 yen). In terms of hotel facilities, is it expensive? Although it is the impression that there is little place to stay in Tuvalu, it seems to be the price setting for not having price competition in the first place. Next to the runway there is a public road, and when you hit a room on the runway, the sounds of the car running and the laughter of people were echoed until midnight, but you can see the airplane's takeoff and landing in the near future, or see the local situation as it is I felt it was quite an inn in terms of being able to do it.