Saturday, January 13, 2007




The hotel was great, although there's not much point talking about it since it's been through quite a lot since we stayed there. It was bought by the Dusit chain, which supposedly didn't do a very good job with it, then it became an independent hotel again, then the tsunami came and hit Krabi very hard. The hotel was rebuilt and is open, but with all the changes and destruction, it may be quite different than our visit. The location is beautiful, on a narrow strip of land between two beaches, and huge rock formations hemming it in on the sides. There's really no way to leave the area except by boat. All the guests stay in these little hobbit houses, which most people find really charming but I think look pretty funny. There's probably about 60 of them dotted all over the place, and it looks like a mushroom field. Insides are typical Thai design, on a two floor layout with the bedrooms on the second floor. Staff was very friendly, and I remember the breakfast being really good, but you had to compete with pretty aggressive monkeys who were always invading the place and carting off the best food.

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