I booked my stay with these a while ago, and once I arrived in Thailand I met fellow travellers who needed to book something - so I recommended this place and noticed the place had dropped in price massively and I was over paying. When I mentioned this to staff, I did get a slight discount and a night free (as I arrived a day early) which was nice and gave me free food, but after full moon I was paying what worked out about double what everywhere else was selling for. For that it was a little disappointing, but not terrible!
I will say Taco made my stay here amazing, such a nice man who will help anyway he can! Well done Taco! I will also say the volunteers were nice, Dave was cool and Me Singh was nice when I finally met him! Even gave me a free beer!
If in low season I advise to NOT book in advance!
As for the room - I liked my bed and space however the room is a magnet for mosquitos! The bathroom have vents and they fly in and you cannot close the bathroom doors, they ping back open so even with repellent I was still bitten about 4/5 times a night (I stayed for 6 nights so yes I was covered!) the bedroom door (stayed in the big dorm) opens outside so they were also coming in that way too. If you could look into something to kill those that get in, or prevent this so doors can close, something to cover the open vents in the bathrooms.
I found the hostel esp on full moon a little clicky all in their own groups, I knew people who I met in previous hostels so hung out with them during the full moon otherwise might have been bored.
It’s a nice hostel, the pool and jacuzzi area are nice but I feel those things let it down a little.
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