WHERE TO STAY: Sacha's Guest House Koh Phi Phi

Low season : 700bht AC / 400bht Fan

Stayed: July 2014

The blurry photo from inside our messy room. There's even a ladder next to the window that doesn't open or close...

Overall we stayed here for 7 nights, we’d been walking for a while and the ferry came in midday so the heat was intense. This would begin my love affair with Koh Phi Phi. The girl on reception was again, lovely and showed us the room before we booked it. As we were playing by ear we were able to go down and pay each morning before 11am for another night if we wanted so we didn’t have to pay everything in one go. The first thing you’l notice is the signs everywhere noting to keep your doors locked AT ALL TIMES, even if you’re in the room. Pretty bog standard right? Then I read this [http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTopic-g303908-i9943-k5487208-WARNING_do_not_stay_at_the_Sacha_Guesthouse-Ko_Phi_Phi_Don_Krabi_Province.html] review from a couple of years ago and it was safe to say the first night I didn’t respond well to the knocks and crashes all through the night. It was also that night i realised the window was broken and the lock on the door probably wasn’t the most stable. The room is cleaned after your third day, although we got so much sand everywhere on the first day it would have benefited from a clean then. The room was clean, the AC worked fine and there was a fan too. Simple, basic and just what we wanted. This was low season and Im told the prices go up quite a bit, but in future I’d not bother with AC, the fan was enough. This GH is opposite the rock and right in the centre of everything, so if you’re a light sleeper probably not the best place considering the window doesn’t close and remember you’re on a party island. We had people come in at 5am, throw up outside our room, shout ‘PIERRE, BEBE!’ over and over. The bathroom was clean, the toilet was in the funniest position and fairly hard to manoeuvre around, especially if you’re drunk. Overall I did enjoy staying here although I’m optimistic there are better places to stay, and might try somewhere else next time I go.