Friday, May 14, 2010

Ko Phi Phi - Hotel

We stayed at the Holiday Inn Phi Phi Island.  The grounds were beautiful and very green.  They had a lovely pool, several open air bars, an open air restaurant right on the sand, and an additional restaurant.  All the bungalows had nice decks for reading and sunning.  It would have been a great place to spend several days if we had the time.

Tractor to get to the hotel from the dock
Bar/check-in area.  They have people waiting for you upon check-in as everyone arrives at one of two times a day when the ferry comes.
Pool area

Pool deck
The rooms were a little outdated.  Nothing terrible, they just felt like little cabins from the 1970s.  There aren't many choices to choose from on Ko Phi Phi.  That's good on one hand as it's pretty uninhabited.  It's also bad as there aren't very many choices.  The Holiday Inn is supposedly one of the nicest hotels on the island.

Hotel room

Nick is a camera genius so this bathroom was not nearly as nice as it looks in the picture

Another view of the hotel room

Beautiful deck

We ate at the hotel both nights as there was more rain and more rain.  One night we were basically stranded in the bar it was raining so hard and we couldn't get back to our room.  Worse things have happened except there was a singing group for entertainment that was so completely out of tune.  The first night we ate at the outdoor restaurant.  The second night we ate at the indoor restaurant.  Both were good although not outstanding.  However, Ko Phi Phi is not known for it's fine dining choices.

2 comments:

weezermonkey said...

We stayed at a Holiday Inn last night here in San Diego for $56. It was surprisingly decent.

This place looks nice!

Ly said...

Will most definitely be reading up on all your Thailand related posts for recs. great pics!