This morning I packed my stuff together, called a cab and went to the ferrystation on the other end of the island for 21 sFr to go to Koh Phi Phi Island. This time I booked a 6 bed mixed dorm hostel, I thought after five days in a hotel I can cope with that. It was CHF 15 per night, I booked three.
As soon as the ferry stopped at the ferrystation the crowd made its way to the land, where we had to pay CHF 0.60 taxes to enter the island. A ridiculous amount I reckon. A nice guy on the boat asked me where I needed to go and explained me my way to the hostel. It was scorching hot and humid, I could literally feel the sunshine burning into my skin. Sweating I made my way to the other side of the island and walked with my heavy backpack along the beach for a while, until I found my hostel. Seriously, I was covered in sweeat once again. It was terrible walking on the sand in that heat with a backpack...
There was a blond european girl sitting at the reception who checked me in. Maybe Dutch. She showed me my room and everything when I suddenly started to feel very uncomfortable. I thought 'Linda, you can cope with that...' and tried to ignore the bad feelings. It was because the hoselte was terrible. I mean for the prize it was luxury, very very cheap and well equipped but listen:
There were everywhere cats and dogs without an owner, sand and dirt all over the place, stinky, hot, humid, no atmosphere, no place where you could just sit down and relax, in our room was no light, my mattress didn't earn the name mattress, on the walls was painted stuff from guests everywhere. Just disgusting and I just felt like crying. So I plucked up my courage and told myself that I don't have to do that. I took my purse and started looking for a Hotel. Again I wandered around. When I finally found one I asked them if I could see the room first, just to make sure I feel confortable before paying. They let me see it first, but to get there was a 10 minute walk. After sweating a bit more I told them that I need to go and grab my stuff from the other hostel and bring it to my room. So I walked 10 minutes to the hostel and than 20 minutes back (as I was already halfway from the reception) to my new hotelroom. That stupid bit** at the reception didn't give me a single penny back! I'm sure she took the money herself. When I finally sat down in my room I wanted to text Robert from my last Hotel (K-Hotel Patong) and therefor I was in need of the WiFi password. So I walked again 20 minutes backwards and forwards to the reception. When I was ready for texting, I realised I couldn't open my safe with the purse and phone number from Robert anymore. Guess what I had to do? Walk to the reception again!!! I didn't even have a phone in my room... So annoying, seriously. In the end this nice Thai opened it for me with a simple key.
I didn't want to stay any longer on the island as it was disgusting everywhere, and tight, no space. It seemed to me they don't take care after their land at all. Rubbish thrown careless on the ground EVERYWHERE. It is disgusting!!! Is it so diffucult not to toss rubbish on the ground all the tome? I know they're poor and have other problems, but that is not difficult, come on!? I just wanted to leave. Maybe I had a bad day, too, thats why everything seemed so negative, though. I couldn't take heart. So today I went back to the K-Hotel in Phuket and they welcomed me heartfully, which was great.
