Glad to Tell X Eager to Sell: Lamai Hotel

we were expecting a budget room

although everything which was

displayed online

looked quite okay

 

we chose it based on

• proximity from the beach
• budget price
• wifi facility
• relatively positive review

 

but who knows

only seeing is believing

only walking is tiring

 

Lamai Hotel

really has given us

a pleasant surprise indeed

 

just take a look at our room

 

beside(s) the 42” tv

there’s a desktop

complete with webcam, headset

and even color printer

 

everyday

we had our breakfast and supper

and sometimes tea

in the room itself

 

the day after Phi Phi Island hopping

we practically spent the whole day

in the room

potato couching

surfing the 85 channels

 

our picks: Boomerang

 

but sometimes cartoons

are dubbed in Thai

then we will switch to AFC then

 

especially the badminton matches

it ended with a perfect full stop

Lin Dan has made it again!!

 

you may laugh at us

for spending the day

in the hotel room

what a waste of time

yet

it is a way to recharge ourselves

 

more over

after all

this is supposed to be a vacation

why rush ourselves into

tight and packed schedule

which end up

making ourselves tired and stressed up

 

the main point here is

the room is quite comfortable

that we can stay in there all day

 

sometimes rooms can be quite bad

that all you look forward to

is the bed to sleep on

when you come back with drooping eyes

and a shower before

you sleepwalking into the bed

that’s an awful idea of a vacation

isn’t it

 

the strategic location:

• 3 minutes from the beach
• 3 minutes from the bus stop (to town)
• 3 minutes from the mall & supermarket
• on the main road, making it safer to walk

 

additionally

the compensation

for the cab fare incident

during our arrival

gave the hotel

some extra point too

on The Night We Got Stuck at the Airport!

 

by the way

from a pricing board

displayed at the receptionist counter

realized that

 

May-Aug is actually

considered the low season

where

the standard rate

for a room like ours

(two single beds / one master)

is available for 800 baht

 

of course

we booked it for lower rate

through Agoda

 

contrary to popular believe

actually

Dec – Jan is the peak season

where the price rises to 1800 baht

 

make sense

since May – Aug is the monsoon season

and year end Christmas break

makes a perfect summer vacation

while escaping the winter

for those from the Northern hemisphere

 

it is a small hotel

with only 32 rooms

4 storeys

no worries

with elevator 

which can only carry 3 persons

 

there is even

a small rooftop garden

 

for more information

check out

Lamai Hotel official site

Lamai Hotel on Agoda

 

please be reminded that

Lamai Hotel and Lamai Inn

do not make any huge difference

since they are only 10 steps away

located on the same stretch of road

 

the one and only

unfortunate incident

which I did not complain

is that

the housekeeping team

actually threw away

my contact lens case

which I left them opened

to dry up

 

probably he or she

doesn’t have idea what the case is for

probably just a plastic waste

 

luckily

got a pair of case from Boots

it solved everything

even if I have complained

do not think they can do anything about it

writing in an e-mail

as a friendly reminder, maybe

 

then one of the nights

when I could not find my mini note and pen

I was quite mad

so they did it again

how could they kept doing this to me

 

or it could be due to my own carelessness

since I left everything on the bed

it may get trapped in between bed sheets

therefore

you know while they are changing the sheets

 

then I found my pen and note

underneath my bed

thank goodness!!!

it landed there and never got thrown away

or I could have mis accused them

 

until the very last day

packing up

my spec case was missing too

and since I did not use for the past few days

I did not even know

when did it actually go missing

 

must be on the same day

as my contact lens case

forget it

it is just an old, not so branded one

just leave it

 

give and take

give and take

I am given a good vacation instead

and losing two cases

funnily enough

 

at least

it is much better than

losing your favourite cardigan

and you don’t even know

how, when and where

The Lost Cardie

 

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