This is a very nice "resort" that...
This is a very nice "resort" that seemed to be very under-utilised while I was there in mid-January 2005. The only interruption to the absolute peace and quiet was the occasional river boat zipping past. The resort does look a little dated in areas, but it is still a GREAT place to chill out away from it all.
The staff are great, and seem to warm to you after a while.
Unfortunately my last morning there was spoiled when, on returning to my room after a quick breakfast, I found the door "latched" from the inside, a "black" access card in the lighting slot (which I assume service staff have to access any room) and there was obviously "someone" in my room. This person heard me banging on the door and exited through the "balcony" door. There was no means of contacting reception without walking the 100 meters to the reception desk, an option which would have given the thief a simple escape... instead I stood my ground and waited him out, banging on the door etc.
I then found a "maintanence" guy up on the roof who I got to open my door.... finding that my valuables had been disturbed but nothing taken, and finding the balcony door unlocked (he couldn't lock it on his way out)... I decided to take no further action, although quite certain the maintanence man was infact the culprit, it was going to be a)very hard to prove, and b) even harder to communicate what had happened, given the fact that nothing was stolen.
I will add that the reason my valuables weren't locked in the room safe was because the room safe didn't work.
So as you've been told over and over, DO NOT leave anything of value in your room, in ANY hotel, at any time. I have travelled all over Thailand for a number of years, and this is the first time anything like this has happened, I still shudder to think of the deep trouble I'd have been in (money, passport, credit cards all gone) if I'd lingered any longer at the breakfast table that morning.
