Koh Chang Boat Chalet — Hotel in Ko Chang

To enter this "resort", you have to go through a guarded gate. People who are just visiting the beach there have to pay 100 baht per person, and you have to be able to show your booking reservation for him to let you through as a guest, although he won't tell you this and will just keep demanding 100 baht per person no matter what. ||We tried calling the phone number listed on the official website, and whoever answered kept saying they were closed, and no one was at the office, despite the fact that we had definitely made a reservation online. A couple other people also took over the phone line, trying to communicate with us, and ultimately gave us the number of a manager, supposedly. After calling that number four times, we gave up with that, and finally I paid the price to go in on my own to reception to see whether or not anyone was actually working there.||They were in fact open, and three people (that I could see) were behind the reception desk area, although none greeted me, even after waiting for several minutes (no other guests were present, one staff member was on the phone and two seemed to be doing nothing in particular). Finally I was able to get someone's attention and square things away. I was able to go back and get everyone in my group through the gate with no further cost, and was able to get my own passage refunded, although not without difficulty. ||The rooms themselves are mostly quaint wooden cabins, and certainly have some charm. Some of the larger, more expensive chalets appear to be converted boats, hence the name of the "resort". The lighting is a bit dim in the rooms, despite there being at least six lights that I can remember. There are several outlets that you can use as well.||We went out for a while and came back late at night, and found that the electricity was out. It's certainly not uncommon in Thailand for that to happen, but electricity usually resumes within a short time. Ours did not, although the other cabin had no trouble. So that was fun.||There was also an incessant sound from outside the cabin, the sound of something like a wooden gate or door constantly creaking open and slamming shut. It sounded like it was coming from above the cabin, but inspection revealed nothing in particular. It never stopped after it commenced in the evening.||As we spent more time in the rooms we also noticed that there were a lot of red ants around, which only compounded the challenge of getting any sleep whatsoever.||As we awoke in a zombified stupor in the morning, we went to the provided breakfast, which was your usual choice of egg preparation, ham, sausage, toast and coffee/tea. The sausage was of the typical low grade type found often at hotels in Thailand, and tasted as though it had been taken straight out of the refrigerator, as it was actually quite cold. They forgot to bring us the toast, and one of the pads of butter they provided to us on a small dish of butter and jam had actually already been opened and depleted, which was just bizarre.||So, if this long-winded story has had any point, it's to tell you this: don't stay here. Ever. You're better off getting a tent and sleeping...

We spent an enjoyable morning exploring the Boat Chalet resort, if you are not a paying guest you have to pay Baht 100 each to get entry into the complex.|It's a strange mixture of floating summer houses, chalets, from what I could see hardly any of these were occupied!!|Pride of place moored up is a gigantic ship , six levels high, looking very sad and deserted.|The main hotel complex was staffed by friendly front of house staff who informed us where the restaurant and beach snack area was.|Nobody was on the beach area at all, we had the whole place to ourselves for hours, eating freshly prepared mango, watermelon and |Pineapple was heaven on a plate.|If you want solitude in a tropical paradise this is the place, the resort has obviously seen better days as Miss Universe 2003 is proudly displayed on a photo in the...

If you are planning to hit koh chang and you want to go somewhere unique this is a must to see. Rent your bike, and get there it's really easy and so beautiful. 100b for enter, we did explore a bit the laguna on the bike and saw a bit the area, talked with the staff that was chilling in the main lobby, and we enjoyed one of the most beautiful beach in koh chang, absolutely exclusive and unforgettable. We also tried the only restaurant still opened in the ex now closed resort and was pretty decent, apart for make the chef life harder asking him to make a carbonara for us that actually was on their menu lol which wasn't not edible 😂 but very good fried fish, coconut and unique Seaview. Unforgettable...