Akwa Guesthouse

... coming out we headed out and managed to find another guesthouse for the same price right next door to the one we were staying.  Akwa guesthouse was nice but the shower was cold  and the owner was a bit of an idiot when we came to extending so ...

... night of travel had cost us that much. Well we couldn't walk so we had to take him up on the offer. When we got to AKWA Guesthouse, we weren't allowed to check in until 1pm...blah blah blah the usual. So we waited until 2.30pm...then they FINALLY let us ...

... why when we can get a share taxi for 100 each!! Plonker!! We got in the shared taxi and it seemed that everyone was going to Akwa Guest house. Oh no we thought, its going to be busy. Then it turned out that they were not going to Akwa but to ...

... it comes to bartering, but we all agreed it was ok as it stood. It was 18:30 by the time we got to the hotel that night! Akwa hotel is cheap and funky, with huge comic wall art. Our room was pretty big too so we were glad with our choice. It's right on ...

... to our room in a separate building, still in a daze from the island traffic we'd been shuttled through a minute before. Our guesthouse turned out to be a tad small for our liking (oh the spoils of off-season Krabi)... but all the important touches were ...

... as we were both recovering from the half moon party. The next day we headed across the street to the pool which the guesthouse shares with another hotel. It was pretty standard but great for sunbathing and reading our books. We found a great street hawker ...

... were restaraunts and bars it was pretty cool.  We made our way onto the beach which was literally 30 metres from our guesthouse and although it was very long and quite stunning, the waves were quite ferocious so there will be no snorkelling or ...

We left our guesthouse, Akwa, at 6 in the morning to catch our flight from Samui to Phuket. We arrived with plenty of spare time and surprisingly Koh Samui airport was lovely. Small but beautifully done with lots of flowers and plants everywhere. When it ...