Name: Wang Hin Bungalow
Address: Wang Hin Road; 26, Surat Thani, Surat Thani, Surat Thani, 84000, Thailand
Rating: 6

24-hour reception

Smoking areas

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Terrace

Dryer

No elevators

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Free Wi-Fi

Internet

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Barbecue grill(s)

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Free parking

Parking

Personal protection equipment for staff

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At the hotel

Raja Pier

Ko Samui Hospital

Nathon Pier

Hin Ta and Hin Yai

Lamai Night Market

Wat Lamai

Coco Splash Waterpark

Mae Nam Beach Pier

Bangkok Hospital

Bo Phut Beach Pier

Bangrak Beach

Fishermans Village

Samui International Airport

Wat Phra Yai

Wat Plai Laem

Mini Golf International

Thong Sala Pier

Wang Hin Bungalow

Surat Thani

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limited-time

lounge

treatment

no-window

bay-view

bosphorus-view

canal-view

city-view

courtyard-view

garden-view

golf-view

harbour-view

inland-view

lake-view

land-view

mountain-view

ocean-front

ocean-view

oceanside

panoramic-view

park-view

partial-ocean-view

partial-sea-view

partial-view

pool-view

river-view

sea-front

sea-view

street-view

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water-view

with-view

annex

basement

main-building

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not-guaranteed

wired-internet-access

smoking

sauna

duplex

safe

mini-bar

breakfast-for-1

breakfast-for-2

pets-allowed

wi-fi

kitchen

Stopped here for just one night before travelling to koh sok. The price of the room 1000baht which is around £20 was a bargain. Room was basic but all you needed for a flying visit , decent shower, towels, air con, bed, pillows were a bit weird felt like they were inflatable :S 

Only thing i would say is that we arrived from donsak peir on the raja ferry at apx 8pm , there were no taxis around only what looked like pre organised buses, after asking one of the organisers where to get a cab she shouted a young boy over and we ended up in his car with a woman & child none of who spoke any english! He got us from a to b but only after a long pitch black 10 minute drive unable to communicate with our driver! Anyway we survived and the place looks quite different in the daytime quite quirky and nice veiw of the peur but still Bit eerie with all the statues around and random swings.. Bit like a graveyard! 

So if u will be arriving at night try and organise a transfer before as it is a bit akward to find otherwise.

Quick cheap stop over

The negatives first is that we had trouble finding the place. Google Maps location is to the back of the hotel which is tough to reach the hotel from. Coming from Surat Thani the main entrance is the turn before Don Sak Hospital and there is a sign we missed as we were just following Google Maps mobile. No fault of the hotel. Another negative was that at check in they couldn't find our Agoda booking but Thai staff was polite about it and gave us the room quick enough. We had booked in November for a stay in April. As for the room the toilet was a bit smelly / dated and the bed was hard. Everything else about the place was good. All the statues.. seeing these pulling in at night was a bit eerie (see photos) but from there the views were great and the location is excellent for taking the ferry.

Good Stop For Taking the Ferry

I’m finding it difficult to rate this place, it is such a sea of contrasts. Previous reviews did nothing to prepare me for the experience. Driving in through the white gum forest is beautiful, but also a little eerie, with all the concrete figures placed randomly among the trees (see my photos). The bungalows sit on the side of a steep hill, affording a spectacular view of the islands. It’s really beautiful here, so It’s difficult to understand, given the natural beauty of the place, why they forgot to put windows in the cabins. Actually there is one window, but.. you won’t believe this … it is a small window into the BATHROOM.. (see my photo). 

We got very claustrophobic through the night. With the front door closed we couldn’t tell if it was day or night. To make matters worse, the whole room is painted bright orange, except for one wall which is covered in plastic imitation weather boards. The walls are framed in heavy brown timber, and on the ceiling there is a fan sporting three floral glass lamps. The furniture is rough timber painted mission brown. Missing is the bedside tables and bedside lamps. Wiring is all external. There is a nice flat screen television on the wall in front of the bed, but alas, only one remote for the cable box.. none for the TV. It was late when we discovered this so we had to endure the night in this room without windows without the distraction of television. 

As an indication of how isolated it is here, there was no need for wifi password protection, and no other wifi signals in the area. The wifi here is slow and unreliable. At one stage it dropped out for about half an hour. On our arrival it was difficult to enjoy the serenity of the location however, due to a Siamese cat that meowed incessantly (see photo) for food, and the gardener who decided to fire up his wiper snipper in front of our cabin soon after we arrived (see my photo). You’re probably thinking, why didn’t we just feed the poor cat, right? Well, we did, but it kept on meowing anyway. Apparently the buttered biscuits we had to offer did not quite do it for her.

A big problem with this place is the absence of food. Breakfast is not provided, and there is no café or restaurant nearby. When we arrived I asked if there was a restaurant, and I was told the nearest restaurant was one kilometer away. Luckily we brought some food with us so I didn’t need to check it out.

On the positive side, our deluxe sea-view cabin was new, clean, had a fridge, electric jug,  hot water shower, clean white towels, reasonable water pressure, and we could park directly outside our door… all pretty good value for the 40 odd dollars we paid.

Serene.. but noisey

Stayed here overnight before catching ferry to Samui.  Cheap, okish, beds very hard, ok for overnight stop, we arrived late and left early - suited us.  Nowhere to get any food or drink though.  Owner very pleasant and obliging.  Picked us up from airport and took us to get something to eat and then in the morning he took us down to the ferry. (we did pay for transport)

Stop over

Flew from Chiang Mai to Surat in the morning.
Got bus from Surat Airport to Don Sak-500baht then
Mini bus to Wang hin Bunkalow)-300baht.

Wang hin Bunkalow was not as pictured or described!

As the area is so remote the guy from the hotel then charged us 800 baht for a lift to Kahnom to another hotel!

Total waste of money and a day. 

The beautiful beach photo is 10km away.
Closest food 5 mins down the road which we did not even reach.
No fridge, no beach, no food, no WiFi as signal so weak. 
We were basically stranded.

We spoke and were given our money back for the 2 night stay (1500baht) and after talking to the hotel man and booking.com we were offered a lift to Khanom by this hotel man (possible owner I think) were told to wait and he never showed, so we decided to walk back to the pier for our next move to save money however we couldn’t get any WiFi to book anything else anyway. 

Booking.com called us and said wait there as the hotel man has offered to give us a lift to Khanom. 

After waiting a long time with him not showing up we managed to get a lift back to Wang hin Bunkalow for him then to say it’s 800baht for the lift that sounded like it would be of good gesture. 
He had us by the balls at that point as there was nothing else around. 

We passed another hotel accommodation place but that was 1000baht a night. 

We arrived at Talkoo Beach Resort in Khanom which is paradise in comparison! (Good old Lonely Planet book)

Luckily the day ended well which we are happy about but we wasted so much time and money, getting stressed and sunburnt on our 1pm stroll on the roads. 

JUST DON’T DO IT

Photos of the beach too..

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