First of all: the place itself is beautiful. The beach and the location are absolutely perfect. The bungalow, however, was a bit small – not a huge problem, but something to keep in mind. What was really unbearable though was the constant sewage smell coming from the bathroom. It was so bad that we had to buy air fresheners just to tolerate it.
Now, what is an absolute no-go and the reason why I will never return: we rented a scooter through the hotel. I clearly showed on the calendar the exact rental period. I needed it until late in the evening, but since it couldn’t be returned that late, the hotel staff told me they would pick it up the next morning at 9am. When they came to collect it, the first thing they did was take the scooter key from me – but they refused to give back my passport, which they had kept as security. Only after I insisted, they finally brought my passport, but by then the scooter key was gone. Suddenly, they demanded that I pay for an extra day, even though everything was written correctly in the rental contract and I had already paid in full.
This was nothing but blackmail – I was forced to pay just to get my passport back. To make things worse, the scooter rental owner cannot be found anywhere on Google or WhatsApp. This was a scam, and it is absolutely unacceptable for a hotel to rent scooters to guests through such shady people.