Mike Hampton

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February 22nd 2007

We are now booked it to stay on the 22nd,23rd,24th and 25th at the Santhiya Resort and Spa. We paid a total of 16,500 BAHT for 4 nights in the deluxe room, an offer of pay for 3 stay for 4 nights which we found on AtSiam.com. This works out to be 246.98GBP for 4 nights for both of us, or 62GBP per night! Mike... read more



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February 18th 2007

We are now booked into the Pavilion Samui Boutique Resort for the 18th, 19th, 20th and 21st. We booked this through AsiaRooms.com which was the cheapest we could find the booking at. The 4 nights cost us a total of 18,044 BAHT (4,511 BAHT p/n) which is 270.17 GBP (68GBP per night). The advertised rack rate for the room we are in is usually 38,000 (9,500 p/n) so we have saved quite a bit by browsing the internet. We will be staying in a Superior Spa Room and can't wait. Mike... read more



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February 15th 2007

We have now booked our accommodation at MaritimeParkandSpa.com. Again we have booked through LateStays.com and we have a deluxe room which has cost 1,999 BAHT per night (usual rate 4,950 BAHT). This is for a minimum 3 night stay and includes breakfast on all 3 days which will be 15th, 16th and 17th. The total cost will be 5,997 BAHT which is 89.24GBP for two of us for 3 nights! :) Mike... read more



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February 13th 2007

We are now booked up to stay at the ArayaBuri Resort in Koh Phi Phi. This was unavailable to book through latestays.com and the cheapest we could find it was via The official Koh Phi Phi website. It cost a total of 7,564 Baht for two nights in the Araya Grand Deluxe suite which is 112.93GBP for two of us for two nights and includes breakfast. We will be staying here on 13th and 14th of February. Mike... read more



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February 10th 2007

Hi All, We will be staying at the Grand Tropicana Resort on Patong Beach in Phuket, Thailand on 10th,11th and 12th of February. We booked this through LateStays.com at a discounted price of 3,500 BAHT per night for a superior room, usual price 5,885BAHT. All in all for the three nights for two of us in the double superior room with inclusive breakfast its a total of 10,500 BAHT which according to XE.com its a total cost of 156.21GBP! Mike... read more



Off to Thailand

Published: February 4th 2007Asia » Thailand » Central Thailand » Bangkok
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February 7th 2007

We fly out to Thailand today, but dont arrive till 11:10pm local time after a 6 hour stop over in Sydney (fun fun fun). We've booked into the Grand President Hotel for three nights on our arrival. It should be a nice luxurious change to the hot humid and sweltering conditions of living in beachside Bures on the islands of Fiji. With any luck we should meet up with my friend Duncan (who now lives here in Bangkok for a few drinks)... read more



Beachcomber Island

Published: February 4th 2007Oceania » Fiji » Denarau
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February 2nd 2007

Hi all, We stayed at Beachcomber Island on 2nd and 3rd. Must admit we were very dissapointed. It's a real backpackers place with the operators packing them in in 90 bed dorms. We paid $391 per night for a private bure on the opposite side of the island (can get quite noisy at night otherwise). It was OK, but for the money we expected alot more. And then they had the cheek to charge $7 for every 15 minutes on the internet as well as $7 to rent out a sun lounger to lie on the beach. The beach itself is sharp sand with lots of broken shells and coral underfoot so its not that nice. The water looked rough and choppy on the two days we were there so that wrote of snorkelling too. My ... read more



Tsulu

Published: January 24th 2007Oceania » Fiji » Viti Levu » Coral Coast
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January 30th 2007

We'll be staying here on 30th and 31st Tsulu ... read more



Aquarius

Published: January 24th 2007Oceania » Fiji » Yasawa Islands
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January 29th 2007

Back at Aquarius for one night... read more



Kuata Island Resort

Published: January 24th 2007Oceania » Fiji » Yasawa Islands
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January 27th 2007

We'll be staying here on 27th and 28th. Kuata Island Resort ... read more






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