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Sleeping
High season is from May to October. Like Patong, it's getting harder and harder to find
anything under 1000B during the high season, but prices drop radically when tourism is
down.
Just before the turn toward Karon, hang a right into the Beach Center, a complex of new
townhouses packed with way too many guesthouses to list. If you're stuck without shelter,
you should find a room here.
Rumblefish Adventure
HOSTEL
$
( 0 7633 0315;
http://scubatuna.com
; 98/79 Th Kata, Hat Kata; dm 250B, s/d 600/700B; )
A water-
sports flophouse offering reasonably clean doubles with private baths, hot water and air
con. Dorms sleep six and are airy with turquoise accent walls. There's a mini living area
upstairs, too. Why not get certified by day and crash here by night? It's in the Beach Center
complex.
Fantasy Hill Bungalow
HOTEL
$
( 0 7633 0106; fantasyhill@hotmail.com; 8/1 Th Patak West, Hat Kata; r with fan 600B, air-con 1000-1200B;
)
Sitting in a lush garden on a hill, the older but well-maintained bungalows here are
great value. The place is peaceful but central and the staff super sweet. Angle for a corner
room with air-con and a view.
Chanisara Guesthouse
( 08 5789 5701; 48/5 Soi Casa del Sol, Hat Kata; r from 1000B; )
One of several townhouse-style
guesthouses on the Casa Del Sol cul de sac. Rooms are super bright, tiled affairs with air-
con flat screen TVs, recessed lighting and a little balcony. Beds are dressed in Thai linens
and bottled water is delivered daily. Low season rates drop to 600B per night.
GUESTHOUSE
$
Sabai Corner
( 0 9875 5525;
www.sabaicorner.com
;
Th Karon Lookout; r 1950B)
No room on this sweet island offers
the view available from the two chalets set on the hillside above Sabai Corner. Each is an
independent studio with granite tile in the baths, canopied bed, wall-mounted flat screen
BUNGALOWS
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