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( 0 7562 8900; Tonsai Village; dm 300B; )
This bare bones (better bring your own top sheet)
yet stylish hostel offers eight-bed dorms in bamboo chalets with concrete floors. Digs are
cramped and mattresses are gym-mat hard, but this is where the cool kids stay, thanks to
a fun-loving Thai owner and his super groovy beach bar.
The bar itself is arced concrete, and there are cushioned lounges and a handful of
candlelit white tables sunk in the sand with Dalam views. The food is good too. Of
course, with this location you'll be keeping vampire hours. But how sexy is that?
Rock Backpacker
( 08 1607 3897; Tonsai Village; dm 300B, r from 400-600B)
A proper hostel on the village hill, with
clean dorms lined with bunk beds, tiny private rooms, an inviting restaurant-bar and a
rugged, graffiti-scrawled exterior.
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Marine House
(r from 700B)
Good-value rooms with wood-tiled floors, tasteful paint jobs and baths with
porcelain sinks, floral touches and a vibe that falls somewhere in the ramshackle elegant
category, which works. It's steps from the dock and far from the night noise. Walk-ins
only. No reservations are accepted.
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Oasis Guesthouse
( 0 7560 1207; Tonsai Village; r 800-900B; )
It's worth the walk up the side road east of the
village centre to find this cute guest house with wooden shutters surrounded by trees. The
innkeeper can be surly, but freshly painted rooms have sparkling bathrooms. He won't
take reservations. It's first-come, first-serve only.
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Tee Guesthouse
( 08 4851 5721; Tonsai Village; r with fan/air-con 800/1200B; )
A fun and funky choice tucked
down a side road. Rooms are simple with graceful touches like exposed brick and laven-
der walls, queen beds, mosaic tiled baths, and a welcome blast of graffiti on the exterior.
They have a darling little cafe (
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here, too.
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