Chaphone Guesthouse

Stayed one night to prepare for the islands. The location is right beside the bus station, which is convenient from getting to/from Phuket airport. Cost was 100baht for the local bus to the airport versus the 500baht some of the rip off taxi's wanted. Other than the location being prime, the AC worked well, as did the shower. The bed was clean, but stiff. The room says non-smoking, but the room reeks of cigarette smoke because the worker constantly smokes right outside our room. The worst part of the stay was the employees. They stayed in the room beside ours, and with as thin as the walls are, they were up talking at a volume that was loud enough to hear until 4am and continued on at 7am. Who knows what kind of partying was happening with them. We never saw them except when smoking outside our room. The street is noticeable, but easily disguised with earplugs, or white noise.. but the voices kept us up all night. On top of that, the wifi shows available signal, but it doesn't work. Luckily we had a sim card to stay connected. Overall, a cheap stay that is convienent, but would have rather spent more for a full nights sleep.