Ulasan Baan Busaba Hotel

I had a quite reasonable stay here for 1 night and would have stayed another night if I wasn't leaving the island. HOWEVER, a deposit is taken on check in and assurances are given about it being returned. When I handed my key in on departure I had forgotten about the deposit, and was thrown somewhat because the lady who runs the place, seemed to be hiding in the room at the back of reception when I came to return my key, so I just left the key and walked out without saying goodbye. I realised that night (by when I was already on Koh Samui) that I had left my shoes outside the hotel when leaving, and I had to return to the island from Koh Samui at a cost of 1500 (and most of a day), to pick them up again. I actually believe that the reason I left them there was because of the strange lack of a goodbye throwing me out of my stride. Anyway, I have just remembered about the deposit, which seems to me clearly to explain what happened when I left and the lady seeming to hide when I checked out. Even when I returned to collect my shoes, there was no mention of the left deposit (which the lady must have been aware of). There are comments on Agoda about valuables going missing etc at this place, and it doesn't surprise me. I can't remember how much the deposit was, but I probably got away relatively lucky.