marifi guest house

.nVery nice guesthouse... Beautiful, relaxt and silent place.. Mingle with the locals. Owners are really nice and helpfull.. Few meters from the sea... Small restaurants with local food... Love the place..

Bad attitude of the owner; cleaning; red ants ; cockroaches; geckos; missing hot drinking water; some times missing drinking water; lack of refrigerator ;dirty beach; ; lack of stores and restaurants; every item of toiletries, changing sheets and towels you have to ask for, lack of transportation;lack of fruits; lack of Wi Fi.nAll this story started from my booking.On the booking.com was information that the room comes with the breakfast and also a dinner can be purchased for extra price it was a big plus for me since I had a stroke in the past and I can’t use the motorbike or the car since then and long distances is a borden for me and I used the trip for the recovery from my illness.nOne week before my arrival the owner sent me the message that the breakfast is not included and I have to pay extra for it, like he made the mistake on his page.nBut why he was waiting for it for a whole month?nI called to the booking.com and let them know of that, the agent was agreed with me and promised me that everything will remained the same as I booked.nAfter that I’m getting the message from the owner that I’m not welcome there and better for me not to come.nEverybody knows the difference between booking in advance and in the last minute and also I’m a kind of person who doesn’t like to change the plans in the last minutes, so I refused not to come and thought I’ll fix the problem with the owner after I come and maybe we will become friends after all .nBut when I came the owner meet me with the sour face even after my offers how to fix the problem he refused to do so. During conversation I asked him if I can buy dinner for entire month he told me that they don’t do diners even he did it for other guests. My breakfast I received after all but reduced one Unfortunately I can’t write here everything I went through, you can make an idea of this place and location from my story. The space has a life stock of different insects who bites and leave marks on your body. There are no restaurants and stores around, even it listed on the owners site that they exist.The closest restaurant and stores is a mile away. The owner has a bad attitude not just toward me but also to the people I contacted there while I stay and people from the same country I came from.nNow I want let people know what kind of location is there. The beach is very dirty and beside me and some of local people on weekends there were nobody.I was a witness many times how the people who leaved there throw garbage and remains off the meals right on the beach. The cows and the goats is a regulars there which attracted me in the beginning till I sawed what they leave there after presence. All of that I guess brought the send flies on the beach which makes it difficult to be there.People who leave there generally nice, but they hate Americans, I have no idea why. Now I want to tell something about nice people there who helped me to make my vacation a little bit better. One mile from there is a nice guest house with the restaurant, where I eat every day my lunch and dinner, basically I left there the money I could spend in Marifi it was about 3 million in there currency. The owner gave me at once 10% discount after he find out that I’ll eat there every day for a month. They were providing me with a boiled water for free, which I supposed to receive from the place I was staying. The manager of that place drive me every day to the place when he were meeting me on the road walking to the restaurant and if his friend was there he were bringing me back to the hotel. And on my last day he dropped me off at the ferry and all of that was for free. He even did not except the money from me for the ride. His name is Sandy, say hello from me to him when any of you will visit him over there . The name of the place Paradise.it’s the only place around there where you can have a decent meal.nIf any of those who still decides to stop there after my review be ready for surprises and ride motorbike.

Hosts are really friendly and rooms well equipped. Great place for rewinding!

Manta

MarifinI booked a room at the Marifi guesthouse for three days, but ended up living for eight: the relaxing atmosphere of an Indonesian village, as well as the ensuing acquaintance with another Russian-speaking tourist.nHowever, the longer I was there, the more annoying the negative aspects of being in this place were.nThe guesthouse is located in a non-tourist part of the island. On the one hand, this is a plus: fewer visitors, an almost empty beach and seemingly lower prices. But the minus - the lack of the minimum infrastructure required for recreation - perhaps outweighs. Cows roam the beach, leaving traces of their stay everywhere; quite a lot of garbage ... And the two main problems are food and the sea itself. It is, in fact, impossible to eat normally there and even in the neighboring village: you cannot even find chicken meat in local warungs: rice, noodles, miniature fish. At the same time, prices are from 15 to 30 thousand rupees. Fruits, unfortunately, are not sold here either, with the exception of bananas and chumpos.nSwimming in the sea, alas, is not always possible either: most of the day the depth is just above the knee. It is preferable to swim in slippers so as not to injure your feet on the corals.nAnother disadvantage of Pantai Pasir Putih beach is sand flies.nIn principle, all these problems can be circumvented by renting a motorbike (100,000 IDR) and traveling around the island, stopping at other beaches. That's right, but why then live in Marifi? Maybe the guesthouse is so good that other aspects of staying there seem insignificant? It seems to me that this is not so.nThe two-storey building of the guesthouse is located on a small village street, so the noise made by motorbikes, roosters, goats, guinea fowls will wake up soon after dawn. At about 7 am, the owner of the guesthouse will start his car, and this will replace the alarm clock.nI lived on the first floor, and these sounds annoyed me especially. At times it was stuffy in the room, but I didn't want to open the door: lying on the bed you can see people in the courtyard of the house opposite, and vice versa: the bed is in front of them, at a glance. The owners should be thinking about something like a curtain. In the bathroom I was surprised by the lack of a sink. Apparently, that's why they didn't put the soap in - why? She had to ask the owner's wife for a sheet or blanket. There are two sockets in the room, but their location is such that the fan either does not blow over the bed, or stands close to the headboard, but does not turn on at the minimum speed. There was no air conditioning.nThey met me in the guesthouse very discreetly: they handed me the room key, and that's it. Only later did I find out about the second floor, where there is a common veranda with a barbecue area, as well as a device for boiling and cooling water. However, the electrical wire was cut, and it was only possible to pour water at room temperature in cases where it was.nIn my opinion, free Wi-Fi is mandatory for a modern hotel or guesthouse, but Marifi does not provide such a service.nWhen I was about to leave, it turned out that the cost of a transfer by car to the ferry pier, offered by the owner, is 100,000 rupees, and this, according to him, is the lowest possible price, regardless of the mode of transport. It turned out to be a lie, or I was lucky: I was taken on a motorcycle for 25,000.nIt should be noted that the attitude of the owners towards the French and Indonesians who were vacationing simultaneously with me was more caring than towards me and the American of Russian descent, with whom he had a conflict.nThe desire to save as much as possible on the services provided and to get more for additional services is what catches the eye.nBefore arriving at Marifi, I spent 8 days in the Olala guesthouse, in the village of Iboih, and was very pleased: first of all, the sea and underwater beauties, and the accommodation was good. I will return there next time.