The hotel is very nice, large room, large balcony, all rooms have a view of the Andaman Sea! At the time of our vacation, construction work was still underway, but should have been completed by February 2005.
Palana is very cool, clean and not crowded. Especially Russians. We took breakfast and dinner, dined on the mountain in restaurants and cafes. There are absolutely no problems with the transfer to the mountain: a train takes 150-200 m to the gondola, but immediately rise to the very top.
Everyone enthusiastically writes that Dedeman is right at the ski lift. But the lift is a ski lift, a slide with a height difference of 100 meters. There are only children and teapots.