We've never slept in a floating "unit" and jumping out of bed in the morning and diving in the lake was probably a once in a lifetime experience. I saw other hotels on the lake with the same sort of units, but they looked very basic, most likely without toilet, as the infrastructure needed to handle that is very, VERY expensive and I imagine very costly to maintain, as are making all the units stay together with rising or falling water levels. We originally were checked into a very nice room "on land" but decided to go to the water units...same price so changing wasn't a problem. The water units have A/C, very hot water and a small porch. There is an "incline" or, diagonal tram, that is maintained which can help those with tons of luggage get it down to the floating units, or customers might not be able to use all the steps down. As for location, spectacular. I doubt I could have found it without GPS navigation, but I came at night. When leaving in daylight, I did see LOTS of flags, and there were signs a major turns. Driving the switchbacks was fun and the government road was as well designed and maintained as if it was in Japan...a real change from so much of Thai highways, which, BTW, the major roads are getting a great overhaul. The restaurant was fine, and although I didn't like the freeze dried coffee as the only choice in the breakfast, there is a Cafe right there that opens at 8am that has real coffee. The breakfast was the usual Thai breakfast. I would go again!