The hospitable host and staff help to solve many issues. According to the location, all but a couple of central streets around Pub Street are slums, so it's normal. You can take a bike for free, it was always available. It takes 5-7 minutes to get to the center. Now about the bad news) a street away from the hotel, when I was driving from the airport by tuk-tuk, two people on a scooter tried to steal my backpack at speed...They dropped it...so be careful)