KO PHI PHI - Long Beach - Which place to stay?

Thai Interests: Ko Phi Phi; beaches; walking; exploring; about as chilled a place as I can get considering the circumstances; clean accommodation (listen I’m pretty chilled girl, it just seriously hate sleeping around tropical bugs but I do acknowledge this is a ridiculous preoccupation, such is life); and I suppose secretly I wouldn’t mind a holiday location where I could have easy access to a gin and tonic or something like that at 5pm but of course not necessary.

1. I'm thinking about heading to Long Beach (Hat Yao) on Ko Phi Phi for one week in the New Year. There are three lodging accommodations on this beach. I'm leaning towards the paradise pearl resort. Any suggestions? Should I go somewhere else entirely on Ko Phi Phi?

2. Do you suggest I access the ferry to Ko Phi Phi from Phuket or Karobi?

Thanks in advance for your suggestions.