Bangkok

[Ziggy Parker]

Any one suggest a good hotel in Bangkok.

[Fiona]

No but I can recomend a visit to the floating markets at Damoen Saduak, just outside Bangkok. I stayed in an incredibly kitsch wild west themed place there which was built on stilts above the canal. It was so crap it was cool and very, very cheap, under £10 as I recall.

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[ali_kat]

I stayed in the Amari Atrium.

Heard good things about the Ambassador (but that was from people that lived there & drank in it!!).

Depends where you want to stay near?

[jumplead]

More importantly what's your budget?

[Ziggy Parker]

budget not an issue......apart from the Peninsular at £2400 a night....might give that a miss. In Bangkok for 4 days before we shot down to island resort. So was wanting a little luxury before then. maybe somewhere round Sukumvit ....not too close to Nana plaza
www.castaway-resorts.com

my brothers place....tight sod only gave me 20% off

[Fiona]

budget not an issue......apart from the Peninsular at £2400 a night....

Wow for the price of 1 night at the Peninsular you could stay in the wood shack with the tin roof that I did for almost a whole year! Plus they offer boat rides on the lake at night to see the fireflies, a snake charming show, dodgy country and western music, a surprisingly good restaurant and a rather odd looking temple next door. Bet you don't get all that at the Peninsular......mind you, you probably do get a clean room, without cobwebs that you can't see the canal between the floorboards..... but where's the fun in that? :D

[ali_kat]

So what style of accommodation do you want?

5* luxury; backpackers or somewhere in the middle?

I had 5* but I'd have chosen Fiona's if I'd been allowed! Next time I go it will be very different!!!

[ali_kat]

TBH you don't need luxury in Thailand.

If you are in the city you are exploring so no time to make use of the room

If you are in a resort then you are lazing on the beach/pool or out enjoying the nightlife!

All you really need is a comfortable bed, shower & wardrobe!!

[Fiona]

All you really need is a comfortable bed, shower & wardrobe!!

Well, there was a shower.....

bizarrely the bed sheet was a giant, double bed sized towel which frankly I found a little disturbing!

[ali_kat]

Soaks up the sweat & stuff ;)

[ali_kat]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmaJ4G6qhM8

[Ziggy Parker]

too many hotels to choose from.

[ali_kat]

There are 100's :(

[Fiona]

Soaks up the sweat & stuff ;)

Eeeewwwww! Well I'm glad I threw it on the floor and slept under the kind of shawl part or whatever it's called of the Salwar Kameez I was given in Pakistan. When I was in hospital there I noticed the women were sleeping under them to keep the flies off, seemed like a damn good idea! Although in that hotel in Thailand I was more concerned about spiders dropping on me in my sleep!! :eek:

[ali_kat]

Ewwwww
Sounds like you had a bad time there :(
I was lucky, I only broke my toe and it wasn't set properly, so I'm still in agony (1999)

[Fiona]

Sounds like you had a bad time there :(


You'd think so wouldn't you but actually I had a lot of fun and met some really fantastic people :D

[jumplead]

http://www.lhw.com/property.aspx?id=564 Banyan tree is my shout. not cheap though but very nice.

[Ziggy Parker]

think we found a nice one.... Lebua looks stunning....and doing some good deals...less than £80 a night for great looking hotel with great places to eat

[ali_kat]

:D

[Ziggy Parker]

Thats it! Lebua is all booked and paid for.... Chose the Tower Riverside suites....gorgeous......will buy wine in the 7/11 down the road instead of £15 a glass at the bar! lol cheapskate...........