I just want a place to sleep before my next flight.
I started out with a layover at the Novotel....$179!!! In Thailand. Moved down to Best Western...$84!! And then to Air BNB in central Bangkok...$41, plus cab fare round trip, another $30-40.
This time I booked an Air BnB near airport. $39, plus $9 round trip cab fare. I knew there may be trouble when the owner, Pao, sent instructions to take cab, cross a footbridge and walk several hundred meters. The taxi stand turned out to be a long line, which I waited in, after which I was told that my distance was too short, needed to find a different kind of cab!
The cab driver, finally hired, took me near the BnB and called the owner to meet me. No answer! So I get out and walk. Up the footbridge over the canal, down the bridge, then a right through empty market stalls where a pair of dogs greeted me. I squelched my fear....we are not used to seeing dogs off leash...guard dogs...and they smell it, right? It's also 1:30 am by now!
I hollered and thank goodness Pao appeared from the shuttered doors. He had let his cellphone in uncharge! I was disappointed that the room had no bath. Toilet and showers downstairs... thank goodness I showered in Tokyo! I turned on the ac and after several tries, slept and awoke to the blare of water taxis outside my room. Pao had provided earplugs, but after the first jarring blare, I was back asleep, earplugs not needed.
Water taxi --- loud!
My balcony with sink!
The appetizer course before breakfast
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