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BKK #01: The Atlanta
We flew to Bangkok on September 4 (Saturday) and took a taxi from outside the departure floor of the terminal, doing so waives the 50฿1 airport fee.
It took about half an hour to get to The Atlanta, the hotel where we'd stay our first six nights.
The Atlanta is a 52-year-old hotel and its lobby has impressive old-style interior, which is apparently often used in movies. Rooms are very cheap (ours was 700฿ + 7% tax, not even $20 USD!) and therefore most guests are foreign backpackers or low-budget travellers. The staff was very nice and helpful too, and the restaurant was good and useful, serving both western and Thai meals.
There are 3-4 cats who seem to live at the hotel, and they're often around the lobby.
Unfortunately the hotel only takes reservations by fax (not even by phone except if last minute), which was a bit of an inconvenient for us. I guess that you have to go there to understand. I'm sure glad we did go through this small hurdle rather than opting for another hotel easily bookable online.
There is a computer available to check your email (3฿/min.) but it uses a dial-up account.
The location is pretty good, deep down a lane annex to Sukhumvit, a large street over which passes the BTS (SkyTrain). The hotel is located near BTS station Phloen Chit.
I had memorized "soot soi" in Thai which means "to the end of the street" and it was useful to taxi drivers when going back to the hotel (more on taxis later).
Click the thumbnails for larger images.
From left to right: cat on the couch in the lobby; garden seen from the 2nd floor; swimming pool.
More pictures at The Atlanta's Web site.
1 The currency in Thailand is called "baht", is written ฿ (B with a vertical bar over it), and its currency code is THB. During our trip, 1฿ was worth about $0.024 USD (40฿=±$1) or ¥2.6 JPY (100฿=±¥250). Current rates can be found here.
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Looks like a decent hotel, especially at that price!
Posted by Jean on September 14, 2004 at 00:11
Definitely so! Can't beat that quality/price. :)
Posted by Patrick on September 14, 2004 at 00:38
... and it comes with free pussy :)
looks cool ... I wish flight to Thailand were more affordable from here
Posted by Peter on September 14, 2004 at 01:56
It's not exactly cheap from here either right now. It was worth it though. :)
Posted by Patrick on September 14, 2004 at 20:15