Finding reasonably priced hotel accommodation over the end of September early October can be quite difficult in Germany. With millions of people visiting for Oktoberfest. All the city’s prices skyrocket. We had 3 nights in Berlin and needed 2 rooms after looking at the average budget accommodation we stumbled across a caravan situated just a few streets from the bars and nightlife of Berlin.

It was was a fraction cheaper than 2 rooms and looked like the perfect unusual place for the TravelingMonkies to spend few nights.

The caravan was equipped with wifi, a little kitchenette and 3 heaters to survive the cold winter nights. You also are able to park your car just out front at no additional cost.

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As there is only one available you will have to check Airbnb for price and availability

Location to Nightlife

Wifi Speed

Looking for a cheap stay whist in Buriram Thailand? This hotel ticked all the boxes for our budget accommodation with maximum inclusions for our stay during the Asia Racing Championship 2019 at Chang International Stadium.

Many inclusions for a low price

At a cost of just 610 baht a night for a 3rd floor (no elevator) room overlooking the front of the property with inclusions of daily breakfast and a swimming pool. They offered a 1-hour free bicycle hire with 4 bikes available. The 3 rooms we booked all came with cold fridges and water on arrival.

Whats near by

If you walk out the property to the right there is a funky reggae bar and some local Thai restaurants. Across the road in walking distance there is a Big C Mini convenience store should you need supplies. The hotel is in close proximity to the racecourse a short walk to the King Rama Statue

Sometimes theres problems, but not a deal breaker

The only problems we encountered during our stay was the wifi would connect but was an unstable connection. The other issue was hallway entrance to the room had the air-con compressors in them making the hallway to room quite hot as we had the last 3 rooms. Which were the only part of the hallway that didn’t have windows to let air escape like earlier rooms did. Overall this did not affect our stay as we had mobile data and we didn’t hang out in the hallways

Splash out and into the pool

If you where not on a budget and wanted to enjoy the pool and outside tables with family or friends, the poolside rooms would be perfect.

Night Life

It is about 4km, 9-minute taxi/grab or 38 min walk to the main nightclub area. To find the night club area, google Speed Music Hall Buriram and the big ones are all along this strip. I really enjoy the Issan style clubs, A good experience if you have never been to a Thai style night club. They are a show and dance all night with singers and dancers constantly changing.

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Room – 3rd Floor

Getting There

If your looking for a change from standard hotel or a romantic night in this may be the hotel for you. It would of been the perfect romantic night in for me if Luna took her correct passport with her to the airport! Oh well I enjoyed the luxury boat anyways. She arrived the next day missing out.

Close By

There is not really anything around walking distance and is quite far from anything other than ship next door (which has a bar and restaurant ) and there is a restaurants on shore, As well as one at the top of the ship. At night have to pay 300 kyat to drive up to ship some kind of port tax which only they tried to collect at night time which I didn’t pay but think really was meant to then realizing later I argued over 30 cents not dollars.

Friendly Staff

All the staff where really friendly and very hospitable especially in the dining room for my breakfast. I did order room service for dinner which was ok but it took over an hour to arrive so was starving by the time it arrived.

Unfair Advertisement

They had advertised in hotel room brochure , stay an extra night for 49,000 per night. When I inquired about it wanting to take up on the offer was told only available to local people not foreigner. I hate the 2 standard pricing policy. For this i didn’t stay another night.

Massage

I did treat myself to a massage whilst aboard, to release some tension for my long flight. It was perfect for me, Super strong and firm. I normally have to ask for more firm but this was perfect. For this I tipped which I rarely do and really wanted another one but just not enough time

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Location

The Bagan king was the quirkiest hotel I could find in Mandalay. The location was fairly good with a number of restaurants and bars (not like a western bar) located close by. There was a mini-mart just across the road which stocked most of the things we needed. The buffet breakfast was good and the view from their rooftop restaurant was amazing with a great view of the city. The decor of the restaurant is also something to note with painted ceilings and Burma dolls lining the wall (with some unique ones for sale) If you’re into unusual hotels like me when in Mandalay Bagan King is where you should stay.

Transport

In Mandalay, there was touts out the front of the Bagan King Hotel, who we booked with for the journey the next day. Their prices were reasonable for around A$30 for the day to go see temples and more temples.

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Superior Room

Front & Foyer

Restaurant

Location

My brother in law had this trip on his bucket list for quite some time. A night floating on the river drinking beer and fishing. We booked 2 rooms one for our family and one for a bunch of our friends. The sleeping arrangements were local style a bunch of mattresses on the floor next to each other and sleep in groups of partners/family. Seems strange to a westerner but a common practice here.

Local Thai Style Holiday

What an experience it was. A true local style Thailand holiday. We set up the Thai clay pot BBQ which we grilled prawns and fish we bought from the ตลาดไทย​ Talad Thai Fishmarket​ and cracked some long necks of Chang Beer. Got the fishing lines setup for an all-nighter of fishing, beer & Sangsom (Thai rum that tastes more like whiskey)

Contact Details

Now you might need some help from a Thai speaking person if you wish to book this one as it’s all bookings via phone and they tend to book out so some pre-planning is needed. You will also need to bring your own fishing gear, bait and all supplies with you as there was not anything close by if you run out.

Phone : +66 86 780 9810
I believe only Thai spoken

Noodle Man

One of my highlights was the following morning a man in a boat comes along to every room that hailed him down and made Tom Yum noodles out of his modified Tom Yum Noodle Boat. He claims he has been working along this stretch of river for 10 years! He can sell up to 5kg of noodles a day. Not bad for 50 baht! (A$2)

Location

Address : Tambon Bang Sai, Bang Sai District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya 13190, Thailand