Perfect Bangkok Family Apartment

Luxury in the hustle and bustle of Bangkok!  We consider ourselves lucky to have found such a nice 2 bedroom apartment for our 2 week stay in Bangkok.  Everything about this apartment was clean and updated.  Plenty of space for all of us too!  The apartment is updated and clean.  The hosts, Ron and his family, welcomed us with open arms even providing us with toys for our kids and snacks for our arrival.











The apartment itself is clean, spacious, updated, safe and in a great location.  The beds are comfortable, not hard like we've become used too.  There is a washer in the apartment, pool, gym and kids play area.  The wifi is fast and the kitchen is fully set up so cooking at home is no problem which helps with our 3 kids.  The building is quiet so no neighbor noise.












There are several great restaurants nearby but we mostly enjoyed having a kitchen and ate at home or got street food take away.

There is a Tesco about 1 mile away and a convenient store downstairs.  Nothing is too far.  A 35 Baht taxi ride will take you to the water taxi or the BTS or the mall or Chinatown.  The apartment is on the BTS bus line but with taxis being so cheap no need to pile our family on a stop and go bus.  We paid 80 Baht from our apartment to Khao San Road.








Overall we loved our stay here and would stay here again.  We feel so lucky to have found such an amazing apartment in Bangkok!

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Chatuchak Weekend Market with kids

Chatuchak weekend market claims to be the world's largest weekend market.  It is a fun and ginormous, although somewhat overwhelming, market.  This place is massive and they offer everything under the sun!

Here's how to avoid going insane:

1. Go early.  It will be hot so wear comfy clothes, shoes and sunscreen.  Although if you forget anything you can just buy it!









2. Memorize the map before you leave so you know where you want to go.  It's too big to see everything in one day.










3.  Bargain hard, there are twenty other vendors who sell the same thing.  Although you may never find the first vendor if you try and go back...









4.  Don't forget 30 baht is only a dollar.  Do you really need to save another 10 baht on that 100 baht shirt? A good deal is a good deal!








5.  Stop and enjoy the people watching.  It's crazy busy there

















6. Bring a stroller! There will be a lot of walking in the heat. Some of the lanes get pretty narrow and crowded so the narrower stroller, the better off you'll be.

7. Prep your kids beforehand. They will be naturally curious and you will be overwhelmed. There are a lot of easy to touch animals in poor conditions. They will see some new things, like beggars with no legs dragging themselves around. We talked about what to expect and we made it several hours without incident or meltdown. Yippee!

Have you been to the Chatuchak weekend market? What did you think?

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Nakorn Ping Hotel, Bangkok

Finally, comfortable beds!!  Something that is a rarity in Asia.  We have become used to beds that are hard as, well, plywood.  Nakorn Ping is located near the famous Khao San Road in Bangkok.  It's a 4 story hotel with about 50 rooms in a more residential area.

The hotel is a bit dated but clean.  Our room was large with plenty of storage space.  The bathroom had the typical shower near the toilet with decent water pressure.  The beds were very comfortable with fitted sheets.  The cable tv offered several channels but only Fox movie channel was in English.  There was a broken fridge in our room that I mentioned was broken to the staff and they blew me off.  Our room had a nice little sitting area and the wifi was very fast but the router was just outside our door.

The front desk staff was friendly but not helpful at all with directions or information about the area.  The hotel is located on a quiet street off the main road.  There are some restaurants around but not a lot of food stalls.  Food prices seemed a bit high in this area.  Khao San road is about a 10 minute walk over the canal and well worth the adventure.








We got a large room with 2 double beds for 1000 Baht a night.  This included hot water and a powerful aircon.  No breakfast but you can purchase coffee and toast for 20 Baht each.  There is a reasonably priced breakfast place next door but make sure your order is repeated back or you might get triple of your order.













 I would say our biggest complaint about the hotel is they have no safes in the room to lock your valuables in.  They don't even have a safe downstairs to offer.  We never felt safe leaving our stuff there.  They also allow smoking in all their rooms.

http://www.nakornpinghotel.com/

Would we stay here again?  Probably not.  It was a nice hotel over all, but there is much better and cheaper to be found around Bangkok!

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