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Marco Polo

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  1. Right? I just booked Novatel which slightly edged out Adelphi and Landmark. It looks like they have a decent gym and I like the location at the intersection of soi 4 and 6. This is a recon trip so I don't mind staying in different areas and exploring. My SHA stay is in Asok so I wanted somewhere around Nana. I will review both after I stay there.
  2. After overanalyzing this to death I booked Grand Suisse because they had an overall rating of 8 out of 10. Not two minutes after pulling the trigger I got the following email so I'm gonna cancel and start over: Thank you for choosing Grand Swiss Hotel for your next stay in Bangkok. Please note that our facilities and services are currently unavailable due to some part of the hotel is under renovation. These include food and beverage (restaurants and in-room dining), swimming pool, Fitness center. We apologies for any inconveniences that may cause by the absence of these facilities and services.Best regards,Reservation team.
  3. I waited too long and Holiday Inn is all booked up for my dates now. Back to square one. Arte is non-refundable too I saw.
  4. I was looking at the Westin vs. Holiday Inn and see that Westin has a "no refund policy" on Agoda. I'd like to stay there but I've already had to postpone my trip once and could get hosed. I'm gonna hit that breakfast buffet for sure though.
  5. I'm resurrecting this thread instead of starting a new one. Anybody have feedback on Holiday Inn Express Bangkok Sukhumvit 11? I'm probably going to try a few different ones around Asoke and Nana. It's looking like I'll do the SHA stay at the Grande Centre Point Hotel Terminal 21 (SHA Plus+).
  6. I like ThaiPod101 too. I use it in conjunction with my online tutor from Preply. The word bank feature is awesome and you can build lists (verbs, nounds, phrases, food & drink etc). The one weird thing is all the videos start to stick after about 30-40 seconds. Their tech support cannot figure it out.
  7. Good topic as I've wondered this myself. It seems like the most non-techie solution is to use the local Thai SIM card in your existing phone for maps, Line, TF, etc then switch the SIM back in your hotel to check on life back in the world. The dual SIM capability is interesting. I can check and see if my iPhone 12 has that. Per Apple, supported 2-SIM networks in Thailand appear to be: Thailand AIS dtac TrueMove H
  8. The girl I was with was a vegetarian so it was quite the moral debate. I mean bugs are alive right? She ate up in the name of sustainability and insect protein being more environmentally friendly than meat. LOL.
  9. Dude, I went to Bugs Cafe in Siem Reap and had quite the experience. We ate scorpions, crickets, some sort of larvae and a huge "water bug". I think it was a roach but I ate it anyway. I'll eat almost anything but that was a challenge. The night we went they were out of tarantula otherwise I would have had that too. If anybody is going to Angkor Wat, check that place out.
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