Desmond Jones

Thanks Sailfast, so is the picture on the banner site the front side or back side of the hotel?

Thank you for the rapid reply Cicero, but does the balcony have a full seaview? What about the room size. Small, medium, Large?

Cicero 1520- I have looked at the BJ Hotel site, and it looks pretty cool. 1) Standard Room- smoking ok? 2) Girl friendly, right? 3) Full Sea View Balcony, yes? Price is good, are the rooms good size? Thanks to all and any with feedback. Any other good leads out there?

In California they dress the cell phone towers to look like palm trees. Pretty bizarre. Are there smoking rooms with balconies with a garden view and some privacy? I know there is no seaview right? RG is getting into my top five for the next trip.

I'd think after a year they are done jackhammering. The echo in the open air halls was amazing. Water was dripping from the vent on the ceiling from day two. Housekeeper had engineer come, who mopped up puddles of standing water from inside the ceiling for like two-three hours. I developed a sore throat, then cough, coughing more till i puked, puked blood, became feverish, lost all energy. Please no armchair MD diagnosis. That was a year ago. I attribute this to the room and the aircon, because I fled to Koh Samet for three days after stopping at the pharmacy, and two days I felt tons better, better enough to go on the 7 island 1/2 day snorkel trip. When I returned I started feeling sick again, and never got back to 100%. I was smoking alot at the time, which surely didn't help, and there were other mental things going on I won't go into, it just turned out to be a shitty trip, punctuated by some great short times and the bar crawl of course. Anyway, I posted before that I cannnot say with certainty that the air con was the culprit. Years ago, I'd stay at the hotel above the Thermae Cafe in Bangkok, and put miles on the elevator every night. Somebody said the air con was poisonous there too, but it never affected me. Over the years I've grown to enjoy the seaview, balcony, daily swims, clean rooms, room service of a hotel that is walking distance to beach road. I'm one of those guys who cuts loose for a couple of weeks a year, and likes to plan well for where I stay. That said any further suggestions for hotels would be much appreciated.

Thanks for the feedback. Summer Spring is pretty far down the road, though I will look into it more. I probably mean't 1700 baht, though typing in the dark does that. Sick as I was, the jackhammers were real, and daily, coming, I think from the condos on the other side of the open air balcony on the sixth floor. More suggestions?

My last trip I stayed at Sandy Spring for the third time. It's a great hotel, but I got real sick, I think from the air con. There was construction noise throughout the day every day. For my next trip I'm looking for an alternative with these features. Please assist if you can. 1) 1700 baht or under per night. 2) full balcony with sea-view. 3) large bathtub. 4) pool. 5) girl friendly. 6) safe at reception or in room. 7) steps to baht bus and blocks to beach rd. 8) friendly staff and security. 9) no construction 10) great if not good cafe/with room service. I have stayed at Areca, Sunshine, Eastiny, Flipper, and several others in the past. Any help will be appreciated. OBLA DEE BROS

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Gus, you said it right. I have stayed at Flipper many times, used to be my favorite, then switched to Sandy Springs. I've stayed at the Sunbeam, Sunshine, Eastiny, Areca, Lek, and Diamond Beach hotel, (this one I use as shortime rm., when I'm on the walkingstreet shagathon), to name a few. Of all these for location and overall satisfaction Sandy Springs takes it hands down. Much quieter than flipper, where even on the top floor, the thump thump bass lines don't stop till 4 Am. Sandy is situated not too close to the beer bars, though a quick walk to the baht bus or to 2nd rd. Look at Sandy Spring websites and decide for yourself. The seaview deluxe is a must however. My problem with Sabai Lodge was always the lack of view.

I wish I could reccomend a dentist, and no I can't. But I can recomend you avoid the Bankok Pattaya Hospital. I set an appointment up for the cleaning, and to recement my bridge, and after two separate dentists insisiting on a new bridge, partial denture etc., it was like "pulling teeth" to get the damn thing recemented and get out of there. They didn't or wouldn't understand I was on holiday, and were telling me I'd have to have a partial denture, 8 appointments etc. I had great work at Bangkok Dental Hospital, but, yea I know it's in Bangkok. The little shops in the sois, have "traveling" dentists, who often arn't there on time, or don't show. Pretty hit and miss. Sorry I haven't been more helpful, maybe other BM's can give a solid referral.