Hotel Name: Ban FahSai Guest House. Address: 87,Moo. 4, T. Phe, A.Muang, Koh Samet, Thailand. I stayed at the Ban FahSai Guest House in Koh Samet, Thailand. I booked online at the rate of 18.76 USD per night, and I booked for its price and location in Koh Samet. Ban FahSai is on the main […]
Hotel Review: Tawana Bangkok Hotel – 4-star hotel in Silom
Hotel Name: Tawana Bangkok Hotel. Address: 80 Surawongse Road, Silom, Bangkok, Thailand. [Edit: Tawana Bangkok Hotel has now closed and the building is being refurbished and turned into the voco Bangkok Surawong. This review remains as a historical archive.] I stayed at the Tawana Bangkok Hotel in Bangkok. I booked online for its price and […]
Notes on Coastal Montenegro – Bar, Budva, Tivat, and Kotor
Montenegro is positioning itself as a destination for digital nomads, and it was until recently offering citizenship through investment. It has since scrapped this program in order to prepare to apply for EU membership. It already uses the Euro, so it already feels like its on the way. Most international interest in Montenegro is along […]
Villa Cha Cha Banglumphu: A backpacker resort in the Khao San Rd area of Bangkok
Hotel Name: Villa Cha Cha Banglumphu. Address: 36 Tani Road, Taladyod, Pranakorn, Khaosan, Bangkok, Thailand. I stayed at the Villa Cha Cha Banglumphu in Bangkok. I booked online at the rate of $15.50 USD per night, and I booked it for its price and location in Bangkok. Villa Cha Cha Banglumphu is in the Banglamphu […]
Hotel Review: Retro 39 Hotel, Bangkok – A budget hotel near Phrom Phong BTS station
Hotel Name: Retro 39 Hotel. Address: 1, 10 Soi Sukhumvit 39, Watthana, Bangkok, Thailand. I stayed at the Retro 39 Hotel in Bangkok. I booked online at the rate of $15.65 USD per night, and I booked for the price and location in Bangkok. This rate was cheaper than usual as I booked not long […]
Hotel Review: St. James Hotel, Bangkok – Mid-range business hotel near Phrom Phong BTS
Hotel Name: St. James Hotel. Address: 18 Soi Sukhumvit 26, Khlong Tan, Khlong Toei, Bangkok, Thailand. I stayed at the St. James Hotel in Bangkok. I booked online at the rate of 585 THB ($17.34 USD) per night, and I booked it for its price and location in Bangkok. I also partly booked it because […]
Notes on Podgorica – From provincial outpost to nation’s capital
Podgorica is one of the world’s youngest capital cities. Its relative youth as a seat of power goes some way to explaining why Podgorica feels more like a provincial outpost than the nation’s capital. Montenegro became a new country in 2008 after seceding from the union of Serbia and Montenegro. During that time, Belgrade was […]
Notes on Sarajevo
Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and apart from the siege, the assassination, and the Winter Olympics, I didn’t know much about the city. For my generation, the name Sarajevo is probably as synonymous with conflict as Saigon is for a Boomer. I visited Sarajevo without researching what to see so I could […]
Notes on Mostar – Visiting the famous bridge of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mostar is home to one of the most famous bridges in Europe. For those of us who lived through the nineties news cycle of the Yugoslav Wars, it become a symbol of the war when it was destroyed during the Bosnian War in 1993. The Stari Most (Old Bridge) has since been reconstructed and is […]
Hotel Review: Galataport Suites, Istanbul – Turkey
Hotel Name: Galataport Suites. Address: Kemankes Karamustafapasa Mahallesi Celebiler Sokak No 3/1 Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey. I stayed at Galataport Suites in Istanbul, Turkey. I booked online at the rate of €22.50 per night, and I booked it for its price and location in Istanbul. Galataport Suites is in the Galataport area, not far from the […]
