27 July 2009

Dusit D2 Barquda Pattaya

Last weekend, My family and I had a chance to stay for a night at the new Dusit D2 HIP hotel in Pattaya. The hotel is situated right on South Pattaya just opposite to Ripley's Believe it or not museum.

The hotel is very nice with new design in HIP boutique hotel style. The room is decorated with one big king size bed right in the middle of the room. The sexy bath room comes with glass screen so you can through when taking shower. It's really good for the honeymooner.

The reception is hugh with free form furniture and large sofa for guest. All decorated with mirror wall giving the sense of modernize style. The freeform pool is rather small. Good for poolside party, not for swimming. There is a good fitness room and the restaurant.

The function rooms that make this hotel unique. The rooftop bar is excellent place to watch the sunset and the Pattaya town from atop. The 2nd floor computer room decorated in white with a few iMac (that what I love most) with 300 Baht an hour for the Internet. The Karaoke room on 4th floor and the seminar room on 3rd good for small team meeting.

The hotel just sit right next to the Major Cineplex Shopping and Movie place. You can find a good Italian Pizza restaurant and Starbuck coffee there. Or you can spend the afternoon watching movies.

We walk across the street to visit Ripley's museum. Now they have the Haunted house, the Maze, and the 4D theatre as well. The total combination of 4 access is 680 Baht. Not too bad. We all visit the 4 themes. We love the maze room so much. It was fun to walk in there in the dark and try to find the way out through many mirror glass door. The least that I like about is the Haunted house. It was quite a long walk, but totally dark. Luckily we have mobile phone that illuminate to see the way. Otherwise, we wold have hit many things as it was totally dark in there.

Pattay had changes a lot lately form the last time that we had visited. It was 5 years ago. Now it has many tourist attractions. We went to the floating market where merchants sells their goods o shops near water or some from the boat. The entrance is free and it's bigger than the "Talad Nam" of the Ancient City. I took a few good photos.

I think Pattaya is not too bad at all apart from the Russian Gang and Prostitute, they are quite a town with many things to explore.