infinity11 Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 The plan is to escape songkran pattaya and explore sights unseen april 11-19.Insights, recommendations, accommodation low to mid level, entertainment, etc welcome. Also will i be able to avoid songkran in these areas? Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I think accommodation will be a bit tough?? I was on Samet several years ago duing Songkran. Had to sleep in a tent for 2 nights until a room opened up! Horrible. Anything near the beach will be packed. We were in Chantaburi recently and on the weekends, even then, the hotels were pretty much fully booked. Can't say about all these cities, but where I live, in Ban Amphur, Songkran is only on one day, and really only in the main part of "town". We went through it by accident a few years ago. Only 50 people or so out in the street dancing and getting drunk. No hassles at all. Even got handed a beer through the window as we passed by! 55555 Will you have a car??? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinity11 Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 i have considered ban ampur but i have been through there a couple of times already do they have any hotels? i am also considering ban saray any hotels there? you bring up a good point about finding accommodation but i plan to avoid the major beach spots and areas like kho samed and kho chang i think i will stick to the mainland and sadly no tent which sounds like a good back up plan thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 I'm not really recommending Ban Amphur, just saying that Songkran outside Pattaya doesn't last 10 days! 55555 Yes, quite a few hotels in the area. Some on the beach, some inland. Bang Saray is quite nice. Several of my favorite places to watch sunsets are down there. Relatively quite except on the weekends. I have no idea what it will be like over Songkran....but I'm guessing it will be busy. Too close to Bangkok!!! I saw this not too long ago. Looked interesting: http://www.homeresortgetaway.com/ I'll keep my eye open for others. I have read about a national part in Chantaburi. Has a beautiful waterfall and rooms that you can rent in the park. Also, you might consider Chao Lao Beach down there. It will be busy, but a fairly nice place to hang out. I think a great trip would be to just cruise down the coast. Check out Bang Chang (there is one street with lots of action, and a few good hotels nearby), then down to Laem Mae Phim, Chao Lao and even Chantaburi has a nice old section of town. Only takes a short while to explore, but a nice place for a drink overlooking the "river". It's OK. Just brainstorming! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinity11 Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 excellent thanks i feel drawn to ban saray for the beginning any idea about the accommodations? low to middle range i am also considering going inland to visit parks and forests and stuff i have no idea what the towns will be like or if they have hotels even most towns do? or i might just do exactly like you suggest should i avoid shatahip? someone told me nothing to see or do and just military Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinity11 Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 i will be hoofing it so a place to stay close to internet cafe 7/11 and thai food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 Will you have a car? Traveling around these areas could be tough without your own transport. Bang Saray does have some interesting places to stay. I can't recommend any, but would use booking.com, agoda, tripadvisor and for sure airbnb. I've seen some recently on airbnb that don't show up anywhere else.... Pretty much every town will have a place to stay. Most likely not listed on the internet in English and probably a good value. Some may argue, but I don't think Sattahip has much to offer. If you are in Bang Saray, it's easy to pop over and see the beautiful beaches on the navy base. Definitely worth a peek....but very crowded on weekends. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinity11 Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 thanks much this is the plan and i am going to wing it (with some more internet research too perhaps) ban saray and ban chan then? rayong and/or? i have been advised more than once to avoid shtahip but maybe i should find out for myself got a bit scared about 'all booked up' as is a holiday plus weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinity11 Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 ANYONE??? songkran dates for ban ampur? ban saray? shtahip? ban chan? rayong? pattaya 11-19 my reason for this great escape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eff1n2ret Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Banchang Sonkran Fri. 17th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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