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Lub D


After staying at The Center Point Plaza on Khao San road Lub D was amazing. but it wasnt just in comparison, it was actually amazing.

The first two nights I stayed at the Lub D in Siam Square. It was amazing, best time I have had the whole trip so far actually. The staff here are so cool. Two of them (JJ and KK) took us out one night to see the Bangkok night life, after that they were there at any time of day for anything that we needed. All the other staff there were great too. I was rooming with a guy named Roger, he was pretty cool, and from Barcelona, so even cooler. Sucks that he hand to go back home and go to work, he mentioned that he was going to look into some sort of job/visa to work in Alberta or something? A couple years ago he spent some time working in the the lower mainland actually and he said he really enjoyed Canada. My other main friend from that stay was a girl named Sam. Also pretty cool. She was from Perth and is pretty much travelling the world as she got a year off work. We spent almost 2 full days as she tried to engage me into the street food lifestyle. She went off on a tour of Cambodia and Laos and eventually is making her way to England I believe.



The building there was excellent too. Super modern and super super clean. I stayed in a room with 3 other beds. Air conditioning another huge plus. everyone had their own plug, shelf, lamp, locker.
The bathroom were really nice and clean too.
The Lub D in Silom (just south of Siam) was pretty much the same, just a bit older. The staff was different though. Most of them werent as friendly, there was a couple who would strike up a conversation or make a joke. The people there were somehow different too. One older guy (50's) from the Philippines came over and talked to me while I was clearly in the middle of something( lonely planet open, pen in mouth, fingers typing madly) and tried to talk to me about....nothing really. just about how lonely he was. and i didnt really feel like talking to him but he didnt seem to get the hint. he eventually found one of the staff to talk to and i was free.
The rooms slept 6 instead of 4 as well. I think more of the party people stayed at the Silom Lub D cause 3 times during the night i was awoken by guys coming in from a night out. Im glad I only stayed there 1 night.

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