refer to "ideal housemate/house hunting" document for more distinctions...

telephone

main line: +66 (2) 690-0315

• 208 - laundry
• 104 - fax
• 107 - restaurant ("Wee")
• 0 - operator
• 9 - outside line

address

Vibhavadi Rangsit Soi 16/26
Dindeang, Bangkok 10320

directions

City Residence, 5-7 min walk from Ratchadaphisek MRT (subway) station.

ack

• 3 min from subway
• grounded outlets
• clean, tiled bathroom
• hot water
• UBC included (CNN & movies in English)
• front desk
• quiet
• next to fresh market
• kitchen room service (by the dish)
• incandescent room light
• inexpensive rent for downtown (4300)
• 7 eleven nearby
• friendly staff
• filtered water nearby
• Kumon and nice bakery nearby

gripes

• communications uptime sucks (telephone, internet)
• no private mailboxes
• room has a bit of an odor
• internet provided has serious lag (downloads fail, rich multimedia sites unusable, spend a lot of time waiting for photo sites like Flickr)
• no per kilo laundry
• no private mailbox
• missing within walking distance
  • duck noodles, grilled fish, grilled bananas, "good" som tum
• missing community structures
  • university
  • health food store
  • clinic
  • athletic center/pool
  • regular-type bar (thonburi bar)
• can truck more expensive (7 baht)
• no lotus express [perhaps a good thing]
• no screen window
• neighbors seem distant (unlike Pipat Place!)
• neighborhood not really "family friendly" - has lots of fix-it shops
• school (Panjusap) doesn't seem very friendly and inviting...

can truck

• household goods shop
• roti
• soy milk (with pumpkin!)
• jok
• video store (Video Ezy, T..., mom & pop)

bus routes

• Ratchada
  • 73 - goes to Siam (takes bout an hour though)
• Viphadi
  • 138 - goes to Thonburi! (no traffic, expressway portion can be just 15 minutes!)
  • 555 - goes to new airport (not tested yet)