is a 100 year old teak mansion by the river in ayutthaya. I decided to book this since i wanted to stay somewhere old and authentic in ayutthaya and this was as old as you can get. After an exhausting day with the elephants at the royal elephant kraal, we checked in to Ban Kunpra.
The first order of the stay of course was to scare the crap out of each other. Then we proceeded to fight over who sleeps on the side of the bed where the creepy transvestite painting can watch your every move.
After kicking brian over to HIS side of the bed and discovering a peeping tom outside our window, we joined the hotel staff in hunting down the now missing poisonous snake that someone found in the garden earlier. We checked out the outhouse (toilet and bath were outside the mansion) and decided that not taking a bath for a day is sometimes good foy your health, especially if this is where a certain bright green snake may be hiding. We played with a shih tzu the size of a c2 bottle and ate the tastiest egg flavored crepe in the world, and finally went to sleep.
The room we got was 650 Baht. it had no aircon but the river breeze was cool enough for a comfortable sleep. the room was a little dark mostly due to the wood's dark finish. The bed was high enough for you to break you neck if you fall off it and our private balcony was old enough to collapse if Mahal and Mura so much as breathed on it.
The main balcony and riverside restaurant offered a great view by the river too.
there were large kois swimming about in a pond which brian attempted to murder by feeding sago
, and an idoor cofeehouse where no one wants to sit. Who wants to stay inside when you have this?
So if you want fun and adventure and have an insurance policy, skip the boring hotels and try Ban Kunpra Instead.
http://www.bannkunpra.com/
