Blind Hotel Booking

Damn. Anne already talked about this subject, but in German so I'll try not to copy.

So, why is it that things that were invented as miraculous "time savers" end up taking more time/energy than beforehand.
Cars need to be maintained. "Hunting" is now spread over 8 hours and in offices and the mother of all: Internet. Really, for something that gives you instant access to a resource or knowledge unheard of in the history of humans, you need a lot of time to wade through a lot of rubbish.

We decided to book a hotel for the first two nights in Bangkok. It's a long flight. Try googling "hotel, Bangkok". Holy crap. Not just the amount of web pages, but every page has different prices, different ratings, different reviews apart from the fact that what you see is not always what you get. Like online dating pages, nearly every hotel is made to look like a palace, all of them in "central/convenient location" which on closer investigation can mean: convenient for the proprietors but in the middle of nowhere for the poor souls who booked online.

And just as with online dating you have to understand the lingo: It's always "short distance to transport"(non stop traffic or under flight path), "Thai charm" (that could be anything),"with wellness area" (old fat Euro clients),"with western breakfast" (toast with coffee) "Close to night life (lots of sex tourism/drunk English backpackers),"near sky train" (in boring area) etc.

Also, there is a road/area in new Bangkok called Sukhumvit road where a lot of the expedia hotels reside. Now, this road actually leads from the middle of Bangkok all the way to the Cambodian border. Definitely recommended to check the street number before booking.

We settled on a little place in Old Bangkok near Khao San Road that has a pool and a roof and walls(I hope)but no bells and whistles. Getting exciting now.