Bangkok rooftop party at The Imperial Queens park Hotel (Part 1)

The week before we went to Hua Hin we decorated our apartment with lights – note the only apartment in the block with Christmas lights.

And being all fired up for the festive season we had a whole week of giving gifts to each other. With Christmas gone we had to decide what we would do for New Year’s Eve.  There are so many options for what to do over New Year’s that there is simply not enough New Year’s eves to do all the things. Two options that we entertained were either a beach party on Koh Samet or an outrages Bangkok rooftop party. We did our research and eventually came across an awesome package that has been put together by The Imperial Queens Park in Bangkok. It was a package that consisted of a rooftop party in Bangkok, a 5 star room for two people, buffet style dinner and a recovery brunch next to the pool the next day.

This is how our rooftop New Year’s party weekend in Bangkok went down:

Sunday morning we left our apartment at 7:30 as we heard that the Ferry is running between Minburi and Bangkapi mall (we would then take a taxi from the mall to the hotel). We arrived at the Ferry just to find out that the Ferry only operates during the week.

So with a bag full of beer and a bottle of rum, some cokes and a headache tablet or two we walked back up to the main road to get a bus to Bangkapi mall. (From Minburi you can take bus 27). We waited about 10 minutes before the bus came past and we jumped on (we wanted to be as early as possible at the hotel – we have to get value for our money you know…). The bus was crammed with people and the bus driver was obviously late for his own funeral by the way that he drove. The one moment I was standing in the bus minding my own business and looking at the pretty trees and the next moment I sat in the lap of a toothless Thai person that smells of yesterdays’ old fish… So Steven and I decided it was a better idea to sit on the box thing in the front of the bus – this way we will at least have our legs intact for the dancing we intended to do that night. After a crazy bus trip that somewhat felt like an amusement park ride that went public we eventually arrived at The Mall Bangkapi – one destination closer to our Bangkok rooftop party.

At the mall we hailed a taxi and in a million different tones and accents gave him the address that was printed on our ticket. After about an hour (15 minutes) we arrived at The Imperial Queens park hotel in Bangkok. It is a massive 5 star luxury hotel with 30 something floors and two rooftop pools. The hotel:

 

 We went to check in and the friendly staff informed us that we can check in at 12:00. So we left our luggage at the doorman and went for breakfast at a very cool place in a side street that reminds one of a holiday village.

 After breakfast we had a stroll through the city and had some fun in a monstrous mall. 

Then we headed back to the hotel and checked into our room. The room:

 After playing with all the gadgets in the room (please note the phone on the toilet – WHO ORDERS ROOM SERVICE FROM THE LAVATORY??!!) we headed down to the pool where we lay on the sunbeds and ordered drinks like royalty:

 

 We went back and took a well-deserved nap before went down for a scrumptious buffet style dinner with the best food you ever had in your life:

In our next blog Steven will tell you about the rooftop party on The Imperial Queens park and the recovery brunch.