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Apple 2 Guest House
Quiet, sleepy spot -- and one of the originals
11 Soi Trok Kai Chaee off Phra Sumen Rd, Bangkok
Bangkok Province
Tel: (02) 281 1219
Description
This tucked away spot has reasonable rooms for their price all stuck in a little wooden house. Ordering food and eating in the downstairs of the house feels like eating in someone's home, which is basically what you are doing; the homey atmosphere is a nice change in comparison to some of the big chains like Sawasdee. However, the walls are very thin and not recommended for light sleepers and can be a bit dark and gloomy. Also, some may find the location -- down a long not particularly well-lit soi a little disconcerting, though the very helpful staff insist it is safe.
Dorm Fan
70 THB (low season)
70 THB (high season)
Sgl fan share b'room
180 THB (low season)
180 THB (high season)
Dbl fan share b'room
240 THB (low season)
240 THB (high season)
Added to Travelfish on: 21st July, 2003
Last visited or updated on: 14th June, 2007
Guest feedback
Update - 
By Tilapia ( total comments: 11 
) Stayed here 1/2007
Mama has installed western style toilets and created one a/c room. That's about it for improvements or renovations. Prices have increased to B240 for a double and 180 for a single, all with fan.
Even though it's basic and really laidback, it's still one of the best places in the area for peace and quiet and meeting other backpackers.
Unchanged -
By Tilapia ( total comments: 11 ) Stayed here 11/1992
Just a short update on Apple II. Apple I closed its doors a while back. Apple II was getting most of the business and Mama's daughter didn't want the responsibility of keeping the other one going. So, Mama decided to close the place but keep Apple II, her home, open.
Around 1998 Mama won a massive prize in the National Lottery and bought a place on the Samsen side of Klong Banglamphoo, a short walk away. This became Apple III. It doesn't have the atmosphere of Apple II, but it does have a room or two with a private bathroom.
I've been staying there regularly since 1992. It is one of the few places in the area that hasn't changed. Mama still makes great food, she's invested in a proper coffee maker (the stuff can peel paint off walls), and she and Papa still spoon out food to the monks at dawn on certain days. She is very unhappy with how the area has changed over the years, but she has a lot of respect from landowners, politicians and police, as she owned one of the first 8 guest houses in the area in the early '80's.
The place is quiet (no cars, motorbikes, or tuk tuks can get through the alley) and one is more likely to be woken by neighbouring household noises in the morning, cat fights, or the smells from frying, than from traffic, drunks, or house music.
Mama still keeps a close eye on everything. The place is very well run, and it is a superb place to meet great people. There are places with more services, features, and the like, but you'll be really hard-pressed to find a place with as much character and atmosphere.
By the way, it is not at the end of the alley (Trok Ka Chae, Phra Sumen Road), but at bend in the alley. The alley continues out to Thanon Phra Athit.
Long live the Apple II.
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