Our stay at Basaya Beach Resort and Hotel, Pattaya

Since we would only stay for a night in Pattaya, we had to make sure we would be satisfied with our accommodation. I sought the help of popular hotel booking sites for places to stay. The first thing I look for in hotels is their proximity to the city center or proximity to bus/ train stations. This would enable me to plan our itinerary well because good transportation saves time and money. Being close to the city center also saves time and gives a good reason to just walk to places making it an exercise too.

The second important thing I'd look for in hotels is their inclusive breakfast buffet. I'm a die hard fan of breakfasts. My favorite feeling is waking up on my hotel bed and not having to think of where to get my first meal of the day. 

The third and most important thing that I look for in hotels is their ratings and reviews. Reading from a lot of reviews about a particular hotel can give an insight on how it feels like to be there as well as know the things to watch out for. Well, these are just my hotel qualifications and I'd like to take my time to choose one. I'd like to say that these were met by Basaya Beach Resort and Hotel in Pattaya.

Our hotel had an on going promotion and instead of paying around 1800THB per night per room, we only paid 1120THB. They offered guests with their nice pool area.

This is the view from our room's window. Our room was on the far right side of the building so there is not much of it. I guess having rooms in the center would have been much better. One thing I'd like to note is that their rooms could use a little bit of fixing up. The hallways need a bit of repainting, too.

What is directly opposite our room was the dining/ restaurant area. I was very happy to have their breakfast buffet that I forgot to take a photo of my plate. They offered sausages, bacon and eggs, cereals, fruits and a salad bar. They also served different kinds of bread and I particularly liked their egg tart which was very soft and yummy.

Another nice thing about this place is that it is only a 5 minute walk to Central Mall Pattaya which was right in front of the beach. This also means that there are a lot of food choices since there is also a number of restaurants and bars along the road.

We did quite a hike from our hotel to Pattaya Walking Street but it was fun to see the place and people at night. The journey took us about 20 minutes. (But I took this photo on our way back.)

Upon reaching the famous Walking Street, we had to enter these pillars.

Walking Street Pattaya is famous for having all kinds of entertainment. There were restaurants, disco bars and cabaret shows and more.

Here are awesome things we saw:

A very busy walkway with a lot of neon lights from establishments luring tourists and customers.

A car on the wall.

An Ice Bar we didn't enter.

And a catchy statement on one of the bars.

We didn't go into any of the bars as we were already tired from the whole day walking. We just decided to head back to our hotel to look for a massage parlor. We ended up the night by having an oil massage from one of the establishments near our hotel.

Thank you for your time. 'Til next blog! :)