Post by Soutpeel on Aug 19, 2017 12:02:57 GMT 7
PICS: Bangkok hostel offers prison experience
WITH its narrow rooms, metal bars and bunk beds, Bangkok’s first prison-themed hostel promises the look and feel of a real jail in the bustling Thai capital.
The Sook Station hostel in the Udom Suk neighbourhood offers guests pin-striped pyjamas for 700 baht (R278) and a wall with a height chart where they can have their mugshots taken.
The nine-room hostel is the first foray into the hospitality industry for Sittichai Chaivoraprug, 55, and his wife, Piyanat Teekavanich, 49, after careers in the technology sector.
They were inspired by a shared love of travel and the 1994 prison escape film The Shawshank Redemption, starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins.
www.iol.co.za/dailynews/pics-bangkok-hostel-offers-prison-experience-10849210
WITH its narrow rooms, metal bars and bunk beds, Bangkok’s first prison-themed hostel promises the look and feel of a real jail in the bustling Thai capital.
The Sook Station hostel in the Udom Suk neighbourhood offers guests pin-striped pyjamas for 700 baht (R278) and a wall with a height chart where they can have their mugshots taken.
The nine-room hostel is the first foray into the hospitality industry for Sittichai Chaivoraprug, 55, and his wife, Piyanat Teekavanich, 49, after careers in the technology sector.
They were inspired by a shared love of travel and the 1994 prison escape film The Shawshank Redemption, starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins.
www.iol.co.za/dailynews/pics-bangkok-hostel-offers-prison-experience-10849210
