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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 Bangkok’s Udom Suk neighborhood offers guests pin-striped pyjamas for 700 baht (USD$21) 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, 49-year-old Piyanat Teekavanich, 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.
The hostel’s design includes black-out doors and windows in two rooms to create the feeling of being in solitary confinement. Showers are located on a caged-in rooftop.
For guests who may feel a sense of claustrophobia, seven rooms have a small balcony.
Thailand expects to welcome almost 35 million foreign tourists – nearly half the country’s population – in 2017. Many of them visit or transit through Bangkok, a regional travel hub.
Sook Station charges between 790 to 1,630 baht (USD$24-$50) a night for the prison-themed experience.
SOOK STATION (Contact & Location)
ADD : 45-49 Soi Sukhumvit 101/2, Khwaeng Bang Na, Khet Bang Na, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10260, Thailand (45-49 ซอยสุขุมวิท 101/2 แขวงบางนา เขตบางนา กรุงเทพ 10260) Hostel 100 Meter walk to BTS Udom Suk Station.
TEL : 02 015 3030
MOBILE : 086 332 0555, 081 123 0005 (คุณนา/Khun Na), 081 442 0449 (คุณเล็ก/Khun Lek)
SOOK STATION Official Website: www.sookstation.com
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