A Quiet Night at a Hotel with Kai Tun

Kai Tun and I checked into a pet-friendly hotel off Sukhumvit last spring, mostly because our flat was being repainted and I did not want to leave him with a sitter for a week. He is a five-year-old Shih Tzu with strong opinions about lifts and an even stronger preference for the window. The hotel already had a small water bowl waiting by the door and a note on the bed, which made me feel quietly grateful. I thought about how many places I have stayed where we would have been sent round by the back stairs. At night he curled up against my feet and watched the traffic lights blink on the wall. I sat there longer than I meant to, listening to him breathe. Travelling with a dog changes how you see a city, slower and closer to the ground. I would do it again.