Thursday, June 09, 2005

Bangkok

At first we planned the holiday to Taiwan due to the airticket and accommodation is too expensive we changed our mind to Bangkok. Why Bangkok?? Thanks to my two brothers they highly recommend it!! Reason :
  1. CHEAP
  2. CHEAP
  3. CHEAP

I booked the airticket from Airasia, thanks to Airasia and Now Everybody Can Fly!!The return airtickets for Bangkok for 4 pax is less than RM1000.00 including airport tax!

accommodation? Where we stay? We stay at Lake Point Service Apartment at Sumkhuvit. This service apartment is run by Ascort Group. The price is about RM 100.00 per pax per nite(we took the most expensive apartment which is bigger size) including breakfast but their breakfast is funny only provide 3 pax per day although the apartment is for 4 person?! Talk about breakfast, their breakfast is fantastic. Every day serve different kind of food. I love their Deep Fried Fish Cake and eat with Thai Chili Sauce is so nice!!

On the early Sunday morning while everybody still dreaming we already arrive the KLIA waiting to take our first flight from Airasia to Bangkok. The flight took about 2 hours and 15 minutes. U know Airasia there is no in flight entertainment! That's where my new smartphone play a role...i play bejeweled..once i tired i change it MP3 and listen to MP3.

We arrive in Bangkok is about 10am their time(which is 11am Malaysia time). We quickly get our luggage and took a cab to check in to the service apartment. Cab in Bangkok is so cheap!!! It only cost us RM 25 including tips for the driver from Airport to the service apartment. The journey is about 20 minutes. Compare to Malaysia, from KLIA to my home is about 30 minutes and it cost me RM70!!!

We had a tight schedule on Sunday. We need to go to Chatuchat market which is only open during weekends!! Once we checked in we quickly take another cab to Chatuchat market. It was a hot Sunday and when we reached there already 11am and the Sun on top of us. We quickly go and find a food store to eat. First time in Asia country i have language problem. I do not know how to speak Thai at all except "Sa wa Ti Kah". We saw a store full of people sitting down eating noodle, my sister and I quickly go and get a place to sit and ordered the food. We had drumstick noodle and it only cost 3o.00baht per bowl which is RM 3.00.

After the meal, we started our shopping sphere. Chatuchat market is huge, there are about 8 thousand plus of store in there. One day definitely is not enough if you want to go through the whole Chatuchat! Unfortunately we only have half a day!! There where all your souvenirs coming from! Haha... Things there are so cheap until sometimes u are lazy to bargain with them. Because U know definitely is much more cheaper in KL!! I bought a handmade handbag only cost me 45baht (RM4.50) !! I bought t-shirts, souvenir for all my fellow colleagues and frens until my hands is full of bags and my sister need to help me to carry some in her backpack!! We walk until we are so tired and we manage to find a restaurant in Chatuchat! We sat down, first thing to order is beer. With that kind of hot weather, 1 glass of beer is so cooling. Besides that, we ordered Thai Curry Duck Noodle which is I find it so so (cause I don't really like curry), Grilled Pork Neck with spicy salad, Catfish spicy salads. These 2 are fabulous!! I love it so much!! After that we are continue the shopping freak again. By the time we left is about 6pm and we go back with full of bags!!!=)

The next morning, we went to Siam Square Novotel Hotel. According to my brother, tailor made suit is cheap in Bangkok! We went back to the tailor that my brother made his. That fellow in the tailor shop was so rude so we just walk out from the shop and walk to another shop. One tailor made suit is only RM300.00! And we can get our suit in 24 hours! After we choose the material, the owner of the shop took our measurements and tell us to come back in the evening to try to suit!! I can feel that I'm so exclusive there is just like the movie "My Best Friend's Wedding" Julie Roberts best friend trying his tux!!!

We went to the Grand Palace( the one and only tourist place we went =P) We spent half a day in the palace...We saw the Jade Buddha and Golden Buddha.....

Overall most of the time we spent on shopping and eating. In Bangkok, we eat every 2 hours...After the trip I put on another 2kg...=( I go with 1 bag and came back with 2 bags full!!!

Bangkok, I'll come back again!!

3 comments:

gilliebean said...

count me in the next time you plan to have a shopping rendezvous in bangkok! i need to renew my passport though as it will konk sometime in nov.

Foong Yee said...

sure no problem...
have to wait till end of the year...
need to save some bullets b4 can go again...
=P

GraceY said...

Glad you have a great holiday!! Gesh.... would love to go with you once. ahahah Interested to go shanghai? I am planning on a trip to Shanghai. :)