bangkok trip

sawatdee khrap!... here is a brief cronical of my 25 april long weekend bangkok trip...

day 1...
reached bangkok international airport about 3pm local time... it was drizzling when we landed... linger around the waiting area for about 1/2 hr before we were transferred to bangkok palace... our hotel for the next 2 night...luckily the rain stop around 5pm.... and we are able to start exploring bangkok city from that onwards.... visited the famous '4 face buddha' and went shopping at MBK shopping centre and surrounding areas...(i wander why it is so popular with singaporean). experienced for the first time on the dare devil 'tuk tuk' taxi.... quite an experience... important to negotiate the price before jumping on... unless you are a bargain king... it is still better to take taxi which charge by meters... but sitting on one is quite 'siok' :)

day 2...
the sky was gloomy...we were told that frequent bypass shower was man made.. thailand is facing low rainfall this yr and seeding has to be use to create rain... left the hotel after breakfast for ½ day city tour to mae nam river and wat arun (temple of the dawn)... it’s a standard SOP syndicated ½ day city tour ...cause later the bought us to leather and jewelry shop...bleh... nevertheless... still a good tour for greenhorn bangkok tourist...kekeke... tipping is common but not mandatory...100 baht for both tour guide and driver...chatu chak is our next stop.... well all I can say is, if you did not visit chatu chak... you never visited bangkok (urm... i dun know it is so for patpong's night life). there is nothing much to do in bangkok except shopping... and chatu chak is the mother of all markets... only opened on weekends...always crowded and most shops close around 6pm... (i was told ok!)... dinner was the classic ‘cze cha’ wif shark fins soup and bird nest in chinatown... everything was good except the bird nest ... taste quite strange... every eatery along chinatown displayed 100% real bird ness... but at 80 baht a bowl ... it really had you wandered... nevertheless less... food is cheap here ;) ... oh yah... and traditional thai massage after that...siok!

day 3...
packed our trophies and stuff...morning flight to singapore... so done nothing but to wait for transport to the airport... our flight was delayed... only to reach singapore 4 plus... about 1 hr late... well.. that’s the end of my short trip...kop khun : )

tuk tuk...

MBK shopping centre

mae nam river

nice temple along mae nam river

wat arun

inside wat arun

temple beside wat arun

chatu chak weekend market

chinatown in the evening