OUR FIRST BANGKOK TRIP (15th – 19th JULY 2005)
THE LOVELY TWO FIRST TRIP TO BANGKOK
heading towards bangkok
It’s our 1st time makin our own bookings via internet for hotels n airlines (cuz it’s either by tour if nt frens made e bookings)..comparin prices…checking for promotions..callin up to check for hotel availability.. thou it’s a hassle..but I tink everytin was worth it..so baby took charge of flight n travel insurance n me for our accommodation n trip itinerary..hehe.. n goin round to check for e highest exchange rate we can get..in e end..we tink tat boon lay shoppin centre offer e highest @ 24.5..
With dat…Our trip is finalised n we r ready for our trip..we flew there by tiger airways for S$150 per pax..1st three nites @ Bangkok city inn for a total of 2700 baht n our last nite @ Baiyoke Sky for 3000 baht..
wif dat..here we come BANGKOK…
1st day: 150505departure at changi airport @ 1250 hr …on e plane, baby found e seats rather small cuz it’s his first time takin budget airlines… but still he’s excited abt dis trip..so do I ! n e person sittin behind me kept sneezing wen i’m writin my journal (to keep track of our travel experience) hmmm baby oso tink dat e air stewardess not so ‘chio’..he said they oso ‘budget’…oops.. e plane arrived 15 min earlier than expected..n overheard someone sayin “e plane speeded” wen an announcement was made..hehe at abt 2.47 pm (thai) ..waitin for taxi..frm e airport..there’s an additional surcharge of 50 baht..n passenger gonna pay for their tollway fee of 20 + 40 = 60 B…halfway thru e highway..it started pourin..n GUESS WAT…e taxi is nt onli a ‘lao pok’ one..it’s a yellow-green ford laser)..n worst still e driver forgot to add petrol!!!...initially we thot hw cme e driver was drivin so slowly n kept hittin e his forehead….so we gonna stop n change another cab..n luckily dis round we got a better one..toyota altis..e journey is abt 30 min to our hotel..as I hav stayed @ city inn before..so roughly I cld remember e route..so it’s rather convenient..
taking their BTS Skytrain
we checked @ abt 3.30pm..after putting our barang barang..we took a hot shower n decided to try takin their BTS skytrain & MRT cuz e traffic at ard 5 plus is veri busy…JAMS can b seen…e nearest BTS to us is Chit Lom..our first destination is Hua Lamphong..we need to take from Chit Lom to Asok (20 baht/pax) then to Sukhumvit to Hua Lamphong (20 baht/pax)..time taken is less than 25 min..so quite fast..for their MRT..they use a black token as their tickets..somethin new..
we hav to walk abt 10 min to get to CHINATOWN (YAOWARAT)..n of cuz our stomach r rumbling..so it’s time to hav our dinner..we managed to comb e whole area n walked down stretches of shops..restaurants..roadstalls..before deciding to settle for 汉南楼 @ abt 6.46..before tat we stopped by watsons to get some shower foam n 7-11 to get some water n bought e yummy ‘tourist’ bar to let baby try.. here’s our din menu deep fried sea bass with sour sweet chilli sauce topping 250 baht stir fried asparagus with shrimps 80 baht fried beaten egg with oysters 80 baht 2 coconuts 40 baht fried rice with shrimp 60 baht (initially we ordered white rice..but we caught e waitress ‘kapoing’ rice from e container..so we decided to change)
our sumptuous dinner
after dinner..we went to hav a bowl of bird nest wif lian zi for 100 baht ..
after dat we walked all e way to CHAKRAWAT RD…there’s a market cum night bazaar there..it’s rather big..it’s a wholesale market for flowers..reali a lot of diff flowers..veri nice..baby bought 53 roses for me for juz 50 baht…we walked for abt 3 hrs there n managed to get some shirts, shorts n their ice twisters is onli 10 baht..veri thirst-quenching man!
mei ren with beautiful roses
eee... what's that weird thingy
we reached our hotel at abt 12.21am..we juz had our shower..n baby was pluckin e leaves of e roses..(supposed to b surprise no. 1…)
rose for my baby
time to sleep…
2nd day: 160505slept for abt 6 hrs..had our hotel breakfast..nw 9.39am..on e way to CHATUCHAK MARKET..weather is HOT
shopping spree @ Chatuchak market
we shopped for abt 6hrs continuously..stopped for chicken rice @ 12 ..then @ 3.18pm…had to take a break…so we stopped for coffee break..baby gonna give up shoppin here cuz it’s reali too big..n it’s impossible to shop for whole day..n it’s too stuffy to continue shoppin..anyway..we did enuf shoppin there…so we decided to head back to hotel to drop our stuff..
pit stop after so much walking
after takin a shower..it’s time for dinner…we had din @ e foodcourt @ BIG C shopping centre…near our hotel..veri troublesome to eat at their foodcourt..must buy their e-card..top up e value then can purchase our food..we order noodles, pasta n wen I went to buy iced green tea..e vendor said ‘no mui no mui’ ..n of cuz I dun understand wat she’s sayin..it’s took me quite a while before I realised dat she was sayin ‘ iced green tea is without MILK’… so I mean who can understand her? Anyway after din, we proceeded to SUAN LUM NIGHT BAZAAR..we hang ard for abt 2 hrs..
more shopping @ suan lum night bazaar
bought some items.. then we took e MRT to SILOM to go to PATPONG bazaar..
show baby their bartop dancers..n of cuz wen we reached there..cannot avoid havin ppl askin whether we wan to c their pingpong show..alias sex show..alias tiger show..after dat..we went for thai foot massage (300 baht/pax)..
shiok shiok foot massage
e service quite solid....n indeed veri relaxin cuz did a lot of walkin…after massagin..we went to hav supper @ macdonalds..24 hrs..we can see women putting on their make-up..nothing else but make-up cuz they r tryin to get business..well guess they hav no option not to do tat…so after supper..it’s time to head back for hotel to sleep…
3rd day: 170505time nw is 955am..we r sittin outside Isetan @ WTC for it to open @ time..weather is fine..n we had a gd 5 hr sleep..breakfast @ hotel still e same except that today we had salad n bitter gourd soup on our menu… @ 1140..pass by dunkins donuts…so u noe ah..i juz cant resist them…my favourite…we bought 6 for 99 baht..we had double chocolate, mocha, strawberry, marble frosted, honey dipped n blueberry flavour…
yummy strawberry frosted donut for 2
after that we headed down to SILOM…there r a few shoppin centres there which we haven’t comb..we walked n walked to CENTRAL shopping centre…their levi’s jeans is on promotion…got discount..somemore can hav VAT refund…so baby n I cldnt e temptation…he bought 3 pairs (512, 511, 510) n I bought 2 (593 n 502)..we spent a total of 9660 baht..n we got a free bag that’s worth 1250 baht..good deal rite… 3.34..we r takin our tea break @ milk plus..cuz baby is waitin for his jeans to be altered..need abt 1 hr..so we sat down n plan our nex location…
genuis @ work
after collectin his jeans..
we decided to head back to hotel to drop our stuff again..n of cuz to take a shower again...too sticky… we headed to MBK for dinner @ Fuji Restaurant…cheap jap rest..gd deal..gd food..spent abt 1182 baht..
dressed up for clubbing session
after din..we headed to BED SUPPER CLUB @ SOI SUKHUMVIT 11…a veri well-known pub..veri cosy, e sofa, e ambience n definitely e ppl there..we saw a transvestite dressed like ‘ma li lian mong lu’ (marilyn monroe)..SHE’s gross!!!..but she seems rather popular there…
relax on their cosy bed
ter dat, we headed back to hotel..along e way baby bought a slice of cake..so baby got a ‘SURPRISE’ for me…before goin into our room..he asked me to close my eyes..no peekin he said..then he asked me to hold ‘something’ (light stick)..then guess wat I see….keke…wording tat used rose petals to form “happy 24th birthday I luv (replace wif heart-shaped ferrero rocher ) u “..hmmm…
so sweet
4th day: 180505 (my 24th birthday)we checked out Bangkok city inn n ready to take a cab to Baiyoke Sky..but e taxi driver suggested we walked instead..cuz it’s rather near..(abt 10min) well no choice so we backpack to e hotel..
heading towards baiyoke sky hotel
halfway there..suddenly I remembered tat we left our passports @ e deposit box..baby had to rush back to get them while I wait outside pratunam plaza for him…phew! Lucky remember man.. wen we reach baiyoke..e room was nt ready..so we went to e observation deck (77th floor) then e revolving roof deck ( 84th floor) to look @ e awesome view of Bangkok..
a few more steps to baiyoke sky
mini baiyoke sky
we were given 62th floor…well no need to say…a room tat cost 3000 baht a nite is definitely much much much more better..more luxourious..more spacious.. more facilities…cleaner…more classy…then e previous one.. we proceeded to MBK, SIAM CENTER, went to their HRC..shop shop shop..window shoppin…n then wen it’s abt 4 plus oredi..time to head back to hotel to wash up again b4 continuin e day cuz in Bangkok reali must shower cuz reali too sticky n tired to move on…need to refresh ourselves..
cutie us
after we had refreshed ourselves..we r ready for our nex destination..we went to PANTIP PLAZA (their IT mall) to look for digital pouch cuz baby misplaced my one…we managed to find one! CRUMPLER one for 552 baht after 40% discount..then we grabbed a small bite @ A&W before heading to KHAO SAN for more food..
baby @ khaosan
@ KHAO SAN..u can a lot of ang mohs…n it’s like Holland V..not veri big stretch..we had pancake (roti prata) wif egg wif banana n chocolate…it’s delicious n onli cuz 25 baht…then along e way..we had fried kway teow oso…e woman selllin e noodles was quite funny…she was always on a look-out for police…n indeed wen e police approached..she quickly pushed her cart n hid behind a car n continued to fry her mee..
eating illegal kway teow
after tat we wanna to go to CHAKRAWAT RD again…but then who noe boarded an idiot taxi driver who pretend to act blur n he dunno e place n then made a rather big round so we got so fed up n we said we wan to alight n pay him less..but lucky for us again…met a student who can speak rather fluent eng..told us our location n told us hw to get there..he said we cld go there by bus no. 8..we were rather excited cuz can try out another mode of transportation..keke…BUT who noe..e night bazaar is nt reali open..nt as happenin as e first nite…sob sob..so wat nex..Went for traditional thai massage for 139 baht/hour/pax. .it’s rather pain n especially ITCHY wen she touched my thigh…so I juz hav to giggle..but after massagin for a while..i fell asleep…didn’t realize..mayb juz too tired cuz had a long walk todae as well…after e massagin..we walked back to our hotel for our veri own MASK TREATMENT… we had a shower first b4 applyin e mask..n after putting on e mask…I didn’t realize I fell asleep again..i guess it’s barely 5 mins..n I CONCUS!!!...baby had to peel off e mask for me..n I didn’t even noe at all…
p/s: thx to my family, veni, janet, yuqi, francis, hilwa, siew min, connie, shiguang, zhenyou, jintian, chonglin for sendin me their bday wishes..sorrie for nt havin prompt reply cuz msg in Thailand quite ex..so immediately reply wen I reached hme…keke oso thx baby, jianman, janet n calvin for celebratin my bday @ ‘aiwo’ restaurant todae (20/7) @ raffles city..n nt forgettin e surprise e restaurant has given..indeed got a shock wen e manager came wif a sparkle n their specialty dessert n e staff wif two poppers…wow…
5th day: 190505
sob sob…last day in Bangkok…we had our sumptuous breakfast @ e sky restaurant (77th floor)..a wide variety…there’s American breakfast..international buffet…dim sum…japanese food…thai food…yummy…definitely worth e money, e service, after breakfast, we wan do our last min shoppin ard our hotel area..but was approached by a tuk-tuk driver who offered us 10 baht/pax to drive us to BOBAE..it’s e garment centre whereby all e vendors got their clothin frm..n e prices there r definitely super wholesale price than those in CHATUCHAK MARKET..wasted man..if nt more money cld b invested there..nt enuf time oso…after dat..e usual..tuk-tuk driver wanna earn their gasoline coupon tat’s worth 5 litres of 175 baht if we purchase somethin…but if we spent abt 10 min @ e jewellery shop n didn’t buy anytin then they r entitled 2 litres…we didn’t noe so for we spent less than 5 min at e one he drove to..n he was veri disappointed..so he started talking abt his 4 daughters…u noe all sort of stuff..but dis driver..i must say he’s rather friendly n can converse to us..then guess wat..he’s gonna drive us to another one..hmmm…baby n I r just too kind-hearted..so we agreed to go to another one..n indeed..we bought something frm e nex one after a lot of hesistation n ‘sai ko’-ing…I bought a ruby ring…well…after we gonna rush back to our hotel to pack our BARANG BARANG..got a lot of squeezing to do…tryin to squeeze everytin into our bag..but still..nt enuf space so must hand-carry some.. hmmm…time to CHECK-OUT n proceed to e airport…kinda of sad but no choice…as we arrived @ e airport…went to settle our VAT refund thingy…then after tat had our lunch @ KFC..their coleslaw comes wif tuna..veri yummy…after dat shop ard their DFS nothing to buy..quite x..then decided to check in to our gate..guess wat..we r on e same plane wif a big grp of chino ppl…super KS n like to chirp chirp chirp n as it’s FREE SEATIN…they reali noe hw to chop PLACE…waah biah…cant stand man… so after 2 hrs 5 min flight..we’re back..HOME SWEET HOME…fresher air…cleaner road…baby’s parents came to pick us :P our luggage was initially abt 7kg each..but was abt 15kg wen we came back..so I guess we did bought some stuff…but dis baby..he didn’t tie his slippers securely to his bag..so he lost one of his slippers n it wasn’t on e belt…where’ his slippers?
HIS THOTS
This is the first time I travel overseas with my loved one (my baby). We had done everything ourselves from booking flight ticket to accommodation. I should say that this is a well planned trip (thank baby for your efforts) and I had enjoyed myself very much. My baby and I had managed to explore most of the town in Bangkok within 5 days. Throughout this few days, we not only went shopping and eating but also clubbing @ bedsupperclub. My baby’s birthday falls on the fourth date of our trip. I cracked my brain ‘up and down’ for almost a month. Hmm… thx god! Luckily I got everything I planned to from roses to cake & candles. (baby hoped that I caught u by surprised.) We have started a travel journal (it’s baby ideas). It’s a diary on places we had traveled to. Hopefully, we would be able to travel to different part of the world every year. So we must start saving for our next trip. If u would ask which is the most memorable part of this trip. I would say I enjoyed everyday cos I am traveling with MY BABY! Looking forward to our next trip at the end of the year. Maybe hong kong… Taiwan.. or Japan.
Meng
MY THOTS
Hmmm…it’s indeed a veri memorable n enjoyable trip..it’s always a diff feelin n experience goin wif loved one n goin wif frens…hehe.. dearest baby..thx for e bday SURPRISE…thou it’s veri obvious dat I noe those roses, cake, n candles tat u bought along e way r meant for e surprise…hehe…but still thx for e effort u’ve put in for plannin such a wonderful surprise…In yr gift for me..thx for e pair of earrings u hav bought!!!..n especially those wordins tat u hav formed meant a lot to me..i reali luv it..n I’m definitely lookin forward to our nex trip dis dec hols n yep must start savin up more…u hv been a veri wonderful baby!!!
Ching