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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Bangkok Trip

The ticket was booked in January
It seems that I have to wait so long for the trip as it was in May
but the day has come
Day 1 (21/5)

Arrived at Bangkok City's Khao San Road at about 1pm
walking round and round to look for the guest house that we found on net
couldn't find it...
So at last we have decided to put up a night at a hotel along the road
which is “sightable" to us ( to get rid of the heavy luggage)
before continuing our search for the guest house



Hawker selling some noodle in front of our hotel...cant remember what's the name in Thai... It's not bad



Khao San Road during the night




Breakfast at the hotel


Day 2 (22/5)

We are able to wake up a bit late as it was on our own...
A "tuk tuk" was hired for 200 bhat after our breakfast to take 3 of us round the town for about 6 hours ( the "tuk tuk" do actually waited for us after dropping us at a point) ...
It sounds cheap... as it's only RM20 for 3 for 6 hours yet waiting for you at every spot...
you can take your own sweet time
But later we found out that it cost only about 50 or 60 bhat which is about RM5 or RM6 for the same service

Damn kena con!!!

The first point that the "tuk tuk" driver brought us to was the so called Floating Market
We need to hire a boat in order to get there which cost 3 of us 1800 bhat (RM180)
and to our disappointment it's not the floating market that we normally see in photo or TV
The one that we normally saw was located at a place which took us 2 hours drive to reach there
Damn kena con again!!!

The rest of the spot were OK but the enterence fees is on our own expenses of course...

At the end of the trip ( anyhow he did not finish the journey as promised earlier on), yet we gave him 100 bhat for tips .
Damn, how stupid are we....

Oh ya, and the "tuk tuk" driver loves to bring tourist to the jewellery export centre in order to get some free gasoline for their "tuk tuk"...
It's tiring whenever they say that we need to go to that place...

At the long tail boat


taken this photo in the long tail boat

condition of the river


Wat Arun reachable by long tail boat


Wat Arun

Stairway to Heaven (Wat Arun)

Marble Temple


Some ceremony at the Marble Temple



Day 3 (23/5/08)

After being conned earlier on, we decided to walk to the temples that were left out during the "tuk tuk" ride as it is within walking distance
Depending solely on the tourist map we went to the National Museum which is the largest in South East Asia and Wat Mahathat

Met with a friendly lady from Chiang Mai who claim herself to be a doctor who came for conference over here...
That's when she recommended us to go to the silk centre and the jewellery export centre(again!!!)
Then to the TAT company to ask for the price to the floating market....( actually kena con again ) the only thing that we are smart enough was we decided not to buy the Calypso ticket at the TAT company....
they wanted to sell 800 bhat while we can get it for 450 bhat at place near our guest house
Wanted to go to the Grand Palace but it was closed at 3.30pm.. Damn...

so we went to the Wat Po instead ( sleeping buddha)


Thai National Museum



Can only take the picture of the outer part of Wat Phra Keaw


Sleeping Buddha at Wat Po



Wat Po


Wat Po


Before the Calypso started ( Ah Kua Show)

Calypso


Calypso



After the show... photo taking session


Day 4 (24/5)

Went for floating market in the morning
met with a leng zai from Japan
too bad that he is not from Korea....haha
Nothing much.. went for shopping in the afternoon at MBK , Siam Paragon, Siam Discovery Centre and Central World.

On the way to floating market



Not to mention this is the real Floating Market lo

Floating Market


People eating by the Floating Market


Day 5 ( 25/5)

Spent whole day at Chattuchak Weekend Market...
From 9am to 6pm which from they started their business till they close their shop...haha

It was our last night at Khao San Road.... so took another stroll down the street and bought some clothing

Chattuchak Weekend Market




One of the way to make money in Chattuchak


Day 6 (26/6)


Went to the Grand Palace which is called Wat Phra Keaw by the locals
It's a temple for the King and the Royal family



Wat Phra Kaew


Wat Phra Keaw

Can I be one of them by just pretending I am?

Wat Phra Keaw

Wat Phra Keaw

Holy ray of light

Holy flower

Really a place for a King


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