Bangkok 2013 !

Super heavy picture post ahead.

Sorry for the delay of updates! I was away from laptop with no internet connection for some family trip for the past few days.

But I am back now and getting excited for Chinese New Year :D 

And it is also time to update about my Bangkok trip earlier this year. I went for a 4 days 3 nights trip with my coursemates (ex-coursemates now since we are graduated! )

It is my first time in Bangkok and I was super excited for it. We planned it for so many times and finally we got to go! Took Air Asia flight. Thank God no delays and we stayed in Tunes Hotel Bangkok. 

From Don Mueang to Tunes Hotel for around 45 mins cost us 270 Baht per taxi. The taxi is like 3 times cheaper than Malaysia seriously. Just take taxi if you can. It is super affordable and super comfortable. Sometimes they go by meter but if it is the peak hour, you might need to nego with them. 

They don't go by meter during peak hours. Most of the taxi drivers can only speak minimal English so expect a lot of body language and prepare the address of the place you want to go. Plus contact number if there is any. But don't be suprised if they can speak out the price fluently in English. 3 out of the 4 taxi drivers we sat in were super friendly and nice. One of them keep on communicate with us in body language and he is super funny with all the funny sound effects to make us understand him ! Another guy speak minimal English and is super cute in their way of expressing. 

My advise: Don't attempt to speak to them in Thai unless you know the language because when they answer you back in Thai, it gonna be super confusing. 

After dropping off our luggage, we walked to the train station around 5 mins away from our hotel. Our hotel is also around 5-8 mins walk to Terminal 21. 

We stopped at a station to take the shuttle boat to Asiatique which is FOC. 

I don't remember the name of the station >.< 

But ask the people in the counter before you buy the ticket. They will tell you how to go. 

In Bangkok, their station go by the value of the place. 

Eg. Place 1, Place 2, Place 3 cost 40 Baht.

So you purchase a ticket that costs 40 Baht from the ticket machine. 

Sometimes the cost of ticket is more than the cost of the taxi, 

so just taxi if you have a lot of people / a lot of stuff. 

Some super sour + refreshing lime juice. 20 Baht

Inside the boat :D The boat goes super slow btw. 

Bangkok River View. Lots of buildings. They like to be built in 2 or 3. Weird.

After about 15 mins, you can see Asiatique. I forgotten to include that picture here >.<

Lots of nice place to chill and take pictures here. and a huge Naraya ! I went crazy buying Naraya here as souvenirs. One of my friend told me the Naraya here is expensive but I didn't really bother after that because of the huge selection here. Other places have really limited choices. There are alot snack shops so go and grab some cheap Pocky to eat if you are hungry. There are a lot of cute clothes too but pricier. There are denim shorts selling for 99 Baht. Go grab some if you are into denim shorts. I am not so I did not buy any. :P

After that we head to t&K Seafood to grab our dinner. Odd enough no taxi driver is willing to take us there. But the local told us we can get there by public bus no 1. So in we go experiencing Bangkok local life. The journey was about 20-25 mins which only cost us 8 Baht each. Yes, just 8 Baht ! 

There are fans above the bus  so make sure to hold the yellow thing correctly and not insert you fingers into the fan >.< quite dangerous if you ask me.  

But nice experience. People there are super friendly and are willing to help and guide you ! One of the auntie in the bus even tell us where to stop and brought us to our destination. Bangkok people generally super nice ! But I think they are kinda fascinated by us also. A bunch of young foreigner girls taking some public bus. hahaha.

Expect to wait for a table if you go in a large group of people which happens to us. Overall, I think the food is overrated. Just my opinion though. It might be because I am used to eating seafood from my own hometown. 

Day 2

Shopping day in Platinum Mall. So no pictures :P

Pad thai with egg.
My favourite Thai food !
I have them twice  in 4 days.

Day 3

We went to the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum ! Fun ! I will not spoil it, so go and see yourself who is there :P Purchase online early and be there before 12pm to get a 10 % discount. We got ours at RM42 each. The crowd is a lot so we do have to wait for our turn to take pictures. But overall, it is okay. There is this bunch of uncles and aunties in a large group same as us so we took turns helping each other to take picture. They are super sporting too ! :)

A picture with baby MJ.
And I am wearing my 80 Baht I love Bangkok singlet :P Washed it the night before. haha.

After that, we head to MBK foodcourt for late lunch after spending like 4 hours in the museum. 0.0

There are also a lot of people selling stuff outside the mall. Cheap tshirts etc etc.

Nothing much to shop in MBK but there are two shops that sell band bags for 200-250 Baht each which is cheap ! I grabbed 4 for my family. haha. They are those that you see online being sold for like RM70-80. Good quality too. The linings are good and lots of styles available. 

Mango sticky rice is kinda pricey. Around 100 Baht. but its yummy ! No regrets.

Colourful taxi.

One of my favourite. We ordered some taro dumplings but am not sure why this turned out. But I love it. Crispy outside, Chewy inside. You won't like this if you don't like vege. The dipping sauce that comes with it taste soooooooo good !

Tomyam fried rice. Yummy !

We went to Terminal 21 too. To take photos. It is an airline concept shopping mall.
Just go to the toilet on the ground floor and be prepared to be amazed. hahaha.

The toilet. There is someone inside that guides you in case you got dizzy from all the mirrors.
Good service !

 And of course we went to the Sky bar at Chitlom.
The view is spectacular !

Just gonna post 2 pictures of it to let you all experience it yourself :)

and Nickhun ! from the wax museum for all his fans out there. He is inside ! hahahaa

Day 4

Lunch before our flight back. Insanely cheap Japanese food in some Jap Restaurant in Terminal 21.
I think Thai people love Jap food because they are everywhere!!!
Go eat Jap food if you do not know what to eat

Shopping Haul

Some stuff is not included in the pictures. But this is roughly what I bought. Not that much as most of it is for my family. The clothes are not really my taste though.
But I will go again ! Because I missed Chatuchak and floating market this time!

Waiting for Bangkok 2.0 :D

Can't wait to go again ! I am missing the coconut ice cream and pad thai like crazy.
and I havent tasted the pomegranate juice yet!


Do drop me some comments if there are any :) Thanks!