Showing posts with label Vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vacation. Show all posts

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Bangkok Day 2

We started the day with breakfast at the hotel! Didn't manage take any photos of the buffet spread coz we were too busy stuffing ourselves and discussing our plans for the day (too excited lol). I enjoyed the breakfast at our hotel a lot! They had my favourite eggs station (which I had everyday) and lots and lots of fruits (which I had everyday as well)!!



 
After breakfast we headed to chatuchak weekend market since it was Sunday! Took the Bangkok Sky Train (BTS), which didn't take long before we reach Mo Chit station, where the weekend market is located at. Sa looked very excited for shopping in the pictures right! While I look like I just woke up ._.


And tada~ bumped into Tiffy at Chatuchak within the first hour there! We are damn fated lol. Chatuchak how big we also can meet. This wasn't the only time I met her in bangkok! The second time was at a random 7-11 near our hotel! Super duper fated with this girl.


Having these cheap ice pops at chatuchak is pure bliss. The sun in bkk can get really really big sometimes, which makes it horrible to shop at chatuchak since it's outdoors. Sa and I were consistently looking for drinks/ice-cream/anything cold lol. 


Sa looking very satisfied with his ice pop while I was dying in the heat. Nonetheless we still had fun shopping at chatuchak and I love this shopping paradise (despite the heat)! It's a must to visit chatuchak (hence making it a must to head to bkk over a weekend) when you're here!!

We left around 4 when we were tired and hungry and had no free hands left to shop hehehe. Headed back to hotel to drop off all our loots and freshen up after a sweaty day at chatuchak!


Sa and I shared an eclair at the hotel cafe before heading out again. Told sa I remember having desserts here with my dad a few years back when we stayed at the same hotel, and this time round I had it as well! :)


On the way to asiatique night market via a boat! We took the BTS to Saphan Taksin station before hopping onto the boat that brings us to the night market. Pretty cool experience :)


 The scenery shots sa managed to capture with his camera while on the boat. It was really really pretty :)


Asiatique! This place is more of a upscale night market. Definitely more comfortable and spacious as compared to chatuchak hahaha! Shopping here is little more expensive, but I guess it's reasonable since the quality and service seems better as well. Other than shopping, they also have a food paradise in the middle of the night market with lotsa foodie (our fav)! 


 Sa and I settled down for some authentic thai food like phad thai and tom yum goong! Oh look the cups/bowls they provided us with for the water lol! They look more like bowls for our soup eh. In the end we gave up the idea of drinking from them and drank straight from the big glass bottle instead lol.

Walked around the place and we spotted a ferris wheel!! Not too sure if it was even operating coz that area was like a ghost town with construction going on nearby. We didn't try the wasabi macarons as well (it sounded too gross lol).




Heading back to Siam! Took the wrong side of the BTS (damn noob) so we had time to take lots of photos but here's just one of them :) Managed to shop at the shopping area outside our hotel when we got back to Siam coz it was still early. The perks of staying in the shopping district yayyyyyy! And that pretty much sums up our day 2!

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Bangkok Day 1

Bangkok Day 1


 
Happy faces before boarding! Just hanging out before boarding and doing some colouring hehehe. We were so damn excited ^^


On the way to the hotel! Talking about the hotel, I love love love the location of Novotel Siam Square! It was right smack in the middle of the shopping district which has a pretty good night market right outside the hotel! Super convenient and highly recommended hehehe. No pictures of the hotel coz we didn't take any lol.


Walked to platinum fashion mall after checking in and spent about 2 hours at the extension area of the mall! I was finding shoes to buy because smart me didn't bring any other pair to bkk and the one I was wearing was about to die. There was nothing much though! I ended up with only a pair of sandals lol. I still prefer shopping for shoes in Taiwan. The shoes are so much more comfy and cheap there. 

 Sa took a photo of the directory just to show how the mall was so much more catered to the females than to males. But obviously that isn't true!! Sa still had a good time shopping at the mall! Many of the guys apparels were located on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors of the old wing in platinum mall (FYI GUYS).

That's us on a tuktuk ^^ Tried to haggled with a few tuktuk drivers but we failed miserably. I cannot haggle alone :'( Sa obviously doesn't try as well. And because we were running late for our dinner reservation (after going a little crazy in platinum mall) we had no choice but to just hop onto a tuktuk and gave up haggling hahaha.

I secretly like taking tuktuk hehe! Though our faces were pretty much covered with a layer of dust and I was reluctant to chitchat with sa on the tuktuk because I didn't want all the dust into my mouth, I like how the tuktuk driver brings you to your destination asap LOL. They don't waste time being stuck in bkk's signature heavy traffic, they just chiong all the way. WOOHOO ^^

Dinner at Somboon Seafood restaurant! Made reservations this time round so we walked in like a boss hahaha. Sa and I had a yummy seafood dinner with lotsa food! There were only 2 of us so we couldn't have a huge variety of food but we still ordered pretty much anyway! We had crab, tiger prawns with glass noodles, fish and some veg as well. I love steamed fish so the fish was my favourite ^^ The dinner came up to less than 50sgd HOW CHEAP IS THAT PLEASE?!?!?!?

After dinner we took a stroll along the famous patpong night market where pingpong shows were everywhere lol. Nope I didn't dare to watch the show hahaha. We were walking along the pubs and this local thai came up to us and stuffed the menu in my face. I was quite disgusted already :'( Hahaha!

That's about it for Day 1 :) I took 2 weeks since I got back to type out a short post about the 1st day of my trip. Hahaha what a pig ._.