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Monday, December 17, 2007
Bangkok trip
3:32 PM Back from Bangkok 3 days trip. :) Overall the trip is quite relaxing. Everyday we woke up early to travel then bk to hotel for a 3 to 4 hrs rest before going out at night again. Unlike last time when we travelled with a tour group. The schedule was too packed. This time we only joined a half day tour grp and the rest of the time we travelled a lot by ourselves. Reading maps, taking risk of getting lost, taking all public transports(train, tu-tu, taxis) except bus. Their train system is actually it's quite simple and organised like Singapore. But we have to be alert cos getting lost can be dangerous. The people there can hardly speak English at all! Even those hotel reception.  They actually queued before the aboard the train(???)Some interesting facts(correct me if I'm wrong :D ): 1) Every monday or their king's bday they will wear yellow to show a form of respect for the king. I saw some stalls sell yellow polo tee come in all sizes(kids to adult) and some people are wearing them. Guess these might be the polo tee they wear every mon. U can see the King's photo everywhere. Some shops, bulidings and even their planes have phrases like "Long Live the King". 2)There are a lot of election posters along the road cos their election is on 23rd. Their election in teams of 3 unlike Singapore. We choose one person for a region instead of a team. Maybe bcos Singapore is so so small, we dun need 3 person for a region. haha~ 3) There are a lot of cars! And colourful taxis that remind me of M&M. :p According to the half day tour guide the ratio is 5:7 (cars:people)! And the '7' includes kids. So average 1 adult has a car. It's really scary to cross the road. But no choice cos there are not a lot of overhead bridges. Thailand is one of the asian countries tt have highest car accident rate.  'M&M'  Selling? Parking?(Ans: Parking)  Bangkok Night. Love this pic! One of my fav. :) 4) The students have uniform but they can wear any shoes(? I think) they want... And many of them even makeup to school. A lot of handsome but too skinny and feminine school boys. On Day1, we walked past a shop that are crowded with school boys. They are actually waxing their legs!
6) The store owner dun like people try or touch their clothes. Many of their clothes are free size. They will judge whether you can wear it or not. If they think u can, they will let you try. If not, they will say tt their clothes are not for trying. Diff customers, diff responses. And most of the shops dun have fitting rooms. If u wanna try pants/short, you have to wear a sarong and changed underneath it. Day1: Went to MBK Shopping Centre, Siam Square, Lumphini Park and Siam Lum Night Bazaar. Also sauna and steambath in hotel :) Have my fav tomyam for both dinner and lunch.  MBK: I found my elmo t-shirt and had my first tomyam meal here. :)
Suan-Lum Night Bazaar has a lot of art pieces to buy as souvenir. Day 2: Half day tour along Chao Phraya River with tour grp, chinatown and have my first ride on Tu-tu. On the tour along the river we passed places like 'Zheng Wang Miao'. We alighted at a temple but it was not for visit that day. According to the tour guide, someone from the Royal family was visiting that day so we are not allowed to enter. Only managed to took some pic from outside. On the boat  Outside temple  Chinatown  Met this little monster at Chinatown. hehe~  Tu-tu Day 3: Visit Chatuchuk Market. Should have saved more money for Chatuchuk Market. A lot of things to buy and everything is relatively cheaper than those shops I visited on Day 1 & 2. Then at night we visited the market(forgot wat it's called) opposite our hotel.  冰棒@ Chatuchuk only $3 baht! Which is about S$0.15... We bought 3. Purple one tastes better. :) Shopping... Chatuchuk is a bit like bugis street but might bigger. So big tt it is divided into zones.
Along our way bk to their train station. There is this store that sells noodles. They put baskets piled with veggies on their table. I tot they sell veggie as well. A closer look, they actually allowed their customers to add veggie themselves. The customers have to pluck directly from these baskets.
At night, we walked along the street to the market next to our hotel... And we saw this! Elephant! The people who led the elephant asked whether we wanna feed the elephant by buying those cut bamboo shoot from them. And we did. hehe~ First time fed elephant. :p Day 4: Home Sweet Home. Bye bye Thailand. hehe~ Hotel room tt I slept for 3 nights. Luggage full! I have to squeeze my bag to the max. hehe~ Sorry for the super long entry. haha~ I wrote so much so that I can recall wat'd happened in the future. hehe~ |
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5) Yes, we can ask for up to 50% discount but depend on location. If the things are already too cheap, they might not allow discount. Often those things with price tags. Some they do not have price tags or place a calculator nearby, you most probably can ask for great discount! Practise own judgement and if u really feel the things did not worth the price, be firm! Insist the price you think it's worth! 
