Thursday, September 25, 2014 || 12:05 AM
Day 1: city of angels
This is my first trip out of the country that involves me flying in an aeroplane. I was told by my mother that we went to Australia and New Zealand when I was really small, but that's the thing; I don't remember anything about those trips. So this is considered one of my firsts.
According to a website, Bangkok is also known as the city of angels. "
Thailand’s capital city has the distinction of owning a number of different names. In addition to the internationally known name of Bangkok, there is also the local name ofKrung Thep (City of Angels) which is a shortened version of the official Thai name of Krung Thep Maha Nakhon."
Our flight departed at 8 in the morning and we reached at around 10 something. But since Bangkok is an hour behind Singapore. I sort of travelled back in time if you get what I mean. My companions for this trip are Jiayin and prinky.
We have booked the flight with tiger airways which is a budget airlines. With budget airlines, the seats are not very accommodating and there is limited space (leg room etc). It's quite difficult to sleep in the plane thanks to the lack of space. I woke up countless times due to have this cake in my neck for sleeping in an awkward position.
After checking in, we had to take a bus to the plane. I managed to buy the fragrances I wanted and my mom's. Although the other brand she wanted is no longer retailing in the duty free store. I bought Victoria secret fragrances. the first one is the bombshell in bloom and the other is tease. Coco Chanel for my dearest mother.
This is a bad photograph but I wasn't allowed to open it until I reached Bangkok. And as of right now, I do not even want to open it.
We had to take the train to our hotel. First time in Bangkok's train. But one tiring factor is that switching trains requires tapping out and purchasing a new token/ticket.
First picture depicts the token and the second is the ticket.
Thank god I have friends who are experience travellers to the city of angels. That's why it was such a breeze for me. Of course I feel bad that I wasn't any help.
After arriving at our station, we had to walk quite a distance to our hotel. The rain totally did not help. My slippers were drenched and my feet were stinky.
Soon after, we checked in and here are some photographs of the hotel room.
We paid quite a reasonable price for this room. And the Tuktuk under the hotel is really cheap (80 baht). If you get one outside of the hotel, it will probably cost more. Bargaining is easier thanks to prinky excellent language versatility. :)
We went to have lunch at MBK. Steamboat for lunch. The tom yum soup was really spicy. I can't really take spicy food. I have very little tolerance. I drank about 3-4 glasses of tea?
After our scrumptious meal, we went looking for naraya. I had to get those cute tissue cases. Continuing Window shopping ~
We went exploring Siam square etc. I'm sorry, my memory fails me here. But we will be exploring more places the next day.
Dinner was at some street stall. I ate authentic phad Thai noodles. But it wasn't as great as I thought it was.
Blah blah. And buying snacks along the way, I'm back at the hotel updating my blog.
Everything here is practically pretty much more affordable as compared to Singapore. Take for instance coffee bean, for a caramel latte medium sized it costs 120 Thai baht. If you do math, you'll know how much it is. Second example, Garrett's popcorn is considered a premium kind of popcorn in singapore. In Bangkok, for a medium sized bag of specially made popcorn; it's just 360 Thai baht. Wow!! Huge difference in pricing.
I'll be turning in soon. Gonna go crazy at platinum mall tomorrow after breakfast. Wish me luck in finding all the good and trendy apparels :>
Good night blog buddies ~ updated as at 24 sept 11pm bkk timing
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