Bangkok Spree 28-30th Jan 2010

My firs trip of the year, was to Bangkok! a city of traffic jam, polluted (more like toxic) air, thousands of ppl, massage heaven (for some ppl, not me...i will get bruises frm it), cheap bargains (everywhereeeee during night time) and yummy food~

1st pic :There are alot of pink colored taxis...cute!
2nd pic: lots of stalls at street were selling fruit juices in bottle! did i tried? nope...didnt dare to!!

first of all, i didnt missed flight (not as if i will!!), it took only less than 2hours to reach Bangkok. the Passport control(a.k.a immigration) area was jam packed (worse than HK immigration), all tourist trying to get into the city of sin(it made me shop like mad for ur info)~~we landed at 1pm (BKK local time) and queued an hour plus for the passport control and spend the next half an hour searching for our LUGGAGE!!! apparently, luggage was transported to another flight due to airasia staff mistake!! we were so worry...(ok, i was thinking to get new clothes once we were at hotel) but thank goodness, luggage was sitting quietly at another end of the baggage claim area~precious time wasted!!

the first thing andy noticed, there isnt any mountain in bkk( in short for bangkok) and i noticed, their air was very hazy! once we reach city area, it started to jam! lots of car, motorcycles, tuk tuk, taxis...our hotel, Grand Watergate, located at nearby, most of the malls ( a lil of walking wont hurt, yea right, i almost lost the feels of my tired foot!!) we started off by walking to Siam Paragon (took us half an hour, under hot sun) and we only took 2hours to walk ard the place. we had McD (samurai pork burger & chicken and ham pie)

the same night, we walked to Central World mall, which is just next to Siam Paragon (still gotta walk 10mins)!! it has 7 floors with really weird floor plan!! we were like walking round and round, and would get lost trying to find the same shop twice!! we had delicious that glass noodle and minced pork soup noodle ( the waiter mentioned it was spicy hot and we were worry as we look on the neighbour with runny nose and red swollen lips), well, the soup noodle was a joke, it was spicy but not something we couldnt handle, it was yummy-li-cious thou~


A pic of me with the messy bed!!

we walked back to hotel, and there is a small stalls just next to the mall, bought some really cheap small purse (RM1!!!!!!!!!!!! only), continued walked and noticed, some food stall on our way back! we vowed to eat that as diner tmr night (wow-ed us with the street food)~ we took an hour Thai massage (200 baht only~~~) i had jelly body and wobbly legs after the massage!! haha..it was PAINFUL!!!!

2nd morning, i woke up early ( ok..i didnt have a good night sleep, why? i dont know...excited? mayb), we went for hotel american bfast with really limited choice of food, but better than none plus, we only paid 1200 baht per night (really reasonable)! PLATINUM mall, here i come!! i shopped non stop for 3 hours at this 6 level mall!! i was there early, so, some of the shops were not opened yet! bought, shopped, bought and continued walking!! set a limit of 3hour, went back hotel to drop off my spree and head to BTS station(lrt), heading to Mo Chit (Chak tuk chak Market). we were disappointed, it wasnt opened as it was published in website!! argh....it was drizzling when we head back to BTS station for Chinatown (stopping at National Stadium station).

A view of platinum mall shoppers with floor sitting shopping!!

yeah, drizzle --> heavy downpour!!! argh...stuck at MBK mall (every tuk tuk asked us, whether we wanna go there o not, but friends asked us NOT to!!) well, we managed to get andy a shirt for 99baht, dirt cheap!!! their men t-shirt are really nice, but, too bad, there isnt any size for my Mr Big!! after a tea time (another round of pork soup noodle <--nice!! and so-so chicken chop rice, with really reasonable price) , we took "tuk tuk" to Chinatown! a lil' disappointed again, it has alot of goldsmith shop and nothing much to see or buy except pork flow, pork roll and other snacks..half an hour plus later, we took "tuk tuk" back to Central World for continue our explore as we didnt manage to complete! we planned to go Suan Lam Night Market, but the locals advised us not to go due to bad bad traffic jam!! the ride back to central world was very long, due to the bad traffic, we experience bad pollution (lots of clogged pore & acne cooking up) we had mango dessert at central world, which was really really good!! we walked a lil more, b4 i decide to call it off, and head for the yummy street food!! the stalls are along a short walk, but it was PACKED with locals & tourist!! we tried their heavy coated salt grilled fish, which is on everyone's order list! it was fresh, no smelly fishy smell and go with chili!! superb..didnt tried any other seafood, as we were quite full! thinking to go Pratunam Mall, but it was closed at 8pm, so we end up walking at the walkaway with lots of small stalls, selling accessories, clothes and food!! by the time we were done shopping, we went for a foot massage, 200 baht an hour!! my legssssssssss...i'm not sure i am actually doing 'them' a favour or torturing! packing and counting the stuff i bought...delightful!! after my last day of bfast, we went to Platinum mall again to kill our last 2hours in bkk!! crazyyyyyyyy....on a sat morning, it was already packed with lots of ppl with trolley to pack their goodsss..it was hectic, heavy jam in a MALL and lots of ladies sitting on the floor sorting their bargained goods!!! ready to leave, it took only half an hour to reach airport frm hotel, but the queue to passport control long (not as bad as the day we reached) but much more organized!! woo hoo.....we had lunch at airport, tom yum goong & fried noodle!! we spend every penny we brought to bkk and went back with 20 baht!!


A picture of the restaurant where we spend our last penny for lunch! the 4 kind of 'add-to-taste' spices, some-oil, chili flakes, chillies in vinegar & sugar !

Drove up to Skudai, Johor after an hour reaching home!! stayed at a really nice boutique hotel, J Hotel!! will be leaving for home tmr, 1st Feb!!! signing off~


A picture of Johor famous braised duck dish, comes with rice or noodle! a cute poodle hiding under the sofa, belongs to Connie, the bride of andy's client frm Johor, named Mao, only understands chinese! haha