Anything but Ordinary

Thailand Trip!

i am BACK from my wonderful trip to Thailand... i was back on the 12th but had to unpack my stuffs, therefore only now then i can start blogging and i shall describe it IN DETAIL!!

Day 1 : flight reached Bangkok at 10.30am(sing time) and our lady tour guide brought us to check in the Bangkok City Inn hotel... it is a 3-star hotel but i think it is underrated, cos their service is good! After we lay down our big bags, OUT WE GO to explore the big city!! As we walked towards the World Trade Center/Central World Plaza(opposite our hotel), we saw the statue of the elephant god, thus decide to pay some respects... a guy who claims himself as management of the statue soon approached us and recommend that we should visit several places to pay respects to the Great Buddha, Four-Faced buddha and so on.... and so, we went by taking a tu-tuk!!(sheltered motorbike that can transport max 4 pple at the back)...
on our last stop, we were conned by a lady who sells praying stuffs like incense, candles and flowers...we had to pay standard 600 baht(S$24) for each set of praying stuffs(fortunately only my dad bought it) when it is much more cheaper inside the temple as it has a wide price range... from 20 baht, 40 baht, 60 baht till 400 baht...
After all the prayings, we made our way to the "pasar malam" nearby.. they sell all sorts of stuffs except pirated cds or vcds... there are many things like imitation Hard Rock Cafe t-shirts, Gucci wallets, Adidas caps, Diesel pants, Nike sunglasses, etc.. and you MUST bargain with them or you'll be like a goldmine to them! haha... like the travel brochure stated, BARGAINING IS THEIR CULTURE, ENJOY IT!! lol.... anyway, while we were busy browsing around, the weather began to turn bad and soon it started raining.. after we had enough and wanted to go back to the hotel, we noticed that the rain hasn't stopped and it was soo heavy that the sides of the road had flooded into the pavement! Fortunately we managed to hail a cab back to the hotel but driver didn't wanna turn on his meter, instead charge us 200 baht straight... we had no choice but to pay him cos the rain is heavy, and there's flood everywhere... luckily God was on our side, the driver made an illegal U-turn and he had to bribe the officer with 200 baht we paid him! LOL .. anyway when i got back to the hotel room, i was wet and tired and i crashed straight into 1 of the 2 beds even before my sis could choose which bed she wants...
By the time i woke up, it is nightime around 8pm(sing time). It was actually my parent's knockings on the door that woke me and my sis up... they said they had found a very nice place for dinner, and with our growling stomach, we quickly wash up and sped down the nearby World Trade Center/Central World Plaza for Steamboat! we ordered 1 big plate of meat+fishcake and 1 big plate of vegetables and 1 plate of duck... in the end it was still TOO MUCH for the 4 of us and i was really feeling abit bad for leaving so much food behind... then, we head back to the hotel but on the way, i picked up some chocolate and snacks from 7-11 so that i'll have something to munch on in the room while watching HBO's blockbuster movies... this is END of day 1.....

i shall continue on Day 2 another time cos i'm really sleepy now....orh.....

posted by Stoner @ 6:00 am