Bangkok Day 3..

3 Dec 2010

Time flies and the final day of our trip came quickly enough.. T.T~

Complimentary buffet breakfast was quite good.. forgot to snap a pic the previous day when i'd made quite a nice salad.. sigh..


BTS ticket, kinda like our LRT ones but used touch n go style~

Back to Sathorn Pier and another boat ride~ This time i made sure i was standing on the other side of the boat from the previous day, so that I wouldn't miss seeing everything :D

more 'king's birthday deco'..

one of the piers.. i think they shld look quite pretty at night when the lights are on...

Sheraton Hotel's private pier and ferry

modern monks.. he's actually retaliating at me taking a photograph of him @.@~

pointy roofs show us the direction of the Grand Palace :):)

This time we go down at the right pier -- Tha Chang

Tried this crunchy snack at the market... sweet ones had coconut, papaya and raisins, savoury ones had coconut and spices.. interesting~

After the market (the one selling vegetables, where mum got another pair of shoes at rm9.90) :S, we continued down the road to look at the stalls selling all sorts of weird stuff at the flea market.. This time, yet another guy came up to us and asked whether we were going to the Grand Palace, and 'kindly' informed us that it wouldnt be open for visitors that day and he would recommend we go to another temple that was open to foreigners for that one day only (sounds familiar?), he then started yelling for a tuk tuk on the other side of the road.. this time, we werent abt to get forced to a place that we didnt intend to go to again, so we quickly walked away in the opposite direction~

It was only later that we saw a sign outside the palace grounds saying: Please beware of wily strangers!!! @.@~

The following places are listed as attractions in Bkk.. i have no idea why.. haha..

The pier that the royal family uses~

Silpakorn University~

for your reading pleasure~ :P

and finally~! I thought we werent allowed to enter?? stupid conman.. hmph!

they were having some sort of rehearsal for the King's birthday celebrations..

super hot and sunny, so we hid under the shade

Looks quite grand eh? Wasnt planning on touring the place anyway.. just wanted to see what it looked like.. :)

even the rubbish bins look regal, lol...

guard posts all along the wall of the palace~

multicoloured hedges :):) wonder when i've started liking colourful things so much @.@~

After satisfying my wish of seeing the Palace, it was time to head back to the hotel and grab some lunch before going to the airport for our evening flight..

Aaaahhhh...they say it looks even better in the evening wen the sun sets...

Wichai Prasit Fort~

Grabbed lunch at a roadside stall near the hotel then went back to check out... Bkk is really good for hardcore shoppers.. tat perempuan, my mum managed to get some limes from the roadside even as I was still finishing my lunch :S

After checking out, we still had time to spare before our cab was to arrive, so we went wandering round nearby the hotel, since downtown Silom is a commercial area, it was mostly tall office blocks.. so we ended up in Boots, havent been inside a Boots store since coming back from UK, its something like the Watsons stores we have here, and we all know how much I like wandering around Watsons, so was equally happy to be browsing round Boots.. hehehhe... Next stop was 7-11 of all places.. and we managed to get some last minute souvenirs, and ended up with -20 baht :S:S:S luckily the cashier at 7-11 was so kind and let us get away with it.. :)

Last minute souvenirs... Lavendar & Orchid soap from Boots and Pretz in weird flavours like Ham & Cheese, Beer and Larb (i have no idea wat tat means tho...)

in Bkk, you can find candles and joss sticks inside 7-11, never know when you need to do some last minute praying eh?? :)

Our hire cab came at 2pm sharp, just like we ordered, then we were off to the airport... fell asleep in the taxi.. expected after all the walking that morning..

view of part of the airport.. wonder wat those mounds are for?? fengshui? @.@~

To be honest, Bangkok isnt high on the list of cities I'd like to revisit.. for one, its toooo hot.. and there seem to be people who would like to scam you at every corner.. even the shopping gets tiring after awhile, cos of the constant need to bargain and money seems to flow like water cos you're spending in hundreds and thousands.. :S I still prefer KL much much more... hehehhehe...