Thailand, Bangkok
16-19 June 2010
well, during the 3rd week of the hols, me and mummy visited thailand's bangkok, which is also known as the 'land of smiles'. their buddhist culture is really strong with up to 70% of the population being buddhist. their buildings were really specially shaped and mostly, golden. the people were really courteous and friendly too. they never fail to smile at you, greet you, bow at you. it was... really nice.
Day 1
took the airplane at around 7am and sat for 2hrs to bk.
guess what i spot from the plane!!!
an oxbow lake!!! hahahah
and finally, we reached bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport!
checked in our hotel etc etc and we began shopping alr!
pratunam mall, platinum mall.
shes really pretty!
shopped around platinum and got hell loads of stuff.
everything was sooo cheap.
wahahaha.
shopping therapy indeed!
shopped till night, went back to the hotel and fell asleep.
Day 2
we managed to come to this lucky buddha, which only opens once a month!
we were really lucky huh.
...
then we visited... the king's palace or something?
something like our istana i guess...
(P.S! you see me in a thick jacket and in their long skirt cause i was wearing a sleeveless top and shorts and it was said to be disrespectful to go in like that. tsk! so i was kinda suffering, under the sweltering sun in that thick jacket and long skirt ); )
and after that, we headed to shopping again! (;
yumms, 1 of my fav thai food: phad thai!
then in the night, we went back to the hotel, bathed and dressed up before heading for the state tower, lebua hotel.
its a 5star hotel and you will not be allowed in if youre not properly dressed.
went to sirocco, the bar thats 64 storeys high. and from there, you could get a birds-eye view of the whole of Bangkok.
the night scene was really spectacular and it was realllyyyyy cooling!
however my lousy canon camera couldnt snap a good photo... tsk!
so heres 3 pics i stole from the web and the rest below were my lousy cam's.
there was a live band there on the right too! damn cool.
well, their toilets were, needless to say, really nice too.
it smelled great and everything was just so classy!
of course, their staff were really courteous and nice too, where they will bow at you when you walk pass them etc.
it just felt so.. grand.
amazing.
Day 3
i get heart shaped sunny side ups for almost all my breakfasts! (;
then we went for our half day tour...
it was really quite scary when i climbed all the way up...
the steps were really small and i could have fallen easily if i wasnt watching where i go.
kinda frightening. but i still made it (;
then we went to visit a super duper pathetic floating market.
where only 2 sampans came. -.-
well, people on my boat were feeding these fishes with white bread...
then, how could we not visit the famous four-faced Buddha huh...
(hopefully he/she will answer to all my prayers!)
the works of the angry red-shirts who were unhappy with the political issues and whatsoever...
what a pity, i couldnt visit this huge mall.... );
its quite unbelievable to think that this were done by friendly thais...
welll, there sure are black sheeps...
pictures of their king was EVERYWHERE!
within 10mins, you'll definitely see a picture of him!
then at night, we went to meet 2 of mummy's friend.
and had dinner at this really nice place...
there was a band performing on the stage there and behind was the screening of world cup
(which, in thailand, was free everywhere if im not wrong)
super yummy mango sticky rice.
really fragrant and... sigh, miss it so much.
afterwhich, we visited their chinatown...
where birds nest where sold almost everywhere...
had 2 bowls! yum yum...
Last Day.
headed to well, the famous weekend bazaar, chatukchak in the morning.
was really hot and... yucky but it was a great place to get cheap goods.
then we went back to the hotel for a rest and headed to the airport.
caught the SQ plane back (which had a pathetic no. of only 33 passengers on board) and reached SG at 1am.
more pictures shall be on facebook.
really lazy.
byeeee!
16-19 June 2010
well, during the 3rd week of the hols, me and mummy visited thailand's bangkok, which is also known as the 'land of smiles'. their buddhist culture is really strong with up to 70% of the population being buddhist. their buildings were really specially shaped and mostly, golden. the people were really courteous and friendly too. they never fail to smile at you, greet you, bow at you. it was... really nice.
Day 1
took the airplane at around 7am and sat for 2hrs to bk.
guess what i spot from the plane!!!
an oxbow lake!!! hahahah
and finally, we reached bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport!
checked in our hotel etc etc and we began shopping alr!
pratunam mall, platinum mall.
shes really pretty!
shopped around platinum and got hell loads of stuff.
everything was sooo cheap.
wahahaha.
shopping therapy indeed!
shopped till night, went back to the hotel and fell asleep.
Day 2
we managed to come to this lucky buddha, which only opens once a month!
we were really lucky huh.
...
then we visited... the king's palace or something?
something like our istana i guess...
(P.S! you see me in a thick jacket and in their long skirt cause i was wearing a sleeveless top and shorts and it was said to be disrespectful to go in like that. tsk! so i was kinda suffering, under the sweltering sun in that thick jacket and long skirt ); )
and after that, we headed to shopping again! (;
yumms, 1 of my fav thai food: phad thai!
then in the night, we went back to the hotel, bathed and dressed up before heading for the state tower, lebua hotel.
its a 5star hotel and you will not be allowed in if youre not properly dressed.
went to sirocco, the bar thats 64 storeys high. and from there, you could get a birds-eye view of the whole of Bangkok.
the night scene was really spectacular and it was realllyyyyy cooling!
however my lousy canon camera couldnt snap a good photo... tsk!
so heres 3 pics i stole from the web and the rest below were my lousy cam's.
there was a live band there on the right too! damn cool.
well, their toilets were, needless to say, really nice too.
it smelled great and everything was just so classy!
of course, their staff were really courteous and nice too, where they will bow at you when you walk pass them etc.
it just felt so.. grand.
amazing.
Day 3
i get heart shaped sunny side ups for almost all my breakfasts! (;
then we went for our half day tour...
it was really quite scary when i climbed all the way up...
the steps were really small and i could have fallen easily if i wasnt watching where i go.
kinda frightening. but i still made it (;
then we went to visit a super duper pathetic floating market.
where only 2 sampans came. -.-
well, people on my boat were feeding these fishes with white bread...
then, how could we not visit the famous four-faced Buddha huh...
(hopefully he/she will answer to all my prayers!)
the works of the angry red-shirts who were unhappy with the political issues and whatsoever...
what a pity, i couldnt visit this huge mall.... );
its quite unbelievable to think that this were done by friendly thais...
welll, there sure are black sheeps...
pictures of their king was EVERYWHERE!
within 10mins, you'll definitely see a picture of him!
then at night, we went to meet 2 of mummy's friend.
and had dinner at this really nice place...
there was a band performing on the stage there and behind was the screening of world cup
(which, in thailand, was free everywhere if im not wrong)
super yummy mango sticky rice.
really fragrant and... sigh, miss it so much.
afterwhich, we visited their chinatown...
where birds nest where sold almost everywhere...
had 2 bowls! yum yum...
Last Day.
headed to well, the famous weekend bazaar, chatukchak in the morning.
was really hot and... yucky but it was a great place to get cheap goods.
then we went back to the hotel for a rest and headed to the airport.
caught the SQ plane back (which had a pathetic no. of only 33 passengers on board) and reached SG at 1am.
more pictures shall be on facebook.
really lazy.
byeeee!
