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Bangkok: Day 1
Arrived Bangkok airport at around 5:30PM Bangkok time. Took a taxi to the hotel with a reference to a map. Guess what? My taxi driver got lost!! Because it’s a fairly new place (only opened like 7 months ago), not many people know about it. The place being out of the city in some back alley didn’t help either. So how?…Luckly, I got the hotel phone number and ask the taxi driver to ask for directions. So after being lost around an hour (yeah, Bangkok during rush hour…NOT GOOD), the taxi driver finally found the place. In case you are wondering where I stayed, the hotel is called Boonsiri Place. The place is pretty decent and a lot better than what I expected. The price? Only about 1000 Baht (approx. RM100) per night.

Only problem with this place? It’s a bit far from the city center and the surrounding area is really dodgy, with notorious looking people around. But hey, what can you expect for a cheap place eh? So after checking in and putting my luggage in the room, I went out in hopes of searching for some food. I then bumped into Mr. Kamun, the appointed guide for the hotel. He had a car and I can ask him to take me anywhere I want for a fee of course. I also met up with a Danish couple who were backpacking at the hotel, David & Helen Iversson. So we decided to go sight seeing together with Mr. Kamun. He took us to Suan Lum for some food and also the night bazaar.

"Jakun" poser, never see Thailand sign before…hehe!

After dinner and some light shopping, we went to Patpong! Well, yes we went there for the infamous "Tiger Show". Ok, I don’t know if it’s me, but after hearing so many stories about the show, they somehow fail to impress me of what the girls can do. Only exception maybe was because I was seated like less than 2 meters away from the main stage. So still it’s an experience to see it live in front of your face. Helen was being such a sport as David got teased constantly by the girls…haha! Later, we went around Chinatown and then back the hotel and call it a night, as David and Helen had a morning flight to Phuket the next morning. Regreted not having taken a picture with them.

Bangkok: Day 2
Woke up early to go to the floating market which is situated like 200km away from Bangkok. Yea, it’s a 2 hours drive to Damonen Saduak Floating Market. The floating market is quite an experience. It’s really like a market, except that all the stalls are either on boats or by the river banks. I was told to try the soup noodles there which were really good. The cost for a bowl only goes for 20THB (approx. RM2), and it was quite a challenge to be eating soup noodles on a rocking boat.

The noodles were so good, I "licked" the bowl dry!

There was a stall there that actually sell live snakes and other reptiles. They also let you take a picture with their biggest python for only RM 2. NO I’m not scared of snakes. Many people there we screaming and squirming before my turn…haha. I wish I could own one of them seriously, they just feel like a leather bag or something and you can feel that they are so strong as I put it around my neck, you can feel the grip man!

certainly not for the squirmish!

After the floating market, I made a long journey back to the city to Siam Square area. What to do there? SHOPPING of course! First stop, Siam Paragon, then Siam Square, MBK and Siam Discovery. I just got to show you this shot of flea market around the area which were full of girls! *drool drool*. I think I could just stand there for hours just looking at the girls. Well, the flea market was selling mainly feminine items, so naturally they all flock there and OMG! Thai girls are just so damn pretty!

Girls galore!!

Ok! Enough of the girl gawking. I spent most of my time doing some heavy shopping there and then after dinner, I took the Skytrain to Nana, where I found this pub called Beer Garden (don’t know if it’s the same as the Beer Garden in Subang). Well the place was full of "white" people and Thai girls, who were mostly errr…"escorts". Well, for the first time, I feel weird walking to a bar being the only Asian male (apart from the workers of course). Nevertheless, I still sat by the bar and ordered a beer. Beers there are cheap. RM5.50 for a bottle and I can go on all night with that amount! I was feeling bored and was about to leave, when I was approached by one of the "escorts" and ask me if I wanted to play pool with her. So ok, I played with pool and had a few drinks with her just for fun. Suddenly, another girl joined us and later 2 other policemen walked in and joined us for pool! NO SHIT! 2 policemen still clad in their uniform! So we had a mini pool tournament where the loser have to drink!! It was fun I tell you.

Beer Garden bar @ Nana

Nam (yes that’s her name) & I after pool

Before you all get any funny ideas, NO! nothing happend with me and Nam. We just had fun and I left back to the hotel after that =p On the way back to the hotel, I decided to take one of them "Tuk-tuks" and boy was I conned! They charge you like 3x more because it was pass midnight, and my hotel being far away from the city didn’t help. But I was too desperate and tired to argue so I just hopped on as it was the only available transport during that time (it was around 230am). On the way back, he was like racing with another Tuk-tuk and really, I actually thought that I would die in a crash or something. If you have ever sat in a Tuk-tuk before, the back has no seat belts so imagine going really fast and doing corners in that thing!

My crazy ass tuk-tuk driver. I’m still amazed that I even manage to take this shot!

Another thing I realized about tuk-tuk drivers is that they have like a S.O.P. (standard operating procedure) when it comes to tourist.

1. If you’re a tourist and if you don’t speak Thai, they will ask where you come from
2. They will ask how long are you staying in Bangkok
3. They ask if you have tried Thai massage and lady
4. If you say no to number 3, they will take you or recommend you some place "cheap cheap"

Believe me. out of 5 Tuk-tuks, all 5 ask the same thing and in this same sequence! Well, if you’re interested to know the market rate for a lady massage in Bangkok, its THB 350 per hour. It’s more if you want "clean" one! Hahah! well, just in case you’re curious.

Bangkok: Day 3
Went around the temples and boy were there many temples! While visitng, I met up with a bunch of Philipinno people who were also sight seeing. 2 of them are a gay couple but they were really nice and asked me to join them because I was the alone at that time. So I did join them for to go around.

6 Philippinos and a Malaysian.

Later on, we exchange phone numbers in hopes of meeting up again later tonight for some partying. We parted ways several temples later, as I went to Wat Pra Kaeo Grand Palace, which is like the largest temple in Bangkok! It’s HUGE! It took me nearly 4 hours to actually walk the whole place so you can imagine how big the place is.

Stunning! The Grand Palace

Later after The Grand Palace, I took a trip back to town area for some last minute shopping. Yup, manage to get my limited edition shoes by Japanese designer Yasuhiro Mihara which cost around RM800! Yes I’m crazy…so sue me! After dinner, I took the skytrain again. This time, I went to Thong Lor in hopes of finding some chill out places. Well, as I was walking, I came across this massage spa/parlour which is decent looking. When I say decent here means it’s "clean" and not sleasy. They offer traditional Thai massages for 250 THB (approx RM25) for an hour. SO CHEAP! I went for a 2 hours full body massage and it was certainly worth it man! I would seriously recommend anyone this place the next time they are in Bangkok. Call me for the details. Later, took a taxi (smart already don’t take tuk-tuk at night! :P) to Khao San Road which is the party street for backpackers! Well the road was closed to traffic so everyone was on the street with beer and alcohol in hand and just partying the night away. This was 1am in the morning on a weeknight mind you.

Party scenes @ Khao San Road

I manage to meet some people from Barcelona and also London and just chatted with them while having my beer. Really cool party people. They were sort of "anti USA" so their topic of conversation was really interesting. After drinking, it was back to my hotel around 3am.

Bangkok: Day 4
In the morning, went to do some last minute shopping at Pratunam area. Shirts there were relatively cheap going for about RM10 - RM 35 per piece. "Branded" belts were also only about RM 20-35. So bought a couple of stuff there and some souvenirs. After lunch, went back to my hotel to get ready to leave as I have a 530PM flight to catch. I had to leave like nearly 4 hours before as I was warned about the traffic in Bangkok is bad and unpredictable. Mr. Kamun then sent me off to the airport and that was it…..bye bye Bangkok!

Mr. Kamun & I at the airport

Overall, it was a really good trip. Something different for me at least. It was so last minute, I didn’t even have time to plan anything out. It was really all "playing by ear" the whole way thoughout the trip, which makes it really fun and exciting! Can you imagine, the whole trip, the only map I had was the map to the hotel which is the most essential for me and I dont even have a city map! There was simply a lot of walking, and a lot of asking around and being conned in the process. But that’s the best I guess. I wouldn’t have it any other way.

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