Bangkok - Thailand

i went to Bangkok at 25th February 2012, i went there with my friends. We spent 3 nights and 4 days there. We arrived at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Airport is great so big and it's really clean and convenience. We rent a car to pick us from airport to hotel. It cost 3200 BHT. We stay at i residence hotel in sathron area. Hotel is good, near chong non si BTS (sky train) station and lots of food stall in the morning for breakfast. Hotel rate is acceptable, around IDR 650.000/ night. This hotel is very tight on person in room. They will charge you for the third person in room. Cleanliness and convenience are ok.

On Sunday we went to chacktuchat market, it's a weekend Traditional market. If you went to Bali, it's more like Pasar Sukowati. everything here are cheap! i got a good quality t shirt for 100 baht. If you buy 3 pieces. it become 70 baht for each. well since it's traditional market, they don't provide air conditioner and it is super hot on the afternoon. i got sweaty.. super sweaty. i suggest you to wear short pants and sleeveless shirt. to get here you can took BTS and stop at mo chit. it's walking distance from BTS station.

inside chaktuchat market

 

after chatuchak we went to platinum mall, it's a fashion mall. it's a shopping heaven.. u can find clothes for 100 baht and dress for 150 baht.good fashion, great materials and very cheap price. some store still accept bargain, but most of them are fixed price.in front of platinum mall u can go to pratunam market. it's like chatuchak but more small area. i find a short jeans for 50 baht or IDR 15.000 wow!! super cheap.. you can get here by taking BTS and stop at ratchadewi and took taxi around 100 baht.

Platinum mall

On monday we went to saduak floating market. it's quite far from main city. it took arond 1,5 hours from the hotel. well it's great experience in floating market. i suggest you only buy souvenirs and foods here, because other stuff are more expensive there.

floating market, sorry i didn't know how to rotate it.. LOL

After floating market, we went to the biggest pagoda in thailand. it's called pra pathom chedi. it's an icon of thailand. After that we went to shopping again at MBK. it's a mall but has more variety like electronics, foods, etc. it's more like ION in Singapore. you can get here by BTS and stop at National stadion.

Pra pathom chedi

At night we went to patpong. At the first time i wanna see pingpong show. it's an adult show that throwing pingpong balls using (sorry) miss cheerfull. But i cancel it since we wanna have dinner and don't wanna vomit after see the show. Patpong is more like red district area. you can get there by BTS and stop at ratchadewi. Along the way, there are pimps that give menu to all passenger. The menu is the prostitution price. You better avoid this street if you female and alone. In patpong night market they sell clothes and souvenirs but the price is very expensive here. for example, i bought a thai shirt for 100 baht at platinum, in patpong night market, for the same shirt they will give you 450 baht. Maybe because most of western came here for clubbing so it makes all stuff expensive. But you can go here if you were curious like me.

patpong night market

On Tuesday we went to Grand Palace, the entrance ticket is around 400 BHT. it's a must see place if u go to Bangkok. After Grand Placae we went to Wat Arun, you have to cross the chao praya river to get there. Here you can take pictures with Thai traditional clothes just by paid 100 BHT, such a great experience. After Wat Arun, we went to Wat Pho. Here you can see the giant sleeping Budha.

at Wat Arun, me n my friend in Thai traditional clothes

Wat pho - Giant sleeping Budha

My overall trip was fun and nice, i suggest that you wear sunblock here. It is hotter than Jakarta. I got tanned here. LOL. Bangkok is very reccomended for fashion shopping. Badly wanna come back there soon. :)