Bangkok.. bangkok
Once my plane touch down the BKK International airport terminal (interesting is the airport is built in the golf course itself, in fact so near that u can see ppl playing golf n a bit scary, fear that the golf ball hit the plane leh. By the way it is a two hr trip, BKK is an hr later than sg time. Jetstar had preallocated seats to ppl n allows 20kgs luggage per pax, it is different frm other budget airlines, but the leg space cramp due to a small plane only two rows, no centre row... n no meals we bring in our own food n eat secretly but they will help us to clear rubbish)
BKK airport is very old like our old bus terminal...things go very slowly...So once u get yr luggage, quickly go n queue up...there is a small camera to shoot yr face...(maybe u can cooperate with them to help them in processing faster :))
Once I reach my hotel, I was able to chk in as my room is available, chk all the lighthings n water for bathing so when u comes in the evening, u can jt pop to yr bed (u will be very tired).
The first day, I go Siam....take skytrain to Siam, it is connected to a shopping centre, Siam Central. There is alot of eating places...we eat The pizza company, shiok! n cheap(better than our pizza hut but take some time to cook). Siam is a whole street of shop selling funky clothes and young ppl as shop owners jt like bugis, then we walk to MBK (Mah Boon Krong) via National Stadium Skytrain You can access directly from station via a walkway. Foods like bird nest, sharkfins, are offer there too. We spent alot of time there cos my bf like aircon shopping centre...hehhaha. Here things can be cheap or expensive cos their price is always 199baht($8 dollar). I recommend buy some bras cheap trumiph abt $20 buy the gel ones...special leh cos sg dun have..(sg maximizer got cotton only) but Thai bras are simple design not fancy designs.
then we go Condom and Cabbage Restaurant Sukhumvit Soi 12, given with free condoms. It is jt an interesting experience for Thai food, it is built to support aids prevention for woman society. Take BTS to Asok Station. Get out from e Times Sq exit. Continue walking until u pass an overhead bridge. Turn left at the next small lane & u will see e big signage Massage & Spa, King & I Spa is nearby, just 5mins walk, beri deep in.
The next day after the half day city tour (nothing much of the boat market nowasday), we go pratumum wholesale market. It start early in morn til late noon, I think abt 430pm...not much shop liao. We ask the tour guide to drop us there instead of going back to hotel (the tour end abt 12/1pm). Btw u can ask yr tourguide for guide in bkk. Thai ppl are friendly...so it is much better if u ask them in polite manner..
It is near Indra Regent and baiyoke sky hotel(also know as baiyoke II; the tallest hotel in bkk, I think give a certain money u can go to rooftop to view the whole bkk, very windy), there are gd clothes usually casual but u can find office wear...(I always get lost in maze of shops...sigh...but there is always gd bargain. buy more, can discount more, like abt 6 pieces...in bkk, everything can bargain).
u can also go Pantip Plaza near the Amari Watergate Hotel, it is Bangkok's foremost computer shopping mall.
we have our lunch at local foodcourt..cheap like siao....hhahahah. We two eat plus drink abt 95baht(abt $4)but one thing I dun like their foodcourt is they using coupon system...one counter to buy coupon another counter to refund the money...(no need to change alot)
then we go big 'C' centre(here we can get our daily necessarities) to have our dinner...fascinates....
we have jap food at the 4th floor. Mine is 140baht but alot of food ...man...too full...
At first I wan to try their famous steamboat but didn't try cos everytime I saw it , it seem very crowded. Btw bkk food very cheap, taxi also very cheap(dun need to scare abt get lost; hehahah...the most we pay for taxi is 80baht; 100baht = $4 usually we take skytrain cos we scare traffic jams) even MacDonald seem to be cheaper...hehhah cos my bf wan to eat chicken ...to play safe cos of bird flu, we go fastfood restaurant...they even sell pork burger...
Thai ppl like pork...there y always got a kind of smell...but u will get used to it...one thing to inform u; their Sweden dun sell foods only icecreams.
I also go to Erawan Shrine, all start for the side of Buddha facing the main entrance near Chitlom BTS station(world trade centre). Hear that it is very 'ling', but I dun pray so I jt watch hehhaha got traditional dance every hr I think..alot of tourists. Then I went World Trade Centre is just opposite Big C. Get the 5% discount tourist card from the info counter at 1st floor before u shop. ~ This place has a departmental store called Zen which is a little like our John Little; shops-wise, also quite limited...Isetan is connected to Central World Plaza. expensive too... anyway I jt go there to shop for NARAYA BAGS...cheap n elegant abt 240baht u will get a very nice piece( alot of japanese tourist there plus naraya is by their own Thai designer ) I spent quite long time in deciding which bag to buy...too many choices....after that we rush back to hotel after dinner...cos we bk a 'thai ger show' with our tour guide/...it is illegal...very dark...quite grossly to me...yucks...but jt for experience we pay 1000baht for two...abt this rate...dun go higher than that not worth.
After that, my bf n I still very energier so we ask the tour guide to take us to their nite market Suan Lum (pounce like suanloom.. ) It is very tourist friendly, everywhere u see there are tourists, no local(cos I heard things sell here is expensive...but even it is expensive, it is still cheaper than Singapore) There is also alot of tourist police...so u r very safe there...it is very clean n divided into abt 3 section plus a big concert open-air foodcourt..my bf love here cos it is clean n spacey compared to usually cramped street shopping area...we went there twice leh...but here u will have to take cab back to hotel...(better lah..cos late at nite, quite tired) I hear there is midnight charges for cabs like sg...so we shop till 11+ .