Bangkok!

Hello!

Just arrived at home after my weekend getaway to Bangkok. For me, Bangkok and Jakarta has lots in common; the traffic, the hustle bustle and the street food vendor to name a few. What's better in here is they have skytrain, this makes our travel within the city easier. I also found it interesting that they wholeheartedly honour their king and the buddha. Pictures of the king and places of worship are easily find in here. This city's also amazingly clean, though I hardly could found a trash can!

So me and a college friend, Putri, went into a shopping haul at the very first day we arrived in Bangkok. We stayed in a small hotel across Platinum Mall named First House Pratunam. Platinum is an 8 storeys wholesale mall in bangkok. We bummped into too many Indonesian whose apparently are a boutique owner in Indonesia. Now I know where clothes and accessories sold in ITC, Mangga Dua or online shop are coming from ;)

They sell stuffs with super low price, I bought a top mostly for about 200 Baht (IDR 70.000 or USD 7) and dress for 400 Baht (IDR 140.000 or USD 14)!! Oh, and if you buy more than 2 pairs, you'll get a discount until 30%.

here, I introduce you to my new babies ;)

Platinum Shopping Haul!

...More and more..

Done with shopping we then crossed Chao Phraya River to have a dinner in Asiatique. Here you can find many selection of restaurants, coffee shops, boutiques and gift shops also enjoy the night view of Bangkok from the ferriswheel. Opens at 17.00, Asiatique night market is worth a visit for a casual night out.

On the next morning we went to Bangkok Art & Culture Centre which situated in Siam, next to the MBK. The place is brand new and has too many empty spaces, most of the art installations doesn't have English explanation. A bit boring, but okay to visit if you have time.

Big Titty Momma!

We tried a small ice cream corner with wicked selection of menus in here. Putri tried their green tea-red bean ice cream while I had a whack on their lactobacillus-jelly sorbet.

Lactobacillus-Jelly Sorbet!

Finished with modern art, we then off to the real magnet of the city. The Grand Palace and Wat Po (The Reclining Buddha). Amazingly beautiful temples! don't forget to wear covered clothes as both places are sacred. Each has the entrance fee of about 500 baht, it was worth every penny.

Grand Palace

The Reclining Buddha

View from the Tuktuk

We spent our night chilling, trying some cocktails at Vertigo Restaurant on the top of Banyan Tree Hotel. Their cocktails was taste more like a mocktails for us. It was actually okay, plus they have a great place with beautiful view of the city. Vertigo is perfect for more posh night out.

Visiting Bangkok would not be complete without stopping by Chatucak weekend market and Patpong the red district area. So that was our agenda for day 3. Chatucak is huge, like real huge, crazily hot and cramped with both tourists and locals. You will need the whole weekend to be able to explore it all. The market divided into some sections, from fashion product to vintage's, section which sell plants to animal's section. My favorite was the vintage section in which I've found this pretty purse;

Oh also, what's best from this market is it's street food vendor. My advise, try them all! and you'll have a gastronomic feast.

ain't them pretty?

Right before Patpong, we tried some Thai street food and Thai massage, heaven. I'm a huge fan of Tom Yam Soup and Thai Salad, also a massage junkie myself. So I basically beyond happy :)

Then here comes the famous red district, Patpong. The area has around 100 neon-lit strip bars offering naughty shows and pole-dancing entertainment. Hmm..it might suit a men better, most or almost all bars here offer an adult entertainment and sexually explicit shows. Here you'll find road side agents handing phamplets of nude shows and all. Becareful, rumours says they'll end up ripped you off!

We actually didn't spend too much time in Patpong, as we need to catch up early flight on the next morning, also those Tom Yam and the massage were kicked in, made us sleepy as hell.

Tom Yam Goong