Bangkok trip
Monday, February 27th, 200610 Feb 2006, Friday
reached BKK about 3-4pm (forgot the time already). while searching for the taxi to get to the hotel we stopped by one travel agency… they had discounted sight seeing tours…. booked a tour to see the Chao Phraya river on saturday followed by a shopping spree at chatuchak market…
reached the hotel… got a shock seeing the big time construction going on infront of the hotel… didnt really want to walk around to see what food we had around the hotel.. takut fall into pot hole…
with recomendations from the hotel front desk we went to central shopping mall for dinner.. had my first tomyam soup hehehe
11 Feb 2006, Saturday
was so hungry when i got up… attacked the breakfast counter like some hungry glutton…. got into the van we arrange to pick us up yesterday… and headed to chao phraya river…. on the way we passed by the Democracy Monument
Democracy Monument
had some pictures taken from the boat on the river but cant remember what those buildings were cos the tour guide was very very lousy he didnt even tell us anything just put us on the boat… and he his name is POL by the way, sat behind and chat with the boatman! what a sucker!
a boat seller at Chao Phraya river
then after the boat trip he was supposed to take us to MBK before dropping us at chatuchak… but he HAD some other plans instead… he took us to this GEM shop and when we wanted to leave he went missing and we had to wait around for him… i guess sometimes they have some kind of tie up with these shops which they earn extra commision if we buy…
i was abit angry… then after that leh…. i thought we were going to MBK… BUT then we were diverted to this Tailor that can have your suits made ready within 24 hours type… waiyo by this time im already boiling inside liao! its almost 3pm and in my heart i was thinking… my chatuchak market going to close soon and i wont have time to browse around!!
we didnt buy anything again as usual… the guide got bored with us also la i think… then he left us with the driver who dont speak english to take us straight to chatuchak…. (hmmmph i missed shopping in MBK becos of all these detours by this unscrupulous guy!!) we had dinner at the hotel.. yummy mango with sticky rice and of course my fav tom yam soup la heheheh
12 Feb 2006, Sunday
woke up extra early… and headed to chatuchak… shopped till kaki sakit! didnt have time to take any pics at all….
after walking around the hotel area we saw one putside shop and we decided to eat the thai fried kueh toew.. very cheap only 25 baht… after that we got back to the hotel to try out the foot massage for 200 baht… nothing great compared to the ones i get here in kl tho.. im begining to miss lily my massuer….
13 feb 2006, Monday
after breakfast, the guide was early to pick us up, they were supposed to come at 12 but they came at 10.30 am! went down after the hotel concierge told us they were already here… got into the van and then realised that POL has another evil scheme up his sleeve… it was suposed to be a private tour to the Golden Palace BUT turns out that we got cheated by this bugger and he was no where to be seen…. the driver took us around and pick up OTHER tourist who booked similar tours… almost got car sick by time we finished picking up the rest about 1pm!!
Golden Buddha
i forgot the name of this Wat already…
Chinatown, Thailand
Grand Palace
Emerald Buddha Temple Grounds
Miniature Ang Kor Wat
after that we went to MBK for shopping…. got quite surprised that some of the stuffs we bought from chatuchak were sold here and the price difference is not that great esp for the t-shirts… had some vegetarian meal before heading to sukhumvit to check out this tailor by the name ambassador and patricks to make some suits….
14 Feb 2006, Tuesday
after breakfast we started packing up to check into the suite in Silom that we booked for the second half of our trip here…. after checking in… we took the sky train to the Erawan Shrine…
Erawan Shrine
Deep in concentration asking for 4D hehe
Dancers at the Erawan Shrine
Pheonix Logo with girl named Pheonix
Dosa King???
my cheapest meal 25 baht
after which we went to James Tailor the first tailor we went to and made more pants, some how i feel that this tailor is better than Ambassador… bought some mango sticky rice at asok station before heading to Ambasador for the first fitting…
and boy i was really upset with the quality of the fit, my pants were too tight! and half way thru the guy BOB went and service another customer! i was super hungry already by this time so my temper was rising! headed back by sky train to Silom… and had a quick shower before my first aromatheraphy massage…
15 Feb 2006, Wednesday
bought the 100baht day pass for the skytrain and took the train to the National Monument… had some shopping before taking the taxi to James Tailor for our first fitting.. was very very happy with the fitting no need to alter at all!! Raju told us that they will deliver it to our hotel tonight..
somehow i had a bad tingling feeling that Ambassador might not be able to deliver such nice quality as James Tailor…. and it was true…. they had to reALTER the pants for the 3rd time… i was fuming already…
16 Feb 2006, Thursday
my last day in bkk already packed most of the stuffs yesterday night… after breakfast quick quick walk out to go to the shoe shop and bought 3 pairs of baby shoes for sara…. on the way back to the hotel i finally had time to do my manicure while waiting for Ambasador to deliver the very the many times altered pants…. some how still had bad feelings about the outcome of the pants….
went back to hotel saw the end result of the pants and i was so upset and angry that i almost cried… the sewing was so bad that you can see where the bugger actually took off the benang.. and then it was so shodily done that it spoiled the cashmere fabrick there are so many holes!!
took a mad rush to drop by the shop to scold the bugger before heading to the airport… and they promised to redo the pants and send it to my house address.. but to date… still no sight of it… will post some of the pics on the bad sewing job they delivered one day.. cos my flickr account busted already…
