Went to Bangkok with my best friend, Fion, and her friends. All together five persons. One person extra. Abo, can take taxi to any places with
cheaper sharing fare.
Well, have to admit that this trip wasn't as
enjoyable as I previously experienced. In fact, it didn't feel like going to Bangkok at all. May be because the trip was too short, only 3D2N, and the area was full with Singaporeans, Malaysians and Indonesians.
I boarded
Air Asia from Hatyai alone and would be meeting Fion and the gangs at the
Suvarnabhumi Airport (สุวรรณภูมิ). They reached earlier so they waited for me. We promised to meet at the
Information Counter(IC) as from the
website, there is only one
IC on Level 2. But heck no, there are more than one. Shit. I asked a lady working there where was the
IC. And between giving me her
you-owed-me-one-million-dollar-face and the
cant-you-read-the-freaking-sign-board-face, she said that is the
IC. And I asked again is there other
IC on this level. She gave me the
damn-you-why-are-you-asking-me-so-many-questions-face, she told me yes. I was about to ask her where are the other
IC and saw her
I-havent-reached-orgasm-in-gazillion-years-face, I gave up asking. Fuck her. Land of smiles, my ass. Thank Zeus for phone roaming, Fion called me and we met at the 3rd Entrance.
From there, we took the
MPV taxi, which cost us
700 baht. If there was only 4 of us, we could have save a lot. Anyway, screw that. So, camwhoring started. In the taxi. Did I tell you how much I hate cam-whores and cam-whoring? I tell you now.
I HATE IT VERY MUCH!! Like
FREAKING HATE IT!Ok, here are the
taxi-cam-whored-pictures-because-we-dont-have-taxi-in-Malaysia-and-some-say-Singapore
Reaching the hotel, of course we checked-in. Those bellboys were so tiny. They looked like my students and underage. Okay, skip that. The hotel we stayed was
Baiyoke Boutique Hotel. Fion booked it thru
Agoda.com, which guaranteed low price. Our room was
RM85 per night for two single-beds. The hotel was good, no cockroaches, rats, dead man, Freddy Krueger look-a-like, and the bathroom was clean. But some taxi driver didn't know where it is. Just tell them it is behind Baiyoke Sky which is Thailand tallest building.
It is not that tall BTW.
The first place we went was
Platinum Fashion Mall which is very near to the hotel. The bellboy took us on a
I-am-not-a-golf-cart-I-am-slightly-bigger so we didn't have to walk much. And guess what?
CAM-WHORES ALERT!!
Along the way to
Platinum Fashion Mall, there was street full with small traders. And people. So so crowded. After went thru that throng of breathing humans (
SARS, H1N1), we reached
Platinum. At there, nothing to describe, just shop shop and shop. Not very cheap actually, if you earn
Malaysian Ringgit. One thing have to be careful beside your wallets and your heads, always
double check the things you bought. Not the quality, but
the quantity and the colours and the size. I get three bikinis, instead of four. But their bikinis damn cheap. I would suggest that you replace the padding they gave with a better quality ones tho. Just a thought.
Most of the sellers there damn arrogant. Land of smiles, my ass times two. We were there until near closing. Fion and I went into mostly every shops. *
hands down* *
clap clap*
The next day, we went to
JJ.
JJ is easily reached by BTS. Been there several times. So, we decided, no, I decided, that we should take BTS. From the
hotel website, it stated that it only takes
10 minutes walk to BTS Sky Train at Chidlom Station and Phayathai Station. Yeah right. May be there is a shortcut that i don't know of. That route was freaking far. I knew because Fion and I went jalan-jalan to that area the night before (
yeah, we saw the Central World ruined-parts caused by the stupid-blood-coloured-shirt protestors). So, the hotel staff suggested that we took
BTS at Ratchathewi Station which he said was "nearer".
For the love of Venus, it wasn't that near but acceptable distance if you don't carry 5kg results-of-shopping-spree. BUT, I saw the apartment that they used to film
Love Beyond Frontier (อุบัติรักข้ามขอบฟ้า). So it was kinda worth the walk. BTW, the fare was
30 baht per person.
Should have taken the taxi if there were only four persons. And what else would you do while at the skytrain station. Yeah, you know the answer.
Angela and IReached
JJ. It didn't change much. The last time I was there was five years ago. Fion and I were there until 7pm (Malaysia time). From 9am to 7pm.
Geng!
The face of fuck-i-better-off-rotting-at-home-nowThe third day, we went home.
See, told ya this trip was boring. Glad to be home.
IN PIECE.
*snoring*
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