Day 3: Bangkok, Thailand

MAY 6, 2010- KL to BANGKOK, THAILAND

Quick RunDown:

Day 1: Batu Caves

Day 1: Putrajaya/Cyberjaya

Day 2: Genting Higlands

Day 2: Petronas Towers

We went to LCCT early the next day. I was still not feeling well at that time so we decided to take the taxi going to the airport instead of haggling all our luggages to the monorail and MRT. The taxi costed us 70 MYR.


We took our breakfast in MarryBrown and decided to take advantage of Starbuck's free wifi while waiting for our 3pm flight to Bangkok. I gifted Marjorie with a Malaysia tumbler to add to her collection.

MarryBrown meal for me

 MarryBrown meal for Joy

nag-upload ng pics. Thanks to Starbucks LCCT free wifi

Our flight via AirAsia to Bangkok was delayed for an hour. It was my first time to fly via the said courier and it gave me a very bad first impression of the airline. We reached Bangkok at around 6pm at kahit ang paglabas ng luggages ay napakatagal. Nakasimangot na ako nyan kasi sa itinerary ko, we were supposed to have a buffet dinner in the Baiyoke Sky Hotel. Mukhang di na mangyayari yon. We got out of the airport at around 6:30 pm after we had our money changed to Thailand baht.

AirAsia- budget courier. : ) 

arriving in Bangkok

Thailand Baht!!!

Not wanting to haggle our luggages, ginamit ko ang naresearch ko sa net about the cheaper ways to get out of the airport. From the arrival area, go down one floor and there you will find metered taxis. From the counter, you have to tell them your hotel and they will give you a receipt and instruct a taxi driver where to go. Syempre, minalas na naman kami dito kasi ang natapat saming taxi driver ay si lolo na kahit isang "yes" na English ay hindi alam. Kahit "no" hindi din. The worst thing was, hindi nya talaga alam ang hotel namin at um-oo lang sya na alam nya. Kalurks.


I was trying my best to gather all my senses kasi mainit na ulo ni Joy at hindi kami pwedeng magsabay dahil maliligaw kami. Besides, I was the one who planned and researched about the entire trip and I felt responsible.


After kaming iikot ikot ni lolo, we finally found our hostel in Silom area that costed us 200 baht higher than I expected. Pinagpasensyahan ko na lang si lolo kasi matanda na sya and parang dapat di na sya nagtatrabaho. 


It was a whole new world inside our hostel. 

backpackers haven

hostel's lobby

Saphaiphae Hostel is a budget hotel in Silom area. Super sulit ang 1,100 baht per night in a standard double room. Feeling ko nga dapat mas mahal pa ang binabayad namin because the room was very clean, had a refreshing and youthful ambiance and fully equipped with all our necessary needs. Plus, we had a chance to wash our clothes with their coin-operated washing machines located in the 4th floor. To top it all, it is just 5 minutes walk from the train station.

flat screen TV

yay, may hair dryer!

bathroom

Don't  you think the wallpaper is way artistic?

Let's take a lift.

cutie din ng elevator wallpapers!

After dropping our stuffs, we rushed to the nearest restaurant in vicinity. 


It's time to taste authentic pad thai. Silom Village was designed like a small Thai village with restaurant at the center surrounded with stalls of different goods from sculptures to clothes and other antique finds. There was a Thai dance performance at the center stage which I found less interesting because of my pad thai.

Silom Village at  a glance. 

Sculptures everywhere. 

So here's what we had for dinner that billed out to 874 baht. 

Pad thai is a dish of stir-fried rice noodles with eggs, fish sauce, tamarind juice, red chilli pepper, plus any combination of bean sprouts, shrimp, chicken, or tofu, garnished with crushed peanuts, coriander and lime. (wikipedia) 

i forgot how this is called.

After walking back to the hotel, we ended the day. A trip to the river side to the Grand Palace was waiting the next day.