Bangkok nov 2008

yaya, finally i had uploaded my bangkok trip pics on my flickr

the reason i upload it there... because it can upload up to 6-7 images once :)

Bangkok is a interesting place, feel very much like Indonesia. the unevenness.. the untidiness.. the chaos.

and the food. generally in my tongue it is too sweet. everything is sweet. including pork ball! @_@ and i saw the bbq banana seems so unique but im darn sure it will be eaten with thick sweet sauce so i dont dare to try ^^; next time will..next time will...

we arrived at the day of Loy krathong festival. loy (to float) krathong (flower raft) it was very happening event centered on the chao praya river. the idea of floating away the flowers means to let go all grudges, bad lucks, ect, so that one can start a fresh. mine is made from bread so that the fishes in the river can get extra treat :)

i was very disappointed didn't get into grand palace. my fault for not knowing when is the closing time. (it closed at 3!) and also i didn't get to wat arun-the temple of the dawn. and! i had been looking forward to eat deep fried insects- but , tak ada bulat.. *mou yun* hahahaha...too bad...


im super happy get to take picture with very- thai mr.mcd :) 'sawadeeka' *hallo in thai*. everytime i pay things at cashier they will say thank you in thai and give that hand pose. special hor!

i went to the giant budha temple too. called wat pho. something unexplainable happen. must be a good omen :) on the temple itself there's a row of metal bowls aligning along the wall to the exit. it's the coins donation. i buy a bowl of coins and then throw a coin into each metal bowls. on each coin i put a wish. till the end, my coins finished before i reached the end. my friend asked whether i kept one or not. he said he took one. that had never crossed my mind.

that night when i count my money, i found one of that coin in my wallet. it's a small coin equal to malaysia 1 cent size. it seems that thai have also stop using that small coins.

the next morning i asked my friend whether his small coins is still with him or not. then he showed me his coin taken from inside his wallet. i asked how many coin did he take. he said ONLY one.

ah. about cost. this 5 days 4 nights trip costs:

bus to KL SGD 35
Air asia KL-thai round trip MYR 500
Bus back to SG MYR 45
backpacker hostel deposit MYR 15
thai baht i bought from singapore is THB 7500
thai baht i exchange there SGD 50

anyway-with the ever changing exhange rate, the total that i spent was around SGD 650. it could be cheaper if we get the air ticket much earlier. the ticket was purchased 2 weeks before departure.

conclusion: i will visit bangkok again, i will not spend a cent on clothes again till jan 2009, i will always remember to do research properly including the closing time of the tourist attraction places. i will remember to bring converter, and the most important is whom you go with. walking with a great friend will still be enjoyable even if the destination sucks. and vice versa.

thai prawn is JUST GREAT! and cheap! *too bad kai didn't get to eat it*