Thailand Day 3 - Temple Tour/Shopping

Sawatdee Kaa~

June 20,2012

Last day in Thailand, we already packed our things before we sleep last night and ready to check out before going to our next destination (Temple Tour). Sunflower Place allows us to leave our things, will just get it back at 8pm.

woah so many!

Accident do happens, last night we cannot use our ATM (BPI International) to withdraw some money, I immediately emailed them, and they replied ......."We apologize for the inconvenience. We wish to advise you that international access of ATM cards is temporarily unavailable at this time." We don't have any choice, it wasn't on our plan and did not expect it to happened, so we just exchange some of our remaining PHP at Super Rich Saladaeng Branch, this is also near to the MRT and just beside KFC. The rate is .65 BHT per PHP.

Now ready for our last trip of the day!


Grand Palace
From Saladaeng Station we head to Saphan Taksin Station, then walk to the boat terminal. We ride the orange boat going to N9 Tha Chang for 15 BAHT.

orange boat

Views from the boat

Arriving at Tha Chang terminal, you need to pass the market first, well we also follow some foreigners on the way out. ^_^

 After passing by the market, you'll see The Grand Palace!

outside The Grand Palace

We both decided not to entered the Grand Palace, we are saving our money to shop ^_^. The entrance fee is 400 Baht and a dress code is strictly implemented. You can even hear some announcement regarding the scammers outside the palace.

WAT PHO (Reclining Buddha)
This temple is located beside The Grand Palace, there is no dress code for this temple and the entrance fee is 100 Baht.

Of course posing to this Reclining Buddha is a must ^_^

And don't forget to claim your free bottled water.

Ramdom pictures at WAT PO!

monks

Philippines and Korea's Flag inside WAT PO ^_^ (annyeong!)

Looking for some souvenirs? You can buy some outside The Grand Palace (near the market)

looks like real monks! ^^

We opted not to go to WAT ARUN, we can't take the weather, soooooooo hot!!!! We go back to the boat terminal passing again thru the market place, again 15baht for the boat ride. Then from Saphan Taksin Station we go to National Stadium, then head to MBK again for lunch. ^_^

My lunch chicken and fries meal for 109 BHT

Stroll again in MBK, Siam Paragon and then to Platinum Fashion Mall.

Shopping is love! ^_^

Titanic Exhibit now at Bangkok (June 2 - Sept 9)

  
  

PATPONG NIGHT MARKET

If you're looking for the Ping Pong show, well you're in the right place. We did not stroll much here, as I says this place is on our way to Sunflower Place. What else can you see here? some souvenirs, some fakes accessories, clothes, etc. (as you can see above picture). 

After Patpong we go to Sunflower Place to get our things, we also take some rest at the reception area, the staff were so nice to even let us use the restroom and the computer ^_^. Now we are ready to leave Bangkok, so sad :( 

From Saladaeng Station we go to Phaya Thai Station and change to Airport Link going to Suvarnabhumi Airport.

SUVARNABHUMI AIRPORT

This airport is nice and huge! How I wish our airport is also like this.

Though we are already boarded on the plane at around 12:15am, our flight has been delayed for 1 hour, actually I'm not aware of it 'coz I already fall asleep ^_^

Now recapping my trip!

I want to comeback here, probably next year and just do the shopping thingy! ^_^  It is really cheap and lots of choices! I enjoyed the Ayutthaya tour, not only because of Mario Maurer, I was amazed to see the actual place of the ruin temples, questioning myself how did they made those temples! Those large Buddhas and Palaces were really amazing!

Weather
The weather is just like in the Philippines, 'coz Thailand is also a tropical country, but we were lucky during our stay because the weather is just fine, not that hot. It rains on the afternoon but not really heavy and it also stops, so we still manage going around Bangkok.

People
The people were nice too, like the staffs of Sunflower Place, very helpful and they even let us have an early check in without extra charge. Our tuktuk manong guide from Ayutthaya is also nice ^_^  We only encounter some ill-tempered sellers at Platinum Mall, well maybe it's just the way they talk. ^_^

Transportation
Very convenient to use! The only transportation we use is the BTS and airport rail rink, we did not try using the taxis, buses or tuktuks. The traffic in Bangkok is a mess, just like the traffics here in the Philippines. Better to always use BTS and just walk ^_^

Food
We only tried the McDonald's specials meal of Thailand like the spicy teriyaki and the KFC's Chicken Curry, so what more can I say about it... it is sooooo SPICY! Guess we both don't have the guts to try some of their cuisine, well another reason to go back in Thailand! Anyways, I tried their Milk Tea *love it*

Overall Thailand is a beautiful place, a great place to visit! A lot of things to do here, not only shopping! I'm happy that I visited this country and sure I'll be back here!

Thailand Day 2 - Ayutthaya/MBK/CentralWorld

Sawatdee Kaa!

June 19, 2012

Our second day is Ayutthaya Tour! We woke up early for this trip, there are 3 options to reach Ayutthaya; one is the Train at Hua Lamphong station, or you can take the Bus at Northern Terminal or the Minivan at Victory Monument Station.

We chose to take the Minivan, it cost 60 Baht and only 1 hour ride from Victory Monument to Ayutthaya, this is the last stop so you don't have to worry. I guess this is also the easiest way to reach Ayutthaya. From Saladaeng Station, we get off to Siam station interchange going to Victory Monument Station.

Arriving Ayutthaya, there is already a TukTuk waiting just beside of the minivan loading station, we then asked how much is the Ayutthaya tour. We immediately agreed to a 3 hours Ayutthaya tour for 6 Temples for a price of 800 Baht (2pax).

tuktuk

It was only past 8am when we start the tour, our first stop is the best of all ruins temple in Ayutthaya because this is the temple wherein we sa MARIO MAURER!!!! I created another blog for this, I can't still believe that I saw him in Thailand! I'm so so so LUCKY!!!! (Mario Maurer in Thailand)

PHRA CHEDI CHAIMONGKOL

with Mario Maurer

Next temple is WAT CHAI WATTANARAM(no fee)

WAT YAI CHAI MONGKOL (entrance fee 20 Baht)

Next is WAT PHANANCHOEN WORAWIHAN

Next is PHRA MONGKHON BOPHIT

Next WAT PHU KHAO THONG

Picture with BABY ELEPHANT

We opted not to ride the elephant, but we take some pictures with the baby elephant for 40Baht. The baby elephant is so cute and he/she follows his master! A very well trained elephant with cute poses!

~yay~

Our tour was supposed to take only for 3 hours, but there are some temples that is not yet seen so they offer us another 1 hour for 200 Baht. So the tour will be 4 hours for 1000 Baht (not bad, manong is so nice)

Additional temple

WAT PHRASISANPETH

I tried this Milk Tea for 30Baht, so sweet!

The last temple is WAT MAHATHAT, entrance fee is 50 BHT.
       

field trip? ^_^

It's already past 12noon when we finished the Ayutthaya Tour, we immediately transfer to the minivan after paying the 1000 Baht for the tour. Sooooo tired, I was asleep the whole travel back to Bangkok!

Our next destination is MBK, we take the BTS from Victory Monument Station to reach the National Stadium Station for 30 Baht. We had lunch here, stroll a bit and find some cheap souvenir shirt for 99Baht. We also bought some cheap bags for 199 Baht.

Lunch at MBK - KFC

chicken curry *spicy*

Then to Siam Paragon, another pix at Madame Tussauds: Kate Winslet and Britney Spears!

We are about to go at Platinum Fashion Mall, but we drop by first at Central World to look for ATM, then there's an event going on it's TONY MOLY opening promotions! Hmmmm why there are lots of girls here??? I asked a Thai girl , is there a guest artist here? then she says "SONG-JOONG-KI" I was like "REALLY???? REALLY??? as in now????" OMG!!! I am sooooo lucky lucky lucky!!! (Another blog for Song Joong Ki in Thailand). He is so handsome, I really like him! (Song Joong Ki in Thailand)

SONG JOONG KI

We did not finish the event of Tony Moly, so happy that I see Song Joong Ki! 

Next destination is Platinum Fashion Mall (again), but when we reach the mall most of the shops were already closing, again if you want to shop here make sure to go early. We still manage to buy some stuffs, then we go to BIG C and buy some stuffs for pasalubongs (candies, chocolates, etc). 

You might to try some street Thai Foods (near Central World)

We had dinner at McDonald's, as much as I wanted to try Thai foods, we always ended to this food chain, well every country I've been to, I've always eat at McDonald's ^_^ As I always says my tolerance to spicy food is really low and kinda picky to some foods. 

Well there you go for DAY 2, a very lucky day seeing Mario Maurer and Song Joong Ki, this makes my Thailand Trip a very memorable one! Totally fan girling in Thailand!