Nothing much about the first day by the time I reached there already at 18:25. After touched down DMK, the first thing to go was to get a Thai Sim card (dtac), it only cost 299 Baht together with a can of coke.This Sim card brings me convenient in terms of internet access and freed me from boredom (I can play game as well as whatsapp my friend).
I got ripped off by the taxi driver from airport to the hotel that I lived in. (What to do? As the taxi service in the airport offered me 700 Baht for my journey, and I find it expensive, so I decided to hail a cab at outside of the airport. At least it save me 100 Baht for this journey, *'I am consoling myself'*).
After I checked-in, I walked to outside and asked the local ppl how to get to the Asiatique River Front, I know it is not far from here according to the information I got from the internet. I took a bus there, and it truly stunned me (sounds exaggerated, well indeed it is). Here we go,
The front view of Asiatique
Strolling in the Asiatique and found a lot of booths selling handicraft, souvenir, etc. Besides, there are quite a number of food stalls and bars around the area.
After strolling around the Asiatique, is time to go back to the hotel and get some rest before started my day 2 in Bangkok.
Day 2 in Bangkok
Day 2. It was quite improvised. Why would I said that? Well, my initial plan for day 2 is to go to Pattaya beach but I decided to postpone it to following day as I am quite exhausted due to the late arrival in Day 1.
Nothing much or special for my day 2 in Bangkok, just exploring the prosper city life, exploring the city life means go to every shopping mall around Bangkok city. It was convenient to travel from station to station, it all thanked to the well organized skytrain route. You won't expose to sunlight much as most of the skytrain stations are attached to the shopping mall or from the station to the shopping mall route, it all sheltered with overhead walkway/pedestrian bridge.
Basically, I went to most of the shopping malls around the city. The first stop was Siam Center, not very fond of this mall as it is not huge and less stalls to visit/shop. After wandering around Siam Center, straight away went to second stop which is Siam Paragon, two malls are actually attached to each other, so you don't have to walk long to get to the destination. It was much better than the first stop, more shops to visit, more stuffs to look and of course not to mention more foods to eat.
Not much pictures taken in day 2, as the entire day was (window/souvenirs) shopping. To be succinct, after visited the second mall went straight to MBK and another mall where I forgotten its name, lol. When the day close to the evening, I tried to search online where can I go for night market where the night market must near to my current location. After 10 minutes online search, I decided to go to Patpong Market. Thought I can taste some of the street foods in the market, well, not a single food stall able to catch my attention eventually I get into the nearest mall to get my dinner (bread).
So, I do some shopping in the Patpong night market as my buddy asked me to help him get some singlets. He should've asked me early, I saw a lot of singlets in MBK mall and it is quite cheap, you can bargain the price with the shop owner if you purchase more. During the singlet searching, passed by a red district area and saw some strippers are dancing in the club. Not dare to get in, as I do not have much money with me plus I am shy, hahahahaha. (Feels like to capture some pictures of them and show to my friends but I am afraid of get caught and end up need to pay money because of photo shooting.
Before head back to the hotel, went to 7-eleven to buy few cans of alcohol and plan to drink alone in the hotel. Sit back and relax and drink with my naked body. Damn, I enjoyed every single moment when I am alone in the hotel!
Side note: I liked to travel is because there's a bigger world of possibilities outside my little space of comfort. Travel can have my mind and soul grow with me; it also broaden my horizon by experience others' culture and gain insight from my every trip.
To be continued...
