YES, finally for the first time I get to travel overseas with my friends. The last time I asked my dad he told be I can't even go to JB without my parents/adults/school. But some time later on I managed to negotiate till the age of 21, and apparently this time I asked my dad for permission he seems to have forgotten our pact earlier on. Oh wells.
So we actually planned 3 months in advance (at that time Si Xuan and I didn't even get our parents' consent yet HAHAHA) and finally we decided to book LemonTea Hotel upon reading the good reviews. We spent about $100 per person for 2 rooms and four nights; as for our flights, it was slightly pricier as we paid $200 per person for Tiger Air (but it was including insurance and luggage).
DAY 1
AND SO... we are on our way to Bangkok and I was super eggcited because it is my first time there and first time travelling with friends! *pops champagne
It was quite a short flight and we reached in about 2+ hours time, and god we took a cab that charges us 600 baht for a trip to our hotel. On the way we kept bargaining and got it at 450 baht ( 1 SGD = 25 Baht, to make things easier). I thought it was still pricy but after a while I realised 450 baht is slightly below market rate cuz we got a big cab and the fares to and fro airport are like that. Oops, sorry to the taxi driver.
We walked a bit and finally managed to locate our hotel - LemonTea Hotel. It is a small boutique hotel and the environment is FREAKING NICE. We sat around while waiting for our turn to enter and the staff served us lemon tea. Yes, lemon tea. It tasted so good and I saw them placing packets of it at the counter so I asked them "is this for sale" and they said no, it's for aesthetic purposes. LOL. On top of that, the staff there are really DAMN NICE and DAMN CHIO omg I wanted to take a picture with them but we are too tired, sobbles.
I wasn't expecting much but when I opened the door, the room was really nice - there was a small balcony outside, a sofa at the side, and the place looks spacious. Sorry didn't manage to get a good picture of the room cuz I just dumped my stuff around right away. And the toilet is really clean too. I like how they folded the toilet paper to mark the start of the toilet roll.
I swear to god I really wanted to sleep right away but due to time constraints, we had to change (not even bathe sobbles) and went right out for late lunch and SHOPPING. Yes, shopping at Platinum Mall which was about a good walk away from our hotel.
And along the way I saw a Tuk-Tuk for the first time, again. Hurhur.
We stepped into Platinum Mall and headed straight to the top floor - with all the damn good food YAS. The Phad Thai is insanely delicious; my friends told me before I headed over to BKK but when I really tried it, it is HEAVENLY haha. I am craving for it right now lel.
No I didn't get to try this, but it looks so cute right.
Soon it was dinner time and we crossed the street and walked to Big C Shopping Mall and tada - there was a buffet restaurant and we decided to head right in. There were like Western Cuisine, BBQ, sushi, dim sum, and everything tastes so good. And it costs us only 299 Baht, around 12 SGD per person. For dinner.
After dinner we walked around the night market outside Platinum Mall; I didn't buy much because I know it is only the first day of the trip so I went back to the hotel with only 1 T-shirt.
And we didn't sleep early - we played card games namely Taiti and Bridge, and this went on for every single night hahaha.
DAY 2
I didn't sleep well last night cuz I wasn't used to the new environment. But well, I survived.
There was very few people at the lobby so while waiting for the cab to arrive, we took some pictures. AND THE STAFF THAT HELPED US, SHE'S DAMN GORGEOUS. And fyi, we got the staff at LemonTea Hotel to help us grab a cab everyday (they are really more than willing to help, and they will look out for you until you got on the cab and left.)
There was very few people at the lobby so while waiting for the cab to arrive, we took some pictures. AND THE STAFF THAT HELPED US, SHE'S DAMN GORGEOUS. And fyi, we got the staff at LemonTea Hotel to help us grab a cab everyday (they are really more than willing to help, and they will look out for you until you got on the cab and left.)
Our first destination for the day is Khaosan Road, a so-called street full of backpackers, and along the way there are many stalls - it looks like a day market.The weather was really really hot and we were all melting.
Was way too hungry and we decided to just make do with a street stall selling Phad Thai (we haven't gotten our breakfast yet)... I was a lil skeptical about the taste because the stall looks a tweeny bit dubious, but we were all hungry so we ordered 2 of this and shared.
AND GUESS WHAT, this is one of the best Phad Thai that I have ever eaten! Like, it is not the usual dry sweet and sour kind but it is filled with gravy and tastes super awesome! If you are wondering where it is, it is located right outside a stall selling alcohol and the insides of the stall is filled with graffiti.
After that, we wanted to find this cafe called "The Fabulous Dessert Cafe" but we followed the directions online and still couldn't find it. So we kept going back to the same area but unable to find the cafe, and along the way we kept bumping to the same uncle who called out to us every time we walk pass him, and we thought that he was trying to do some promotional services so we smiled and ignored him. But turns out that he knew that we wanted to find the cafe and tried giving us directions but we couldn't really understand him at first, but thanks to him we found the cafe: it was being located to a new area right inside Buddy Lodge Hotel.
The rainbow crepe cake looks really beautiful and it comes with a small jar of strawberry syrup.
The total bill was about SGD 8 per person, but I would say it's rather worth it as the desserts are really intricately prepared and the portion is just nice for the 4 of us!
Afterwards, we took a tuk-tuk to the Grand Palace, and that was where we were being scammed.
The ticket office guy told us that the Grand Palace is closed and got us to take a 40baht tuk-tuk to an alley to take a boat to Wat Arun temple. The boat consists of a tour around the area including the floating market and the various attractions, and he told us that student price is 700 baht? That is like freaking SGD 28 per person! And when we reached the alley, it wasn't even a proper jetty and luckily there were other tourists who were scammed there also so we weren't alone. It was really scary because the tuk-tuk driver kept offering a lower price and we obviously weren't interested in the services they offered, so we rejected and he kinda scolded us a bit.
So we walked further down and there we are, at the real jetty, and we took a ferry to Wat Arun Temple for like 3 Baht each (3 Baht VS 700 Baht, good scam indeed).
Can you tell that it is L O V E ?
We took the ferry again and headed to Asiatique for our Ladyboy Show - Cabaret Calypso!
If you walk around the indoor shops, it feels like Bugis street but the stuff there aren't as nice and much more pricier.
And while waiting, we walked around, had dinner, and caught the sunset! It was amazing!
While we watched the sunset, we heard a woman screamed loudly and smacked her son like super hard. Then we realised that they are a korean family, and I think the son was trying to scare her mom or something and she dropped something important/valuable into the sea. No wonder she was freaking out. And she kept scolding and screaming in Korean and freaking out. Everyone was staring at them.
While we watched the sunset, we heard a woman screamed loudly and smacked her son like super hard. Then we realised that they are a korean family, and I think the son was trying to scare her mom or something and she dropped something important/valuable into the sea. No wonder she was freaking out. And she kept scolding and screaming in Korean and freaking out. Everyone was staring at them.
Every ticket to the show comes with a free drink, and I wanted Gin Tonic on the menu but I thought it would be as small as a shot glass so being a cheapo I chose sprite instead. Then turns out the Gin Tonic was served in glass. *pulls hair
And we shared a table with an Ang Moh and she was just laughing at me (because I thought Gin Tonic was served in shot glasses) and laughing at the guys cuz we had the aisle seats and they were afraid that the Ladyboys will come and kajiao them.
My favorite was the one on the far most left because she looked the most feminine. HAHAHA.
Took a subway back to our station and walked all the way back to our hotel.
DAY 3
Woke up early in the morning at 8 to go for the Pratunam morning market and I got most of my stuff there! My dresses are all SGD 4 each wew.
And saw this cute little Pomeranian at one of the shops! SO CUTE OMG.
Afterwards, we grabbed a cab to this wonderful place that we saw on the net called "Chocolate Ville" and along the highway we saw a very source of our air pollution - forest fire.
So someone (Mr Gu) achieved his dream of driving a yacht.
The entire place doesn't look like Bangkok at all...
We climbed up this tower and had a great view of the entire place!
My peach flavoured drink with black and white coconut jellies.
Our meals. Fyi, the ribs are humongous. The entire meal costs like SGD 20 per person but the standard and the portion of the food is really worth it.
We got too full and Si Xuan and I decided to grab some pictures and leave the guys to finish up their food,
When you have an overly expressive boyfriend - not sure whether Singapoorean or Thai.
There's them...
Then there's us, trying to look like them.
Then we cabbed back to Siam, was surprised to find out that our cab fare was only 79 baht, and we gave the driver 100 baht in total. Walked around their night market there (to be honest, the stuff there are quite pricey like SGD8 on average? no-no uh-uh my budget is SGD4 on average per item) and had dessert at Mango Tango.
I swear the fruits they used are super fresh and sweet, sooooooooo yummy!!!!!
DAY 4
Woke up early again this time to go for the Pratunam Morning Market (we couldn't wake up on time the day before). Sixuan brought us to this little stall set up by a young couple AND OMG THE DRINKS ARE FREAKING awesome pawsome like mine was around SGD 3+?
As usual I ordered Green Tea Latte hurhur.
Had brunch at this famous Sabx2 Wanton Mee stall and the waiter there actually speaks chinese whew. But the portion was really small and it costs like SGD 4... slightly pricier than in Singapore but the taste was really unique: there was real crab meat, and it is the first time that I actually eat fried pork lard - it tasted super good. Though it is not cheap, you will actually crave for it.
On top of that, we ordered a plate of pig trotters to share, I have never eaten that in my life (not a fan of pork) so here's a picture to celebrate my virgin piece of pig trotters. LOL.
Walked to Erawan Shrine and said our prayers - it was really crowded and you have to pray in an order according to the direction that the Buddha is facing.
Headed to union mall after wards... was told that it is another heaven but to my disappointment, there items there aren't as nice as Chatuchak or Pratunam market and slightly more pricier... so I guess it wasn't worth our sweat and fatigue (the journey there was horrible cause we didn't know exactly which BTS station to stop at).
If you are at any shopping mall, you MUST eat at Jeffer! All of us loved the roasted chicken steak (it kind of tasted like the chicken from KFC Roasta Burger but even better). We went to the restaurant for lunch and came back for dinner; the staff there just laughed at us when they see us ordering the same menu.
Headed to Chatuchak night market and this is the first time I am trying their famous coconut ice cream... Not to my liking cause it was a bit tooo sweet. Sobbles.
Went back to the hotel and surprised Mr Gu for his 21st birthday! I actually brought all these items with me alllll the way to Bangkok. Applause for me thanks. Just kidding.
As usual we played cards and since it was the last night, we stayed till like 5 am?
I fell asleep when playing a psychology game, so everyone went back to sleep as well.
DAY 5
It was our last day at Bangkok; we woke up early and immediately grabbed a cab to Chatuchak weekend market.
I underestimated the heat there, I thought since we could survive near 40 degrees in Singapore, Bangkok shouldn't be a problem. Well I almost died of dehydration. And you can also see why there is a lack of photos; it's a pity that I didn't managed to take my mandatory Chatuchak OOTD shot, sobbles.
Nevertheless, the market sells like super a lot of stuff and due to the fact that our flight is at night, we didn't managed to shop much.
I underestimated the heat there, I thought since we could survive near 40 degrees in Singapore, Bangkok shouldn't be a problem. Well I almost died of dehydration. And you can also see why there is a lack of photos; it's a pity that I didn't managed to take my mandatory Chatuchak OOTD shot, sobbles.
Nevertheless, the market sells like super a lot of stuff and due to the fact that our flight is at night, we didn't managed to shop much.
This was our lunch, I think there wasn't a big variety of food around... either that or we didn't managed to walk around much.
And off we go back to Singapore! Bangkok, you have been awesome and we definitely will come back to visit again!
And I shall end with a short vlog that I did (some of you guys might have already seen it).
