Bangkok - The Colourful Cabs

Ever wonder what cars do other countries use as cabs? In Malaysia, the commonly used model is Proton Iswara, and I believe everyone of us are well aware of this.

Do you know Toyota Altis are widely used as taxi to carry passengers in the heart of our neighbor country Bangkok? Hmm... It always sounds to me that Altis is a type of expensive and luxury car in Malaysia. However, that is really not the case in Bangkok. What the heck! Guess Altis is selling at a rather cheap or affordable in Bangkok, sigh -.-"


Nah nevermind.

Then, we saw this in one of the cabs we took in Bangkok. Yes, it is a "No farting" sign in the car? Are you telling me that when I need to fart, I need to get out of the car? Shall I tell the driver "Excuse me sir, can you stop for a while cos' I need to get out of the car to fart for a bit?" whenever I wanna fart? Hmrpf!!

Anyways, that's to share with you and it's just for a laugh (",)

Another fact about cabs in Bangkok is, they are very colorful! Seriously.
As shown above, they have blue ones..,

and orange ones..,

and yellow + green ones..,

and red ones..,

and yellow ones..,

and pink ones..,

and there are lots more!! See it for yourself, they are really colorful.

Bangkok - The Chinatown

Another must-visit place in Bangkok is definitely the China town. The Chinatown in Bangkok is a rather happening place, and they are open at night too.

Hence, it is no doubt one of the best places for food hunting!

China town is accessible by the underground MRT.

What makes Bangkok's Chinatown different from others?

Bingo! They sell bird nest and shark fin soup everywhere in china town at rather reasonable prices.

Basically there are a lot of hawker stalls selling bird nest and shark fin soup in china town. Yeah, they do sell bird nest and shark fin at hawker stalls, and there are lotsa em'! No kidding -.-"

Oh well, do we look du-lan? Alright, the weather was rather hot that night okay, and we were all hungry and very eager to try the bird nest soup ordered.

Here comes the bird nest soup. Does it look tempting? Hmm...

Information Sharing Corner:
1) How to get there?
It is accessible by the underground (MRT) - Hua lamphong station, then either you get a taxi or walk (15-20 mins) from the station to Chinatown.

2) You can also find out more on Bangkok Chinatown at http://www.bangkok.com/chinatown/

Bangkok - Chatuchak Weekend Market

If you still remember, about a while ago, we did visited Bangkok. It was a last minute trip after I decided to resign my job for other opportunity.

One of the places we visited in Bangkok was the Chatuchak Weekend Market. Yes, it is the largest market in Bangkok, and it opens only on weekends, which is Saturdays and Sundays.

Chatuchak Market is accessible by the MRT.

The ladies a.k.a. shopping queens, Baby, Nini and Poh Eng were ready to shop!

What do they sell in Chatuchak Weekend Market? Basically they sell a very wide range of products. There are clothings..,

home decor..,

footwear.., clothings.., bags.., souvinirs.., blah blah blah...

What else do they sell in the market?

One of the key uniqueness about the market is, they do sell pets.

There are puppies..,

kittens.., hamsters.., rabbits.., animal food etc.

After shopping for hours in the market, we decided to have our lunch at one of the hawker stalls that sell Thai's local food, the braised chicken noodle soup.

It was very delicious! The environment was not very clean, though.

We headed back to the hotel after spending a few hours in the market. It did caused some damage to our wallets, hehe.


Information Sharing Corner:
1) Click here to find out more on Chatuchak Market.
2) The best way to get here is on the Skytrain, Mo Chit station is only about five minutes walk away from the market.
3) Bangkok MRT Map

Bangkok - Songkran Festival

Although the major Songkran Festival (a.k.a. Water Festival or Thai New Year) were called off in the heart of Bangkok, we celebrated our very first Songkran Festival in Bangkok.

It was a rather happening event, whereby the locals celebrated it together with tourists like us.

By looking at the streets in the city you will be able to tell how happening it was.

Mr. Hubby with his James Bond gun!

Mr. Hubby was very excited and happy playing with water.

*Splash* Mr. Hubby becomes the road bully, bullying the Tuk-Tuk passengers.

Everyone was happy playing with water. Some even splashed people with ICED water! Oooh!

Sunny and his Ultraman Water Splash gun. Isn't it cute?

There was a very cute tourist cycling with his snorkelling gear! LOL. It was funny.

The streets were crowded with people. We believe it would be much more happening and fun if the big events were not cancelled.

Everybody was fighting with whatever tools they have. Be it water gun, bowl, container, pail, bottle etc. WAR!

Generally, all of us enjoyed our Songkan celebration in Bangkok and have a real great fun!

Bangkok - Cruising along the Chao Phraya River

We visited the city of Bangkok last week. It was a 4d3n trip organized by Mike, and we joined in very last minute (we booked our air tickets on Thursday and departed from LCCT on Saturday morning).

Despites some protests or demonstrations and the declaration of emergency state in the city of Bangkok, we still managed to visit some of the interesting places.

One of the trips we had was the Chao Phaya River crusise. It was an interesting trip, the weather was extremely hot, though. We took a train to Taksin station and joined the river cruise.

As it was Songran festival that day, so there was a 30 baht off on the cruise tickets (Normal price is 150 baht, but we managed to get it at 120 baht).

Due to the hot weather and the liited time we had, we only managed to drop off at 2 stops, they are the stop at grand palace and Wat Arun.

There are some nice and tall buildings (some are offices and some are hotels) at the river side.

However, there are also some rumah tinggi too. What a contrast.

This is memorial bridge. Tourists can stop here to go to China town.

There are also many nice wat (temple) at the river side whereby toursits can drop off for sight seeing and photo shooting.

This is Wat Arun, one of the very well-known wat in Bangkok. Isn't it nice?

We did not manage to snap many photos, as our camera ran out of battery -__- Sigh...

Bangkok - Preview - Ysmm is back from Bangkok

Dear our family, friends and readers,

Please do not worry about us. We are safe and sound and are finally back from Bangkok.

There was a flight delay, though :) Good night for now, and we'll blog more about our trip :)