曼谷的第五天

曼谷的第五天

Today ll be a full day tour at Pattaya. Beach, Sky, Coconut tree =) yeah, we need some fresh nature air during the tour. You see, the day before was our shopping day n exploring Bkk city town, yesterday was our cultural day where we had visited the rural side of Bangkok, encountered wild animals . So, today ll be our beach day.

Never nevertheless, we did not realise the journey to Pattaya was torturing. Morning, becox of some misunderstanding in arrangement, almost 8.30am only we started our journey from Bangkok to Pattaya, so the 2 hrs was basically wasted to fetch other tourists from Khaosan road. ( that's becos we ordered for private tour where the tour guide would only bring 6 of us) and end up ours was the join tour which had dragged our percious 2 hrs time in Pattaya. $%&&*, we nearly need to squeeze 4 person in 3-ppl seat. Luckily at last not.



Forget about all the unhappy things which we need to take a slow cruise over to coral island. When u ve nothing to do on the 'big boat', the only thing that come to our mind is ' photo sessioning'. Hehe, see how well we 6 person be the model; u can find happy pose, sad n depress pose, fierce n solemn n of course our handsome n pretty look.

( Wk looked vy man n serious in this photo)

Shirlin, JJ and Wk tried the chute, as for me... cox of phobia of Height n Sea 惧高海诊.. esp deep sea... i didn't try =). Then i was entrusted to take photos for them who were up on the sky.

So, after almost 5 hrs travelling by van+boat means, finally reached Coral Island...Yes, it's definitely worth to come this place, the water was crystal clear, the sand was so white and smooth like a carpet. U feel like jumping in the water immediately.

At coral island, u can try many types of water activities, we took the banana boat for RM20 perperson.. I finally tasted wat's called Banana boat, not like in Redang trip which we need to fall in the water ourselves, this time, the Banana boat uncle was vy nice and friendly guy who tried every means to drag us down the boat. ( imagine, we had wkuan n wgeng on the boat, haha) so, i really appreciate the uncle's effort.

After that, we had left only half n hr time to soak in that crystal clear water, we played ' monkey snatches slipper' game. A bunch of 23 yrs old ppl played monkey snatch slipper game...-_-" , that's my idea anyway...

So the short and percious 1 hr plus time at coral island beach ended... Even though the whole journey looked tiring cox of the travelling time, i did enjoy the moment at the beach... recall my memories in Redang =). The person who suffered most was cping, he had seasickness.


( this 2 guys: jj n wk can sleep from the start of journey to the end. fantastic)

We back to Suk 11 around 7.30pm. After a bath n rest, we decided to go to a restaurant ' Cabbages and Condom' located near Nana. I found this restaurant in the forum, ppl recommended it for its special decorations. And the restaurant was opened by the former Health minister of Thailand, to promote the use of condom n prevent spreading of AIDS.

( the table was full of condoms deco)

The moment we stepped into the restaurant, we all had a 'wow' expression. The whole restaurant was decorated by condoms and poster abt safe sex. After dinner, we were even given free condom (instead of mint). =P. We even tried our luck on 'sex'? for the day, haha... 'Wheel of Sex' i called that.





( I got +20: safe sex. use 1 condom) =D


Cp and i tried the half n hour massage at the restaurant too while the other 4 went to Suan Lum Night Market. The massage session: emm, i'm very sensitive to ppl touching n rumbing my legs... i think she got mine 笑穴 perhaps.

For the next day, no more 5.45am... but tmr ll be the last day for us in Bangkok. Oh, i seemed to start miss the place.

曼谷的第四天

曼谷的第四天

Forth day. Today we were going to visit Kancanaburi, a small province outside Bangkok, abt 2 1/2 hr journey to reach the place. The focus of the day is Tiger Temple, but we were told that the tour included a visit to River Kwai, Elephant riding, waterfall n bamboo riffing n lunch, and is only RM90 including transport. That's one of the reason i highly recommend Mama tour if u r visiting Bangkok.

So another day to wake up at 5.45am, felt a bit moody during the day. Maybe of the constipation problem and the tiredness accumulated these few days.

Again, we took our rush breakfast at Suk 11 reception area, actually, we were only supposed to take breakfast at 7am, luckily they allowed us to pack some food.

Along the journey to kancanaburi, after some reallocation of seating arrangement, we 6 person were put together with 3 friendly angmoh. They r actually exchange student to Shanghai studying Chinese, and now b4 gg back to their home country, they head down to south east Asia. According to them, they have been visiting Malaysia, Bali, Singapore n now Bangkok.

Our first station was Elephant Riding, which at first i thought was not that interesting but end up elephant riding could be the most exciting destination for this tour. The elephant that Shirlin n i took ride on was called Pham Phong, 30yrs old, male. From the trip too, i learnt that elephant ve a pregnancy period of 2 yrs 8 month, izit true? so long!.. Human 9 mths ald bui tahan, not to say 2 yrs. The weather was not hot too, it's quite enjoying to ride on elephant.

(on the left, the small monkey called Toto at elephant riding place)

After elephant riding, we went to Bamboo riffing, an additional item for the tour. So it is basically just sitting on the bamboo looking out at the scenery and walking across the hanging bridge as well. Then, our tour guide+ driver brought us to a small food stall for lunch, that was the first meal we had without Tomyam n curry, simple dishes with most made up of vegetables, it's actually tasted vy good. and that's the first meal i think the guys can eat without considering the portion of rice cox can add more if not enuf.. Hehe. To the end of the trip , we have come with a conclusion that Thai ppl eat less rice, their meal portion is vy small.

( our 3 angmoh friends)


great lunch=)

So after lunch, we went to a small Waterfall along the journey, nothing much to mention cox we had only half n hour there n the waterfall, emm... Kota Tinggi one is much better, bigger.

Next is the focus of the day, Tiger Temple, here the tigers are keeping wild, not only tiger, the temple was some how like a natural conserve zoo. Wild boars, horse, peacock, goat n so on, all without fences blocking them , u can even go near them, just that u dare or not. That was the first time i was near tigers at less than 0.001mm... n touched them with my hands, take photos with them =)

The last place is River Kwai and the Death Railway, maybe we did not know abt the history behind this railway bridge, i think somehow related to 2nd world war where many ppl had died during the war while building this bridge. something like that... so, apparently we went there just to ve a look, but end up we were attracted by a jade selling stall opposite the bridge.. Haha.

We back Bangkok Khao san road at around 7pm plus, after settled next day Pattaya trip, we decided to have our dinner tonite at the hawker stalls along Khao San road, hey, the popiah, patai goreng, n something like roti canai tasted really nice le... wat's make the dinner more interesting was we were sitting besides the road , with no chairs n tables. Photos proved everything, just look down =)





And that is, day four ended with a nice memories, I look forward to the next trip bringing my family here, revisit this tiger temple n Pham Phong..

Tomorrow, argh, another 5.45am... =(

曼谷的第三天

曼谷的第三天

5.45am ， 完全不想起身，已经有很久没有那么早起床了。 今天的计划是， after Floating market half day tour, plan to go Grand Palace & Wat Arun, then after that Chinatown for dinner. =)

Right at 6.30am, Mama tour's ppl came n fetched us to Khaosan road. Our driver is a bit like 浪子， so cute and funny.

After nearly 2 hr journey, we reached Damuan Saduak Floating Market with the driver extreme driving speed. They provided us a padding boat with around 10 ppl in each boat. Before entering the main river n market juction, we passed by a small village, watching young boys swimming or naked bathing in the river, ladies washing utensils using the river water... emm, back to the old kampung's life.

-> B4 entering the main trading junction

You ll know when u r reaching the main trading area, our boat stucked at the middle of river road entering the market. Imagine, with 6 boats at 1 row, normally 3 boats entering. Always heard of traffic car jam, but never see boat jam. More funny stuff, if you looked keen to buy their things, they ll use a hook to pull ur boat to their stall, this type of trading style was my first time. We took a RM30 (300baht) tour trip including 1 hr padding boat n half n hour at board shopping, a cheap tour i must say, normally is RM50 lo. Just 1 thing difference, RM50 punya is boarding a speed boat ( engine + shelter), we, the cheap package is ( padding sampan boat + no shelter), but i dun mind, saving 1 penny of $$ to buy more t-shirt appearing more attractive to me.

So, after the floating market trip, we were heading back to Khao San road to book for tomorrow Kancanaburi, River kwai n tiger temple tour. The lady boss recommended us to take the elephant riding as well, n the whole package is around RM90 ( river kwai+elephant+tiger). After lunch at one of the restaurant around khaosan road, we proceeded to our next destination, the Grand Palace.

So, when u r at Thailand, u must try one of the transport means, Tuk-Tuk. But this try is 1 time in the life enuf, cox at the end, u ll feel taxi is much better than tuk-tuk, bigger, safer, cheaper n nicer. It is irritating to bargain with those tuk-tuk uncles.We managed to find 2 who r willing to send us to Grand Palace provided we visited the Jewellery shop ( who sponsored them gasoline to fetch customers to their shop). Anyway , they bring us a big big round b4 bringing us to Grand Palace. And, becox of that, we ve only 45 mins to visit Grand Palace ( i did not realise Grand Palace closed at 4.30pm).. Argh, careless me.



Arriving at Grand Palace, another careless mistake to not check out the outfits to wear if visiting Grand Palace, so end up 6 of us have to borrow long sarong n trouser b4 entering. Luckily gals punya looked nicer. Shit, Bangkok weather is damn damn hot, it's a type of burning , scorching weather that makes u feel like heat-stroke. The architectures r vy nice but walking under this type of blazing weather ll never let ppl enjoy seeing all these.

( At Grand Palace)

After Grand palace, we planned to rush to Wat Arun ( the known temple of the dawn) but becox of some incidents which i do not like to recall ( being tricked by tuk-tuk n an uncle, dunno whether he's trying to help us or watever), we end up taking a RM10 tuk-tuk to chinatown. Somemore is not chinatown, is 2 streets b4 that.

Tiring, sweating , angry n sticky., we decided to give ourselves a nice dinner feast at Chinatown. Seafood+ shark fin soap+ bird nest , wahahha. Dun envy us, reasonable price, fabulous taste, n great service, u never get such price in Msia , never to mention Sg. The seafood tomyam pot, emm.. maybe we had been taking Tomyam for the past few days, so i dun really find any special with it. The shark fin, yes yes, Rm50 for a big pot like wat we usually had during wedding dinner, i found the taste is really nice, thick n yummy. And the bird nest dessert, every spoon is fulled with bird nest lo, 真才实料. Total up, we called about 5-6 dishes, is only RM20+ per person, see, including shark fin n bird nest.... so cheap!
-> Full bowl of Bird Nest

After dinner, we decided to split into 2 groups, I, cp, wg gg to Siam paragon whereas, JJ, Wk n Shirlin gg to MBK. From Chinatown, we walked to Hua Lamphong Mrt station, taking mrt to Sala Daeng n changed to sky train to Siam. Lucky us, we found the small stall selling ' you tiao, longcake'. but 'you tiao' in Thailand is not long, is vy short n much more crispy. Eat together with kaya made in Thai, really taste good!.

And so, we 3 reaching Siam Paragon, the largest n most modern shopping area in Thailand. But this is not the palce for us, as those shops r selling branded goods n ve closed down by the time we went there. Weird, they closed at 7.30pm, after analyzing, we think the most reasonable answer for them to close down so early was all the rich ppl in Bkk shop during the day, n these branded shop just need to close one deal per day that's enuf to mae profit. Anyway, we encountered McD there, n tasted pork Burger that could never found in MSia n Sg, it tastes a bit like 'Ramli Burger' except it is made up of prok n not chicken or beef.
-> Only found in Thai McD Uncle

For supper, we tasted the homemade mee soup, they dun call it mee, i think they call it patai or pratai,.. something like that.... hey, it's wonderful, esp when u can add as much of spices, peanut on ur own..... Great!

So, gonna back to bed for another day of 5.45am wake up tmr. =)
And today my gaining =)
-- a wood crafted frog--> RM10
-- a massage wood craft tool -> for papa, RM5
-- souvenir for SBS gang --> RM5
-- n that's all i think =)

Another good fine day.