Forever 28~

I’ve been writing for the whole month about my Bangkok trip. I just want to make this month as the traveling month for my blog. Tomorrow is the other brand new month, perhaps I should start with the other new topic.

There are few problems that we encountered while in Bangkok. The first thing is about the communication. I noticed that we were hardly to communicate with the local people by using English. Second, there are so many 7-11 in Bangkok, try not to use it as a landmark for your direction. Then, try not to believe tourist scam. They will cheat you that the tourist spots are closed and give you few other suggestions. Normally, this is scam! So, please be aware!

There another special thing that I found out in Bangkok. They actually have specific time to sell their alcoholic drinks. I tried to buy beer out of that period and the cashier refused my purchase. So, I captured the notice for the future reference!

Okay, it is the end of my Bangkok post. Hope I’ve provided you some useful information about Bangkok~

It was my first time to Bangkok, so I have visited few tourism spots in Bangkok. The Free & Easy package that we bought from MATTA fair does include Chao Phraya River trip. So, we followed the trip early of the morning. What I can say is the river is dirty, haha!

Then, we went to Wat Arun, Temple of the Dawn after the river cruise. The entrance fee is 50 Baht per pax. I think the architecture is nice, just quite difficult to climb, especially when you are coming down.

We continue out tour to Grand Palace. The entrance fee is 350 baht; I heard it used to be 300 baht when the time my friend visited.  Due to the extremely hot weather, I just simply took a spin in Grand Palace. But, it is really an amazing place.

We spent two days for shopping, and ONLY one day for so many attractions in Bangkok. We didn’t visit to “tiger-show”, floating market. Perhaps next time will visit there, or maybe not again, haha!

How much you spent in traveling in a year? I am not a well-off person, so I only can allocate one to two thousand the maximum for travel abroad. As you know, economy is not that good, so it is better we spend wisely.

However, Some-City’s mayor spent 1 million and 400 thousand in 20 months traveling abroad for “research and study” purposes! The money spent is funded by the country. They even not submitted any report regarding the trip; at least I wrote blog post to tell my readers about my trip!

It makes me think of ethical aspect. I spent my own money for traveling. But, there is small group of people spending public’s money for their own good. That is bad.

Have you started to plan your vacation for next year? Actually, I hope to plan it earlier, but I have to wait for the next year’s workload calendar from the boss. Indeed, I missed a lot of flight tickets promotion for the pass few months!

Recently, I found that MAS is having air ticket promotion as well! The price offered is competitive compared to AirAsia. Indeed, I will more likely to fly with MAS instead of AirAsia if the distinctive on price isn’t that much! I’ve checked the schedule for next end of July, it is about RM360++ to Siem Reap, RM650++ to Hong Kong! There are few destinations in my mind, such as Bandung, Jakarta, Siem Reap, Hong Kong, and Bali! What am I thinking now is “Boss, when are you going to give us the calendar?“.

As I can see, travel to South-East Asia is quite affordable nowadays. Have you book your air ticket from AirAsia or MAS for next year’s holidays?

We stayed two different hotels during we were at Bangkok. We reached Bangkok around 11:40PM and we were staying at Diamond City Inn. This hotel is quite near with MBK shopping complex. Seriously, I don’t like this hotel so much as the breakfast is not many varieties, haha! Anyway, the fried rice served in this hotel during breakfast is really good!

The second hotel we stayed was Bangkok City Inn. The location is really good for those who like to shop! It is closed with the Platinum shopping mall which has a lot of thing to shop. Besides, the location is strategic; there has food stalls within the walking distance. It is also near with Pratunum shopping mall, Central World, and one supermarket which I forgot the name.

I love the breakfast served in this hotel too. Surprisingly, they served pork-rib-bitter-gourd soup at the morning. Besides, the porridge served is much better than Diamond City Inn.

Anyway, I’ve forgot how much I paid for hotel stay at Bangkok. This is because I bought the package from MATTA fair. I remembered we could find better deal thru internet booking if you just want the hotel stay. So, I probably will stay somewhere around there when I visit to Bangkok again!