BTS Skytrain Hopping

Back to the long awaited Bangkok posts that I'm dying to finish, since last year. Hehe. Have depend on my mood and my laziness.

We travelled in Bangkok using BTS skytrain and found it very convenient since Bangkok is most accessible by the BTS.

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It's very easy to take the BTS.

Buy a ticket to where you want to go using the cash machine. Note that, the cash machine don't accept note. You will have to get change from the manned counter.

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Change some coins from the ticket counter.

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I learned that ticket counter in Bangkok (or maybe Thailand) don't sell train ticket. You will have to buy on your own using the ticket machine. Unlike KTM, the ticket counter is just available for coins changing. =="

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The train fare depend on the zones you are going to.

BTS Skytrain really impressed me and it is a efficient public transport to take. The ride is short and fast.

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The chances of you getting caught in Bangkok traffic is much lesser and faster than taking a taxi. Traffic in Bangkok is havoc (and I thought traffic in KL is bad enough).


Most people here understands English fairly so it is not difficult to ask for directions or just point at the map and ask them. I think most Thai people are friendly (at least for the ones that I have met).


A blessing really, as you won't get cheated as when you are taking the tuk-tuk or the taxi (like me). It's a long grandmother story......that I don't want write it here.











My current life is quite boring lately. So, there's nothing I want to blog about it yet.

Kthxbai.

If you are all Buddha'd out

One will experience various feelings when temples in Bangkok. First, you will be amused at how many times they put up a sign that entrance is not free and you need to buy a ticket.

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The Reclining Buddha.

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Wonderful gold plating covered statue of 46 meters long and 15 meters high.

Outside the temple.

Huge temple.

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Trying to do a jump shoot.

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Youngters learning Thai dance outside the temple.

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Some even sketch.

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Still trying. 

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Are we cool enough?

Nope.

All you see is gold

On the second day in Bangkok, I signed up for a city tour package.

First stop to visit, Wat Traimit (Temple of the Golden Buddha).

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The architecture of the temple was amazing. Photos taken was great. Satisfied.

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Place where the monks lives.

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As far as I can remember as what the tourist guide have mentioned, this Buddha is made from solid gold.

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Golden Buddha made of 5.5 tons of gold.



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Hand painted wall in the temple.

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F.O.C holy water for visitors.

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Admission fees is only 20 baht (RM2). Worth visit!

Stay tune for the next temple in Bangkok!!

Chatuchak Market, a shopaholic's heaven

Chatuchak Market.

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Was the first place I visited in Bangkok. Everyone was raving about how great and big this market was, everyone recommended that I had to make a trip there.

It was very easy to get there via BTS (SkyTrain), take the SkyTrain to the last station called Mochit and a walking distance from Mochit station to Chatuchak Market.

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It's a great place to find almost everything but it only open on weekends. You have to try to bargain to get the real price. It's really hot but if you're a bargain hunter(like me) and in the bargaining mood, you will find it fun. Just get ready to bargain!!

  

 

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Very happening. A lot of affordable and attractive things being sold there. If you see something you like, buy it or chances are, you won't be able to find the same shop again.

Nearby are the snacks stalls to eat and drink.

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Cute.

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Cute squid eggs.

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Ice cream.

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And Ice cream.

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Thai Teh Tarik.

 

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Thai Pork Satay!!

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My favourite food in Thailand! Unlike Malaysia satay, the sauce is super delicious. Plus, you can't find pork satay in Malaysia too. It's only 50 bath for 10 sticks. Cheap!

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Thai Char Siew. Not very nice.

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Thai Pai Guat. Not very nice also.

Entertainment available too as well as food.

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I seriously don't know what is this! His/her makeup is super scary. Is he a ladyboy?

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Handsome guy with Korean look! *heart melts

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It’s huge, a freaking maze and it’s packed and stuffy, hot and crowded, i wonder how is anyone breathing inside. It’s a scam I tell you, the longer you walk, the more you buy.

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This place has a lot variety of handicrafts  and souvenir to offer.

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It is like a “you name it, they have it” market.

Anything.

You. Can. Think. Of.

And everything you can’t think of, they have it.

 

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Even feather duster.

No doubt, it was a good experience to see what Chatuchak market is about, minus the super duper hot weather.

I really like the clothes sold there. Cheap yet fashionable. And, it's mostly Korea style fashion.

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Apparently, it is divided up in different areas and items, but i didn't understand so much of that.

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I had a wonderful time here. It’s amazing and it is impossible to finish all 15,000 stalls even you have visited Bangkok more than 100 times. The place is super huge and you can get lost in any moment. Trust me!