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After 5 days in Bangkok, I've seen the friendliness of the Thai people, the sheer number of taxis in the City of Angels, and the excellent skills of the drivers in the city too. Time to share some pictures!


8am on Friday morning.. There's our flight!


And we take off.. Image courtesy of Violet.


My room.. Yes, it's big and affordable.


This is meal number 1.. actually the worst we've had. the portions were tiny, the food was too salty and the drink was wayyyy to sweet! *gulp*


A 5 minute ride away, MBK is the best mall in Bangkok!


Suffice to say that the traffic in Bangkok is not the smoothest-flowing in the world..


Chatuchak Market! It's massive and a tip to those who're going, do bring a mini fan cos u're gonna need it to shop in that place for a whole day..


Our favourite dessert, Mango with Glutinous Rice.


I realised that every restaurant or food court we visited, there'll be a tissue box on the table. Great.


Smile!

Death Railway day was the worst time I've ever spent on transportation.. We travelled 100 odd km on the train and shook violently on half the trip.. Well the journey was arduous but at least I took a couple of nice pictures. And it was also a way to not spend too much too fast on shopping. Despite the horribly long and bumpy ride, we had a little adventure. Being blocked by people that we couldn't alight at our station and jumping off the next which was half an hour's ride away, which by the way has nothing.

We arrive at Thonburi Station at 7 in the morning.


Holding the tickets like they were lottery tickets. And grinning from ear to ear. (that's before the journey)


The train that will shake our butts for more than 6 hours for the return journey!


Cute doggy at the station.


And we embark on our journey..

..passing through old houses..

..lush green fields..

..farms..

..and small towns.

And after our little train-jumping adventure, we arrive at our destination.



We take a walk down memory lane looking at a part of the terrible history of Occupation..

..risk being killed on the track..

..saw beautiful scenery..

..saw the biggest toilet sign ever..

..and took home a piece of history home with us.
*Pictures of our faces of the return journey was not shown due to horrific nature.*

Candid time..

We waited hours for the return train and therefore decided to play with the camera!

Ok. There are more at the railway, but I shall spare all of you.
Silly faces series.



They say I look like one of the mannequins we came across at the mall in the last one.

We next move on to the beautiful Grand Palace and Temple of Emerald Buddha..








Next to the tallest building in Thailand, the Baiyoke Sky Hotel.


200B entry ticket up the 84-storey high tower includes a free drink that costs up to 200B. So in essence you're actually paying for the drink.


The most complicated highway interchange in the world?


And that's our hotel from wayyy up there!

River cruise!

We rented a boat for 200B per person for a 1 hour cruise down the famous Chao Phraya River!


There are many bridges across the river..

..including the most rusty one I've ever seen.

Besides using bridges to cross the river, people also travel across by river taxis like this one.



We also pass by many houses (it does make me feel lucky to be staying where I am)..


..people selling some goods on sampans..


..the construction of a giant Buddha statue..


..fish-feeding at one of the stops..




..and of course various temples.


Soon 5 days have passed and we're heading back home.. We got a big 7 seater cab to the airport and I volunteered to be in row 3 buried in all the luggage!

We're at the departure hall of Don Muang Airport!


And by 11.15pm local time, we arrive back in Changi Airport..

..with all my luggage.



And this officially concludes my first visit to Thailand.. Will be there again!