Sawadee Kap~~ Greetings from Thailand! Truth be told, I'm currently back in Malaysia but I've spent 4 days and 3 nights in Bangkok, Thailand from 6 Oct - 10 Oct 2014. Thailand, the only neighbouring country of Malaysia which is physically attached to the latter, is a shopping heaven. Girls will go crazy here.
Departed from the newly built KLIA2, me and a friend of mine arrived at Don Muang Airport after a 2 hours flight. Exit the airport and took a bus with 'A1' code to the nearest BTS train station called Mo Chit. Imagine carrying your luggage into a full-house bus and the need to look after it while the bus driver manoeuvre around the busy traffic in Bangkok.
In Mo Chit station, we bought a day-pass which cost 130 Baht, equivalent to around RM13. Just slash a zero at the back of every pricing in Baht and you'll get its value in Ringgit Malaysia! From there, we travelled comfortably in the air-conditioned train to Surasak station, where our accommodation for our Bangkok trip is located at - Mode Sathorn Hotel.
It's a 4-star hotel with a chic-ly styled lobby. You can see the elegance and contemporary once stepping into the hotel. Some friendly staff welcomed us by saying "Sawadee kap" to us, but we were too awkward to react to the gesture in the first place, where we just smile and bow a little to them. Wi-Fi is available at every corner of the hotel. We sat down immediately in the lobby to use its Wi-Fi to inform our families that we had landed and arrived safely.
There's an outdoor pool on the 10th floor, where you can swim to the edge of the pool to have a breathtaking view of the city!
The room itself is superb. Spacious and elegant. 4 lighting modes were available, but they are basically changes in brightness of the lights.
Bath tub with view of the city! You can either flaunt your 'stuff' or pull the blinds down if you feel a tad uncomfortable.
After placing our luggage in the hotel, we headed back out to our first destination in Bangkok - lunch in Cabbages and Condoms. From Surasak Station, we have to travel to Asok Station, which involves changing line at Siam Station. We found this delicious vanilla waffle in Asok Station itself! Crispy on the outside and puffy on the inside. Somehow I noticed there were many snack stalls located in various BTS station were capable of producing nice food, ranging from bubble milk tea to waffle!
After a short distance of walking, we arrived at Cabbages and Condoms. We were greeted with plenty of decoration made up of, yup you've guessed it right, condoms!
Thailand is very open about sex education and prevention from STD, so this is no big deal.
After admiring at some decos, it's high time to order some food for lunch. C&C provides a comfortable environment and delicious food too, albeit the price of the food is a little on the high side.
Can you guess what kind of juice is this? The fruit is made up of many juice-laden, super-sized pulp. The answer is pomegranate! 40 Baht for a small bottle of pomegranate juice, overpriced but it is undeniably refreshing.
Some of my friends asked me to get them some Bangkok's Starbucks tumbler, and we bought these just on the first day in Bangkok! A tumbler costs 420 Baht, and you can get a free (but nice looking) Starbucks denim bag if you spend more than 450 Baht in a single receipt!
NEXT - Bangkok, Thailand - Day 1 (Part 2)
