Hua Hin, Thailand - Day 2 (Part 1)

Scrumptious breakfast! It's the most important meal of the day. It can change your mood from bad to good. It fuels you with the energy needed to explore the day, like mine. A filling breakfast helped me explored Hua Hin happily! Hua Hin is a seaside city of Thailand located 3 hours away (travel with car) from Bangkok, where we visited few of its attractions during our visit in Thailand. 

Mode Sathorn Hotel provided a delicious buffet breakfast in a comfortable restaurant. You can have Western and Eastern food here, depending on your liking. The setting was so cozy, I feel like having my breakfast in there forever!

Bacon!!! Super crispy on the right!

We reluctantly left the restaurant and move on with our exploration, where we went to Hua Hin on our second day in Thailand. We took a hire & ride cab (costed us 3200 Baht, but it was worth it) where the driver picked us up at our hotel lobby. A dark skinned local, with tall-ish built, whose name is Mr. Eak was our cab driver of the day.

We hopped into his green Corolla Altis 1.6 and immediately he handed us a bottle of mineral water each, so nice of him! Thankfully our days in Thailand weren't that hot as it were raining almost everyday. We made a detour to Maeklong Railway Market while on our way to Hua Hin. As its name suggests, there's a railway which runs in the middle of a market! No, the railway is not abandoned. There is a train which travel everyday on that particular track! 

While waiting for the train to arrive, we explored the market a little bit. It was a pretty long market, I didn't manage to walk till the end of the market due to inadequate time (got to rush back to the entry point of the market to snap photos of the train arrival). If you have extra time, can try to spend a little more time here because the food and other merchandises here were pretty reasonably priced! 

Tried all kinds of local delicacies... I don't even know what are their names! Mr. Eak recommended us almost all kind of local food available in the market! 

Taste similar to daging salai + nasi pulut

Then, we heard a commotion. Whistles were blowing, the main road was blocked by local authorities, preventing the traffic from entering further into the area of the train track. Stalls' owners rushed to retract their goods and tents to make way for the train. Tourists stood by the rail with cameras in their hands, including mine, to try to capture the best picture of the rare moment.

Here comes the train! At a rather slow, walking speed to my surprise. Well, safety first, isn't it?

After witnessing the incredible moment, we moved on to our next stop, Santorini Park in Hua Hin with a 'mango flower' in our hands. The locals tend to consume it by peeling the flesh one by one like peeling the petals of a flower. A new way to eat a mango!

Cont. - Hua Hin, Thailand - Day 2 (Part 2)

Bangkok, Thailand - Day 1 (Part 2)

Continued from Part 1, we moved on to further explore the bustling city of Bangkok. Asiatique is one of the must-visit tourist destination in Bangkok. It can be reached easily after exiting from Saphan Taksin BTS station and hop on a free shuttle boat located just a stone throw away from the BTS station. 

No entrance fee required for this beautiful place, even more beautiful with all of the lights lit on at night. Asiatique is a pier with its own historical stories, thus explains the 90's architectural style. The whole area of Asiatique is not very huge, but it's filled with plenty of small alleys with clothes stalls at both sides. 

Walk around and you'll notice plenty of food stalls lying around in every corner of Asiatique. One of the good examples is the crispy crepe below, comes with different toppings such as coconut and mixed fruits. Bought some souvenirs from there too, especially in Naraya, a renowned Thai company selling purse, bags and stuff. 

Bumped into my secondary school friend, Chai Hooi here. I know that she was in Bangkok with her family and we didn't plan to have a short catching up session in Bangkok, we just bumped into each other unexpectedly! I regretted that I didn't take a photo with her in Asiatique that day...

After having all kind of snacks in Asiatique, we basically had our dinner there! We were supposed to visit Wat Arun after Asiatique in our itinerary, but the weather is not cooperating - it rained. So, we changed 'tempat', and decided to visit Terminal 21, a shopping mall with deco of various countries' landmark!

Each floor in Terminal 21 represents different countries. I remember there were UK, Japan and India, to name a few. As its name suggests, some areas of the mall is designed similarly to an airport too. 

Since our main purpose in Terminal 21 was just to take some photos, we left the mall quite swiftly. With much free time left, we utilised our BTS day-pass to its fullest and travelled to Thong Lo Station. Underneath the station is Sukhumvit Soi 38, a street with Thai's famous and delicious street food. 

You can find all sorts of food here, and all were pretty delicious! Desserts, mango sticky rice, fried kuey teow, bbq meat etc. Frankly I didn't have the chance to try all of them, but I got to say everything that I tried here (desserts, bbq meat...) tasted wonderfully! 

20-30 Baht per stick, what a bargain!

On the way back to our hotel, I spotted a McD kiosk located in a one of the BTS stations. I was flabbergasted, as I found bubble milk tea with McD ice cream float in Bangkok! As a bubble milk tea lover, without second thought, I bought one and sip it all the way back hotel! Of course, I acknowledged that drinking is prohibited in the train!  

Thailand Day 2 - Hua Hin