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!
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| 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
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