DAY 5 BANGKOK / HONG KONG

It's our last day in Bangkok!! What a short vacation!! We took noon flight back to Hong Kong so we didn't have time to do anything in the morning. What we did was only having breakfast at hotel restaurant.

So far it was a nice trip. We ate a lot, shopped a lot and had fun! I enjoyed the massage!! Bangkok is really a city and I didn't feel like I was travelling coz I could often meet Hong Kongers. Thai people were quite nice and friendly, it was good to have friends who could show us around!!

Next time if I go to Thailand again, I prefer going to the islands to enjoy the sun and the beach. I think it would be more fun for just visiting the city!! Or maybe I would join the kickboxing tour? :D

DAY 4 BANGKOK

We could wake up a bit late today coz it was our free day to go shopping!! Nan and Foo had to work so they didn't have time to meet us. We wanted to take a tuk tuk to a sport street to buy things but this tuk tuk driver asked us to help him!! He said he could drive us for 40 bhats but when we got on the tuk tuk, he said he had to drive us to a shopping centre first coz he could get free gas.

We didn't want to go but he seemed friendly so we didn't bother to help him. That shopping centre wasn't too big but it mainly sold the jewelry. We weren't so interested so we didn't stay long there. Obviously we are not rich (except someone) LOL

This driver was very funny and friendly. He even let us to take pics with his tuk tuk and asked us to pretend driver hehe . But he kept saying I looked like Thai =_= I know I'm tanned!! Thanks for reminding me...


Finally he drove us to the sport street and he said he could free the tut tuk fees for us but we still paid for him. It didn't cost much. AC wanted to buy a pair of boxing gloves and the hand strips and it was much cheaper than Hong Kong!!

Then we went to Siam Centre to have lunch at the food court. We had some Thai noodles and mango stick rice for dessert! So cheap and delicious!!

We shopped around at Siam Centre but we didn't buy many things coz we ran out of cash :P So we went back to hotel to take a nap in the evening. We were sooooo tired!! I felt a lot better after napping!!

But at night it rained heavily so we took the taix to somewhere near by the place that we were going massage. We booked the spa and massage at 10pm and we had a quick dinner coz we didn't have much time. I wanted to eat French or Japanese food but somehow we didn't. Finally we had Thai food again!! I think I would stop eating Thai food for a while when I go back to Hong Kong!!

The massage room was big and the interior design was pretty good. We had body scrub, body massage and herbal ball massage. It was so relaxing!! It lasted for 3 hours and I felt asleep on half way :P

We often said some silly Thai language to express ourselves and the massagists laughted at us :P But it was very fun!!

DAY 3 BANGKOK

Met Foo at hotel lobby at 10am, and then she took us to visit The Grand Palace. It is not allowed to wear shorts and sleeveless to The Grand Palace and we all knew that. But PY thought her shorts were long enough so finally she had to borrow Sarong for getting in :D It is my first time to see her wearing like that!! So funny! :D

The Grand Palace is very big and imprssive!! We visited the temple, walked around and took pics. But it was too hot and too sunny so we didn't stay outside too long. I don't want to get tanned anymore!!

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Foo took us to another temple to see the Big Buddha. PY said this Buddha is the biggest lying buddha statue in Bangkok.

Then we had Thai Style Hainanese chicken rice for lunch. It is very famous and the guide book strongly recommends it. I think it was good but not that special.

After lunch Foo took us to Platnium to shopping, this shopping mall is like a local shopping centre, I bought a very nice boxer!! It was 1500 bhats and we bargained with the shopper and he offered us discount!! I bought this boxer for 900 bhats :D

Then we went to the other shopping mall, Foo's sister had an accident suddenly and she had to go. So we shopped by ourselves. We bought a lot of things in Boots and Big C!!

We didn't want to carry so many things so we went back to hotel to put down our stuff and then went to China Town to buy some souvenirs and have dinner. We bought a lot of snacks!!

We had dinner at a Chinese restaurant. We ordered shark fins soup, big prawns, vegetable and sea cucumber and bird's nest as dessert. I think the food in Bangkok has rather strong taste than in Hong Kong. They are very spicy, salty and sweet!!

After dinner, we bought some durian but it is not allowed to eat in the hotel so we ate in front of the hotel LOL The bellboy laughted at us :P The durain was cheap and it was very delicious!!

DAY 2 BANGKOK

Woke up at around 8.30am, I was very sleepy and I was reluctant to wake up. But I'm on my vacation!! I didn't want to waste my time on the bed!! Also we asked Nan to meet us at the hotel lobby at 10am so we couldn't sleep long.

It's good too see Nan again!! It has been 8 years and it was very lucky that we met her and she helped us!! And thanks Hang that he still keeps contact with her!! :)

We planned to have breakfast at the hotel restaurant and then go out with Nan but someone was very slow and finally we didn't have time to breakfast. Nan looked prettier and she could recognise us!!

We took the taxi to Chak to Chak to have breakfast first coz we were very hungry. We had Pad Thai and American breakfast and spring rolls. The Pad Thai was pretty good!! But it's kinda strange to order American breakfast!! We supposed to have Thai food, right? :D


Chak To Chak is a very big flea market and there are many kind of things such as clothes, accessories, food, ornaments, shoes... We chilled out there for 3 hours and I bought a pair of Flip Flops and some scarfs. They were so cheap!! But it was very hot there, no air-conditioning and fans!! Bangkok was hotter than I expected!!

Then we had some Thai light food for lunch and went to have feet massage and Thai massage. The massagist was very experienced and she made me feel relaxed. It was painful tho! I could nap a bit when I had feet massage but it was very painful for the Thai massage!! My shoulders were very stressed and tight so when she massaged on my shoulders, I felt so painful!!

After the 2 hours massage, we had afternoon tea in a cafe. I ordered New York Cheese cake and white chocolate coffee, they were yummy!! :) The cheese cake was very rich and I liked it a lot!!

Then we went shopping at Centre World. We went to Naraya and there were many Hong Kongers in the shop!! So crazy!! The bags there were cheap but I don't understand why it is so popular. AC bought a lot of bags there!! I only bought 2, 1 is for myself and 1 is for my friend. I can't see why it is so popular.

Nan couldn't have dinner with us, we guessed she had to meet her friends so we went back to hotel, rested a bit and then went out for dinner. We went to Suan-Lam Night Bazaar and had dinner there.

We ordered a lot of food such as Raw Shrimp, Curry Crab, Tung Yam Kung and Fish... The portions were big and we hardly finished them all!! But the food was very delicious and the manager of the restaurant was so friendly!! He gave us discount card and said we could use it when we go to Bangkok again!! :)

DAY 1 HONG KONG / BANGKOKG

Yay I'm going to Bangkok!! But I still had to work today becoz I could only get 1 day off... Time ran so fast today!! I wasn't really in holiday mood yet coz I was too busy!!

After work I rushed back home, took my luggage and then went to the airport. Our departure fight was at around 22.30. We took Emirate so we had to go to terminal 2. It is pretty far away from terminal 1.

We were so hungry but we didn't have much time to have dinner at the airport so we had to wait to eat on the flight! The flight meal was ok. We watched the movie and then slept for a while on the flight. When we arrived, it was nearly 1am.

When we were waiting to pass through the Customs, I could see there were a lot of Hong Kongers!! This is a long weekend, no wonder everyone wants to have a short trip and Bangkok is a good and cheap choice!!

The bangkok airport is so big and new!! I can't remember how the old airport looked like. It was 8 years ago when the last time I went to Bangkok before!!

AC booked a van to pick us up from the airport to the hotel. We walked around the airport and looked for the driver! I'm sure he was late so we didn't see him when we got out!! He drove pretty fast and it only took 30mins driving.

We stayed in Hotel Ibis which is a 3 stars hotel. They don't have much facilities. We prefered to spend more money on shopping and entertaining so we didn't need a 5 stars hotel. The room was quite big but the light was too dim.

It was pretty late after we had settled down and we were so tired so we headed to bed as soon as we can!!