Bangkok, Thailand

Last February my parents in law came to visit and they wanted to travel outside of Malaysia while they're here and we suggested to go to Thailand and Burma. Unfortunately we couldn't come to Burma, so we picked Bangkok and Krabi for our little family trip. I have been to Bangkok 3 times and never get tired of it. The food, the people, beaches, shops, massages, are the best! When I go to Bangkok, I normally stayed around Sukhumvit area but we decided to stay near the Chaopaya river. The hotel we stayed in "Navalai River Resort" was right next to the river and the boat pier. It was one of the best hotel I have ever been and the swimming pool has a really nice view to the river. We were very pleased. Food was delicious and service was great! Can't complain. After a glass of Chang and 1 plate of Pad Thai, we walked along the river side and it was so interesting and fun to see tourists and locals mingle to exercise, dance, eat, and play. You don't see this in KL, I don't think.

The next day we took the boat to the Grand Palace (after all we were tourists) and it was soooo packed! We thought we have lost the boys and looked around, but it was so hard to find them amongst millions of other people, kinda like "Where's Waldo?". Turns out they got stopped by the securities for not wearing "appropriate" ensemble, so they had to rent some long pants. The palace was seriously crowded! Well, no wonder because I think it's the biggest tourist spot in Bangkok. The third time I came here but I was still amazed by the beauty of the buildings, beautiful and colourful mosaics and statues, stunning! A guide told me that the architecture of the palace was influenced by the "Mediterranean, Arab, Chinese, and Western" style. Each colour in the buildings is a symbol of something. I can't really remember which one is which. After "Grand Palace" we walked to (probably) the second biggest tourist spot in Bangkok "Wat Pho" where there is a ginormous sleeping Buddha inside of a temple. It's the biggest I've seen so far and I've seen MANY Buddha statues. After Wat Pho we decided to go back to the hotel and went for a massage. We don't have to look very far for a massage in Thailand, they're everywhere and sooo cheap!

The other plan that I had in my mind was going to "Sirrocco" bar at the "Lebua State Tower". Once I tried to come here with my girlfriends but couldn't remember the name of it so we just asked our taxi driver to take us to "cool place, up up, drink, good people" complete with terrible hand gestures. Of course he couldn't understand what we're talking about so we drove around Bangkok and stopped at 5 different bars and then gave up. This time I even asked our hotel reception to wrote down the name of the bar and address in Thai. We found it and I was sooo excited! The view was amazing! The bar is on the 64th floor of the building and open air, so you could see Bangkok 360 degree! Mission accomplished!

One more thing we did that I haven't done in Bangkok was going to the famous "Khaosan Road". It was not too far from our hotel so we tried to discover it. The craziest thing I've seen there was people selling fake certificates, driving license, ID? Bangkok doesn't stop surprising people. 

3 days, 6 massages, 5 plates of pad thai, 15 bottles of Chang away, we left Bangkok and headed to Krabi. This time around, I even did 2 new things in Bangkok, Sirrocco bar and Khaosan Road! Yet another great visit to Bangkok.