Bangkok Shopping Spree

My first impression of Bangkok is that it is congested. Nevertheless, it is so full of life! we went to Bangkok on the 7th of february 2009. It was just the two of us, me and Fuzz. As usual we hired a tour guide to take us around. We stayed at Courtyard by Marriott Hotel situated at Erawan area right in the city centre. It was just walking distance from the largest mall in Bangkok, Central World Mall... and yet we didn't even step foot at that mall haha... not that we didn't have time, it's just we chose not to go to the typical big malls with typical shops and brands. We only invade the malls where local thais shop. First night was more laid back, except that we went to club Route 66 later that night where Fuzz spin. The crowd was packed but from what i saw, thai people prefer to drink and just dance lightly by their table. different compared o crowds in Malaysia...they like to show off their skills on the dance floor even if they dont have any...and majority of young kids in Kl aren't really big drinkers, they come to club just to be seen. Anyway... we had fun that night.

the hotel we stayed at.



Fuzz and DJ Ono at Route 66

this was before Fuzz started spinning.

The next morning we went to the famous Chatuchak weekend bazaar. We didn't shop much there...cause the place was soooo huge i got tired really fast. Plus the scorching heat defeated me. Not to say that we didn't like the place, we loveeeeed it. There's so many things that we found that is cheap and good. We only managed to shop for house stuffs. We bought a pair of table lamp for only RM200. It's something similar to those at Metrojaya. The ones with crystal legs...it actually costs RM500 and above in Malaysia. So we got a really good bargain for it. We are definitely going there again to shop for our new house...when we actually buy one...hahaha...

Many types of painting are available there. Including these muay thai sketches. Impressive huh...

those are the stuff we bought there...

Later that night we went shopping again. This time I shopped for my stuffs. The clothes there are ridiculously cheap! Its like 3 times cheaper than malaysia. So i went craaayyzzieee...

everywhere we go in Bangkok, we see mangoes. They're actually very very sweet. I love the Mango Tango shop there. They serve the best mango with sticky rice ever!

The next morning our indonesian-speeking, muslim-thai, tour guide brought us to a few places. We went to the emerald budha temple and palace.

Later we went to Safari World. I had a lot of fun there. we feed the giraffes. We saw the wild Serengeti animals. Lions and rhinos, buffaloes and deers. It was fun seeing the animals close to our vehicle.

feeding the giraffe bananas.

me: nooo.....u had too much already. NEXT...

giraffe: bbllllluueeekk....boo u for not feeding me!

We also went to Damnoensaduak floating market. Although it was a very long drive, it was worth it. Some people say it's boring...but we love it. It was definitely something else...

one of the many interesting items u can find at the market. Pinocchio was on sale.

After the floating market, we went to elephant village. It was the moment i was waiting for. I loooovveee animals. Elephants was one of my favourite. Fuzz said when he's rich enough, he'll buy me an elephant. I hope it can get along with Kimmy....hahaha....

this cute not so little elephant is 11 years old. And her name is Tongkang. Are u sure she's a boat? (in malay tongkang means boat)


Tongkang loves me....while we were riding her, she pulled up flowers and grasses and gave it to me...awww so sweet.

Later we went to Rose Garden to watch some cultural performances. It was kinda boring...cause it was tooo commercialized. They had this choreographed muay thai and a lot of acting. so it was a yawn....

some old men tryna prove that they're still strong.



Traditional thai dance. she look like a friend of mine.

they have elephant show too. They played Dumbo's soundtrack while doing this.


This was from a teak wood factory visit. I dont know why Lina (our tour guide) brought us to this place. The stuffs costs a fortune and its sooo orang tua like. But i managed to get these interesting shots.

he's actually working on a whole dining table which seats 6 people. The intricacy of the details are amazing.

O yeah by the way, I had my 26th birthday while we were there. Fuzz bought me a Diana lomo camera as a present and we enjoyed that little sinfully delicious cup cake.



We went back after 5 days. It was kinda sad coz we had to go back to real life. But, we sure had tonnes of fun... we are definitely coming back!