Okay sooo, my friend and I booked a pretty last minute ticket to BKK, like 2 weeks before the actual trip. Reason being Scoot was giving offer for flights travelling to Don Mueang between 17May to 20May. So it was kinda like an impromptu decision to travel there hehe :)
Let me now take you through our 4D3N trip in BKK!!! ✈
Day 1 - Wednesday; 17 May
8:25am -- Touchdown & collection of sim card
- SIM card pick up: Don Mueang Airport (DMK) Arrival Hall Gate 3 (Upon exit from arrival gate, turn right)
9am - 12.30pm -- Big C {Saphan Khwai (MRT)}
Address: 618/1 Phaholyothin Rd., Samsen Nai, Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
12.30pm - 2pm -- Pa Yak Boat noodles (orange shirt staff) {Victoria Monument exit 3 (SUKHUMVIT)}
*Walk northwards towards the monument. Once you past the monument, look down to the streets and find a stretch of stalls lining the canal*
Address: Victory Monument, Phaya Thai, Bangkok 10400
2pm - 2.30pm -- Check in hotel - The Atrium Ratchada 13 Hotel {Huai Khwang (MRT)}
Address: Ratchadaphisek Rd, Khwaeng Din Daeng, Khet Din Daeng, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10400, Thailand
5pm - 8pm -- Talad Rot Fai Ratchada {Thailand cultural centre exit 3 (MRT)}, behind esplanade shopping mall}
Okay yeap. So basically above was our planned day 1 trip. As you can see, we were allowed immediate pick up of SIM card once we arrived at BKK DMK airport. That's cuz we used a really cool website called KLOOK. Not only does it allow immediate pick up of our SIM card, they also sell SIM card at a cheaper price. On KLOOK website, the BKK SIM card is sold at about SGD10, which is cheaper than the usual 299BAHT SIM card sold @ DMK Airport. Furthermore, they will give a further discount of $1.80 if you order it using their KLOOK app instead of KLOOK website. So basically, we only spend $8.20 on the SIM card. The SIM card consists of 2.5GB free data for 7days as well as 100Baht bonus call. (Inclusive of international calls) That's definitely enough for 4 days use especially because its 2.5GB data, which already allows you to make international/local calls through whatsapp etc. Worry about flight delays and the KLOOK staff leaving before you are even able to pick up your SIM card? Fret not, they can even wait for you up to 2hours! Furthermore, if your flight is delayed for >2hours, you can just give the number, stated in the instructions on KLOOK app, a text and they will give you full refund of your money :) #MONEYSAVINGTIP1
Afterwards, we headed for Saphan Khwai's BIG C supermarket (one of Thailand's biggest supermarket chain). We chose the BIG C there because its big (not BIG C Express) and also nearest (1 station away) to Chatuchak park's MRT. Chatuchak park's MRT is the nearest train station from DMK airport as we took bus #A1 from DMK airport. (Bus fare is 30Baht per person) At that time, we still had our "considerably empty" luggage on hand because we were only allowed to check in after 12pm. It was quite a hassle to drag the luggage all the way from Saphan Khwai's BTS to the BIG C supermarket, especially because they don't have lift from their BTS to the first level??? We basically carried the luggage up and down the overhead bridge... But..., knowing the amount of things we will loot from BIG C supermarket, bringing the sort-of-empty luggage might be a good choice if we don't want to handcarry too many plastic bags lol. It was a double edge sword. Emptying (bring only clothes to wear and nothing else extra) the luggage before coming to BKK is definitely the way to go. Indeed, at our very first stop, we alrdy had our luggage fully packed. I even had to expand my luggage!! #SHOPPINGTIP1
By the time we ended our snack shopping spree, we were already kinda hungry! Decided to try their famous boat noodles located at Victory Monument. Actually I didn't know much about the Boat Noodles until my colleague constantly tell me about how nice it is and I should give it a try. Before heading over, we went to buy their BTS rabbit pass which consists of 15 trips, costing 445 Baht. (100 Baht for the card, 345 Baht for the amount inside) This means that with the card, we can travel any amount of distance within the BTS line for 15 tap-outs. (That's about $18 SGD) It will be useful if you are travelling about 15 times using their BTS line and with long distances between stations. Rabbit card also ease travelling on BTS line during peak hours because you don't have to queue to buy their token. If you're a foreigner student wanting to buy their student rabbit card, please bring your student pass. I gave my passport and the staff initially didn't allow me to buy the student rabbit card because I couldn't produce my ezlink card (I didn't bring my ezlink card ><) #MONEYSAVINGTIP2
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| Rabbit card charges |
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| 12 Baht per bowl! |
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| Fried streaky pork. Wanted to order their dumpling but was wrongly served but it's okay. We ate it with the noodles and it was great!!!
At Payak Boat Noodles stall, they also allow you to choose your choice of noodles! From kway tiao, to beehoon to vermicelli etc.
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#FOODIETIP1: request for non spicy if u totally can't take spicy food because they will add chili and a dash of lime.
We had a total of 5 bowls of noodles each person + 1 bowl of streaky pork before we finally feel full and satisfied! :D That's 11 x 12 = 132Baht, approx $5.40 SGD. Definitely worth the try! #FOODRECOMMENDATION1
After finishing our lunch, we can finally checked into our hotel. This time, we stayed near Huai Khwang MRT once again, but towards the other direction. Why not CMYK like the previous trip? Because I found an even cheaper hotel, The Atrium 13 Ratchada. Furthermore, it is only 0.3km away from Huai Khwang MRT and also provides us with free wifi. :)
Our hotel 3nights stay costs $107 with 1 large bed for 2 people. That's $53.50 for 3nights per pax, 1night being approx $18. This is cheaper than the previous hotel I stayed in but the difference is there's no breakfast provided in this hotel. But honestly, it doesn't matter much to me because in Thailand, you should be trying their Thailand restaurant/street food, not hotel food! But, the downside to this hotel is that the lights are slightly dimmer (like a little yellowish???) so its a little scary to walk from the lift to the room but i'm quite sure its safe because before you can even take the lift up to the rooms, you need your hotel pass to pass through the security door to take the lift.
By the time we checked in, it was already about 4pm. There was a delay in custom check and because we didn't really give much space for travelling time, we were kinda behind time of our itinerary. Decided to skip Tesco since its not the main BKK highlight anyway~
Rested in the hotel for a while before we headed out for the Rot Fai Ratchada's night market! I was all excited because in my previous trip, I had a super great time shopping @ Rot Fai's market when even 100 Baht allowed me to bring back nice clothes!!
Unfortunately..., the Ratchada Rot Fai shocked me this time. Clothing were more expensive, like 200 Baht and they were not that nice. Vendors were different from the previous trip and lesser stalls were opened. Quite disappointing I would say, felt really different from the previous Rot Fai I'd seen. :(
However, food stalls were more or less similar.
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| Wanted to try this the previous trip but didn't got to |
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| Fried squid eggs with Thai sour sauce! |
Also tried the Mango Sticky Rice at Rot Fai! 100Baht for one! Love it!
Honestly, my review for the crepe is.., not that nice. To me, it tasted a bit weird, especially the coconut one lol. I may not like it but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try. xD You guys might wanna give it a try if y'all are visiting the night market.
Address: Siam Square Soi 4, Khwaeng Pathum Wan, Khet Pathum Wan, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330, Thailand
Afterwards, we headed for Siam Paragon to eat the After You dessert café food! I had good memories of the place for their Shibuya toast from my previous trip.
Went to Platinum Fashion mall next. Walked about the mall and shopped a little. I would say the clothing there are much pricier than normal clothing you can get from Night Markets so we didn't get anything much from there except a dress. XD
Day 3 - Friday; 19 May
9am - 2pm -- Pratunam morning market {ChitLom (BTS) / Ratchaprarop}
Like woah! Their cake looks so pretty!! It tasted not bad too. Can't really tell what flavour is it but it's just not bad uh. xD
Sweating even as we were eating because there was no fan and the weather was just.... too good, too hot. Joined in the famous coconut ice cream queue. No regrets trying it!! It was really not bad like how others had reviewed it.
At the check-in counter, our check-in baggages happened to be just on the dot of 20kg! Even the counter staff was quite shocked and she was like "WOAH" with her eyes opened wide hahaha.
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| Really unglam photo of me really tempted to dig into the Mango Sticky Rice |
I was wanting to eat the Mango Sticky Rice so badly but this BF kept retaking the boomerang over and over again and I was kinda irritated HAHAHA. I didn't know my irritated-wanting-to-eat face will look like this xD
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| See, less stalls opened :( |
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| This is nice too. 25Baht for one stick. Each stick has 3 Bacon wrap. I bought 2 sticks, one with asparagus, one with mushroom. :D |
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| Another famous crepe from the Rot Fai market. I think one box is 25Baht, can't really remember but it isn't too expensive. |
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| Didn't buy as much things as before but still did because their Tshirts are still quite nice and cheap, mostly 100 Baht each :D |
We were already all tired, sweaty, sticky, dirty and full when we went back to the MRT station. So we decided to give Sukhumvit Soi38 food street a miss. I mean, we were already full, what for go there to make ourselves even fuller. If that's the case then my review of the food there won't be accurate already haha.
Day 2 - Thursday; 18 May
9am - 11am -- Breakfast at On Luk Yun {Hua Lamphong (MRT) Tell taxi driver Old Siam Plaza}
Address: 72 Charoen Krung Road, Talat Noi, Samphanthawong Bangkok 10100
11pm - 2.30pm -- Siam Paragon {Siam (SUKHUMVIT)}
- After you dessert cafe
Address: Siam Paragon Ground Floor
Bonca cookie icecream
2.30pm - 5pm -- Platinum Fashion Mall {Chit Lom (SUKHUMVIT), walk}
- Demi concept Black Ice Cream (Outside platinum fashion mall)
9pm - 1am -- Liab Duan night market (ตลาดเรียบด่วนรามอินทรา) {taxi}
Address: Ramintra, Pradit Manutham Road (KIV)
5pm - 9pm -- Talad neon {Chit Lom (SUKHUMVIT), Taxi/walk}
Address: 1087 ถนน เพชรบุรีตัดใหม่ Khwaeng Makkasan, Khet Ratchathewi, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10400 Petchaburi Road, Pratunam
Day 2, decided to bring my best friend to On Lok Yun, the same breakfast place I went the last trip. I really like the toast there, especially the one with the kaya!
Wanted to take the Taxi there from Hua Lamphong MRT (nearest BTS from OnLokYun) but the taxi driver didn't know where is that place. It was then a tuktuk driver came and told us he knows the location of the place. The police women situated at the station saw and came over. They first asked where we came from and we said Singapore and then both the police gave us a worried face (I think they were worried if we get cheated or something haha) and then asked if we wanted to take a taxi or tuktuk. We said "anything" (because at that time, only the tuktuk driver seems to know how to go to the place) and then one of the police woman talked to the tuktuk driver. If I didn't guess wrongly, I think they were trying to tell the TukTuk driver not to scam us. HAHA. I felt so protected at that point in time and very thankful to the police women.
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| Yay to milo peng and Chayen peng!! |
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| Nutella shibuya toast and strawberry mille crepe cake |
Price is just like any other café and food is not bad but by the time we were finishing the cake and toast, we were already having the sick-of-sweet-food feel. I think its called je lacht??? (Idk how do I spell that hahaha)
That kinda feeling that we didn't even wanted to try the Bonca Icecream on our itinerary next already HAHA.
Went to Platinum Fashion mall next. Walked about the mall and shopped a little. I would say the clothing there are much pricier than normal clothing you can get from Night Markets so we didn't get anything much from there except a dress. XD
By the time we finished shopping, the sick-of-sweet food feel is kinda gone already so we went for Demi Concept's black icecream which was pre-planned in our itinerary. It's basically just opposite the Platinum's Macdonalds'. Very cool black charcoal Icecream with chocolate for 100Baht. There's another flavour which is charcoal mix mango flavour. You can also get to choose between chocolate cone or vanilla cone, whichever you prefer but price will vary slightly.
We sat and rested at the Macdonalds' table as we ate the icecream while waiting for my colleague who happened to plan the same night markets as us for the night -- Liab Duan and Talad Neon. We decided to meet at Platinum's Mac and head for Liab Duan night market together as it is far away and cab fare may not be so cheap. Share a cab if you are heading to somewhere further away! #MONEYSAVINGTIP3
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| With my KKH colleague Jaymie |
I would say the clothes at Liab Duan may not be so nice, more outdated but they do sell very cheap Tshirts (plain kind). There's this stall which sells plain Tshirt of all colours (nicely arranged) from S-XL, both round and V-neck kinds, at 90Baht for 1.
After Liab Duan, we again shared the cab back to our next night market, Talad Neon, newly opened night market near Pratunum.
Talad Neon sells more fashionable clothing. I feel like i'm entering another kind of Artbox but their stalls are not set up like how artbox is.
9am - 2pm -- Pratunam morning market {ChitLom (BTS) / Ratchaprarop}
Address: 869/15 Ratchaprarop Rd, Khwaeng Thanon Phaya Thai, Khet Ratchathewi, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10400, Thailand
2pm - 3.30pm -- Unicorn cafe {Chong Nonsi (BTS)}
Address: 44/1 ซอย สาทร 8 สีลม Khwaeng Silom, Khet Bang Rak, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10500, Thailand
3.30pm - 5pm -- Victory Monument shopping {Victory Monument Exit 3 / 4 (SUKHUMVIT)}
5pm - 6.30pm -- Plathong Mookata {Victory Monument (SUKHUMVIT)}
Address: Bangkok, จังหวัด กรุงเทพมหานคร 10400, Thailand, Tel: +66 84 354 8282
6.30pm - 12am -- Chatuchak market {Mochit / Chatuchak (MRT / BTS)}
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| 闺蜜装 ~ |
Since we couldn't really think much of what to do in the morning, we decided to visit Pratunum Morning market to shop about. Mostly wholesale items once again and I was quite sad when one of the stall owner didn't want to sell me the clothes because I only wanted 1... Minimum must buy 3 pieces tsk. I suggest you go there if you are on a trip with more than 1 friend with the same fashion sense as you because buying 3 or more pieces of clothing from one stall will mean cheaper price for each piece. I also went back to the same stall inside the city complex to buy 4 packs of rice soap for my family and some friend who requested for it. It was again a regret because it was so heavy.. I carried 4 packs of it in my bag and shopped for the whole day.
By lunch time, we were already hungry so we went opposite to platinum fashion mall level 6 foodcourt to eat!
Had their fried rice and I must say it tasted really really good. Not the kind of SG fried rice but its still good. I can't explain it in words but you can give it a try. I think is stall p4, the one in the picture above! :)
Went for our planned unicorn café after lunch. I was really excited cuz I kinda like unicorn and I've seen good reviews about the food there :)
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| Pastel rainbow crepe cake |
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| Bought their signature drink too, in vanilla flavour. Its nice but I must say its a little too sweet. And the drink is really served in big portion. We didn't finish the drink so I suggest to only order it if there's like more than 4 of you there. |
We were already kinda behind time of our itinerary by the time we left the unicorn café. But it wasn't that bad that its behind time because actually there's nothing much to shop at victory monument. Just a few stalls. Clothing wise still okay but its just not as big as any night markets! xD
We headed for Mookata next as planned. Plathong mookata!!
The Mookata buffet costs 189Baht per person ($8 approx SGD). That considered quite cheap for the variety of meat and fish you get there. They also had a variety of vegetables which I didn't take picture of. I especially love the fish. Soft and nice!!
Mookata got us really full and it was time to head for Chatuchak weekend market! According to some media/blogs, it is mentioned that Chatuchak weekend market starts from Friday night while on other media, it states that it is not open on Friday nights. We decided to head there to see for ourselves. On top of that, we also had a last minute plan to head for BIG C after Chatuchak to do some last minute loots.
Soooo, conclusion is, Chatuchak weekend market shops are closed on Friday nights but there are some set-up vendors along the Chatuchak street. So basically, things sold on Friday nights at Chatuchak are different from what's sold on weekends but I find the things sold by the set-up vendors cheaper. Sweatpants of good material can be bought at 120Baht and shorts of good material at 75Baht. :D We shopped and shopped and kinda lost track of time. It was already like 10pm when we realise we have to rush for last minute shopping at BIG C supermarket which closes at 11pm!!!
Literally we stopped shopping and ran towards MoChit BTS. And when we alighted at Saphan Khwai BTS, we started running towards BIG C supermarket. We really bought lots of snacks as though we'd never tried any snacks in our life before lol. So much that we needed 2 cardboards boxes to fit everything in. We were kinda worried when BIG C staff told us they don't have cardboard boxes.. But it was then some sort of luck came in, just nice there was a cleaner ready to throw a cardboard box away. We took it from her and that cardboard itself could fit in all my friend's snacks, which weigh a total of 4kg++ ((We didn't know its so heavy until we weighed it at the airport!!)) That night was crazy because we walked with so many bags of last minute shopped snacks + 3 big sized Sunsilk shampoos which I bought and on my other hand was the big cardboard box while in my bag, I had 4packs of rice soap which I'm pretty sure is 3kg or so.
We literally climbed up the stairs to Saphan Khwai's BTS and then took the train to Huai Khwang MRT and afterwards walked back to the hotel. On the way back, we took another cardboard box for my own snacks. I really cannot believe we survived those physical "ordeal" HAHA. I'm sure I lost some weight despite eating so much there.
By the time we reached back our hotel, we were sticky, sweat, dirty, and tired from walking but we still had to pack and raked our brains to think of how to pack our luggages. We only bought 20kg baggage combined and each of us can handcarry 7kg worth of items. We need to strategise to maximise the use of our baggage weight. Successfully squeezed in everything but at that time, we were still unsure of how heavy our luggages were since there wasn't any sort of weighing machine in the hotel. Slept at 2am BKK time that night cuz of the baggage issues lol. Problem when you buy too many things.
Day 4 - Saturday; 20 May
9am - 1pm -- Chatuchak market {Mochit / Chatuchak (MRT/ BTS)}
3.50pm -- Flight to Singapore
It was finally our last day there. I must say the weather in BKK during our trip there was damn hot. So hot that it hit 38 degrees on one of the days. Literally can feel the heat just the moment you stepped out of the hotel room.
We did not plan much for our last day because our flight was in the noon. We decided to head for Chatuchak weekend market once again to see how different it is on Friday and on Saturday.
By the time we reached, I was already super thirsty thanks to the super hot weather!! Saw them selling fresh young coconut and I was really tempted to have 1 to myself! Bought one big one at 50Baht. Really quenched my thirst and I was happy~
We shopped around Chatuchak for about 1.5hours or so and then had lunch at a street-side stall. Had fried rice and tomyum for lunch.
To be honest, I'm not very amazed by their tomyum... Its not that nice and its not spicy at all. I prefer to have it spicier. But the fried rice was great! To me, all Thai fried rice is good :D
Sweating even as we were eating because there was no fan and the weather was just.... too good, too hot. Joined in the famous coconut ice cream queue. No regrets trying it!! It was really not bad like how others had reviewed it.
Finally, it was about 1pm and we headed back to our hotel!! We had 7 items in total at that time, my backpack, my best friend's sling bag, 2 cardboard boxes, 2 luggages and a plastic bag full of snacks and rice soap to be handcarried. It was crazy so we needed a taxi to send us to the airport.
To our horror, when we first weighed our to-be-checked-in items, it was overweight!! My luggage was 10.3kg, while my best friend's luggage was about 8kg. Her snack box was about 4kg while mine was 2kg. In the end, we had to take out our soiled clothing and handcarried them and I had to handcarry my snackbox too. Actually, our handcarried items could have been >14kg combined but they didn't check so we managed to pass through lolll.
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| JUST NICE 20KG!!! |
I must say Thailand really never fails to bring me back wonderful memories despite sweating so much in that HOT country hahaha. Really looking forward to more overseas trips with my close friends and family!!
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