Thailand Trip 2007 - Bangkok

it wasn't a good start for the trip.
we heard about news regarding boom case in Bangkok, someone drowned in Phuket and the flight was hit by slight turbulence... anyway, we arrived in Bangkok safely eventually.

to my surprise we didn't feel any panic atmosphere at all that caused by the boom case in railway station the day before.
everything seems to be normal and everyone is still drinking n enjoying themselves.
is it a norm to them already? i wonder...

after taking shark fin and bird's nest as dinner in china town, we headed to Pat Tong to walk around.
I was amazed by a shop that sells statues/ figures made by hardware junk.
it's very detail and creatively made, but the price amazed me even more...

Pat Pong is not a place for us, it's too noisy and too messy for old people like me.
not interested in the erotic pubs around there also. the fear of not able to distinguish their actual gender freak me out.

we then headed back to Khao San Road for a few drinks, and that's much more relaxing and enjoyable compare to the mess in Pat Pong.
was quite tire coz we actually started the journey from singapore the night before.
i went back to the guest house n rest quite early while the rest were continue drinking n flirting with the "Ah Guah"

the end of day 1 in Bangkok.


a guy approached us when we arrived the palace in the morning.
according to him the palace is not open till noon, and we were too early.
he suggested to take a boat ride and come back later.
the price is not that high and the arrangement sounds good, so we took the offer.
the boat ride wasn't what he promised. in fact what we can see is only houses n temples along the river... we didn't get to get off the boat to visit temples n other stuff.

upon arrival again at the palace, we found that the entrance we were at in the morning is not the main entrance, and it's not meant for entry. the palace was opened and we were cheated actually. what make us feel even more dumb is a small tiny signboard that we later found in the palace that says something like "don't trust any stranger that offer boat ride package"... damn, why can't they put the sign at a more visible place??!!?!

we took quite a while to queue up for renting pants (shorts is not allowed to enter the palace)
but at the end we didn't go in due to the price, what a waste of time, ha ha...

off we back to Khao San and just relax. we had a few drinks, some went for shopping and some went for massage

after dinner, we brought our bags n started the bus ride to Koh Samui