Wednesday, March 11, 2015

cny holiday 2015

lovely valentine's day dinner at the junk, which seems to have expanded the second floor over 3 shoplots

then off to bangkok with my family, minus little brother. we stayed at maitria hotel which was super nice and quite affordable. breakfast included. it had a fully equipped kitchen with cooking utensils, cutlery, a dish washer, an oven, a microwave, and even a washing machine.

they also provided 4 bottles of chang water everyday. i thought there was only chang beer

master bedroom

master bathroom

me and my sister's room

the only flaw in the apartment is that our bathroom has no shower door so the water splashes out

tv and computer and free expresso machine in the lobby

we walked to terminal 21 the next day. it's a new mall with a sort of airport theme where each floor is like a different city. our favourite mall of the trip coz it's so nice and yet we can afford the clothes and the food court was the cheapest among the others we visited. you can even refill your bottle at the food court. one small gripe is that thai food courts have this system where you preload a card with money then swipe the cards when you buy food so if you didn't put in enough money, you have to reload; but if you put in too much, you have to go and refund it; and if you're in a group, either you each have to get a card, or only one person can order at a time if you all share the card. 

anyway, one of the more interesting aspects was the toilets. the toilet bowl was high tech.

and each toilet we went to had a different theme. some of the pictures are blurry coz i was trying to take them quickly before people step into them. for some reason, we seemed to be the only people fascinated. haha

 this one was next to the food court so it had a kitchen theme


seaside fishing sort of theme

art gallery

beach theme

the next day we shopped at pratunam market and platinum mall which had cheaper stuff. we were walking to the train station when we saw a stall selling seafood by the roadside and just decided to have dinner there. not bad.

on the day of sa chap meh, we walked to emporium which was an expensive luxury mall so it was out of our price range but somehow a very persuasive lady managed to pull us in with a quick nail buffing session and a few product demonstrations so we ended up buying a body and nail set. the emporium food court was expensive but i think their system was better coz you each get a card when you walk in and you swipe it when you buy food and you only pay on the way out. 

in the evening, we went to asiatique where we had an italian dinner.

then we watched the calypso cabaret show which was performed mostly by ladyboys. it was quite expensive but not so spectacular.

on the first day of cny, we went to the damnern saduak floating market. there were a few floating markets in the file compiled by the hotel so we simply chose this one. we thought we would be walking by the riverside but actually we had to rent a boat to ride through the market. people were selling food and wares from boats.

there were also stalls set up along the river. if you want to look at something, just point and the boatman will bring you nearer

one area was so crowded that all the boats were jammed together

next was the elephant and cultural show at rose garden, which was part of the package

the cultural show provided a simple and brief history of their culture. it was so-so

we went to khao san road after the show. but it's a night market and it was still early evening so we were bored after we walked around and ate a bit so we took a cab (it was super jam at peak hour) back to platinum mall to have dinner at the food court and buy some stuff at the supermarket.

and then we went home the next day. the end. haha. really liked the hotel we stayed in. missed the famous chatuchak market though, coz we weren't there on the weekend.

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