Considering the time that we slept the previous night, i guess it was legitimate that we sleep in. Imagine if we were to go with a package tour, we would have lost quite a bit of sleep and freedom that we currently have - Free and Easy.
While Well-travelled Friend was sleeping, i was exploring the surroundings of the hotel. And it appeared that there is also a balcony in the hotel room!! Wha... that makes it such a gigantic room to stay at.
The first 2 pictures on the top tier were pictures taken from the hotel room. The window panes are really dirty. The picture at the bottom is taken live from the balcony, without glass panes.
Oh The Baiyoke Sky Hotel is really impressive and is well deserving of the tallest building in Bangkok. Just look at the skyscraper tower.
The bottom of it, is usually, not so atas.
I'd figured that it is really one of the bestest places to stay at, in Bangkok. The moment you step out, yo will be surrounded by hoards of people and street stores, and u can bargain for the price *auntie-alert!!*.
We checked out of the hotel at 11.30am, and was at the lobby for a while. Well, there's some similarity (i think) between the 3 Baiyoke Series. They seem to have these chairs.
Eh yes, i'm refering to the square white chairs that has a patch of 'grass' growing in the center of it. Baiyoke Boutique has that too.
This is how the lobby looked like.
Simple and nice. But i can't say the same for the services.
From Baiyoke Suite Hotel, we walked over to Baiyoke Boutique Hotel. It was a very challenging time as between the 2 hotels, there's the stretch of outstreet. Had to resist the urge to stop and look for things to buy, amongst dragging a 9 kg luggage through a bustling street full of people.
But we finally reached Baiyoke Boutique Hotel.
As mentioned in the previous entry, its exterior doesn't match the interior. To describe the interior will be like a rectangular 9 storey building, and not-impressive looking walls. But it's a totally different story inside.
And this is how the room looks like.
Big contrast from Baiyoke Suite right?
And i saw something else that i've contrasted during Earth9's 10 Anniversary dinner about their toilets. And i think Baiyoke can give House's idea a run for its toilet ideas.
This should be much easier to identify which is which, right? As compared to this...
Anyway, we adjourned for lunch at the Foodcourt near to the hotel, at Indra Square Foodcourt.
The way they operate is quite different from Singapore. We have to buy their coupons then we can buy food.
I think they come in these denominations:
- 20 Baht in Blue
- 10 Baht in red
- 5 Baht in yellow
- 1 Baht in green
So if you have finished your food and u realize you have quite a bit of coupons left, you can refund them back for cash.
Practical though a bit 麻烦. And the coupons are in such denominations so that it allows the person to learn to count properly, Because, if you give a 20 Baht for a 12Baht drink, there's no change given. So, do u maths properly and allocate your coupon well.
Actually don't think that Bangkok's food court is not equal to us. In fact they are just like an ordinary foodcourt in Singapore, just that it's full of posters albeit in Thai.
From there, we decided to take a cab to go to MBK which is a shopping-center-that-you-must-go-la. But there was a massive jam, and the honest cab driver told us to take a train there.
It's quite nostalgic to have the card on my hands, as it resembled the ones that our own MRT used, before the EZLink card came along.
The trains are really quite similar to the ones we have here, just that they are really more loud in terms of train advertisements.
The insides of the train looked like this - Check out their handles!!
So actually, the trains there are pretty similar to ours. But i think their's is more spacious and airy, with stronger and more comfortable aircon.
We were happily taking the train, where we were supposed to alight in 2 stops... and ended up we took the wrong direction, and had to take the other route back.
And we finally reached our station - National Stadium. (because it's next to the National Stadium)
Special Mention of buildings that we'll never see in Singapore.
And i must say: MBK is really a good shopping center to be at. And i got like my bags there and a comfy pair of slippers. And this is where i realized that the AGBS really existed. It's not about my lame way of expressing the always great Bangkok Sale.
Children, repeat after me!!! It's the Amazing Thailand Grand Sale! And the sale is even more amazing in its own way. Our Great Singapore Sale started on 23rd May 2008 till hmmm July?? The Amazing Thailand Grand Sale is from June till August! Truly amazing!!
Mid-year is really THE bestest time to buy things at a great price!! =)
Anyway, MBK is a good place to shop, but i have to emphasize its a good place to buy things such as accessories, nice clothings. I'll call it a Semi-atas place. We didn't visit the atas place (Siam Paragon) at all.
Before going for the open-air massage, we went for dinner and unexpectedly found something close to our hearts yet it was so far from us... A&W.
Awwwww..... don't you miss it???
Well, it was pretty disappointing, though we relish on the curly fries. The service wasn't really up to what we were expecting from "A land of a thousand smiles". Maybe it has divided itself unknowingly to become a hundred.
And we journeyed by cab to Pratunam Center where there was an open-air massage place. Well-travelled friend and i went for the 2 hour session, which started like 10.30pm. Yeah, we really slept late and spent the time out really really late.
Well, the 'sister' that massaged me was quite ok, just that maybe 'she's' pretty distracted with the bantering with other masseues. Though i did feel uncomfortable initially, but well, 'she's' actually quite alright.
Presenting my 萝卜腿
Despite it being open air, and in the public, but it's really the best massage that i've experienced. Maybe it's because it's right after a crazy day of walking and shopping and thus i felt it this way. But this is one leg massage i won't mind going for again. Though there were communication barriers between me and the 'sister', but 'she' understood the amount of strength to exert. If u are going to Bangkok some time, do drop by. Their rates are like 150 baht per hour. (we spent 300 baht each for the 2 hours massage).
And after the fulfilling massage, we went to eat Supper, somewhere opposite the massage place.
This is Phat Thai.
And yes, this is found on the streets. And, it's really tasty. Authentic Thai Phat Thai. (seafood fried kway teow)
*****
Alright, to conclude this entry, please look forward to the next entry, titled SIN-BKK 16th Jun 2008.
It took me like 2 days to load all of the *gasp* 26 pictures into this entry, let alone with combining some pictures into one for better time saving and explanation of the pictures.
Till then!
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