We took a taxi cost us Baht450 directly transfer us to Citin Pratunam Budget Hotel from Suvarnabhumi Bangkok Airport. There are taxi counter outside the airport at the same level of arrival hall. You could tell them your destination and they would tell you the cost for the journey.
hotel website- http://www.citinpratunam.com/
The hotel located in the heart of the city, which is very convenient. The condition is clean, friendly staff and it could be recommended. It costs around Baht1500 per night.
After putting down our luggages, we went down to search for food. There are so many road-side stalls along the tiny and narrow roads. We tried the Pah-Thai and Fried rice which is really good tatse. My favourite are Mango Salad and the Fresh Sour Mango.
Day 2: Crazy Shopping Day
We went to Chatuchak Market for a crazy shopping. Cheap and nice dresses, shoes and bags could be found there. Chatuchak Market is a shopping heaven. There are selling antique sculptures and traditional thailand accessories. There is Coconut Ice-cream stalls at the market. The ice-cream taste delicious and it could relieve the heat under the hot weather!
We had great experiences on riding "tut-tut" motorcycles. We took "tut-tut" to Chatuchak Market from Citin Pratunam just cost us Bath20. It is because the driver is sponsored by those jewelly shop, the driver brought us to the shop before sending us to Chatuchak. We were so excited to get a cheap rides and meet a nice driver to bring us somewhere. Riding on a tut-tut is really fun yet dangerous. The driver could simply squeezed into the cars and turning here and there easily. We were surrounded by cars and our hair gone mess during the rides by the wind.
At night, we went to King Power - the largest Duty free Shop. Some of the branded clothes are consider cheap compared to others outlet. Please bring along your passport to shop at King Power. (It is only for tourists).
Day 3: The worst experience
We woke up early in the morning and scheduled to visit Wat Phra Kaeo, a very famous temple in Bangkok. We was like loving to ride "tut-tut", so we took this again. The driver committe to give us Baht60 to reach there, we agreed. We thought it would be like yesterday bringing us to a shop before sending us there. However, we met a bad driver! He brought us to many shops that we were not willing to go. We told him that we don't want to go because we were rushing out of time but he still bringing us to go to those shops because he wants to get fuel sponsor from the shops. We were so depressed and angry, we left the driver and paid him Bath60. We don't want to waste our time, we will be leaving Bangkok in the evening, finally we reach Wat Phra Kaeo by a taxi.
We had our quick brunch and visit Wat Phra Kaeo. The temple's staff stopped us because we are wearing shorts. We knew we couldn't enter and we just want to try to enter, but we failed. So we getting scarf (to cover our legs) which you could get it from the stall at the road side.
We rushed back to hotel by 12pm to check-out. We leave our luggages at the hotel and we continue to shop for the last chance! We went to Platinium Mall which is doing whole sales and selling cheap stuffs. It would be very interesting place for the shopping lovers.We ended up our trip by taking MRT from Ratchaprarop Station to Survanabhumi Airport. It is only costing Bath12 per person at this station.
* Tips on taking tut-tut:
1)Talk to the driver where is your destination clearing and telling him that you do not want to go to the shops. 2) Bargain for the cost. 3) Some of them are kind and could speak basic english.
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