Last 2010, my mother and I tried to book a flight to Bangkok Thailand, but unfortunately due to some reasons we were not able to.. But I told myself I must go there someday no matter what.. :), so after six years , here we go!
I availed our tour package thru Airyougotravels, I usually arrange my overseas travel itineraries on my own but this time I thought it would be helpful and less hassle to avail it via travel agencies.
The package cost (3d2n) was about 36thousand pesos for 3 pax (me, mom, bro) including additional payment for using my credit card. It includes roundtrip airfare, airport transfers, half day city tour and 2 nights hotel accommodation. But since we will be arriving at Suvarnabhumi Airport at past midnight and the pick up service will commence 8am (9am our local time), I don't think we could endure the long hours of waiting, so we decided to book a late check-in accommodation on the same hotel and wont wait for the pick up, instead we will take a taxi... At least, we could rest and make use of our time in the morning.
The name of our hotel was Y&K Botique hotel, it's an average type of hotel, it was just fine but its hard to locate...Prior to our arrival I searched for a map but still the taxi driver was having a hard time looking for it.
Anyway, when you get to the hotel, they are issuing a card indicating the address in English and Thai, also the detailed direction how to get there. (Other drivers couldn't read the English alphabet).
So here's our itinerary: Since we've got only a half day tour from the agency, I had a lot of reading about Bangkok.. I made my own itinerary for the rest of the days, good thing I had kept this thing... (I got it at some kind of an exhibit in glorietta long time ago).
Day 1.
Free Breakfast at the hotel. We are served with bread and butter + jam + juice + egg + hotdog + chicken ham + salad. (Same menu for 3 days! Haha.. but I'm loving it).
We headed to the Grand Palace and Wat Pho by taking a train from the neareast train station (airport link) in our place and transferred at BTS (sky train) interchanged.
Alighted at Saphan Taksin Station and took a boat cruising at Chao Phraya River.
We alighted at Tha Chang Station. At the other side is the Wat Arun but I don't think we would take another boat ride.
We explored the Wat Pho and also the part of the Grand Palace.
Wat Pho
Part of the Grand Palace
We we're so drop dead tired when we reached the Grand Palace. I knew that the Grand Palace is just nearby the Wat Pho, but we walked a long way before we reached the entrance of the high fenced Grand Palace... we even took the wrong side, we should have taken a Tuktuk Taxi... Most of the locals could hardly speak and understand english, that's why asking is a bit tough too.
It was high noon when we ended strolling at these areas. We rode a tuktuk taxi going to Pahurat.
Pahurat area is the spot at BKK where you can purchase the cheapest wholesale/retail fabrics. We actually spend most of our time shopping (just my mom and my bro, me?? Konti lang, jobless ako eh ahaha). My mom bought a lot of fabrics where she's going to resell it back home. After her retirement as government employee, she found her happiness in her mini shop for assorted garments/fabrics... That was actually part of the main plan why we chose Bangkok, find a place where she can find her addiction.. So according to my research, it's the Pahurat Area.. Had our lunch at ChinaWorld.
Elephant show and the floating market could have been options for regular tourist but not to our case. We spent our 3 days in BKK 1/3 site seeing (pasyal lang) and 2/3 shopping!! I can remember how my mom complains while we walked under the scorching heat of the sun going to the Grand Palace but when we reached the Pahurat area and saw the fabrics, she regained her energy! Haha.. well, if it makes her happy... then be it... Seeing your mother happy is already a way to fulfillment... Picture below describes how my bro and I lost our energies while she regained hers.
We're sitting while she looks around.
We went back to our hotel so our legs could get some rest.
At night, we went to MBK Mall, it's the shopping mall where you can buy gadgets and other items. My mom bought 2 cellphone units there as pasalubong for my other siblings.. We also purchased a trolley bag for the items she shopped. Dinner at MBK 5th floor. Good thing there are lots of Halal foods in BKK.
Day 2
8am, we had our breakfast in the hotel while we waited for our travel agency to fetch us for our half day city tour.
The half day tour package
Last stop for our half day tour was on a Gems Gallery... and I got this ring (not really a fan of jewelry, just for remembrance sake, all my accessories/ jewelries sponsored by my mom, but this one, I paid for it.. I mean, she paid for it that time but I have to repay her.. nyahaha, sabi ko kase, I wont buy, she insisted). arte!
End of our half day city tour... meet our tour guide ! ( forgot her name).
Had our lunch at Platinum Mall and walked around the Pratunam area, another BKK's shopping center. This place is just walking distance from our hotel..
I was always wanting to have a picture at the Guadalupe EDSA's overpass but I couldn't (nahihiya ako.haha)...but I made it here in BKK.. who cares?? They wont even remember me. Haha
Day 3
No more tourist spot for today.... all day shopping! Haha (again, sila lang, alam mo na, wala ngayong work ang lola mo, tipid tipid... haha).
Early in the morning, but not too early to spend much time on the street market of Bobae ... Most of the stalls are already closing.. if you want to catch them, better get there 4am to 7am... But we still managed to buy stuffs there anyway... Later that morning, we went inside the Bobae Tower, myriad of wholesale items too will tease your eyes... clothings for all ages.. etc..etc..etc... but not for fabrics ... Yes, my mom hadn't enough of fabrics yet so went back to Pahurat. Had lunch at Chinaworld again... and there Mom goes on with her shopping galore.
Me. When I was so tired at the fabric shop.. (anong pose yan?? Haha spare me that one)... and mom... choosing what to buy.
We also went to the Old Siam.
We returned to the hotel past our check out time, around 3pm, so we paid 515 baht for the extension.. we need also to get a quick rest too.. and a selfie too? nyahaha
After a while my brother and I went back to Pratunam up to Platinum Mall. My brother hadn't enough of shopping yet too. We also bought some souvenirs and another trolley bag for our additional baggage.
At 7:30pm, we checked out at the hotel. Our airport transfer service is already waiting for us.
At the airport, we had a lot of time to take pictures since our flight was 3 hours delayed... (tingin ko majority ng Cebu Pacific Flights ko eh laging delayed, normal na ata sa kanila yun.)
That's it for our Bangkok itinerary.
When you're in Bangkok, it seems that you're around Metro Manila too.. If you could endure the traffic jam in our country then surely you could handle theirs too.. (mas grabe naman yung sa'ten). But I could say that their train system is way much better than ours as well as the Suvarnabhumi Airport, much organized too, aesthetically advanced as well.
The river doesn't look that clean, the view is more like the Philippines.. like you are boating at the Pasig River or the Rio Grande River-- never tried doing that anyway, feeling ko lang ganon ang scenery hehe, mas urbanized lang siguro).. it also scared me a bit, the boat picked up passengers as if there's no limit...
We alighted at Tha Chang Station. At the other side is the Wat Arun but I don't think we would take another boat ride.
We explored the Wat Pho and also the part of the Grand Palace.
Wat Pho
Part of the Grand Palace
We we're so drop dead tired when we reached the Grand Palace. I knew that the Grand Palace is just nearby the Wat Pho, but we walked a long way before we reached the entrance of the high fenced Grand Palace... we even took the wrong side, we should have taken a Tuktuk Taxi... Most of the locals could hardly speak and understand english, that's why asking is a bit tough too.
Pahurat area is the spot at BKK where you can purchase the cheapest wholesale/retail fabrics. We actually spend most of our time shopping (just my mom and my bro, me?? Konti lang, jobless ako eh ahaha). My mom bought a lot of fabrics where she's going to resell it back home. After her retirement as government employee, she found her happiness in her mini shop for assorted garments/fabrics... That was actually part of the main plan why we chose Bangkok, find a place where she can find her addiction.. So according to my research, it's the Pahurat Area.. Had our lunch at ChinaWorld.
Elephant show and the floating market could have been options for regular tourist but not to our case. We spent our 3 days in BKK 1/3 site seeing (pasyal lang) and 2/3 shopping!! I can remember how my mom complains while we walked under the scorching heat of the sun going to the Grand Palace but when we reached the Pahurat area and saw the fabrics, she regained her energy! Haha.. well, if it makes her happy... then be it... Seeing your mother happy is already a way to fulfillment... Picture below describes how my bro and I lost our energies while she regained hers.
We're sitting while she looks around.
We went back to our hotel so our legs could get some rest.
At night, we went to MBK Mall, it's the shopping mall where you can buy gadgets and other items. My mom bought 2 cellphone units there as pasalubong for my other siblings.. We also purchased a trolley bag for the items she shopped. Dinner at MBK 5th floor. Good thing there are lots of Halal foods in BKK.
Day 2
8am, we had our breakfast in the hotel while we waited for our travel agency to fetch us for our half day city tour.
The half day tour package
Last stop for our half day tour was on a Gems Gallery... and I got this ring (not really a fan of jewelry, just for remembrance sake, all my accessories/ jewelries sponsored by my mom, but this one, I paid for it.. I mean, she paid for it that time but I have to repay her.. nyahaha, sabi ko kase, I wont buy, she insisted). arte!
End of our half day city tour... meet our tour guide ! ( forgot her name).
Had our lunch at Platinum Mall and walked around the Pratunam area, another BKK's shopping center. This place is just walking distance from our hotel..
I was always wanting to have a picture at the Guadalupe EDSA's overpass but I couldn't (nahihiya ako.haha)...but I made it here in BKK.. who cares?? They wont even remember me. Haha
Day 3
No more tourist spot for today.... all day shopping! Haha (again, sila lang, alam mo na, wala ngayong work ang lola mo, tipid tipid... haha).
Early in the morning, but not too early to spend much time on the street market of Bobae ... Most of the stalls are already closing.. if you want to catch them, better get there 4am to 7am... But we still managed to buy stuffs there anyway... Later that morning, we went inside the Bobae Tower, myriad of wholesale items too will tease your eyes... clothings for all ages.. etc..etc..etc... but not for fabrics ... Yes, my mom hadn't enough of fabrics yet so went back to Pahurat. Had lunch at Chinaworld again... and there Mom goes on with her shopping galore.
Me. When I was so tired at the fabric shop.. (anong pose yan?? Haha spare me that one)... and mom... choosing what to buy.
We also went to the Old Siam.
We returned to the hotel past our check out time, around 3pm, so we paid 515 baht for the extension.. we need also to get a quick rest too.. and a selfie too? nyahaha
After a while my brother and I went back to Pratunam up to Platinum Mall. My brother hadn't enough of shopping yet too. We also bought some souvenirs and another trolley bag for our additional baggage.
At 7:30pm, we checked out at the hotel. Our airport transfer service is already waiting for us.
At the airport, we had a lot of time to take pictures since our flight was 3 hours delayed... (tingin ko majority ng Cebu Pacific Flights ko eh laging delayed, normal na ata sa kanila yun.)
That's it for our Bangkok itinerary.
When you're in Bangkok, it seems that you're around Metro Manila too.. If you could endure the traffic jam in our country then surely you could handle theirs too.. (mas grabe naman yung sa'ten). But I could say that their train system is way much better than ours as well as the Suvarnabhumi Airport, much organized too, aesthetically advanced as well.
Though the locals couldn't speak English appropriately, some couldn't comprehend at all, but most of them are obviously hospitable.
If you are to go at BKK, change your Philippine Peso to Baht here in the Philippines because it will cost you almost double when you get there. We bought Baht at NAIA for about 1 baht = 1.55 Pesos, I thought that's already expensive, so we decided to change part of our pocket money at BKK only to get dismayed!! 1 baht = 1.85 to 1.92 pesos! So, my credit card came to the rescue for those shops & food courts that accept major credit or else my heart would end up broke too! haha (kase mura nga bilihin dun, ang taas naman ng bentahan ng baht, quits lang!)
You can buy souvenirs and pasalubong at every corner of Bangkok as they are known for cheap items but not in the airport!, I was thinking of buying souvenirs before our departure using our remaining bahts but we couldn't find shops selling inexpensive souvenirs. So make sure that before you go to the airport, you are done with your shopping.
That's all!
