We started our day at about 8am. We got on the no.53 public bus to the market. We kept looking at the conductor to inform us when we were to get down at Chatuchak Market...It was really cheap compared to getting there by a taxi.
Arriving at the Chatuchak Market, our first stop was a local restaurant. We were so hungry...we ordered a Thai sausage and a shrimp salad with rice noodles...those were good. The salad was so appetizing :P
locals would normally ordered few dishes and take them with either rice noodle or sticky rice
We started to shop around 9.30am...starting from section 8. Lots of local designers items sold here. I bought 20keychains, 1 t-shirt, 1 mirror, 1 watch and 1 packet of dried jackfruit. Shopping in Chatuchak was so satisfying...we got to bargain and got all our things at a very reasonable price :D
one of the many street
We stopped for lunch in a stall frequent by locals...Section26, Address 316, Soi 1. The stall was very crowded. We were lucky to be seated on a sewing machine turned table, a 4" x 1.5"...all seated on the same side as we were at the walkway. Anyway we have an excellent meal there...the best we have got in Bangkok. We ordered a Thai sausage, Thai style fried chicken, mango papaya salad and Vietnamese noodle soup with 2 plates of rice noodles.
best meal in Bangkok...on a 4"x1.5" sewing machine top
really crowded...we discovered that Thais can really eat a lotWe continued to shop till close to 3pm...really tired and hot. Decided to stop for a coffee break in a local cafe. Sadly there was no table available in the a/c section. So we dropped the idea, quickly head to the dried food corner to get more things, then head for our coffee break.
We took a taxi to the Yaowarat Road or the local Chinatown. Our first thought in Chinatown...wah wah wah...they seemed to be more Chinese than us...look at those sign along the road....reminded me of Hong Kong. We walked along the road in search of cafe and fast food outlet but could not find any. So we just dropped by a 7-eleven and purchase a cold drink and enjoyed a little while of a/c.
the traffic in Chinatown...really congested
We walked around Chinatown and visited a local Chinese temple which I could not recall its' name and have not taken any photographs there. I remembered the temple were similar to ours in many ways...the deities worshipped, the offerings and etc. The noteable different was the architecture. Most of the chinese temples I have seen and visited have a main 2 panel wooden door, each with a 门神 but here there was no wooden door. Normally there were many pillars in chinese temple but there wasn't many here. The main altar seem to be very spacious and no pillars in between.
We have another stopped at a local chinese restaurant for a bowl of birds' nest each...very cheap...RM10 per bowl. We walked along few streets and allys in search of my coins collection but gave up after an hour. We left Chinatown at about 6.30pm.
We went back to our hotel...arriving at hotel, it just came to my mind that we might be able to catch the sun set by the river bank. So we walked to the bank...we were in time, however the view wasn't as good as we imagined it to be. It would be superb if we were near to the famous Wat Arun or the sun set temple. Anyway this was another sunset watching experience for me.
King Rama IV bridge
SS... overlooking the bridge...
sunset from Phra Artit Pier
Sunset along Chao Phraya River
Went back to our room to refreshen ourselves. Then visited Khao San Road for dinner. We finally ended up taking McDonald...our first fast food meal there. We all agreed that the Samurai Pork burger tasted the best and regreted sizing up our fries and drinks...it was too much for us :S...greedy us!
Back in our room at about 10 pm after walking around Khao San road and Rambuttri Road. This was a less tiring day...no time to beat and no bus to catch...it was all about shopping.
a petrol station turned into restaurant near Khao Shan road
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