SHORT VACAY: BANGKOK 4D3N [Part I]
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Recently my friend and I went to Bangkok, Thailand for a short vacation. We bought the flight ticket earlier when AirAsia launched their promo last year. I have never visited any part of this country, so it excites me. Since we prefer to travel on a budget, we chose to stay at the hostel, a backpacker's style. So, here is our simple itinerary for your future reference, hopefully, it will help.
Day 1: 03 Mac 2018 ( Hello Bangkok )
We departed from Kuala Lumpur International Airport approximately at 1.20 pm and arrived at Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok around 2.30 pm. The local time in Bangkok is an hour late of Kuala Lumpur. After successfully passing through the immigration clearance we booked Grab and went to Chatuchak Weekend Market. There are many alternative transportations from the airport to the city if you want to hurry I recommended to book Grab, choose a taxi meter or rent a car from the airport. The cheaper transportation to the city is using a bus, from the airport get the bus number A1 which heads to Mo Chit BTS. From there, you can choose to go to any BTS stations.
At the Chatuchak Weekend Market, there are more than a thousand stalls selling varieties of goods ranging from foods, clothes, cosmetics, souvenirs, craft, and the lists go on. The market opens only on Saturday and Sunday from 6.00 a.m until 6.00 p.m. This place is heaven for the shopaholic, trust me the price here is way lower. Even I can't remember how much baht have I spent, totally worth it. We only spent three hours shopping before we went to Sathorn to check-in at the Glur Hostel and Coffee bar. I chose this hostel because the location is strategic and it's inexpensive. For three days stay I only paid RM75.52. Tips to find a good hostel download the Hostelworld app, there you can select your preferred hostel with guidance from the reviews.
In the late evening, we went to the Hertz rental car by foot, the company distance from our stay probably was less than 3 Km. We were renting a car for our trip the next morning to Pattaya. After walking with more than 10,000 steps, sweating and lost we managed to arrive at the rental car building thanks to the staff.
Here is the list of documents needed to rent a car in Thailand:
1. Passport
2. International driving permit/ driving license
3. Credit card for deposit
* Remember to leave only the copy of the above documents, not the physical one.
** Actually, we forgot our international driving permit back at the hostel, luckily they also accept Malaysian driving license 😁
The last destination was to the Roi Fai Train Market in Srinakarin. We drove to the market. It was an annoying experience because we were stuck in the traffic jam almost an hour before successfully entering the market. Worst we can’t find the perfect spot to take a beautiful night picture from above of the market (actually we gave up quickly to search, due to the tiredness bah!!) Similar to the Chatuchak Weekend Market; the Roi Fai Train Market also sells goods. It is open on Thursday until Sunday and operates around 5.00 pm until 1.00 am. Favorite activities to do there are to chill in the bar, enjoying the music, buy antique souvenirs and of course trying all the foods.
Day 2: 04 Mac 2018 (Exploring Pattaya)
One of the highlights of that day was visiting the Ripley's Believe it or not, it is known as a museum that contains some of the validated and weird things. There were many parts of the museum, but we only purchased tickets for the education tour on the museum, well, there was no staff following us explaining everything, there were just us and some tourist act like in an ordinary museum. The cost was 1250 baht, it was quite costly than any other ticket entrance we went, but overall it was a pleasant and informative experience. After that, we went to The Sanctuary of Truth, but unfortunately, it was closed during our visit at almost 6.00 pm. The operation hours of this place is from 8.00 a.m. until 6.00 p.m. I will definitely going to visit this place in other time. Exhausted, we drove back to Bangkok City directly to our hostel. Thankfully that day the traffic was not crazy, and our journey was smooth. We had our Dinner at Bangrak Bazaar which is in front of our hostel; there were stall selling foods, drinks and also goods like clothes, electronic devices and etc. Stay tuned for the third and last day diary in Bangkok on part two.
At the Chatuchak Weekend Market, there are more than a thousand stalls selling varieties of goods ranging from foods, clothes, cosmetics, souvenirs, craft, and the lists go on. The market opens only on Saturday and Sunday from 6.00 a.m until 6.00 p.m. This place is heaven for the shopaholic, trust me the price here is way lower. Even I can't remember how much baht have I spent, totally worth it. We only spent three hours shopping before we went to Sathorn to check-in at the Glur Hostel and Coffee bar. I chose this hostel because the location is strategic and it's inexpensive. For three days stay I only paid RM75.52. Tips to find a good hostel download the Hostelworld app, there you can select your preferred hostel with guidance from the reviews.
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| Chatuchak Weekend Market |
In the late evening, we went to the Hertz rental car by foot, the company distance from our stay probably was less than 3 Km. We were renting a car for our trip the next morning to Pattaya. After walking with more than 10,000 steps, sweating and lost we managed to arrive at the rental car building thanks to the staff.
Here is the list of documents needed to rent a car in Thailand:
1. Passport
2. International driving permit/ driving license
3. Credit card for deposit
* Remember to leave only the copy of the above documents, not the physical one.
** Actually, we forgot our international driving permit back at the hostel, luckily they also accept Malaysian driving license 😁
The last destination was to the Roi Fai Train Market in Srinakarin. We drove to the market. It was an annoying experience because we were stuck in the traffic jam almost an hour before successfully entering the market. Worst we can’t find the perfect spot to take a beautiful night picture from above of the market (actually we gave up quickly to search, due to the tiredness bah!!) Similar to the Chatuchak Weekend Market; the Roi Fai Train Market also sells goods. It is open on Thursday until Sunday and operates around 5.00 pm until 1.00 am. Favorite activities to do there are to chill in the bar, enjoying the music, buy antique souvenirs and of course trying all the foods.
Day 2: 04 Mac 2018 (Exploring Pattaya)
We started our journey early at 6.00 a.m. to Pattaya and went to Nong Nooch Tropical Botanical Garden (NNTBG). The distance between NNTBG from Bangkok city is around 169.1 Km which took us almost two hours to get there. We arrived at the beautiful garden around 8.++ a.m and bought the entrance ticket which costs us 500 baht. The place was huge with lush greenery, flowers, animal sculptures and also traditional buildings/structures. One thing that amazed me throughout this experience was visiting the Dinosaurs Valley, the size of the replica was huge, and the details are on point. The developer of this place must be creative and ambitious, salute you, sir!!
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| Trust me, you won't get disappointed |
Our next destination was the Pattaya Dolphin World, which was only 12.5 Km from NNTBG. We managed to enter the show arena before the entertainment started. Since I never seen real-life dolphin before, that day, I was so excited. Overall it was a fun and relaxing experiences seeing those cute Dolphins doing their act. P/s you need to pay 100 baht to take photos with the Dolly after the show. Afterward, we went to the Pattaya Floating Market where there were multi-colored shops with traditional Thai crafts and products sold from the waterfront shops and boats. We did not cruise along the river because surveying the markets on foot was doable. We had our lunch, and I did pose for photos while wearing Thai's traditional clothes rented from Thai studio N23, the whole fee was only 320 baht. Haha. Satisfied with all the things we saw and tried in the markets, we went to Jomtien Beach which located almost 10 km from our previous location. We saw lots of people doing their things on the blue beach such as sun-bathing, picnic and enjoying each other companions. That day was so hot, we did not spend much of our time there. Tip: Don't forget to apply sun-protector cream.
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| Impressive Pattaya |
One of the highlights of that day was visiting the Ripley's Believe it or not, it is known as a museum that contains some of the validated and weird things. There were many parts of the museum, but we only purchased tickets for the education tour on the museum, well, there was no staff following us explaining everything, there were just us and some tourist act like in an ordinary museum. The cost was 1250 baht, it was quite costly than any other ticket entrance we went, but overall it was a pleasant and informative experience. After that, we went to The Sanctuary of Truth, but unfortunately, it was closed during our visit at almost 6.00 pm. The operation hours of this place is from 8.00 a.m. until 6.00 p.m. I will definitely going to visit this place in other time. Exhausted, we drove back to Bangkok City directly to our hostel. Thankfully that day the traffic was not crazy, and our journey was smooth. We had our Dinner at Bangrak Bazaar which is in front of our hostel; there were stall selling foods, drinks and also goods like clothes, electronic devices and etc. Stay tuned for the third and last day diary in Bangkok on part two.
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