I'M BACK! With loads of clothes and some random stuff, and with not many photographs. Yup, I was too lazy to even take out my camera to snap any photos. I was too busy shopping, all the walks under the scotching sun made us so tired. But it's okay, we went for massage thrice.
The first foot massage was on Day 1 night at Suan Lum, a night market that tries their best to earn tourists' money. So our first foot massage there was most expensive, 150baht for 30 minutes. On Day 3 night, we decided to drop by 99 Massage, situated right opposite our hotel for traditional thai massage. Boy, it was so relaxing (A lil painful too)! And it was only 169 baht for an hour. Freaking cheap and worth it. And the people are so nice and polite. So we decided to visit them again on Day 4, ZY and I did foot massage, Regina did head and shoulders massage. Even so, they will still massage our head and shoulders after that. Great service!
As for great buys, Regina and I were pretty disappointed the first day at Platinum Mall. We pinned way too much hopes on the place to find dirt cheap beautiful clothes. It appeared too us that the clothes were not exactly dirt cheap, like 200 - 300 baht per piece, which I probably can order online at TW websites for about the same price. We thought we could find like 100 baht stuff there. So we didn't spend much there. I only bought 2 dresses at 200B each, still pretty cheap as compared to Singapore. The so-called Pratunum Market also appeared nothing much to us at the point of time. But we were so wrong! The second day morning when we were searching for Baiyoke Sky Hotel, we found lots of cheap buys along the streets. The market opened in the morning and that's where you can find 100-200 baht items! You can even find clothes less than 100 baht! Ahh..we almost went crazy. However, I think I'm not too much of a shopping queen as compared to Regina. She bought hell lots of stuff. Hahaha. We also found good buys along the streets in evening time. Other places include Union Mall. Chatukchak is a really warm and huge place. Have things to buy, but found many other random stuff too. Maybe we were impatient to comb the whole place, not many good buys for me.
FOOD next! I will definitely recommend Som Boon Seafood Restaurant to everyone going there. It's so cheap and the food there are so fabulous! We didn't hit many other restaurants. We just wanted to try all kinds of street food, they said is lok lok. May not be hygienic, but sure they are tasty. Oh yes, can't forget how wonderful is Nam Xing's bird nest and shark fins! SO worth it! Whereas, Baiyoke Sky buffet breakfast as recommended by others, was expensive with so-so food only. Our must-eat stuff in Bangkok were fulfilled - Tom Yum Goong, Padthai, glass noodles. Except for Som Boon's Fried Curry Crab! We were too full to eat that, what a waste!
Lastly, most of the people there are really really nice, no wonder it's called land of smiles :)))
I will definitely go back again! Probably 1 and half to 2 years later when I need working clothes to start teaching.
Will try to upload the photos ASAP!!!
