Bangkok Trip Day 2
Another eventful day in Bangkok
- JJJS woke up at like 7 am, headed down for breakfast
- We took the train up to Chatuchak Weekend Market. If you've never been, this market is huge and has all sorts of stuff from clothes, pets to household stuff. If you're worried about how would you ever bring all the stuff back - never fear, located within the market are a few courier services like TNT and DHL who will help you to pack your bulky stuff and ship it off for - sorry don't know what their rates are but it's a pretty handy thing to know.
- We split into 2 groups (Judy/Jean and Julie/San)and went our separate shopping ways. The main reason for the split is that Julie and I tend to shop and a way faster pace then the other two and we actually managed to cover 3 sections of the market (I think there's like 6 - 8 sections). I managed to get for myself a nice casual handbag (THB180 = S$7.20), a cute doggie mug (THB80 = S$3.20), a piggie pillow (THB160 = S$6.40) and some gifts for people. I got Terena a couple of shell necklaces cos her birthday's coming up (THB199 = S$8), got Bea a teak wood statue of a dolphin (THB80 = S$3.20), and Julie and I split some gifts for colleagues who didn't come on the trip.
- We only stayed there for about 2 hours and then headed back to the hotel to drop off our shopping
- After a short rest we headed over to Chinatown, which also happens to be the place where you can get a lot of stuff at wholesale prices
- JJJ bought some pork floss stuff while we were there (apparently it's really nice and cheap) while I bought some stationary stuff for my sis. She wanted some small stuff to put into kiddie goodie bags that she gives out during Hari Raya
- We were only in Chinatown for about 2 hrs, and once we were done we headed back to the hotel
- As we hadn't had lunch, we decided to have a late lunch, early dinner at the hotel so we ordered some room service which was pretty reasonably priced. I ordered a chicken fried rice for THB300 (S$12)
- After having our "lunner" (combo lunch and dinner), we took a short rest and then headed out again, this time to MBK again.
- Once we got to MBK we split again and wandered around doing some shopping. This time round I got myself a pair of shoes (THB199 = S$8), a tote bag (THB199 = S$8)and some food stuff for my mom
- Julie and I were pretty much done with shopping so we decided to take a break at the Starbucks while waiting for Judy and Jean
- Once we were all done we headed on back to the hotel and started to pack so that we didn't have to rush the next day
END OF DAY 2
