Bangkok + Kanchanaburi 12/12 - 16/12
After the Myanmar CIP expedition, Ken and I went to Thailand for a short break.
So it's mainly about chilling, relaxing and TRAVELING in this trip.
The flight between Yangon and Bangkok was only an hour; during the flight I was suspecting that the gorgeous flight attendant was the model for the Air Asia T-shirt on the pamphlet.
(Sorry no photos because I accidentally deleted ALL of them in my next trip. Arggh...)
Ken was his usual self when he claimed that he knew Bangkok VERY well. Well it turned out that Ken wasn't bragging after all.
So it's mainly about chilling, relaxing and TRAVELING in this trip.
The flight between Yangon and Bangkok was only an hour; during the flight I was suspecting that the gorgeous flight attendant was the model for the Air Asia T-shirt on the pamphlet.
(Sorry no photos because I accidentally deleted ALL of them in my next trip. Arggh...)
Ken was his usual self when he claimed that he knew Bangkok VERY well. Well it turned out that Ken wasn't bragging after all.
I managed to meet Cecilia which was staying in the same hotel as me. Our room for the first night was really sucky. The TV was tiny; the paint were dirty; washroom was pathetic and the sofa even broke. Both of us kinda regretted that we chose to stay there.
Since that was my 3rd trip to Bangkok in a year, I was running of places to go. (Not exactly... actually I haven't been to many places such as Royal Palace, Wat Po, etc) Hence I suggested that we headed out to Kanchanaburi which Ken reluctantly agreed to.
It was an adventure getting to Kanchanaburi itself. First we needed to take a cab from our hotel to Southern Bus Terminal. It turned out that the bus terminal had shifted but luckily there were still buses to Kanchanaburi from there. Then the bus would meander through every small town along the way to pick up and drop off passengers. However I will not complain because the bus ride cost me only 88 baht. (4 sgd)
After 3 hours, we finally rolled into Kanchanaburi bus station. To get to our guesthouse, we took a 10min trishaw ride. The room cost us 300 baht and has air-con and hot showers. It was more value-for-money than the 1,000 baht room in Bangkok.
We managed to visit the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre, an excellent museum detailing the history of the Death Railway. Then we took a walk around the War Cemetery opposite the museum. Dinner was the roadside stalls in the pasar malam beside the train station; after a round of street food we ended up chilling at a pub until sleeping time.
The next day saw us wake up early to see the Bridge over River Kwai. We could actually walk on the bridge when no train was passing through. We would take train to Nam Tok, the terminus of the line two hours away. Along the way there was pretty nice scenery and at the end of the railroad there was an underwhelming waterfall Sai Yok Noi.
The bus trip back to Kanchanaburi was only one hour and we hopped onto the next bus back to Bangkok at the bus station. While waiting for the passengers, I realized that there was a bank book in the seat pocket in front of me. So after much gesturing, I managed to pass the bank book to the person at the counter. So much for learning basic Thai for the past 3 months.. LOL.
Dinner at Bangkok was at Chinatown. Ken initially brought me to a restaurant which didn't live up to his claims. However he finally vindicated himself by locating his favorite restaurant and celebrated by eating 5 giant grilled prawns all by himself. A walk through Khao San Rd was followed by an early night back at the Residence. The room was thankfully better than our last one.
Chatuchak was the first thing on our agenda on our last day at Bangkok. It was the largest outdoor market in Southeast Asia and there were thousands of stalls. The heat was too much for us though and we spent the day malling and even managed to catch Will Smith's I Am Legend. In the evening Ken went out to meet his friends for clubbing and returned disappointed as there was a ban on alcohol sales due to the polls the following day.
Our flight was at 7am so we had to leave our hotel at about 4.45am. The taxi driver thought that we were going to the old Don Mueang Airport but luckily I corrected him in time. The flight back was uneventful and I got to rest a few days before my next trip.
It was an adventure getting to Kanchanaburi itself. First we needed to take a cab from our hotel to Southern Bus Terminal. It turned out that the bus terminal had shifted but luckily there were still buses to Kanchanaburi from there. Then the bus would meander through every small town along the way to pick up and drop off passengers. However I will not complain because the bus ride cost me only 88 baht. (4 sgd)
After 3 hours, we finally rolled into Kanchanaburi bus station. To get to our guesthouse, we took a 10min trishaw ride. The room cost us 300 baht and has air-con and hot showers. It was more value-for-money than the 1,000 baht room in Bangkok.
We managed to visit the Thailand-Burma Railway Centre, an excellent museum detailing the history of the Death Railway. Then we took a walk around the War Cemetery opposite the museum. Dinner was the roadside stalls in the pasar malam beside the train station; after a round of street food we ended up chilling at a pub until sleeping time.
The next day saw us wake up early to see the Bridge over River Kwai. We could actually walk on the bridge when no train was passing through. We would take train to Nam Tok, the terminus of the line two hours away. Along the way there was pretty nice scenery and at the end of the railroad there was an underwhelming waterfall Sai Yok Noi.
The bus trip back to Kanchanaburi was only one hour and we hopped onto the next bus back to Bangkok at the bus station. While waiting for the passengers, I realized that there was a bank book in the seat pocket in front of me. So after much gesturing, I managed to pass the bank book to the person at the counter. So much for learning basic Thai for the past 3 months.. LOL.
Dinner at Bangkok was at Chinatown. Ken initially brought me to a restaurant which didn't live up to his claims. However he finally vindicated himself by locating his favorite restaurant and celebrated by eating 5 giant grilled prawns all by himself. A walk through Khao San Rd was followed by an early night back at the Residence. The room was thankfully better than our last one.
Chatuchak was the first thing on our agenda on our last day at Bangkok. It was the largest outdoor market in Southeast Asia and there were thousands of stalls. The heat was too much for us though and we spent the day malling and even managed to catch Will Smith's I Am Legend. In the evening Ken went out to meet his friends for clubbing and returned disappointed as there was a ban on alcohol sales due to the polls the following day.
Our flight was at 7am so we had to leave our hotel at about 4.45am. The taxi driver thought that we were going to the old Don Mueang Airport but luckily I corrected him in time. The flight back was uneventful and I got to rest a few days before my next trip.
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