Sunday, March 4, 2012

Floating Market/ Bangkok Thailand




Day VI: Floating Market/ Bangkok Thailand

-Pick up by our Travel Agency for our Half Day Floating Market Tour.
-Floating Market (Damnoen Saduak) at Ratchaburi Province (2 Hours Away from Bangkok). 

Duration: Half Day/ No Meals Included
-Just listen to your guides’ instructions and don’t remove the color coded stickers given to you.
Here are the pictures:




 












As I said, our Bangkok Tour was a Jampacked Tour

Back to Bangkok by 12 PM, we continued our Temple Tour
     -Wat Praek /Grand Palace (Be aware and beware of touts and some locals offering tours ,be your guide etc. They might overcharge you. Just politely decline)
     -For both sexes,wear appropriate clothing,above knee shorts etc are not allowed to enter.You have to fall in line just to rent a Sarong and it consumes time.Just a tip,Less hassle,Wear pants.
     -Due to miscommunication,we parted ways,Two of my friends went inside and paid 400THB (that's expensive!).Since we don't know where were they that time,Me and my other friend decided not to enter and just waited for them and had non-stop photo-op session at the entrance and look for a place for our lunch outside the palace grounds.













-Wat Arun aka Temple of Dawn ( we crossed along Station Tien Pier, just ask what boat to ride (Fare:3THB)
      -Tien Pier is just a 10min walk from Grand Palace/Wat Praek Area
      -For Female:Mind the Dress Code at Wat Arun. Again,sleeveless,shorts and anything above knee are not allowed to enter. You have to rent a sarong. Less hassle, Wear appropriate clothing!
      -Wat Arun (Entrance Fee: 50THB)

-Wat Traimit- where you can find the Big Buddha(from Tien Pier, we took the Chao Praya Express and alighted at Station #4. Sad to say it’s already closed.We just did photo session outside and went to our next destination)








 
 









-Chatuchak Market (from Wat Traimit we walked going to their MRT (Hua  Lamphong station and alighted at  Kamphaeng Phet Station)
                - It is like Divisoria in the Philippines, for those shopaholics and wanting souvenir apparels etc.This is your place the other one is Pratanam Market.




By 8pm,left Chatuchak and took a cab to Khao San Rd. Booked ourselves an airport transfer from our “Suki” Travel Agency and by 915pm, We were picked up and Bye Khao San Rd.

Suvarnabhumi Airport (45 to 1 Hour from Bangkok Downtown/Mind the Bangkok Traffic)
                -Other mode of transportation to Suvarnabhumi Airport (Airport Transfer/Cab/Train)
                -Long queues during Checking in and 5X long at the Immigration ( Whew! Yeah! One of the Busiest Airports)
                -Very modern airport. I envy them compared to our Airport and we didn’t pay anything (Terminal Fee/ Travel Tax and other fees)



Dont you Dare Violate!


By 1AM, Bid goodbye to Thailand/ 3 Hours Flight/ Thailand is one hour behind the Philippines

That was our Amazing Race Trip/ 6 Days/ 3 Countries/ Sleepless Nights. What an Adventure! Til my next  trip.

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If you have questions, feel free to comment below.Maybe I forgot some of the details and this post belongs to my backlogs (Tamad lang magsulat!)

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