It tastes alright on first try, but I got sooo sick of the taste as everywhere in Thailand is selling the same kind of noodle soup. Probably there's some special thai sauce in it that makes the taste so distinct. Kh LOVES it, but just a whiff of the aroma can make me go dizzy.
On the way out to the main road in search for a cab to go to the Grand Palace, we met Mr-Tuktuk again. Our tuktuk driver from yesterday! Now he's got another special bargain. 20B again to take us to the Grand Palace (O.P 100B) in condition that we stop at 2 places to "look see look see no buy". (He gets a commission for bringing us there.) First stop, an indian textile store. Nice store, good fabrics but no thanks. Second stop, a travel agency. We had told him that we would go to DreamWorld the next day, and he brought us to the travel agency so we could buy the tickets at a cheaper rate! Woah, God is indeed guiding us! I wouldn't know about this even after all my research. Managed to buy the tickets at a cheaper rate (plus includes buffet lunch!). Unfortunately, in my haste to change more money, I dropped my sunglasses on the way to the money changer and it was never found. =(
Next stop: The Grand Palace!
On the way there, I saw a guy delivering gas on a motorbike! Interesting heh.
The Grand Palace! I was trying to find the spot which was one of the pitstops for the Amazing Race!
Hmm the king doesn't live here anymore eversince his brother got assasinated. We know this because we eavesdropped on a tourguide. Hehe. We were too cheapskate to hire our own guide lah. Anyways, I think this place is more of a history thing than a tourisy thing. There aren't many rooms we can enter. Those we can enter have only a throne in there. Like, hello, why does the king need so many thrones to sit on?
As I've learnt during my visit there, the whole place shines not because it's made of gold or diamond, but because they use a lot of mirror fragments to line the roofs and pillars. Most of the gold isn't real anyway. They use a gold leafing technique to make things look like gold. =)
Next, we headed to Chinatown via the Chao Phraya River Express. It's like a bus boat. Only 13B on the orange line from Tha Chang pier to Tha Ratchawong pier.
All the boats are really full!
Walked some distance to Chinatown. I was pretty impressed with our sense of direction. Lol.
Oh the tim sum is not bad. Only 20B for one plate. Can't complain lah.
After which, we tried to catch a cab to Patong Night Market. For some reason, all the cabs refused to take us. Not with the meter on anyway. If anyone doesn't know yet, DO NOT take cabs which do not use the meter. Most of them are out to scam. Even if you don't mind getting scammed yourself, remember that your actions will only encourage more cabbies to do such things (which are obviously illegal).
So Kh and I were like, what the heck. Nobody wants to take us, we'll just walk there! Take out our adventurous spirit, navigate our way there on our own, BE a backpacker! Yes, that's exactly what we did. Walked all the way from Chinatown to HuaLamphong subway station! Took the subway to Silom station, in which we crossed over to Sala Daeng skytrain station. Over there, we naviagated our way to Patong Night Market!
Hualamphong subway station
Okay, we were starving. Sizzler first, Patong later.
Order a main course and you get freeflow food from the salad bar. Mind you, the salad bar doesn't just have salads. It has pasta, soups, cakes, fruits, mousse and so on. Hello if we knew it was going to be a buffet, we wouldn't have ordered 2 main courses! 700+B in total. Most expensive meal we had in these 10 days. Still, it's something we can only afford to eat in Thailand, not in Singapore. Sighs~
Okay then, time to do a bit of shopping! Here's Patong Night Market for you!
Took the skytrain back to our hotel that night. Long day again... Zzz..
Sala Daeng skytrain station
As we woke up late, we didn't manage to visit the snake farm according to my itinerary. =(
Coming up... Bangkok (Day 3)
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