Bangkok Experience (Part2)

We reached Sampan Taksin after 5 minutes walk from the hotel. Couldn't understand which boat to take and where we actually want to go, we decided to do like the rest of the tourists, when to the booth which displayed English information and asked about their deal (according to my colleague, if you follow the tourist boat, it is slightly expensive). But it was not that expensive, further more we have the kids wt us. Took the whole day package which ends at 3:00pm whereby you can stop and hop on again the boat at any stop. Of all the 13 stops, we planned to only stop at Grand Palace.

Day was hot, so the wind from the boat was much appreciated. View was lovely. I took quite a number of pics from the boat.

Kids enjoyed it. At our only stop after the boat turn around, we didn’t walk all the way to Grand Palace bocs the kids were already restless due to the hot sun. Stopped by at their day market for drinks and more local fruits buying. This time mangosteen again and rambutan. Before that we already bought some fruits from hawker at the road side. Pineapple for me and mangoes for angah. It were served wt sugar and salt. Delicious. Everywhere around us, the locals were wearing yellow shirts. At first we thought they worked with the tourism company or maybe from the temple but they were too many ppl wearing yellow. Then we were told something like the working people are encourage to wear yellow on Monday bcos the King was born on Monday (something like that).

Experienced Bangkok’s Sky Train when we hopped into one from Sampan Taksin station to Siam to go again to MBK. I’ve decided to search again for my 199baht handbag shop. He!he! Been thinking about it all nite long. Couldn’t find the shop we decided to look for lunch instead. Found a newly open international foodcourt on the 5th floor. Yeah… we found Arab food by Ali. There were a few Malay families too eating. We continued the search of my handbag shop and found it!! I bought two beautiful but cheap handbags. Thought of window shopping more since today is the last day we will be at shopping mall but Danial was already in his cracky mood. After his crying was ignored, he tried another trick sitting on the floor without moving unless his being carried. This happened before when we were there yesterday and bcos he refused his dad, so I have to carry him. God, my back!! This continue until he calmed down and Angah took over. Don’t want the same scenario to repeat again so we got into the taxi and went back to the hotel.

That evening we decided to go to Pat Pong nite market with the kids to the horror of the hotel staffs. Told us it is not advisable to bring kids there and we were advised to go to Sin Lum Night Market instead which was really not too bad at all. Bought some last minute pashminas for souvenirs, t shirt again for the kids and my 2nd pair or army pants along with a khaki coloured t-shirt which has the word ARMY printed on it. We sat for supper at their big open-air foodcourt where we found again Arab food.
I can go on forever bcos we only covered ¼ of the place only but the kids were already sleepy but basically I already found what I wanted.

End of day 3. To be continued.