Pratunam is something like a big wholesale market. Platinum Mall is located opposite to Pratunam and it is a newer mall, wholesale style but a little bit more expensive than Pratunam because Platinum Mall got air-con inside whereas Pratunam wholesale market is open air and it can get quite hot during the day


MBK has changed a lot since the 90s. And i think it is not as nice as it was. Since you won't be in Bangkok for long, MBK is probably the mall you can skip because you can buy all the very cheap shirts at Pratunam


Yes. Siam Paragon is a high-end shopping centre. But do not skip Gourmet Market if time permits, won't take you a very long time. It is a shame that no supermarket in Malaysia looks like Gourmet Market Siam Paragon


Yes. Because there isn't. But if you want to save some money, you can actually walk from Siam Paragon to Central World, then go to the very back of Central World and come out from ISETAN. Right outside of ISETAN there is like 3 or 4 Buddha statues which you can pay your respect if you want to or may be take some pictures. In this place, there might be some people approaching you, telling you about Buddha Day, gemstone. Well, ignore them and pretend you do not understand them to shoo them off.

When you come out from ISETAN, turn left (as mentioned, got Buddha statues there) and just walk straight. You will walk pass a bridge, and soon you'll see NOVOTEL on your left. Congrats, you have now arrived at Pratunam


Yes. Take a taxi from D'Ma to Pratunam. Then you can choose either to walk as i suggested to Central World. But do note it's quite far too but i personally have done it a few times

If Siam Paragon is your last stop of the day, then yes. Do take a taxi back to your hotel.

By the way, Siam Paragon and Central World are next to each other. However, you still need to walk a bit and to avoid from getting loss, look for the Siam BTS Station right outside of Siam Paragon, then you can walk to Central World using the elevated footpath which is built right underneath the BTS railway.


Baiyoke is in Pratunam. I personally have never gone in there though. And since you have nothing else other than Motor Show planned for Day 2, may be you can go to one of the shopping malls at night ? Or to go to shopping mall at night


Definitely something like that. If it is possible to skip this place, then skip it

No problem

By the way, i just have a look at your planned itinerary again. I suggest you to go to Siam Paragon/Central World in the evening either on Day 1 or Day 2. And then only go to Pratunam and Platinum Fashion Mall on Day 3. Pratunam is big. So i don't think you'll have enough time to go to Siam Paragon/Central World since your flight is departing for KUL at 9pm. Besides, this way you'll have time to go into Baiyoke Sky Tower, which is also in Pratunam. Have fun
This post has been edited by MilesAndMore: Mar 13 2013, 05:09 PM

Not just India, there are many European and North Asian tourists too. That is why they can support so many flights to Europe and North Asia from Bangkok whereas KLIA can't. Indian nationals like to go to buy SONY and Samsung LED TV. No, i don't know why

Anyway, i suppose you had a great time there ?

Woah!!! Great job bro! If you walk a bit further (turn left) you'll reach Pratunam already.


OMG!!! That's quite a distance man!!


Can even bring the whole family. Flight tickets are so cheap nowadays, even MAS is cheap during sale at RM380 all-in for a return ticket


Sad to hear that. It was such a decent 4-star hotel 15 years ago. Had such good memory there as it was a family trip


People can simply pour water on you and you shouldn't be mad. Water on Songkran is good luck

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No. You don't have to. If the cab driver is going to use the meter, he or she will switch the meter on right away. If he/she isn't going to, he/she will make a lot of excuses. If this is the case, just get out from the cab.

Is this Air Asia ? MAS had this MATTA promo for just RM389 return per person. Yesterday was the last day to book this kind of fare.

Is that per person ? If it's per person then it's not exactly cheap.

Only less than RM250 is cheap. Besides, MAS lowest all-in fare to BKK was RM389 (Matta Promo) which comes with 30KG luggage allowance, meals, unlimited drinks etc. + no credit card fee, it makes Air Asia looks very expensive.

It's been raining on and off the whole day yesterday. And it started raining again around 7pm last night and it only stopped around 1am (Bangkok time), that's about 38 minutes ago.

I never faced any problem shopping for duty free items at Suvarnabhumi Airport either.


Actually in Bangkok many things are a lot more advanced than Malaysia, the higher end places are more high-end than ours too. I suppose Thailand gives many people the feel that there are so many poor people there because this country after all, is home to more than 67 Million people (2011 stat) compared to ours at just around 28 Million people and wealth distribution is far from equal in Thailand. But if you go to the expensive places in Bangkok, there are always so many locals shopping there too and this shows that the middle class population in Bangkok is actually far higher than Malaysia (67 Mil vs 28 Mil after all )


Not sure what is the normal taxi fare to Don Mueang International Airport now as last time i set foot at that airport was back in late 2002. My dad told me back then it was less than THB300 including toll and this was in the late 90s to early 2000s. It's been so many years, so THB400 isn't too bad i think


From Suvarnabhumi Airport to Pullman Bangkok Hotel (not in Pratunam area but very very near to both Pratunam and Siam Paragon), it is around THB220 (meter) + THB50 (need to pay this THB50 if you take the cab from the airport taxi kiosk), so it is just THB270.

From Pullman Bangkok Hotel to Suvarnabhumi Airport, normally the taxi driver will ask for THB300 to THB350 including highway toll fee. I always offer them THB300 or there is no deal.


It rains on and off everyday but there was no thunderstorm, not so far anyway.

THB250 to THB300 (inclusive of the THB50 fee).

Take the taxi from the taxi kiosk and they will definitely use the meter

You guys may want to check out Malindoair. All-in return fare for less than RM200, and there is no admin fee if you pay by credit card.

Websites such as kayak, wego, skyscanner still have so many flaws. It would still be best to check with the respective airline website individually. For instance, Malindoair return air ticket to Bangkok is cheaper than Air Asia on so many dates for next month but wego is not showing it.