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post Jan 22 2013, 03:15 PM

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Guys,

Am currently drafting my itinerary for Apr-13 Bangkok Trip. Hope you guys can assist with the following queries:

Is it possible to visit to Grand Palace, Wat Arun and Wat Pho in the morning then follow by floating market in the afternoon?

Looking at this site, Wat Arun seem to be across the river. Anything special on Wat Arun? If nothing special, we might just skip it.

Noticed that there are two floating markets, Amphawa and Damnuak Saduak. Which is the best among these two?

Thanks.
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post Jan 25 2013, 04:44 PM

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QUOTE(misunderstoodguy @ Jan 25 2013, 03:56 PM)
My gf is going to bangkok this weekend for 5 days. She will be going alone and need a host/friend to bring her around.

any one reliable?
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Don't you think it's better for you to travel together with her?
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post Jan 26 2013, 10:15 AM

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My draft itinerary for 19-23 April Bangkok trip as follows:

1st day. Arrive BKK 4-5pm (Friday)
- take taxi to airport to drop down the luggage
- head over to chocolate ville for dinner. Decided to dine there due to the good ambience since im going with my spouse.
- visit sum luan night market (near to baiyoke sky)

Question:
Bside dinning and photo taking, any other recommended activities at chocolate ville? Their FB seems to be in Thai language mostly.

2nd day (Saturday)
- visit Chatuchak market aka JJ market. Since chatuchak aka JJ market open at 10am.
- visit asiatique in the evening

Question:
Any recommended place to visit before heading to JJ market since it operates at 10am?

3rd day (Sunday)
- visit grand palace, Wat Arun and Wat Pho
- visit floating market either amphawa or Damnuen Saduak (tentative)
- try the bbq food on amphawa floating market, the bbq squid is recommended (sold from boat, eat on shore)
- visit China Town, then dine at T&K Seafood

ALERT!!
- please BEWARE of people telling you that the Wat Pho / Grand Palace are closed and offer or suggest you to go somewhere else instead. They will most probably bring you to somewhere that sells gems. We almost got duped once.

4th day (Monday)
- Shopping spree. From Platinum mall to pratinum market, then to big c, siam paragon and MBK
- naraya <- perfect for ladies to shop there
i) naraya outlet can be found on central world plaza shopping mall or MBK mall
- Do remember to visit the Erawan Shine (4 Face Buddha)
- Lunch and dinner at any one of the recommended places as follow:
i) Level 6 Food Court @ MBK Mall
ii) Level 7 Food Court or Zen Restaurant (Japanese Food) @ Central World
iii) Food Court @ Big C
iv) Somboon Seafood if any outlet nearby ( try to find out the location)
v) McDonald Samurai Pork Burger

5th day (Tuesday)
- walk around the nearby area
- check out at 11am and take taxi to airport and depart Bangkok (flight at 1pm)

Please advise on the above. Thanks!
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post Jan 29 2013, 04:46 PM

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QUOTE(sunshine-kc @ Jan 29 2013, 04:25 PM)
Looks good. !!

Suggest you try out level 7 at Central world. "Famous, Cheap & Good Restaurants" there. Zen ... Highly recommended. Forget the Food court @ Big C. Unless Pork Burger at Macdonals  laugh.gif

The Floating mkt is quite far from BKK. About 1 to 1.5 hours to get there. So ......  hmm.gif

So if want to see China town, then go on Sat. Temples then across to China town. Check out the small lanes, etc and food there. Sun ..... Many shops in Chinatown ...CLOSED.

Chacutak Mkt can be done on Sun.

Have a Good Trip.  thumbup.gif
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Thanks man.

For the Big C, i am referring to the gourmet market that some forumers mentioned here. Sorry for the confusion.

Would like to try out the pork burger @ McD? Wonder if its the same as the one selling in HK? If yes, then i can just skip it.

Thanks for your tips on Chinatown. Will switch accordingly as per your advise.

Btw, do you have any hotels to recommend? Havent really decide on that yet!

This post has been edited by yiivei: Jan 29 2013, 04:47 PM
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post Feb 20 2013, 01:01 PM

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QUOTE(yvonnesoo @ Feb 20 2013, 11:13 AM)
u never tot of going to terminal 21?

there is alot of hotels in bkk.. it depends which area u wanna stay.. do u haf any specific place in ur mind? sukhumvit, silom, pratunam, khaosan, chinatown, etc (wanna near shopping places, attractions, subway,etc??)
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Yes. I'm going there. FYI, i have my itinerary amended from previous.

Pratunam or silom area? Any good recommendation?
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post Feb 27 2013, 04:37 PM

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Thinking to book budacco hotel for my April trip. Anyone stay there before?
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post Feb 28 2013, 09:00 AM

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QUOTE(Veron83 @ Feb 27 2013, 06:46 PM)
not a bad hotel...nice and friendly staff...breakfast so so...room wise try dun get the one facing the main road cos outside got pasar pagi and pasar malam...7-11 across street...walking distance to platinum mall...not close to BTS...in room wifi is BAD(who cares of the WIFI since can get the SIM card for data plan 7 days unlimited)... rclxms.gif
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Thanks for the tips! Ya, i plan to get the DTAC 3G wifi Happy Tourist 299bath. So, not really using the room Wifi too.
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post Feb 28 2013, 09:02 AM

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QUOTE(yvonnesoo @ Feb 27 2013, 06:26 PM)
i stayed there b4.. room quite spacious n price is affordable.. heard my fren tat is goin end of mar-beginning of apr told me that price increase a lil on started end of mar onwards due to oncoming holidays, songkran festival, etc
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Yesterday i check, the price is the same as per hotel website and agoda. So should be alright for me.

Is there a blue spa nearby that provide good massage services at cheap price?
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post Feb 28 2013, 12:41 PM

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QUOTE(Glamourousfit @ Feb 28 2013, 10:17 AM)
Dtac gives only free for one day unlimited for using d data.Then got to top up everyday .call back.to msia can.b expensive compare to TRUE
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post Mar 1 2013, 12:38 PM

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QUOTE(hellokitty82 @ Mar 1 2013, 12:25 PM)
Hi all,

im going to BKK on 14-16 march and will be landing at DMK airport. I have rough itinery in my mind already and would welcome any suggestion from everybody. Im going with 5 ladies including myself.

First day
9am - touch down DMK airport and take taxi to Budacco Hotel, drop off luggage. shopping day around pratunam area, platinum mall and such.
my question is...we are 5 in a group...do they have mpv to fit 5 of us? or do we need to take two separate taxis?  unsure.gif
how about the taxi charges...about how much from DMK airport to Pratunam area, so that im not being con later. hehehe.. im aware that toll fees to be pay by us after reading from the thread here.

at night, planning to go Chinatown for dinner. is chinatown accessible by lrt or need to take taxi? any good restaurant or food must try at Chinatown?

Second day
6am + - planning to go floating market as i floating market is quite far from BKK. so gotta depart early. will get hotel ppl to arrange for us. then coming back pratunam area and going to visit Grand Palace. Grand Palace - open everyday right? my second day will be on Friday. What other place can we visit nearby Grand Palace? Again, the question is, Grand Palace is only accessible using taxi? around how much the charges? advise to use meter taxi, i presume?

as for dinner, heard that Son Bon seafood is nice. probably will look for this. any comment on this?

Third day - saturday
our flight back to KL is 4.20pm. we wish to go to Chatuchak market. Is it possible? What time Chatuchak market opens? My only worry is i afraid we are too rushing. Any centre for us to keep our luggage at Chatuchak area?? or else, we have to keep our luggage in hotel, and come back to hotel, and take taxi to DMK airport. How bad is the traffic at around 2pm?

Appreciate any feedback or comments or suggestions on my above itinery. Thank you!  smile.gif
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I answered what i have researched and known.

Beside Grand Palace, you can visit Wat Pho (500m South of Grand Palace) for the Largest reclining Buddha in Thailand. After that, you can take the express boat across the river to Wat Arun.

Please use meter taxi in Thailand. Avoid taking tuk tuk as they might bring you to gem factory to claim their petrol voucher. And, the journey to your destination can be longer than usual.

SomBoon Seafood is famous for its curry crab. You can however google for it. They have 5 branches in Thailand.

Chatuchak aka JJ Market open at 10am.
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post Mar 7 2013, 04:26 PM

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QUOTE(8lackheaven @ Mar 7 2013, 04:23 PM)
cry.gif  cry.gif  cry.gif

yeah just to warn anyone thats planning to go to the floating market..

once it is enough...
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Thanks for sharing. Heard a lot of scams going on with the floating market. May i know which floating market you went?
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post Mar 8 2013, 08:57 AM

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QUOTE(8lackheaven @ Mar 7 2013, 04:30 PM)
yeah thanks yiivei.. moreover.. once you reach that boat spot.. you cant return coz its like a isolated area from the main market..

and if you quarrel with the taxi driver.. get rdy to walk home...

the market is damnoen saduak floating market
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Oo... this floating market is too commercialize for now. Im thinking to go the other one, Amphawa...

But after hearing your case, i might forgo the plan...
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post Mar 8 2013, 10:34 AM

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QUOTE(Serendipity123 @ Mar 8 2013, 09:44 AM)
Amphawa is worth the trip.  wub.gif

Just take a bus from Victory Monument to Maeklong. If you want to, you can stay a little while and take a look at the Train Market. It was fun to see how quick the market people packed up their stuff when then train comes in and how quick things turn back to normal when the train passed by.

After that, you can take a songthaew to Amphawa and enjoy the floating market. When we were there, we only walked on the side street and bought food from the boats that stopped there. We didn't get on a boat to go to the canals/river so I can't tell you how much it'd cost you.

Also, we were there in 2010 and back then, things and food were very cheap at Amphawa market coz they catered to the locals. I hope things are still the same.  tongue.gif

Anyway, just a tip, get your hotel people to write the names of the places you'd like to go on a piece of paper so you can just show the locals at the bus station which bus you'd want to get on.
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Thanks. Hope things remain the same as 2010. Haha~
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post Mar 11 2013, 11:23 AM

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QUOTE(hellokitty82 @ Mar 11 2013, 10:25 AM)
thank you so much for your valuable feedback. appreciate it very much!  rclxms.gif  rclxms.gif

thank you thank you!

my flight this thursday..excited! hehehe
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Enjoy your trip ya. Please share your experience after that!

I'm going next month. First timer. Hehe!
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post Mar 15 2013, 11:00 AM

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QUOTE(shinchan99 @ Mar 15 2013, 10:57 AM)
Serendipity: many thanks for the input !

Anything to see / worth to go at the Siam Square Night Market? Any good place for dinner around Pratunam area?

Day 3- I got my hotel extended to 2PM max.. But it's abit risky, as Mamatour says the tour will end and reach Kao San road at 1pm.. But Mamatour allow us to carry our luggage to their van.. So i guess shouldn't be an issue..

Visiting Tesco LOTUS is a must as i have stuff to buy tongue.gif So any idea where is the NEAREST Tesco Lotus from Kao San road? Or similar hypermarkets around that area?
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I noticed you been talking bout "mamatour". Is it a tour agency? How do you engage their service? Good?

Thanks.
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post Mar 15 2013, 12:43 PM

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QUOTE(shinchan99 @ Mar 15 2013, 11:55 AM)
hi yiivei,

mamatour is a tour agency. You can contact them at mamatour1@hotmail.com

I got their contact through this LYN forum as well. Highly recommended by forumers.. smile.gif
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Thanks. Another option for me to consider.


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post Mar 15 2013, 03:57 PM

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Quoted 700THB each person for Amphawa and Train Market:

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12.30 pm.    Pick up tourists from various point

1:30 pm    Departure from bkk to Maeklong market{1.45 HRS} 

3.00 pm.    Arrive to Train market. It is a long time well-know amazing Mae-Klong fresh market which sets along sides of the Railroad there are trains passing through abut eight times a day and everytimes a train is coming those vendors will close their awnings to make rooms for the train to pass.Actually it's just a regular fresh if no trains passing It's an amazing market that must be very Exciting while a train is running through

4:30 pm.    Leave for Amphawa floating market.

5:20 pm.    Arrive to Amphawa floating market where you can enjoy many kinds of traditional Thai food and desert.and this market it one of the top Famous floating market in Thailand you will have a chance to see taste

6:45 pm.    Boat trip on Amphawa canal to see fireflies which nowadays they are decreased in numbers

7:40 pm.    Return from Amphawa Floating market.

9:00 pm.    Arrive Bangkok 


Is the quotation reasonable? Thanks!
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post Mar 21 2013, 01:07 PM

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QUOTE(xphossis @ Mar 21 2013, 09:13 AM)
Ya somboon seafood, any idea which is the nearest branch? smile.gif
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You can actually email them to enquire about it. Email: info@somboonseafood.com

Badathong should be the nearest branch if you stay at Siam area.
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post Mar 22 2013, 09:32 AM

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QUOTE(KeSToN @ Mar 21 2013, 05:49 PM)
whats good about this place?
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Its a restaurant. You can browse their website for more info.
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post Mar 26 2013, 10:19 AM

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QUOTE(nightzstar @ Mar 26 2013, 10:13 AM)
wanted to ask is the duty-free scam still rampant at the airport? thanks hmm.gif
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Try to avoid it at all costs.
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