walao.. like dat means 1 hr plus from airport to my hotel.. will get charge like crazee lo....

i plan to buy sports shoe like aiddas and nike there advisable or not? how about formal clothing??

going 6th march stay watana mansion.. how about u?


the operator stand buy will b more expensive than wave hand 1 or same price?

wut u mean by go downstairs before looking for taxi??

wat u haf downstairs?? so u usually take meter 1 or booth 1?

i book my hostel for rm70 per night.. cuz now recession they give special rate.. last time i checked is around rm 100 like dat... i would like to try tuk tuk then take picture of myself but scared a bit cuz there u guys say so dangerous.. maybe will skip the plan la

book watana mansion near chatuchak market

i also going early next month... when u going?


i prebook but din pay yet wor... ok r?

hey how much baht shud i change for a 5 day trip in bangkok?

and i also heard ppl say there the water very dirty and dunno got wat disease there can die 1 true or bluff 1? personally i dun believe la but they scare me..

This post has been edited by f4tE: Feb 27 2009, 09:23 PM

Hey i dun understand how they echange the currency.. How come the higher rate i get more? i thought lower i get more?

I change rm2k at 9.5 rate i only get 19k+ baht.. i thought will get 20k+ baht... can someone explain me the logic of exchange??

this has been confusing me i cannto rest my mind

no i mean before going over bangkok i wanna change money at money changer.. then how come ppl say the rate money changer give higher then i get more money?? i tot rate lower i get more money cuz i spend less to buy 100 baht..

when the money changer negotiate they say ok la i give 9.57 rather 9.5 then he will give me more money.. but on the board write 100 baht = how many RM

How do i get to ayuthaya from bangkok? how many hours usually people will spend there? wat can i see and do there?

how do i get to ayuthaya thwn back to bangkok?? wat time do i have to leave ayuthaya and what time is the best time to go? 7 am? how much cost to gothere?

This post has been edited by f4tE: Mar 2 2009, 07:27 PM

giler.. ayuthaya tour 1600 baht?? too expensive la.. i hope to get around 1000 baht max or maybe aliittle more but not 1600.. i think ask hotel arrange tour shud be cheaper rite?? what ur guys experience on hotel tours?

I got 2 choice is go floatingmarket or Ayuthaya... at first wanna go floating market but then think like go there buy vegetables like not so nice...other than sitting on the boat buy vegetable duno wat to do then i tot go Ayuthaya better la since got things to c and is world heritage...what u guys think?

the tour agency u mean 1 is it easy to find or difficult? wats the name and how do i locate it?? im staying in watana mansion near chatuchak market got any similar agency? how do i the agency when i c them?

thnx

u mean just stop any taxi and tell them i wanna go for ayuthaya or floating market tour??

sounds weird..hehe.. but i will try... but i can tell them in english and they will understand?

one more question,

I notice that the BTS and MRT only move around the central bangkok... most of the tourist place like grand palace cannot get there by bts and mrt but need take taxi... im only going for holiday u think is it worth buying the train pass or juz take taxi everywhere i go?

walao.. stay in jail thats like a super worth experience u got...not everyoneget to experience this..

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Added on March 5, 2009, 11:06 amwalao.. so dangerous dont scare me la.. im going tomorrow.... how come they siimply wanna put ppl to jail?? and it will be safe if i dun buy from duty free at the airport?? just wondering y the ciggie girl wanna let ur uncle kena..no benefit for her

This post has been edited by f4tE: Mar 5 2009, 11:06 AM

so i avoid duty free in airport means i will be safe??
how about the king pwoer duty free shop also will put ppl in jail?

Just got back from Bangkok yesterday and I never encountered any dificulty or bad experience there.. i would say its a very very good place for holiday and highly recommended.. everyone is so friendly and polite.. now in office.. will write a short sumary of my trip when i get back home later... thanks to everyone offering me advice and experience earlier..

the high high stairs is where?? Ayuthaya?? i went grand palace din c the high stairs..

by the way, what r they checking for in mrt stations?? everytime i walk through the thing sure beep then they check my bag then let me go...

My review on bangkok..

Pros: Friendly and polite ppl, uncountable places of interest including out of town, shopping haven, clean environment (difficult to find dustbin but hardly find any rubbish on floor), tight security, can find taxi anywhere on the road and u can see more than 5 taxi anywhere anytime
cons: super jam road, some taxi driver try to cheat, taxi driver drive like tokyo drift, floating market seller keep pushing u to buy stuff..
Overall: highly recommended

First day: reach airport 7 pm--> suan lum --> back hotel sleep
2nd day: chatuchak --> shopping --> back hotel put stuff --> grand palace --> MBK shopping --> dinner --> back hotel
3rd day: safari world (whole day) --> siam paragon --> back hotel
4th day: floating market --> a place where they make craft --> rose garden --> pantip --> pratunam --> Baiyoke observation deck --> Nana --> back hotel
5th day: taxi to airport

Taxi driver are drive super fast averaging 100km/h even tho the roads are super jam.. they just tekan the accelerator kuat kuat then suddenly break... Taxi all colourful and painted like sports car in tokyo drift.. they even drive like tokyo dirft.. the directormust have called them to drive the car in their movie..

The only bad experience is that we got con by the taxi... from safari world to siam paragon the guy charge us 400 baht.. at first he agree to use meter then halfway he tell us 400 baht... we scared if dun agree he throw us at highway then no choice lo...

The other bad experience is the first stall in floating market the trader keep pushing her stuff to us and the boat just wait there then we need to buy 1 item... we just buy a key chain so expensive.. 250 baht for 5 elephantkeychain

suan lum we didnt know where to go then eat at a small stall.. should have look around more.. only found out the big food court witht eh performance stage when we wanna go back...too hungry we juz eat watever we c.. missed the good food at the food court

safari world is nice.. its not like out zoo negara where we just walk around and c animals..safari world they have animal show until closed.. we ggo there from morning till they close shop but didnt manage to watch all show..didnt even have the time to walk around c animals..

siam paragon is damn big and when we were there they have some kind of concert at the middle open area

floating market is alittle expensive.. 800 baht per person for the motor boat and 1500 taxi from bangkok to the floating market.. but i feel that its worth it cuz different experience.. the motor boat guy also drop us at a temple and we get to shake the fortune thing and then get a piece of paper which read your fortune like in hong kong drama

the place where they make the craft is very special.. they handicraft is really amazing and the good part is that they just allow u to take pictures with their craft freely.. evertyone just to there to take pictures cuz their items are damn expensive... the furniture made of wood and carved marvelously is really amazing...if i have a lot of money i would want to buy...

didnt realyl go rose garden.. just there for lunch and didnt watch the show... we paid the tour guy 1500 baht for transport to floating market and back but he took so many places we dun have enuff money for the entrance ticket.. so told him to go back bangkok...the guy was very nice that he dropped us straight at pantip for free and even help us bring our shopping items back to the hotel and leave it at the reception desk.. of course we would be suspicious if a stranger told us to leave the items there but somehow we were confident he was agood guy and he really was.. in the end we told him to drive us to the airport the next day and he charged us even less then normal taxi rate.. he also belanja us dessert which we feel so pai seh..

pantip is something like lowyat but bigger and less crowded..

baiyoke observation deck is a place to observe the whole bangkok.. ticket is 200 baht per person.. at first didnt feel worth it but after a while feel worth it cuz get to go to the revolving tower which was open air and get 360 view of bangkok.. even got free drinks and its not coca cola or sprite but cocktail/liquor/beer and other pub drinks.. only get to choose one..

took tuktuk to phaya thai station and the guy keep offering us to c ping pong show but we rejected.. and he still keep asking so many times..lol...

at nana we though of seeing the red light district but didnt really see anything.. we only saw a pasar malam style area with alot of muslim food and shops... a few pondan standing around and guy offering thai girl show inside.. but we didnt go into the lorong... so nothing special. maybe haf to go lorong to c special stuff..