❤ Monday, June 02, 2008
Day 4: Chatuchek Weekend Market/Mah Boon Krong (MBK)
Sat morning was initially scheduled for city tour. Left with only 10 mins before our pickup time, we gobbled our breakfast. Turned out that, the agent was in Cambodia. Heck. Totally disappointed with their service that we even thought of getting a refund. But anyway, he arranged our city tour on Sun.
A swoop of our itinerary, we went to Chatuchek. 100THB cab fare and we reached within 15 mins. The driver was speeding and changing lanes like mad. He also reminded SY to buckle up as compared to other drivers who didn't even bother at all. Lols.
10am. Most shops are either closed or preparing for opening. We had an easy time meandering from shops to shops. For just 1 lane of shops, it took us an hour. Considering that thy have 5,000 shops altogether and navigating through the narrow lanes made shopping even more tedious. Moreover, it is under the scorching weather, with thousands of people at the market. The only chance was to chill in air-con retail shops, sometimes acting like we were really interested but the aim was AIR-CON. High endurance, we left only in the late afternoon.
MBK for dinner. Similar to Singapore, most food junctions use cashless payment via cashcard or vouchers. Eating at BKK doesn't even require us to bring tissue. Every table will have a box of tissue paper. I bet if Singapore ever implements this system, tissue papers will be gone within seconds. Haha.
Sat morning was initially scheduled for city tour. Left with only 10 mins before our pickup time, we gobbled our breakfast. Turned out that, the agent was in Cambodia. Heck. Totally disappointed with their service that we even thought of getting a refund. But anyway, he arranged our city tour on Sun.
A swoop of our itinerary, we went to Chatuchek. 100THB cab fare and we reached within 15 mins. The driver was speeding and changing lanes like mad. He also reminded SY to buckle up as compared to other drivers who didn't even bother at all. Lols.
10am. Most shops are either closed or preparing for opening. We had an easy time meandering from shops to shops. For just 1 lane of shops, it took us an hour. Considering that thy have 5,000 shops altogether and navigating through the narrow lanes made shopping even more tedious. Moreover, it is under the scorching weather, with thousands of people at the market. The only chance was to chill in air-con retail shops, sometimes acting like we were really interested but the aim was AIR-CON. High endurance, we left only in the late afternoon.
MBK for dinner. Similar to Singapore, most food junctions use cashless payment via cashcard or vouchers. Eating at BKK doesn't even require us to bring tissue. Every table will have a box of tissue paper. I bet if Singapore ever implements this system, tissue papers will be gone within seconds. Haha.
