Bangkok Adventure! (part1)

I'm back! The trip was tiring (because we were on the go the whole time we were there) but fun nonetheless.

Day 1 was spent walking around the city. We took the BTS to Saphan Thaksin station, then we took the Chao Phraya River Tour to the different temples. For 100 Baht (140Php), you can have unlimited use of the tour boat. You can go down at any stop and ride the boat again at any time during the day.

From there, we went to the Grand Palace, the temple of the Reclining Buddha (Wat Pho) and the Temple of the Dawn (Wat Arun) .The Grand Palace

Temple of the Reclining Buddha

Temple of the Dawn (Wat Arun)

We had lunch at some small makeshift restaurant near the pier, and had barbecued chicken and pork with rice for 30Baht (42Php.) The TukTuk ride was fun but humiliating, because apparently, we were already in the place we wanted to go to. The driver took us around, only to bring us back where we came from. Hahahaha. :) That's 40Baht wasted.

We were all tired by the end of the temple tour, but we were still waiting for the night market at the Memorial Bridge to open. After a very expensive dinner at KFC (where there was no rice! You have to order extra rice for 10Baht. We spent around 100+ Baht for chicken and rice.), we went to hang out on the bridge itself. Then we shopped. :)

Memorial Bridge

I'll leave it there for now, I'm still kinda sleepy. Hahaha. I'll nap for a while first, before I continue. :)

Bangkok in less than 24 hours!

Finally, I've updated. :)

Because this is my travel blog, I shall keep to the theme. I'm leaving tomorrow with my friends for Bangkok. :) Yay!

Okay, I know absolutely nothing about the place, except from King Cholalongkorn (sp?) that I remember from Asian History class, because of his unusual name. Oh, and Rama too, from the King and I. Hahaha.

Getting to knoooow yoouuuu... getting to know all abouuuut youuuu...

All my efforts at studying the culture of the place were in vain. I did go to Fully Booked at Bonifacio High Street today, in hopes of being able to buy a travel book of some sort about the place. What I didn't know was, travel books cost about Php800 to Php1400! Come on! I wasn't willing to spend that much for something I'll probably be using just once.

Anyway, my friends are I are on a budget, hence, we will be staying at the Bangkok Christian Guest House , which reminds me of the Institute of Social Order (ISO), back in Ateneo. Hahaha. The things we do just to keep a tight budget. :) I'm bringing around 500USD, and let's see where that takes me.

There. Wish me luck! This'll be my first out of the country trip with my friends! :)