March 06 flight to Bangkok. This was a bit rush as I was just back from family trip to Hong Kong 2 weeks back and secondly due to political issues in Bangkok for more than 3 months since last year. Luckily just few days before our trip to Bangkok things have changed for better for us.
Previously we had booked our accommodation @Ekkamai, Sukhumit Soi 65 via Airbnb website. It is a bit far from the town but at least it is "safe" to stay. Our owner is very nice, he is an American. Once we reach Don Meaung Airport, we asked for taxi at the counter but it was really expensive. They charge around THB800 to reach our condo but at last we still accepted with THB700. Though, we had been told by Chris, who was our owner that actually from airport to his place only THB300 max. Thus, it was a lesson to ask for meter before you get into the taxi next time.
Once we settled in to the apartment, we started our first place to have our lunch. We went to Siam station via BTS. From our condo walk to BTS Ekkamai is between 5-10 mins. Siam Square, Siam Paragon and Siam Center are just nearby Siam BTS Station. Siam Paragon is just like KLCC in Malaysia. It sells lots of branded and expensive goods. We were unable to shop because we are busy searching for restaurant Mr Jones Orphanage. @ Siam Center. Siam Center is also a Shopping complex center but not crowded (maybe is due to weekdays) inside the mall there are not much things and it is also quite expensive.
At last we managed to find the restaurant in level 3, the environment is good just that the space in the restaurant is too small including the tables chairs, thus, not that cozy to have your meal.
we ordered one strawberry pancake and a pot of tea. it was quite pricey but its good to experience still. Afterwards, we walked around and found this unique TV. Haha classic!
Around 5 PM we started our journey to Asiatique!
In order to go to Asiatique you need to use BTS to Saphan Taksin and then walk to river side and get a free ferry or express boat THB30 to reach destination.
Asiatique was a good experience that we had, as it had a very nice view and the building is unique (you definitely can takes lots of photo there). There were a lot of shops inside, including some restaurants, bars. Total 10 sections in Asiatique, there are some furniture, bags, clothes, shoes, and food. Most of the things are not cheap there but we still managed to buy some, like , keychain, coin wallet and a pair of slipper.
Slipper costed me around THB220.
You would be able to find NARAYA bag at the section 1. You will not find any price difference for the NARAYA products in Asiatique with all other places. The price is the same or fixed for every bags, wallets you can find in NARAYA.
After that we had our dinner @section 6. There are lots of people eating at the restaurant but the price is not cheap and we ordered a green curry fried rice and pad Thai. It tasted just ok but not worth for the price. Also, we ordered the rose drink, but it tasted different and maybe we could not accept it. We continued our shopping till 10 PM then we went back to our apartment. I personally believed if you go with a big group of friends actually you can try to go to their bar and enjoy the nice night scene.
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