July 23, 2012
Hi Everybody,
Just got back last night from a 5D/4N Bangkok tour bringing back with us another travel experience and funny stories to tell. Bangkok has nothing much to offer except for lots of shopping and indeed very cheap as 1 Baht is equivalent to Php 1.50 but one has to be a good negotiator to get super bargains. If you feel that an item is expensive, just turn your back away then leave and they will call you back for renegotiation until you come to an agreement. You can just try to haggle for the price so you'll know how much you can buy the same item at the next store.
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As usual, me and my daughter went all out and literally shopped until our feet were sore from walking. Prices are really chearper, that is if you buy at least 6 pcs per item. We only did our shopping at MBK Shopping Mall because it was only a 10 minute walk from our hotel or a 3 minute "tuktuk" ride. We did not bother go to their bargain shopping mall because it was quite far from our Asia Hotel.
Bangkok is known for temples and buddhas. they seem to have all the configurations: from gold to emerald, to standing, sitting, reclining, etc. Since I have been to a number of Asian countries, I was already used to seeing buddhas, palaces and temples. We took the Floating Market tour but did not like it. It was a narrow river similar to Venice but a bit dirty . Too bad we weren't able to try the local food being sold by the boat peddlers as we just had our meals. The floating market is an hour and a half from Bangkok and it was a welcome sight to see for ourselves and experience the much talked about Bangkok Thailand floating market.
[tb_google_map]We then proceeded to the Bridge of River Kwai for a historical tour. Having watched "Bridge on the River Kwaii " , I was familiar with the history and saw for myself the bridge that was bombed by US airforce men and was rebuilt to its original structure and still being used today by selected passenger trains. We also visited the War Museum and the War cemetery where almost 7,000 POW soldiers were buried and one can really feel the sadness of the River kwaii history from the photos that were displayed.
The whole day ( Floating Market & River Kwaii ) trip was quite long at around 6 hours round trip under the 32 celsius heat. I hope my comments did not in anyway draw negative tourism effects as we only saw some of Bangkok's highlighted tours. If and when you decide to go to Bangkok, book at Asia Hotel Bangkok, and you won't regret it.
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On my next Asian travel pass, I will forego the temples and war museums and go modern this time. I really loved our Vietnam & Korea Seoul travel packages trips because of its historical places with only a handful of temples and palaces.
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I am looking at Kuala Lumpur Malaysia or Taipei for my birthday treat come November. I would also like ko to see Japan, but I still fear the recent earthquake and tsunami.
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