A Little Taste of Bangkok
So I have officially arrived in bangkok yesterday!
I am currently sitting at the internet kiosk at the hotel typing thisl.
I departed melbourne with a tearful party of parental units.
Everything went smoothly through passport control, customs and all that..
The flight was relatively good, excellent service from the flight attendants, nice food (yes I even ate the meat!) and had some entertainment (each seat has a tv you can play games, watch movies, etc so I am happy with the service). I ended up watching Be Kind Rewind (7/10 in my books).
In my original seat it was me and another guy with a space in the middle, our seats were just behind those seats that mum wants (next to the door with open floor room). She asked if we could move to other seats so a mother and her boy could use those seats. I didn't mind and neither did the other guy, but from this moment on I am never sitting in those seats again! you have nowhere to put your feet and this lady I sat next too (we had a seat apart) didn't stop coughing for like half the trip!
Anyway can't really complain as I have landed alive and safe. I had some snoozes on the plane so I wasn't completely exhausted when I came to the airport.
The taxi ride to the hotel was relatively cheap and wasn't long, paid only 370 baht. I used the taxi service at the airport not any of the other dodgey ones they have there.
The hotel I am at is awesome! the rooms are so funky and it's just a really nice place to be. All the staff are really friendly and bow everytime they see you. After I arrived to my room I relaxed a little and then did a workout at their gym, was not very big but had exactly everything I needed and they even had the same machines I used back at my gym back home! so I was in fitness heaven.
I went to MBK and was overwhlemed! (for those who don't know it's a massive 6-8 story shopping centre filled to the rim with shops, like a market). I'm gonna go back over the weekend and do some shopping!
Heading off the too the famous Chatuchak Weekend Market which is home to around 15000 stalls (yes you read that right!). Major shopping spree I think.
So I have officially arrived in bangkok yesterday!
I am currently sitting at the internet kiosk at the hotel typing thisl.
I departed melbourne with a tearful party of parental units.
Everything went smoothly through passport control, customs and all that..
The flight was relatively good, excellent service from the flight attendants, nice food (yes I even ate the meat!) and had some entertainment (each seat has a tv you can play games, watch movies, etc so I am happy with the service). I ended up watching Be Kind Rewind (7/10 in my books).
In my original seat it was me and another guy with a space in the middle, our seats were just behind those seats that mum wants (next to the door with open floor room). She asked if we could move to other seats so a mother and her boy could use those seats. I didn't mind and neither did the other guy, but from this moment on I am never sitting in those seats again! you have nowhere to put your feet and this lady I sat next too (we had a seat apart) didn't stop coughing for like half the trip!
Anyway can't really complain as I have landed alive and safe. I had some snoozes on the plane so I wasn't completely exhausted when I came to the airport.
The taxi ride to the hotel was relatively cheap and wasn't long, paid only 370 baht. I used the taxi service at the airport not any of the other dodgey ones they have there.
The hotel I am at is awesome! the rooms are so funky and it's just a really nice place to be. All the staff are really friendly and bow everytime they see you. After I arrived to my room I relaxed a little and then did a workout at their gym, was not very big but had exactly everything I needed and they even had the same machines I used back at my gym back home! so I was in fitness heaven.
I went to MBK and was overwhlemed! (for those who don't know it's a massive 6-8 story shopping centre filled to the rim with shops, like a market). I'm gonna go back over the weekend and do some shopping!
Heading off the too the famous Chatuchak Weekend Market which is home to around 15000 stalls (yes you read that right!). Major shopping spree I think.