One important thing to note for our itinerary: it's 50% sight-seeing and 50% shopping. You've been warned. :) Also, some of the originally planned trips did not go as planned so we had to improvise on the fly. Some improvised trips are indicated below.
Day 1 (Saturday, January 21, 2012)
Arrived at the Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport before lunchtime. Hired a taxi straight to Banyan Tree Hotel Bangkok. After checking in, went straight to our first stop: Chatuchak Weekend Market.
Spent most of the afternoon in the first day here. Good prices (always start bargaining below half the tag price), tasty treats (try the garlic pork with rice at Section 23 and the coconut ice cream). A real shopper's delight.
After hours of wandering around and bargaining everywhere, we went back to the hotel to drop off all the shopping bags and rest for a while. Then, we're off to Yaowarat (Chinatown). It is Chinese New Year weekend afterall.
The streets are alive that night. Many choices for dinner. We settled with one of the restaurants which expanded into the sidewalks: T&K Seafood restaurant. After dinner, we just walked down the street along with other hundreds of people who are still doing their late-night shopping for the CNY. It was agreat night; lot's of things to see.
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| Yaowarat (Chinatown) - Sidewalk extension of the T&K Seafood restaurant |
