To give you a head start, Bangkok is the capital of the country Thailand or Siam. Temples, Buddha, Floating Market, Wholesale shopping are some of the things you could associate Thailand with.
Day 1
It's my/our first time to travel unaccompanied; unlike our Korea tour we had tour escorts, professors, etc. to guide us during the tour but this one is different- we shall rely only with ourselves. We flew with Philippine Airlines from MNL to BKK for three hours. I found myself loving their on-board meals,we had dinner on the aircraft by the way. As we arrived at Suvarnabhumi Intl. Airport, I can't help to compare NAIA with Thailand's main hub. Surely Incheon Airport is still on my top list but Suvarnabhumi Airport has something to boast about.
I saw my name in the placard as we past the greeters' area, we had transfer from BKK to our hotel, Best Bangkok House located in Pratunam. We were so exhausted that we slept very early that night.
Day 2
We had breakfast at the lobby and wandered the streets and highways of Bangkok. FYI, there have been protests/rallies happening at BKK and we WITNESSED them infront of MBK Mall. We're so nervous walking across the MBK mall because of the huge crowd. I'm glad that we arrived safe inside the mall. I was astonished of the cheap finds inside the mall, "Para kang nasa 168" but those at MBK are the authentic Bangkok goods.
We rode the Tuktuk going to Pratunam Market to continue our
shopping. Similar to our very own Divisoria, Pratunam is a haven for
shopaholics who prefer to buy in wholesale. Then we went at Platinum mall just
across Pratunam to have our late lunch (4pm) and to shop for souvenirs. (Oo,
agad agad :P)
We’ll be having dinner at Chao Phraya river cruise at 7pm so
we rushed back to our hotel and changed our clothes. One of the highlights of
our tour is the dinner cruise. On top of the spicy Thai dinner, we had
witnessed BKK at night, the temples, palaces glowed brightly beneath the
moonlight. It’s indeed a very romantic experience :”> After having our
dinner, I was curious on the party happening on the ground floor so we went
down. There were foreigners (Indian, Americans, Europeans) dancing on
the tune of a pop music. I don’t know exactly what happened but I just found
myself dancing awkwardly at the center because an Indian guy approached me to
dance with him. I stole a glance behind my back and found my other friends
dancing too lol. We left the party and the cruise to went back at the hotel.
It was a very long, tiring yet memorable day!
Day 3
Temple and City Tour
We went at First Hotel Bangkok to register for the
conference, to pay the fee and to get our conference kit. We had Pad Thai for
lunch inside the hotel while waiting for others to arrive for the temple tour.
An hour later, we’re driving to see the world’s famous temples and palaces that
can only be found at Bangkok.
We visited the temple of reclining Buddha or Wat Pho that was built around 200 years before Bangkok became Thailand's
capital. It holds the dual honors of having both Thailand's largest reclining
Buddha image and the most number of Buddha images in Thailand. We paid a
visit at the Wat Indrawiharn or the standing Buddha that’s 32 meter/ 100 feet
tall!
We
went back to our hotel and had rest for a couple of hours. Yen and I had dinner
at Honggi Seafood Restaurant. The rest of the night, we prepared for our
conference tomorrow.
Day
4
Conference
The
reason why we went there is because of our beloved thesis which we presented at
Planetary Research Centre 2014 at First Hotel Bangkok. Though we didn’t receive
any awards, we’re happy that we successfully presented our paper in front of
educators, businessman, etc. They gave good feed backs like our topic is very
interesting and students like us could come up with that paper. We met a friend
named Alon from Israel, he told us that he visited Boracay last year and he
loves it! He’s looking forward for his next trip in the Philippines. We went
back to our hotel and maximize our well-deserved rest.
Late
at night, Ira and I had gone wandering the streets of Bangkok at night for our
last minute shopping.
Day
5
We
packed our things and bid goodbye to the Land of Smiles. As what Yen said,
Bangkok is a nice place but nothing beats home! <3
Until
next time, BKK!
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