Bangkok Trip : Day 2

We woke up with a bright sun, shiny day in Bangkok. We had breakfast buffet at the 43rd floor of the hotel with the breathtaking view of the enitre city. The buffet food selection was good. Inter-continental breakfast with a few thai dishes. I enjoyed the toasted bread the most, really good bread. Love it with strawberry jam and butter mix, while the husband indulged in bacon and eggs. We love the hotel's buffet breakfast so much. So much that we never missed it during our entire stay in Bangkok. LOL.

Our temple and city tour was scheduled at 930am hotel pick up. The tour guide arrived on time. Luckily, we were the only guest for the temple tour for that day. We had the entire van to ourselves. We were brought to Wat Pho (Reclining Buddha) as part of the tour. Sadly we didn't get to go inside Wat Traimit (golden buddha) temple. We were told it was under renovation for months now. But we get to visit the pagodas and the Reclining Buddha. It was sooo huge and long. I wonder how they clean this buddha? LOL. Just look at the pictures below.

outside the reclining buddha temple: with more temples, pagodas, oldest buddhist university and more pagodas around.LOL.


with the Saturday Buddha --- yes they have buddha for different days of the week.

After the temple tour, our guide brought us at the famous Jim Thompson Thai House. He was a well-known promoter and patriot of thai silk who introduced the material to the US Market. He became successful exporter of thai silk who got lost in the woods in the 70's and never came back. His house became a famous tourist spot that showcase the authentic thai architecture house.



After the Jim Thompson Tour, we went to Siam Paragon for late lunch. Was able to finally check shops at the Siam Malls (Paragon, Discovery and Center) and went home with few shoes from VNC which coincidentally on sale that time. Got red and purple wedge here at a steal price. I love it! While the husband busy browsing for discounted tuxedo or formal suits at the mall.
Dinner spent at Chao Phraya River Cruise with Dinner Buffet package at THB 1300 per pax. Supposedly the dinner cruise set for Saturday, our anniversary date but decided to get it a day earlier instead. Aside from the buffet dinner, live band music also available as entertainment.

another yummy buffet..mix of thai, a little japanese, indian and american food. Not all spicy food. Hubby and I again indulged in maki and shrimps! Obvious ba we love buffet food so much?!hehehe!

can't decide eh? sulit buffet sa amin noh?!LOL. Over-all the food was just so-so ... not my usual type of food because of curries and spices mix. I find it too bland for my taste. Good thing maki and shrimps were served. We just feasted on this. Hehehe!

on river cruise with view of Bangkok by night ...

After our river cruise date, we went straight to Patpong. We were brought to this underground bar which has no name at all but very famous with the girly shows. The place was full with tourists like us. And with THB600 per pax entrance fee (inclusive of one beer), you get to watch girls performing amazing and mind-blowing shows! I want to elaborate more about this but simply I can't. PG rating you know! Hehehe! But all I can say... really AMAZING THAILAND! LOL. (sorry, pictures not allowed here)

Day 3 , the anniversary post next ...