Thailand.... Sawadeekap ...

Have been back from Bangkok for about a week. Well, there are lots of pros and cons for this trip. Actually I tried very hard to put those thing I see and done in words.
One thing for sure Bangkok is a place where you can really shop till drop, those "pasar malam" stuff are so damn cheap....

Let me start with things that you should NOT do or beware of in Bangkok. (this really pissed me off).

1) Do not follow any taxi/tuk tuk drivers advice to any of the Seafood restaurant.
Story: we follow a taxi driver (he approached us in front of our hotel) to a recommended seafood restaurant and he offer to wait for us outside the restaurant and bring us elsewhere after the dinner with a very reasonable taxi fare. Well, when we reach there we expect the dinner will be costly as the driver might have some commission for that, but we does not expect that dinner cost us RM700++ for 6 person (while those food are rubbish I can tell you). The worst part is the ***##** taxi driver disappear when we finish the dinner. what the ***##........ We are so damn angry that night that we decided to crash the car if we bump into the driver again later. ** Unfortunately no one can recognise the face of the driver.

Lesson: Don't ever follow any recommended place to go by those money ripping drivers...


2) Try to get taxi which willing to use the meter ( you might find it difficult to look for one if they know you are not local) :

Story: Since it is 6 of you we might sometimes need to get 2 taxis if the driver does not want to pack us in. So for this particular trip I manage to get a taxi which willing to use the meter which only cost RM7. On the other taxi, my friend have difficulty getting a taxi which was willing to use the meter for the particular journey. In the end they have no choice but to accept a taxi which charge them RM20. Imagine a trip that cost RM7 those money ripping monster can charge you RM20.

Lesson: Try to get a meter taxi if possible . The lesson I learn is , try speaking in a Thai accent for meter , e.g. it sound like "meeterrr". This is to confuse the driver before we really get into the taxi. (of course we need to look Asian enough to be a Thai).


3) Never go to night market where there are lots of foreigner. You will be charged higher for everything. e,g, taxi fare, food , drink and even the offer price at the stall are extremely high (that is the offer price before you star to bargain).

One of the night market we went to is "SUAN LUM NIGHT MARKET" . Please don't ever go there before you go to the place below:-


RECOMMENDED PLACE TO SHOP :

Jatujak weekend market - its a very big "pasar pagi" which only available every weekend.. Tell you this place are so big and crowded till you night get lost. You can almost get anything u can name in this planet there..... (not joking !) . Highly recommended.


Pratunam Shopping Centre - If you miss the weekend market , try go to this Shopping Center. I find the price of those item here were reasonable (although you might need some skill to have a small discount). Basically you can get lots of thing here ranging from cloths , decorative item to toys etc..

Basically that is the few problems that I face when I went to Bangkok which you all have to becareful. Although some drivers might offer to bring you to some jewellery shop or wholesale outlet , its not as bad as what we had gone through for the seafood dinner.