"Headless Buddhas"
Day 2
Siam Paragon- (Siam Train Station)
Siam Paragon is where you will find all the high class stores like Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Longchamp, Dior, Fendi, YSL, and other expensive name brands. But I also found an H&M inside, so therefore, there are some cheaper price shopping experience that can be done here. I bought a pair of Melissa flats (jelly looking) with some snake skin design.The food courts and restaurants in the lowest level of this mall is amazing!
Food Court and there's a market in the back!
Dried crepe I don't know what's inside of this but it was really good!
I also had something similar to crepe it was the same batter with banana and condensed milk inside I forgot the name but I think it was originated from Singapore. I was really hungry already so I was just looking for little snacks to try before eating a real meal. They take cash they don't have the cards like Terminal 21 food court. I had another Shu mai at Siam Paragon.
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Some legit Thai Food finally!
I got my Thai Iced Coffee and some Tom Yum Soup (was pretty spicy for me) but it was delicious!
My aunt saw another Coco so I went ahead and bought another Matcha Milk Tea to satisfy my burning mouth, and to enjoy this delicious drink.
Platinum Mall- Siam Station (then a 15-20 min walk)
Tuk Tuk
We went on a tuk tuk to go to Platinum mall faster (100 baht for 5 people)and cheaper than a taxi, it will probably be a 15-20 min. walk. We had to fit in this small tuk tuk so it was pretty uncomfortable for 5 adults to ride one tuk tuk. We went back to the second building which is zone 2, another 6-7 floors of shopping booths. For the day, I did most of my shopping here. Most of the booths are up to date with fashion most of the materials are chiffon it is really similar to Forever 21 style clothes. I will be doing a separate blog for all the things that I bought in Bangkok.
***If you are having troubles converting from usd to baht or any other currencies you should download an app on your phone. The one on my ipad is called My Currency Converter. This is great because it doesn't need wifi, so you can use it whenever you pleased.
**I brought my longchamp bag and only had like hand sanitizer, tissue, lotion, wipes, and maybe a small water bottle. I had a money belt underneath my top, I kept all my large bills there just in case someone tried to pick pocket or snatch my purse. I didn't have use a phone when I was in Bangkok so we basically had to set a place and a time to meet up, it's hard to get lost and it's a hassle to walk around and look for everybody.
Preview Haul of Day 2
Grand Pearl Dinner Cruise
Watsons
Coconut Ice Cream
Wat Arun
After shopping we went back to the hotel at around 5 and got ready, there was a service that picked us up from out hotel to the cruise at 5:30 p.m. I believe that the cruise was at 7 pm but they picked us up earlier because there might be traffic etc. So we were just waiting at the restaurant by the shore. Next to the restaurant there was a mall. I was bored of waiting so I just decided to look around for a bit and I found Bioderma at a Watsons and it was 1, 250 baht ($38.00 usd) it's still a little bit cheaper than Amazon so I jumped at the opportunity. After that, I found an ice cream booth and I was excited to see the hype about coconut ice cream! It was sold everywhere but I was always too busy walking around shopping so I didn't really get a chance to have a taste until this day. It was really good and it didn't taste like artificial coconut, it tasted as if it was the real coconut fruit that you drink.
Being a clumsy chick that I am, I got some ice cream on my dress and thankfully it dried off and didn't leave a stain behind.
I came back just in time for the boat, they had a nice entrance because there was a guy at the tip of the boat playing a saxophone and some jazz music. The staff members were outside the boat and was saluting at the people. They rolled out a red carpet and a couple of people were singing. Then it was finally time to get in the boat, we were so lucky because we were on the upper deck of the boat and we had a better look at the scenery. So the entertainment started with the singers and then a Thai dance was performed. We started to fall in line for food and we ate. I didn't finish my food because I feel like it was bland and lack taste. I enjoyed the scenery of Wat Arun Temple and a little view of the Grand Palace (Bangkok Day 4), there was also a bridge. After all the eating and the beautiful scenery the entertainers started singing and asked people to dance, they turned the boat in little club with some loud music. They were just playing music for the last 20 min. til the cruise was over.
HOW TO BUY A TICKET AT THE TRAIN STATION:
So for example you are coming from where Terminal 21 and Silq Station are from ( Asok Station) then you want to go to Siam Station where Siam Paragon is. You are in Asok where the yellow dot is on then look at where Siam station is. When you find where it says Siam and there is a number on the dot. Whatever the number is that is how much baht it cost to go to that destination. So in this case, from Asok to Siam station is 28 baht.
1. So you select the amount it will cost you (this case 28 baht)
2. Insert your coins ( if you don't have coins there's a booth/office to give you change)
3. Take your ticket :)
**If you are still having troubles then just ask a staff member to help you. Almost everybody in Bangkok knows how to speak basic English.
**If you are still having troubles then just ask a staff member to help you. Almost everybody in Bangkok knows how to speak basic English.
I love taking the train the most! There's no traffic/ it's quick and if you go in before, between, after rush hours then you won't find it crowded. It is nice and clean and there's a pretty good AC on the train.
