This time round, my younger sister, my parents and my elder sister together with her hubby and their 2 little kids will be going along too.
It will be like a family event. Guess my mum got hooked on travelling after her trip to Hong Kong a few months back.
When the coup happened in Bangkok, she was like asking if we are still going as the news reported that everything is okay.
We made quite a last minute booking on air-tickets and accomodation. The accomodation was a headache, we tried so many bookings before we managed to get us any. We settled finally in Arnoma Hotel. A new hotel this time round. I usually stayed in Asia Hotel when I went Bangkok as it is very convenient but it was like fully booked after we asked around 1 agent and 3 websites.
Our flight was at 1.05pm and we took the SQ flight this time and it costs us $289 per pax. Usually we took Tiger Airways or Jetstar but the price difference this time round was not much and we get to have in-flight entertainment and food and not forgetting the kiddy package on SQ for the little ones. Look at the spongebob toy my niece is holding.1st day in Bangkok
We reached the new Bangkok International Airport - Suvarnabhumi Airport around 3.30pm local time. The immigration process went on quite smoothly. The baggage collection was pretty good as well although we had to wait for the baggage. I was actually pleasantly surprised at the smooth immigration process after hearing stories of hiccups during the opening days earlier in september.That's our baggage claim belt.
The airport is huge, it was like Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 combined into one. The only thing is we had to go down to the first floor to catch a taxi and it seems weird that the taxis were not located on the same level as the arrival halls.
We had to split into 2 different taxis on our way to the Hotel. We reached the hotel around 5pm but the rooms were not ready so we left our bags with the hotel and went to Central Zen (used to be called World Trade Center). Went to Naraya and Isetan and bought quite a bit of stuff.
Went back to the hotel thereafter.The room was ok, not fantastic but looked pretty alright. We took a little rest and quickly went to Siam Square where we headed to Macway's tailor to custom make some shirts and pants for hubby. My Dad made 2 pair pants, my sister made 2 shirts and my brother-in-law made 3 pair of pants and 3 shirts. These are the shirts and pants I ordered for hubby. 
We ended the night with dinner at the food court at MBK 5th floor. The food court concept was like Marche where each of us has a card and paid for our food using the card. Look at the food we had.
2nd day in Bangkok
We started the morning bright and cheery with breakfast at the Hotel. The spread is pretty normal. Today we brought our parents to the Grand Palace. It was a really hot day. We took the taxi to grand palace and our taxi went a long way and via the expressway and in the end, we paid twice than what the other taxi paid.After the grand palace, we decided to walk to the Reclining Buddha which is supposed to be 10 mins stroll from the grand palace. But it's so hot and we couldn't see the place after walking for a while that we decided to give up and head to Chinatown.
An "artistic" photo i took of a flower pot in the grand palace.
Wanted to go to Canton House in Chinatown but couldn't find the place so we ended up at Hai Wai Tian for lunch with sharks' fins and birds nest. The portion at Hai Wai Tian has shrunk so much that it's really no longer worth it to eat there anymore. After lunch, we went to Sampeng market where i picked up some earrings.
At Chinatown, there were some celebrations going on which I believed is some celebration of the ninth emperor in heaven or something like that .We went back to the hotel after that where the kids slept and my sister and I went to MBK for more shopping. We met up later and went to a restaurant called Thai Thai near Patpong for dinner and thereafter went to walk a bit at Patpong and then to Naraya again to buy stuff we can't find in the Naraya at World Trade Center.
3rd day in Bangkok
My sister and I started the day early as we wanted to go to Chatuchak market whereas my parents wanted to go to the Aquarium with my elder sister and the kids.
We reached Chatuchak around 9.45pm and within an hour, we already grabbed jeans, tees, shoes etc. We eventually left the place around 1pm and rushed to the tailor for my sister to do some fittings for her shirts. The guy at the shop told us that the temperature is about 38deg cel these few days. Very hot. Had lunch at MBK at my favourite restaurant. I can't remember the name of the restaurant but they served the streetside food in the restaurant. You can always see those stalls selling "fishball" noodles and they have that too in the restaurant. Its located at the end of MBK at basement near the cinemas side.
After that, we went to Platinum Fashion Mall where I bought some accessories and then to City Square where there are wholesale clothes for sale. The bad thing is I can't find anything suitable.
My feet are killing me and we headed back to the Hotel where the rest are leaving for dinner. I just had to rest my feet and didn't go for dinner with them.
Fourth and Last day in Bangkok
After breakfast, my sister and I went to do some last minute shopping at Big C whereas my parents and my sister's family decided to go to Central Chidlom. I bought a skirt and pants followed by foot massage. Finally letting my feet have some relaxation. After checking out, my sister and I went for lunch and had roast duck rice, shrimp dumpling soup and siew mai with drinks and all these for just 200 baht.
After that, it's time to head to the airport. After checking in, there are quite a number of shops in there and we spent the time walking around till it's time to board the plane. There is this grand centerpiece in the airport after clearing the immigration. I have no idea what it is but it looks pretty nice.Good bye Bangkok and I will be back....perhaps next year.
