Trip to Bangkok ~~~ Day 1 The New Rot Fai Market Ratchada

I was on a business trip today. I travelled today so that I can get enough rest and prepare myself to meet customers starting tomorrow. My colleague and I travelled from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok via Thai Airway which had the same price with Airasia. The flight was not full, in fact, it was quite empty in our cabin.

Our flight took off at 1 pm (Malaysia) and arrived at 2.30 pm local time. There were a lot of tourists. It took us quite some time to pass the customs. Then, we collected our luggage and took a taxi to our hotel.

For this trip, we will be staying in Double Tree by Hilton Hotel in Sukhumvit. When we arrived at the hotel at 4 pm local time.

The hotels around this area was quite expensive but we chose this area because it is near to our customer. It is my first time staying in Hilton's hotel. They gave us each a piece of warm cookie from their cafe and also a nice souvenir (a cute elephant design fridge magnet).

The nice lady from the reception guided us to the lift before resumed to her work. We both had a rest in our own room and decides to meet at 6.30 pm for dinner.

These were photos of my room. We couldn't get rooms with double bed instead of twin bed rooms.

 The toiletries for this hotel was by Crabtree & Evelyn. It smelled so good.

We met at 6.30 pm and leave for a night market near Ratchada. First, we took bts to Asok and change to MRT to Thailand Cultural Centre. To use the bts, you may buy ticket with coins using the automated machines or you may also purchase a Rabbit Card for all bts. It cost 200 Baht with 100 Baht value in it whereas for MRT you need to purchase another card for MRT that cost 180 Baht with 100 Baht value in it. Since we stay near Phrom Phong station which is one station form Asok, it cost only 16 Baht for bts while for MRT from Sukhumvit to Thailand Cultural Centre, it cost 20 Baht as they are only 3 stations apart. In order to get to the night market, we exit the mrt at the exit near Esplanade Ratchadapisek. We walked through the alley between RS tower and Esplanade. Basically the crowd will lead you to the night market.

There were a lot of stalls selling food, fashion items and even a salon. 

Colourful mango sticky rice, so cute!!!

Cheap and colourful sushi!!!

Jelly thingy

Baked fish!!! Super delicious!!!

Cuppu cakey😁😁

Shrimp/prawn as big as my arm!!!😮

Need haircut?

See how pretty it is??

We ordered the fish for 260 Baht and the meehun, veggie thingy for 10 Baht. It was huge and super delicious!!! (super recommended)

I also bought a small colourful mango sticky rice for dessert. It tasted very nice and the rainbow colour made it more delicious. Haha😁😁😁

Where I visit in Dubai (part 2) Souk & Jumeirah

After visiting Al-Fahidi Historical Neighborhood, I walked down Al-Fahidi street to Dubai Museum or Traditional Architecture Museum (as shown in Google map).

The entrance fee for Dubai Museum is AED 3 for age 6 and AED 1 for age below 6. I ended up did not enter the museum because there were 4 different groups of tourists visiting the museum. It was too crowded so I decided to go to the souk instead.

At the end of this alley, I arrived at textile souk. This alley has many shops and tailor shops. 

There were also shops selling spices, herbs and souvenirs. This is a very good place to get good bargain price for souvenirs. Next to the textile souk is Bur Dubai Abra Station. I took the water taxi from this station to Deira Station where Gold Souk and Spice Souk are. The water taxi cost only AED 1.

After disembarking at Deira Station, there were many ships unloading the shipments by the port.

I walked along the street to get to the Old Souk. Here, you can find many shops selling different items, spices, souvenirs, stationery, carpets and also imported products. Basically, you can find anything here.

After walking around Old Souk, I turned to the Gold Souk. There were many different jewelry made from gold and diamonds. Many tourists were there to buy gold jewelries at super deal price.

After visiting all these souks, I took metro from Al-Ras Station to Jumeirah Lakeside Tower Station. It cost me AED 7.50 to travel across 3 zones.

This station was very different from Burjuman Station. This station was much quiet compared to Burjuman. In order to get to Jumeirah Lakeside Tower, I have to change from the green line to the red line metro at Burjuman station. It took me almost an hour to reach Jumeirah Lakeside Tower Station from Al-Ras Station. 

I wasn't able to visit the public beach because I was too tired to walk anymore. So, I was only able to look at the Burj al-Arab hotel from far.

I went back to Burjuman area and took my lunch at Jolibee. My first and last meal in Dubai were both Jolibee. Haha.