What we did: MBK mall, skyped with Frank and Dan, bus to Chiang Mai
Budget: 3000B/$100; Spent: 3918B/$131
This morning we enjoyed our last buffet breakfast at our hotel in Bangkok. It will be sad to leave. A One Inn has treated us well. After breakfast we Facetimed with Dan and Frank and then spent some time on the internet.
We left our hotel in the early afternoon, after packing our backpacks and getting ready the things we wanted to ship home. We had more stuff to ship home today than any other time we have shipped. We had two huge bags filled with stuff!
We stored our backpacks at our hotel and then set off for the post office. The first couple taxis couldn't understand where we wanted to go, and then we found someone who knew where it was. We actually got a pretty fair price too.
About a 10 minute ride later, we were at the post office. I keep comparing things to India, but I can't help it. Compared to India, this post office was a palace. It even had a washroom!! Anyway, first we boxed up our stuff and then grabbed a ticket to wait for someone to help us. We waited about 10 minutes and then we lugged our stuff up to a counter.
We explained to the guy that we wanted to ship the stuff as cheap as possible, and he nodded in understanding. He couldn't speak very good English, but we were mostly able to communicate with him. We ended up shipping home about 12kg of stuff, and it cost quite a bit more than we expected, though still much less than in India! Sorry, I can't help myself.
We felt so relieved to have sent all that stuff home. We were practically giddy to have gotten ride of all of it. We hopped into another taxi and took it to MBK to do some last minute shopping... oh how quickly we forget. Of course, we stopped by our favourite place for lunch: the food court. We've been really enjoying the papaya salad we tried a couple days ago. I guess they use unripened papaya so it's hard, and it's amazing. It's super spicy though, so be warned. We also had a decent Tom Yum soup and some mediocre spring rolls.
We found me some awesome beach shirts for cheap right near the food court and then went to check out the street market when 5pm rolled around. Patty had noticed a black dress yesterday and today she decided to take the plunge and buy it. She also picked up a white tank top for about $3.
We were supposed to be at the train station at 7pm, so we didn't have much time on the street market. We went back to our hotel, grabbed our stuff, and then hopped into the first taxi that offered us a decent rate.
We arrived at the meeting area in the train station approximately on time and then we left a couple minutes later by mini-bus to the area where we would pick up our bus. When we arrived at the bus stop, we jumped off with four or five other people also taking a bus and we eventually found our bus. The buses were just lined up right on a street in Bangkok. It's an interesting way of doing it.
All the buses looked very nice...nothing like India...and ours was nice as well. When we were directed inside, we were unfortunately given seats right at the front of the second level of the bus. There was very little foot space and we were really unhappy about this especially considering we paid 2100B for the supposed VIP seats.
When the bus got moving, we noticed that there were some empty seats so we moved to those. We enjoyed about 10 minutes of fully reclining seats with amazing leg room before the bus stopped and more people got on. We were unceremoniously kicked out of those seats and sent back to our former seats. We knew then that it was going to be a long ride.
We were told that we would be served dinner, but that didn't happen. We did get a very decent snack. Had they just told us we were going to get a snack as opposed to dinner, I would have been very happy with the snack they did give us!
We had a nice view out of the front of the bus from the 2nd deck where our seats were located, but it was too dark for most of the ride to get to appreciate the view.
We stopped once at a place where we could go to the washroom and pick up some food. It was a really nice stop. There were some restaurants, a convenience store, and then other food carts to buy from. Nothing like China or India. I was very impressed. We grabbed some fresh fruit and yogurts as a snack, since we had been denied dinner. It did the trick.
We then spent the rest of the night in a state of semi-sleep because we were so uncomfortable. At the very least, it was a nice, clean bus, so we can’t complain too much. A hell of a lot better than India!
Budget: 3000B/$100; Spent: 3918B/$131
This morning we enjoyed our last buffet breakfast at our hotel in Bangkok. It will be sad to leave. A One Inn has treated us well. After breakfast we Facetimed with Dan and Frank and then spent some time on the internet.
We left our hotel in the early afternoon, after packing our backpacks and getting ready the things we wanted to ship home. We had more stuff to ship home today than any other time we have shipped. We had two huge bags filled with stuff!
We stored our backpacks at our hotel and then set off for the post office. The first couple taxis couldn't understand where we wanted to go, and then we found someone who knew where it was. We actually got a pretty fair price too.
About a 10 minute ride later, we were at the post office. I keep comparing things to India, but I can't help it. Compared to India, this post office was a palace. It even had a washroom!! Anyway, first we boxed up our stuff and then grabbed a ticket to wait for someone to help us. We waited about 10 minutes and then we lugged our stuff up to a counter.
We explained to the guy that we wanted to ship the stuff as cheap as possible, and he nodded in understanding. He couldn't speak very good English, but we were mostly able to communicate with him. We ended up shipping home about 12kg of stuff, and it cost quite a bit more than we expected, though still much less than in India! Sorry, I can't help myself.
We felt so relieved to have sent all that stuff home. We were practically giddy to have gotten ride of all of it. We hopped into another taxi and took it to MBK to do some last minute shopping... oh how quickly we forget. Of course, we stopped by our favourite place for lunch: the food court. We've been really enjoying the papaya salad we tried a couple days ago. I guess they use unripened papaya so it's hard, and it's amazing. It's super spicy though, so be warned. We also had a decent Tom Yum soup and some mediocre spring rolls.
We found me some awesome beach shirts for cheap right near the food court and then went to check out the street market when 5pm rolled around. Patty had noticed a black dress yesterday and today she decided to take the plunge and buy it. She also picked up a white tank top for about $3.
We were supposed to be at the train station at 7pm, so we didn't have much time on the street market. We went back to our hotel, grabbed our stuff, and then hopped into the first taxi that offered us a decent rate.
We arrived at the meeting area in the train station approximately on time and then we left a couple minutes later by mini-bus to the area where we would pick up our bus. When we arrived at the bus stop, we jumped off with four or five other people also taking a bus and we eventually found our bus. The buses were just lined up right on a street in Bangkok. It's an interesting way of doing it.
All the buses looked very nice...nothing like India...and ours was nice as well. When we were directed inside, we were unfortunately given seats right at the front of the second level of the bus. There was very little foot space and we were really unhappy about this especially considering we paid 2100B for the supposed VIP seats.
When the bus got moving, we noticed that there were some empty seats so we moved to those. We enjoyed about 10 minutes of fully reclining seats with amazing leg room before the bus stopped and more people got on. We were unceremoniously kicked out of those seats and sent back to our former seats. We knew then that it was going to be a long ride.
We were told that we would be served dinner, but that didn't happen. We did get a very decent snack. Had they just told us we were going to get a snack as opposed to dinner, I would have been very happy with the snack they did give us!
We had a nice view out of the front of the bus from the 2nd deck where our seats were located, but it was too dark for most of the ride to get to appreciate the view.
We stopped once at a place where we could go to the washroom and pick up some food. It was a really nice stop. There were some restaurants, a convenience store, and then other food carts to buy from. Nothing like China or India. I was very impressed. We grabbed some fresh fruit and yogurts as a snack, since we had been denied dinner. It did the trick.
We then spent the rest of the night in a state of semi-sleep because we were so uncomfortable. At the very least, it was a nice, clean bus, so we can’t complain too much. A hell of a lot better than India!
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