Back to home sweet home!

Hey people, I’m back! Not that I’m expecting any celebratory claps or anything….

Anyway, thank you to all those who left comments on my last post last month before I went traipsing all over the capital of Thailand.

Wah, Foongpc, so nice of you eh, to reply to some of the comments for me! Now people are really going to be confused and think if you are me or I am you. Well, to those who are confused, I am NOT foongpc and he is not me. I am a woman and he is obviously not a woman so we are two completely different people. And no, we are not related.

And no, I didn’t get killed in any of the so-called ‘riots’ in Bangkok. You’ve not seen organised protests until you’ve seen the ones in Bangkok! Would you believe it that we actually passed the spot they protestors were gathering early in the morning and there was not much noise. Okay, so it didn’t start yet at that time but still, nobody jumped into the middle of the road to stop cars or anything. All of them were gathered in the big huge field.

Why did I say organised? Well, they went ahead with their protests and other than causing a massive jam later in the evening (believe me, you’ve not experienced a traffic jam until you’ve been in one in Bangkok!) there was no signs or any fights or of the protestors taking to the streets or anything. Nope. Life goes on as normal at the rest of the city.

Anyway, I came back a few days ago but had to take at least a year or two to recuperate.I’m still trying to recuperate here, okay? So, if you want pictures…wait lar. I’ve to convert those blardy files to smaller sizes and paste the darn © foongsite.com labels in first. I am just SO tired after the holiday.

NOTE TO SELF: Do NOT travel with whiny toddler to anywhere HOT.

Bangkok at the height of summer is unbelievably HOT. It is at least 38°C during the cooler time in the mornings. So imagine melting away in the heat while whiny toddler refused to walk because of the heat and clings on like some super strong velcro.

Luckily, I brought my versatile, strong and very reliable baby carrier. It is top of the range and SO convenient. Can also double as shopping carrier, ATM machine and food bringer.You should get one the next time you travel. It is called:

A HUSBAND.

Heheheheh…sorry, guys. It is only available for women only. And comes pretty cheap. All you need to do is to feed it with good food, provide the necessary entertainment at night and you are all set. But of course, it comes with some very complex operations instructions you may need years to decipher…

So, what did we do in Bangkok? Hmmm…

1. Sweat like pigs

2. Walk till we are sore

3. Got stuck in 3-hour traffic jams with bored toddler jumping around in the van (who eventually bit me out of boredom and gave me a big huge purple bruise)

4. Ate loads of roadside hawker food and some food court stuffs and even some creepy crawlies (okay, so, only toddler and I are the braver ones to ingest the toxic, deepfried, salt-laden critters but heck, one must be adventurous mah… don’t believe me? I will put up the pictures as proof!)

5. Shopped till we ran out of Baht and had to convert some RMs at very low exchange rate…Cis..Why can’t they start accepting credit cards at markets, eh?

6. Changed hotels because the one we booked online cheated us! The stupid hotel/apartment is called JS Tower and is tucked away in some seedy backlane in some dark, scary neighbourhood. Furthermore, the 3-room apartment we booked is actually three tiny shoebox size rooms tucked into a room barely 400sq ft big with ONE bathroom. That’s not the worse of it, it is dusty and looks like the setting for a movie titled ‘The Rundown Haunted Service Apartment’. Not that we saw any ghosts. We saw loads of cobwebs and spiders. And dust three inches thick, it practically provides a cushion to the tiled floor! We checked in, took a look and ran. So, remember this name: JS Towers. DO NOT STAY THERE when in Bangkok!The only reason we booked there online because they have such nice pictures of the rooms and not only that, they even have a FAKE map showing the location of the hotel in the middle of a happening place near Sukhumvit. HAH. We took the airport limousine service to get there and the driver got lost because we showed him the map and the hotel is not located where it’s shown on the map. He called them and got directions and the hotel is actually about an hour’s drive away in some seedy part of the town tucked into some dark, narrow backlanes. Not a place to stay. Not unless you prefer to be robbed blind while leaving the hotel.

We ended up staying at Sukhumvit Crown Hotel. It’s a budget hotel with reasonably clean rooms and damn cheap prices. Best part is that it is located within quite a happening place so the moment we step out of it, we see loads of shops, stalls, people and traffic.

Let me recount the rest of my travels in Bangkok on another post, complete with pictures…. Till then, I need SLEEP. And a real RELAXING holiday…sigh…Can I take two years MC please?

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