Day 5 - Shopping in Bangkok

Enjoyed the breakfast buffet at the highest level of Baiyoke Suite hotel. It has a very nice view as well. The surroundings of the eating area are all windows. So, you can have a bird eye view of Bangkok.





































Started our first stop at the market opposite us. It is a wholesale market where items are normally sold cheaply if you buy 3 and above. So, it is good that I have 3 girl friends with me. haha. =p

As there was not much stuff for the guys, they headed over to Pratinum shopping mall first. But, end up there wasn't much for them to shop as well. As claimed by them, 90% of the items sold are meant to be shop by girls.




















Moved on to MBK Avenue Shopping Mall. A gigantic shopping mall i would say. You really have to plan your shopping route as you wouldn't be able to remember where you have shoppped. Endless stream of shops selling broad ranges of items. But, the prices here will be slightly higher given the comfort of the aircon. Lol.




















While we were doing our shopping, we saw this very interesting sight! All the jewelery shops were closing their gates with the shoppers in as well! Everyone seemed to be in a rush to keep all the expensive stuff in the stores. And, it was only 5+pm. At the same time, we received a call from our friend who is shopping outside, for us to stay in the shopping mall as it is very crowded outside. We thought there was a strike going on. Lol. But, no. My friends actually witnessed 2 gang of students starting a fight in the middle of the shopping mall! There were some weapons like knife being used. The police were frantically stopping and chasing after them as well. And, this explains why the jewelery shops are closing to protect their expensive items. Haha. What an experience.

Dinner at A&W~
Curry chicken with a beary rice. Haha, so cute! But, the portion is rather small, not fulling.




















For don't know what reason, there was a huge jam on the road. So, we decided to walk back to our hotel and shop at the same time. This gives us the chance to view the art exhibits on global warming as well. Nearby, there was also few stretch of stores selling hand-made items. To our amazement, they started to close at 9pm when there are still many shoppers looking at the items. Maybe there is a rule that do not allow them to continue after 9 or they need to rush for last buses?

Anyway, seems like we have not shop enough. So, we decided to head back to Suan Night market as the first day we didn't had much time to cover finish the shops. Shop till midnight again, what a tiring yet fruitful day, haha.

Oh ya, there isn't any midnight charges like what we have in Sg. If you are lucky to grab hold of a meter cab, the fare should still be reasonable. But, if you didn't, be prepared to pay up to as high as 4 times the original prices.