bangkok is simply made up of 'wat' (which means temple), food and shopping. Had a wonderful trip. Really enjoyed myself and forget abt every sad thing that has been bothering me. This is really a good break. But all these fun will not be possible without my common interest (keep taking photo non stop) kaki xw. thanks gal!

 

We love local market. That is where we felt that we can see a different side of bangkok. That is why the 1st place we went to is a local market- Or Tor Kor Fresh Food Market. We had a free trip there due to a trade with the taxi driver. He wanted to bring us to a gem factory. He said that he can get 5 litre of free petrol if he brings us there. Being very wary, xw and I were rather reluctant to step into these con-tourist-money places. But in the end, he convinced us. Oh well, we only walked less thatn 5 min in the shop. I was still telling xw that he can just drive off after we alight from the taxi. When we were out of the shop, it's true, we found his taxi, but he was no where to be found. Luckily xw insisted that we should wait for him as he promised a free trip down. He really did come back and we really didn't pay for the trip down. haha.

 

ok. Let me continue with the food market. Be it fresh vegetables, seafood, meat, cooked food, message, clothes & bags can be found there:

 

Cooked food like 'cai fan', dessert, kueh and the very nice duck noodle that we ate

 

Ingredients for cooking such as spices and paste, garlic mountain 

 

Fruits and other thai tibits

 

And the stalls selling other staffs and those 'portable' stall

 

And since i'm already sharing about food, let me show you the kind of food that i've been trying these nice. Most of them are nice ones =) i love to eat!!

 

this is fried pineapple served in morning buffet breakfast. And due to the special liking of xw, we had tom yam kung for 3 days. haha. and the thing that never goes wrong is noodle soup. simply yummy.

 

Or Tor Kor Fresh Food market looks so clean and bright. But don't assume that that is the norm. We visited another local market - Thewet Fresh Food Market. This time round, i really mean LOCAL.

It is dark, wet and smelly. We looked like aliens walking in it as they are really the local people selling food to the locals. And i really mean FRESH food market as the fish that was lying there are still breathing. The crabs are still crawing and eels are still swimming.

 

Food stalls can be found at every corner of bangkok. These are others that i saw. The even sell dim sum! And see how much Thai people respect and love their King, the dim sem uncle has a picture of the king and queen at his little trolly stall.

 

Ok. That is all for today. Shall show more about the Wat in bangkok and the floating market. 5.5 hours to sleep. Can't imagine that i was still shopping madly yesterday and tomorrow i'll be back in office again. And singapore weather is seriously hotter than bangkok. Time to sneak into the air-con room to sleep.haha.