Bangkok Bangkok (Day 3)

A mini Bangkok travelogue:

Day 3 (20 Mar 05)

Open eyes. Think sucky hotel breakfast. Think not enough snooze. Skip it? Affirmative. Back to dreamland.

My father (the hotel BB fan) will so want to murder us if he found out we skipped the buffet breakfast, ha! We figured that we might as well take our own sweet time since we were so damn tired. And not to mention, back to work the next day. The last thing we wanted was insufficient sleep.

So off we went to MBK (again!) to hunt for food, after hotel check out. This time we were determined to try out a restaurant. So we settled for a Japanese charcoal grill place, which looked the most appetizing of the lot. Turned out to be an excellent decision. The food came in a platter, which didn't look too much at first. It was a good mixture of raw meat and seafood, which we had to grill on the charcoal stove. The food was delicious, which we gobbled with glee. The drinks were also fantastic. We had a coconut shake and a green tea shake (with lots of red beaned sugar?), and they were absolutely fantastic. Why the hell don't they just solely set up a drinks place? If they brought it over to our shores, we were sure they'll make big bucks. Meal only costed 20 odd SGD... definitely value for money! Before we know it, we had to head back to the hotel for pickup to the airport. Not before the GF grabbed another pair of jeans (couldn't resist the good price and quality).

The assigned driver from our tour agency came rather punctually. If the transfer was good 2 days ago, we ain't seen nothing yet. As we walked out of the hotel, i caught a glimpse of a Mercedes, and happily joked that we were gonna travel back in style. Imagine our pleasant surprise when we were actually led to that Mercs! Unbelivable! Although it was a little dusty, it was still a freaking Mercs. Haven't seen any on the road since we arrived! As I plonked myself into the back seat, I suddenly realised it was the 1st time I had sat in one. Not even a Mercs cab. The GF drifted to sleep midway through the 40 min long journey. A nice feeling seeing her slumped so comfortably in deep sleep :)

Arrived at Bangkok International Airport without a hitch, and checked in after a slight wait. Had our last meal in Thailand (for now) at Black Canyon Coffee, their number one coffee joint in the country, or so it claimed. We even ordered Tom Yum soup to go with the rum and mocha coffees. Again, my stomach didn't churn, although the Tom Yum (downed with coffee) was expectedly spicy. Guess I've sort of 'strenghtened' my stomach by contantly loading it with various combinations of crap.

A few hours and a delay in takeoff later, we arrived in Singapore. A memorable trip overall, even though it was my umpteenth time in Bangkok. Definitely because of the new travel partner and hopefully, a lifelong one too.

Bangkok 3 Days 2 Nights, 18 - 20 Mar 05