Bangkok --> Day 2

Woke up around 6.30am for breakfast.. *yawn.. waking up this early is never easy...Anyway, breakfast was buffet style n it was great... ^^ seeing the variety of food available, well u kno, i got all excited again.. hehe.. what a good start for a day.. ;)



After breakfast, we started our tour around Bangkok.. Our first destination was the Erawan Shrine a.k.a. the four-faced buddha... Nothing much here actually.. There is the buddha with the four face and oso some elephants there..



One thing i realised about Bangkok people was that they respect their king & their queen very much.. Every corner u go, u'll c statues and big pictures of either their king or queen, hung for eg, at the front of their building.. The below is among one of them:

Next, we went for a boat ride in the river of Chao Phraya, the longest river in Thailand.. Sitting at the boat while sight seeing was fun.. how many times do u even get to sit on a boat rite?? Anyway the breeze was cooling while the water was muddy.. Look down.. yee.. u rely don wanna fall into such "clean water... haha..



This is one of the fake floating market.. It's fake coz it's not the real one.. ahaha.. the real one is approximately 2 hours apart from here & u have to travel as early as 6.30, n so, it was a no-no due to time constraint.. oh n it's called the floating market coz the sellers sells it on their boat, just as shown below:



Halfway thru, v stopped by this wat, which i dun recall what it was called.. It was actually quite beautiful here, with the well-maintained landscape n all....



n the river was full with baby sharks!!! Aaaarh....!! ahahahaha... k la no la.. jk.. it's fish.. n they are so aggresive.. was so concern that they might actually turn our boat over.. how stupid of me to even think so.. they r just fishes.. hahaha..



After enjoying our boat ride, v visited a gem-making factory/shop... We watched a short video clip first, n den they took us around while explaining the process of the gems, diamonds and ruby's making.. wow.. u kno, it's such a delicate job.. all handmade, no kidding man... the diamonds n rubies are so tiny that if it was me doing it, i'll sure drop them all on the floor.. haha... After process, they took us to the shop n started their marketing.. the shop was beautifull.. with the clear water aquarium with unique fishes and the diamond from all diff colors from rings to necklaces to earrings and etc... It all looked so sparklingly shiny.. *chwink..



We also visited a bee store and drank honey and ate honey ice cream and saw a yellow bumbee outside.. haha..



After touring around the city for about like half day, tada~~ the long awaited moment. It's time for shopping... ahaha... Headed to MBK mall, which stands for mah boon krong i tink.. It's one of the most huge shopping malls in Bangkok and is a must-go! There are like 8 floors here with stores that apparently have anything u name it.. shopping heaven man.. ^^



We had both lunch n dinner here in this mall's food court.. imagine the hours v spent here.. haha.. Here are only among the food v had.. It was yummy too.. ^^



The shopping freaks reached back to hotel around almost 11.00 and s usual slept like a pig... ^^ was so damn dead tired.. but it's worth it.. hahaha..

...End of day 2...