Pearlberries: Thailand: Part 1

"Sawat-dee"

Sawat-dee, means "hi" or "hello"is the most common greeting used in Thailand, even our Mr Ronald McDonald has to adapt to this culture if business must goes on. lol..
To do this, put you hands together like a lovely prayer-like gesture accompanied with a little head nodding. Do this to the people you see in Thailand and they will be very friendly in return.

Visiting Thailand with many Mr Beautiful has always been my wish and now it has granted! Booked myself with Jetstar this time with return fare of $180 (tax included) and waited eagerly for the day to come.

Yeah, ready to fly!

Limited Abs vok @ DFS, Changi Airport

Feel so good with these $$$

"Thailand flood"
While in the boarding hall, we saw this news. Worried Mei a lot but for the rest of us we managed to stay calm as everything has been booked. "We'll see how's then" is the phrase Dar-ann used.

Some more, the flight was full!

After a long 2 hrs back-aching flight, we finally arrived at Suvarnabhumi Int Airport. Very new and most part have not been painted yet.

Bird's view of Bangkok

Happy for the English translation

As a first timer to Bangkok, I pre-booked out transport from the Airport to the Hotel using hotel's service. THB 1,200 for a van with 9 seats. So, if you were in a large group, this is worth the money. But if there were just four people or less, take the cab. Although most the cab would print themselves "meter-taxi" but they still prefer calling prices.
Tips for you: 1) Go for cab that calls price (can bargain) as traffic might be heavy or they may bring you the long way just so their meter could jump more. 2) From SIA to town by cab cost less than using hotel's van surely around THB 500.

Our lovely driver with our hotel's van

This is a very pleasant place to stay in. Cost SGD 50 per room per night, B&B. Despite its distance from the skytrain, everything else is quite accessible from here. We have got day/night market, restaurants, 7-elevens, food stalls, florists and many more.


Our home for the next 2 days

Seem like we were not ready for the street food, so we headed into this ac restaurant called Siam House located just along the market close to our hotel. Anther reason also because it has got English translation on their menu.