Bangkok (Day 2) : Tiger Temple

Gosh! It takes me ages to write another post about my vacation in Bangkok.

After I went to River Kwai, the next trip was Tiger Temple. You can read the detail about Tiger Temple here.

When we reached there, the weather there was cloudy. A hint that it was about to rain. I prayed that the weather will stay cloudy because it won’t be too hot and the most important thing no rain. Why? Because I brought along my DSLR camera and if raining, it would be hard for me to use it.

All tourist from the same van with me walked quickly to the gate and some even ran. Then, we realized that we have to walk further to the canyon!

Haha!

At this point, I started to run and left my 3 friends behind as the rain started to pour.

When we reached at the canyon not many people was there. I did not realize I was at the queue and it was my turn to snap with the tiger! LOL.

The woman took my camera and I was shock. “Hey!” was the only word came out from my mouth. She told me that she will take the pictures and I must follow what she says and keep holding her hand in the canyon. I told her that my friend, Keith has no camera and whether it is possible for him to follow me. I saw Keith was waving his hand telling me that he wants to follow. She said “…later”.

Fine.

Amazingly, she knew how to use my DSLR. As soon as I started to take picture with the tigers, the rain started to pour heavily. Damn it! I was worried and she was smiling happily. Haha.

After I had done taking picture, she grabbed Keith’s hand to follow her and repeat the same thing I did. Luckily, he was the last one because they stop the taking picture session for safety reason. Tigers will be VERY AGGRESIVE!

As soon as Keith finished taking picture, he passed me the camera and I hurriedly wipe the camera with the tissue. Haha.

When the rain stopped. The Tiger Temple staff told us to go to the fake cave because they wanted to take all tigers back to their home. If the tigers see us walking around they might attack us because they feel insecure. So, I walked to the cave waiting for the tigers to pass by. So many tourist were there and some waiting with the camera. I took out my iPhone instead of DSLR waiting for the best shot.

The monk brought all tigers and one of them brought the cub to the cave. I was shock as I didn’t know he was at my back. Haha.

Then, I saw some other animals running toward us. Water buffalo, deer, wild boar, cow and many others. I realized they were running here for the food.

After they had done stuffing themselves, I walked out and talked to a monk when on my way back. Oh yeah, I saw a bear in a fake cave and tall fence was around it. I wonder why the bear was in there while other wild animals were outside happily running here and there? Hmm.

The journey back to the hotel was not good. Bad traffic jam and we stuck in the jam for about 2 hours! Roughly. The van did not stop in front of our hotel but somewhere in town. I took cab to the hotel.

As soon as I reached hotel, Marcus text me. Asked me out for dinner at Somboon. A seafood restaurant. I went there with Keith and met Marcus and Marc there. The foods were awesome!

After that, we went to some good places for drinks and went back to hotel pretty late.

Great day even though it was a very tiring one.

One of the best vacation.

Bangkok (Day 2): River Kwai

After I had done with Boat Ride, I went to River Kwai.

Maybe some of you do not have any idea about River Kwai at all. I got this info from here:

In case there was any doubt concerning man's savagery to his fellow kind, then the Thai-Burma railway, all 415 kilometres of it, stands as a horrific testament to human brutality. Constructed under order of the Japanese by prisoners of war and enslaved locals during WWII, the Death Railway's most famous section, 'The Bridge Over the River Kwai', now acts as one of Thailand's major tourist attractions.

The bridge is located in the small town of Kanchanaburi where the majority of guesthouses back onto the infamous Kwai River.

The bridge is, well, a bridge. The history behind it however is far from ordinary. As the Japanese extended their invasion of Thailand into the West of Burma, their success was hampered by the difficulty in supplying troops with provisions and so a supply line, the railway, was built. The Japanese, using POWs and civilian conscripts, adopted a brutal and barbaric work regime that saw the completion of the railway in one year rather than the three it was estimated to take. These 'speedo' tactics cost the lives of a staggering three hundred thousand men.

Fuhhh!

It is not a good story to know even though it is part of world history. When the tourist guide told me about this, my jaw dropped and I felt sad about the brutality. Even though it is history, I wonder how cruel a human can be.

It reminds me of a video I watched last year; a video of a pregnant monkey which was attacked by a leopard and suddenly the baby came out from the mother.

Hmm.
Back to my travel adventure, I would like to share with you some pictures as usual.

So, that is River Kwai. I did not across the bridge :-)

It was very hot and the local durian ice cream was very good!

Stay tune for more adventure. Me with some real TIGERS. Rawrrrrrr!!!

Bangkok (Day 2): Boat Ride

After I have done with the Floating Market, I went to the other side which was just beside the floating market entrance for the boat ride. The boat ride was included in the package that I paid earlier.

I’d say that Floating Market is a must and it is ok if you skip the boat ride. Nothing much to talk about :-)

Enjoy the pictures ya.

… and this was after the boat ride. They have Snake Show here but I did not go in. It was pricey and I did not think worth it.

Ok, done with the boat ride :-)

Stay tune for Kwai River story.

Bangkok (Day 2): Floating Market

My second day in Bangkok.

Woke up at 6am and did my routine exercise such as push up and sit up. Then slowly moved to bathroom, brushed my teeth and took shower. While I was taking shower, I got a phone call. My friend answered it and it was the tour van driver. He was at the hotel at 6.30am! The agency told us last night at 6.45am! Damn it!

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you which agency we dealt with. It was MamTour. Click here if you want to know more about it. It is the cheapest price you can get. Even the hotel staff was shock with the price we got!

I rushed out of the bathroom and grab some buns and chocolates that I bought at 7 Eleven last night when I walked home from Pat Pong. I ran to the van and he was in hurry. The van driver told us that the agency always gave the wrong information. Hmm, at least he knew it wasn’t our fault.

The van kept moving at the same place like 3 or 4 times. Why? Because some of the tourist that booked the same tour were late! Hate it. I mean, can you be less self-centred? Punctual?

Then, the stick a sticker on our shirts to differentiate the package that we took.

I can’t remember how long the journey was, roughly around 2 hours? Oh yeah, we went out of Bangkok actually. The first venue was Floating Market. I missed the chance when I went to Hadyai last Februari. It was a very short trip. I stayed there only for a night! This time I didn’t want to miss it anymore. I didn’t want to be like some tourist who only come to Bangkok for shopping and sex. Travelling suppose to give us more knowledge about people culture and religion. Respect other human being and be grateful as I could see many poor people struggle with their lives where most of us sighing in the aircond room that we called office.

When we reached there. The tourist guide told us that the boat ride was included in the package but not the traditional wooden boat. So, I paid 150 baht to them and went onto the boat.

Let me share some pictures:

The best souvenir hahaha!

Sleepy face!

Ok, I hope these pictures can tell you how is the Floating Market looks like. I only saw on TV and magazines before but I have seen with my eyes now. Great experience of course!

Ask, if you have any question? :-)

Bangkok (Day 1): Airport, Narai Hotel & Pat Pong

It has been a while since I blog last. I won’t give lame excuse as usual such as busy or not in the mood even though it’s fact.

25 days after I came back from Bangkok, now I start writing.

No picture for the first day I reached Bangkok. Arrived at the airport around 4.30pm (if not mistaken) Bangkok time and we took cab to Narai Hotel, Silom. It cost me around 430 baht.

Picture was taken from here.

Too bad I forgot to take picture of the hotel including the big pool, nice room and the building itself from the outside. I’d suggest this hotel to you if you want to go to Bangkok. But it depends on what you are looking for in Bangkok. If you are looking for Mall, you should stay in Pratunam or Sukhumvit. But if you are looking for night life and the famous night market – Pat Pong, you should stay in Silom. Another part of Bangkok is Sathorn which I would put it last in my list.

I reached hotel around 7pm and unpacked everything. Then, showered and got ready to go out.

Picture was taken from here.

Picture was taken from here.

Picture was taken from here.

Picture was taken from here.

I walked to Pat Pong since it was not far from our hotel.

Picture was taken from here.

Picture was taken from here.

Hmm.

It is a night market that you can get whatever stuff you want. Just say it out, and you get it. Not only things, but human being! Hahahahaha.

I was hungry. It’s not nice to walk with empty stomach right? So, I decided to find a restaurant and if possible a Tomyam restaurant. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any and end up eating at Pizza Hut. These were the foods that my friend and I ordered:

This was what I ordered. Spicy seafood spaghetti. It was VERY spicy!

This was what my friend ordered. Black spaghetti with mussel. My first time see and taste this black spaghetti.

After finished our dinner. I started to walk around the night market. So many invitation from the people around there. Two most famous were porn DVD and special package for adult’s show. The most famous show was Ping Pong show! Don’t ask me. I didn’t go :-)

We didn’t buy anything but looked around and tried to find things that we would like to buy for souvenir.

Then, we walked to the hotel and found a good place for massage. I didn’t want a hanky panky massage place. See… how good am I? >:-)

As soon as I reached hotel, I went to the hotel staff to use the telephone. I needed to confirm about the tour to Floating Market, Kwai River and Tiger Temple with the agency that was suggested by our friends. I managed to call them and confirm about the time and place to wait. 6.45am at our hotel. That was convenient enough.

I walked to my room, took a hot shower and went to bed while watching TV until I fell asleep.

Any question, readers?

Why???

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------       Why do supermarkets make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front.   Why do people order double cheeseburgers, large fries, and a diet coke. Why do banks leave vault doors open and then chain the pens to the counters. Why do we leave cars worth thousands of pounds in our driveways and put our useless junk in the garage. Why do we buy hamburgers in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight..       EVER WONDER ... Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin? Why can't women   put on mascara with their mouth closed? Why don't you ever see the headline 'Psychic Wins Lottery'? Why is 'abbreviated' such a long word? Why is it that doctors call what they do 'practice'? Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavouring, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons? Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker? Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour? Why isn't there mouse-flavored cat food? Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes? Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections? You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?! Why don't sheep shrink when it rains? Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together? If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal? Now that you've smiled at least once, it's your turn to spread the stupidity and send this to someone you want to bring a smile to (maybe even a chuckle)...in other words, send it to everyone. We all need to smile every once in a while.    This message has been scanned by TM antivirus for viruses and spyware and found to be clean.

Hiatus mode.

I will be in hiatus mode. In Bangkok now.

Take care guys!

Zaman sekarang orang suka cari musuh dari cari kawan.

Kamu setuju?

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Hardwork is never appriciated.

Ha ha ha. 

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When a lady is pregnant, all of her friends touch the stomach and say "congratz".  But, none of them come and touch the man's penis and say "Good job". Or at the least,console him,"Accident do happen"after pleasure. Moral of the story: "hard work is never appreciated"