Pattaya to Bangkok... Day 3

Pattaya & Bangkok, Thailand 
Sunday, 29 Sept 2013

Pattaya Floating Market

This place was our first destination for today. Actually, aku ingat floating market yang dimaksudkan dalam itinerary was Bangkok Floating market, rupa-rupanya, Pattaya. Huh, kecewa jugalah sebab floating market kat sini macam Indah khabar dari rupa jer. Serupa aku tak payah pergi. Maybe floating market kat sini lebih kepada wooden house in the middle of the water... floating juga kan, hehehe. Whatever. Ada yang masuk tak sampai half an hour dah keluar sebab the sama reason macam aku juga. Tapi aku jalan-jalan juga lah around 1 hour baru keluar sebab kami diberi masa 2 hours by our guide.

That time ramai lah yang menyuarakan ketidakpuasan hati sebab ramai yang ingat ke Bangkok Floating Market. This is not we’re hoping for. Tapi, guide kami cakap tak boleh tukar dah sebab kena follow juga cause we don’t have much time. Kalau nak ke Bangkok Floating Market, dari Bangkok City jer dah 2 hours & it will take more than half day kat situ sahaja. Rasa macam rasa nak hempuk jer sapa yang propose floating market Pattaya. Tak check ke... errr. Dulu kat Sungai Mekong pon aku terlepas floating market dia sampai-sampai jer dah habis berniaga.

JOM

Welcome to Pattaya Floating Market

View around Floating Market

Ada pulak penyambut tetamu kat sini

You can shop for various handicrafts of Thailand

The price here seriously mahal and lagi mahal dari Malaysia. So, better go to other places to get cheaper i.e. chatucak market in bangkok & area around Pattaya beach. Bargain is unacceptable here. Honestly, it seems like we’re not so welcomed.

Inside the Pattaya Floating Market

Creative juga

Aku pun tak pasti apa yang floating kat tengah-tengah ni

Floating market

Urusan jual beli sudah pun bermula semasa kami sampai

Maybe too early, not many boats we could see

After Pattaya Floating Market, we’re back again to Bangkok for our next destination, The Grand Palace & Temple of Emerald Buddha. Another 2 hours journey. Kalau diberi pilihan, aku prefer skip this place and go to Bangkok Floating market. 

My favourite fruit kalau ke Thailand lagi ni

The Grand Palace & Temple of Emerald Buddha 

One of the rules to enter this Buddha sacred place... No short peng OK

Group Photo but not everyone was here

Lets go inside

Enjoy the architecture of this place...

Nak abadikan kenangan juga yang kat belakang tu

Semua pun nak abadikan kenangan juga

I salute you for being no feeling

The Grand Palace... used to be a place for an official event of Royal Family

End of our trip... next was to go to Chatuchak Market


Chatuchak Weekend Market

One of "A must visit" place kalau ke Bangkok. 

Chatuchak (or Jatujak in Thai) is very popular shopping center in Bangkok. It is the largest market in Thailand and the world's largest weekend market. It covers over 35 acres and contains more than 15,000 stallst. It is estimated that this market receives 200,000 visitors each day and most of the stalls only open on Saturday and Sunday.

What so special about this weekend market... Almost everything can be found here at a bargaining local price (ni tengok kedai juga tak semua baik hati tau) including household items, clothing, Thai handicrafts, foods, wooden funitures, hand made decorated flowers, Thai silk and many more. Banyak sangat and pendek kata macam-macam ada lah. 

Kami tak sempat pun cover semua sebab masa cuma 2hrs 30min. Macam aku yang kaki shopping ni memang sangat-sangatlah tak cukup. Aku rasa minimum kena spend 3 jam kot kat sini baru puas. yelah ko nak bargain jer dah banyak buang masa, inikan nak pilih yang berkenan di hati. So, aku sempat beli selendang, t-shirt & lampu kelip-kelip aje. Fridge magnet agak mahal disini. Kalau di Pattaya, kami boleh dapat 7 for 100 bath, but here 3 for 100 bath. Nasib baiklah aku dah beli separuh kat Pattaya. Sebenarnya banyak je lagi yang berkenan di hati tapi nak buat macam mana. Sebab tu aku tak suka guna tour guide kalau nak berjalan sebab this is what is going to happen, dissatisfaction.

Chatuchak market just behind this JJ Mall

Crowded with people

Tut Tut in Bangkok different from Pattaya

After Chatuchak, we proceed to our last destination for today, Sophia Halal Restaurant for dinner. Lauk sangat banyak & sedap cuma part yang tak best Tom Yam Kung dia tak sedap lansung.

Our tour guides & their assistants

End of our trip for today.


To be continued...