DAY 3 Day Trip at Bangkok

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Day 3


After Day 2 trip with our driver, we took another one day BKK trip with him. We started the day at 7am. Our driver told us we got to start this early in order to be in time for the Train Market and Floating Market.

Had a very light breakfast at hotel with self prepared meal (instant porridge, mango sticky rice and cream puff) for breakfast!

On the way to our driver's car.


Our first destination is the Maeklong Railway Market. 
A lot of people. Everyone came to see, buy, eat, take photo (especially when the train came)



Small walking path, with vendors on both sides

Some of the passengers from the train ride alighted to the Railway Market

This shop has delicious roasted meat. Our driver highly recommend us.

My Roast Pork with Char Siew and Chicken for lunch. Thumbsup!

Our next destination was the Floating market damnoen saduak but we gave it a miss after much consideration and went straight to the next location.

We ended up on an elephant ride. I sincerely didn't know that these rides were actually a torture for the elephant. The ride itself wasn't pleasant also. 

Paid around THB $600 per pax for the ride.

After the unpleasant ride, we went back to town for a quick local delights lunch. 




Next, we went to the Wat Pho.








Our last stop is none other than Chatuchak. 

Great for shopping
What you can find at Chatuchak... Wide varieties of stuffs from bags to clothes to food to souvenirs to pet to massage services etc etc. Must go if you are in a shopping mood. There are shops which can keep you shelter from the hot sun and there are some shops with aircon as well. Toilets/restroom are also easily available at several sections.

Take note of:
RAIN!! If it starts to rain heavily, try to get out of the place asap as it will flood and before you know, you are trapped at one of the stall waiting for the rain to go away. Flood is one thing, but pests also get flushed out. Saw a few cockroaches during my second trip when I encountered the heavy rain.




Dinner time, we went to this stall for a delicious and cheap meal. I finally get to try this fish which I saw vendors selling along the street. The fish was covered with salt and lemongrass/pandan leaves was stuffed inside the fish.






After dinner, we walked to the nearby night market outside Palladium, Talad Neon Night Market. There were food stalls with seats but after a very filling dinner, we can only head to the back of the night market where there were container stalls selling yummy desserts.



Late Night Desserts @ Talad Neon Night Market





That's all for Day 3.

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