Bangkok 2006 12-16 Oct

Yeah finally got my bangkok pictures up. I decided to make it a highlight of some sort. Maybe will do same for my 2006 highlight blog entry hehe. Went to a lot more places in 2006 so wanted to use the pciture to tell the thousand words.

Bangkok is truly unique. A place where the past and the future lump in together. I read in a book somewhere, Bangkok is not planned, its a place that just happens by itself. I couldn't agree more.Its long narrow street is filled with shops selling everything from odd amulets to fashion items.They have shopping malls, Paragon, WTC that are much more sophiticated than in Singapore but also very old streets with very ancient looking shops.

But smtimes the old streets are filled with new surprises. Like patpong night market is on a old street and sandwiched between many many pubs, strip clubs and "other"joints. If you look inside, you will catch glimpse of beautiful women dressed in skimpy whites, pole dancing in luminous lights in them.Their sales ppl will stand at the side of the crowded market trying to pull you in if you happen to glance in their direction. They are very sensitive to where your eyes land. haha

The 4 of us yaya, xing, Dennis and me all feel that the trip is fabulous. We shop till we drop with scary prices like 89 baht for a skirt (abt 4 dollars sgd), we ate from posh restaurants to road side stalls ( Ooh that sakuyaki), we took taxi and tuk tuk and went almost everywhere on our 4 days. Finally relaxing ourselves at Wat po's massage school. Tt is one of the most scary, painful plus shiok massage I ever had. Truly traditional massgae experienced!

Now me and yaya always feel a wrench buying clothes in SG and pine for that sukuyaki. Well till next time Bangkok! We will definately visit it again. Hopefully in 07!