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Crazy airport crowd queue for the airasia flight back to KL. According to my taxi driver, there are few flights from Langkawi. Ehm.

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And off we go for shopping at Suan Lum Night Bazaar.

Suan-Lum Night Bazaar

First thing first… Thomas Yap straight go to shopping!

Thomas trying out his shirt

Our hostess happily serve Thomas. My first impression when come to Suan Lum can be summarize in one word – “Awesome”. The crowd and the place is huge. People mountain people sea.

Our hostess that attend to Thomas's needs

There are various stuff available here. From house decor, personal stuff, clothing, food and many more. Totally uncountable. So before we proceed, do take note that the pictures are truckload and will leech your bandwidth.

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On the second in Bangkok, we have no idea what to eat. After the massage, we went to makan at this King Kong shop which serves bottomless buffet. Hence, let the feast begins…

King Kong Buffet - All You Can Eat

Buffet - First Round

King Kong Buffet - Rice is served

Fresh Meat

Turned Golden

I can’t remember how much we had but by the time we done, everyone were so tired to walk back to the hotel. Furthermore what lies ahead in front of us is the shopping at Suan Lum Night Bazaar. Reminder that I was to buy Tom Yum Nuts which turns out to be a total fiasco.

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Black Sand Beach

Soon the sky getting clear, we headed to other destination before our check-in is due. Next drop was the Black Sand Beach. I often thought the black sand beach was like the Cenang beach or any beach that long stretch along the shores.

When I reached there, it was quite a disappointment to see that the beach seems not being maintained well. According to Yatz, he said that the blackness of the sand is deteriorating. I suspect due to the poor maintenance. It is a pity because I used to hear a lot of stories about the black sand beach. Mostly from the legend of Mahsuri.

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If you been to Langkawi, you need to get your picture taken at Dataran Lang. This is what I think it has to be apart from having bringing back those tax exempted liquor or cigarettes.

A little follow up from where Yatz and I was that we were sent on to Langkawi to seek out precious gems but we ended up camwhoring at the Dataran Lang. Being a first timer in Langkawi, I was mesmerized with the huge eagle there.

Welcome to Dataran Lang

Jetty Point

The sky was a little dark. We thought it might rain soon.

Langkawi

happened to see a lot of foreigners.

Yatz with the eagle

Closer View

Notice the few ahbengs?

Wide Angle

Man vs Eagle

and Yatz himself decided to take on the Giant Eagle. Ehmm…

Dinner at the room

We headed home for dinner and soon, we were kind of tipsy from the drink. We are lousy drinker. Yatz keeps telling me that Earlku is a better drinker. I bet he is.

Nom nom nomsss

After the dinner, the night was still young. We decided to stroll along the beach of Cenang and some window shopping. The premises operated till 11pm or late.

We ended up back into the room when it started to drizzle a little. Once we finished the mojito, i’m on my dreamland preparing for the next day.

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*** I recalled that I drafted this post before the entire hosting down. Urgh. FML but anyway. ***

View from the Pantai Cenang

With the good rest from the night before, both Yatz and I were total rejuvenated. Waking up to the sound of the waves hitting the shores, I could not imagine any other place to be than that moment. It just makes me in awe listening to the waves.

The Boats

We begin the day a little grumpy but that is solved after having our breakfast. That’s why ‘minum milo anda jadi sihat dan kuat’. Finally our ride has arrived and off we hopped in. We reached to the rendezvous point and behold, were greeted by 4 lovely ladies (we wished and hoping they will be joininng us in the same boat) in a small hut adjacent to the beach.

Ah Yatz and Ladies of 4

time to roll

First stop was the Pulau Dayang Bunting known as the “Island of the Pregnant Maiden”. With every beautiful place comes to a nice legend behind it. Thus, the lake within the island claimed to be the very famous for remedy for those who wanted to conceive child but unable to? This is the magical water you looking for.

Pulau Dayang Bunting

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Embark on the journey to discover the Bangkok through the view of Chao Phraya River, our tour guide bombarded us with many facts and stories.

Scene from Chao Phraya River

The tour guide told us about the water orchid thing and the monitor lizard. He said that the king was so smart and intelligence that he was the one that order the monitor lizard to be placed in the river. The monitor lizard will clean the river and cleanse it. As for water orchid, it was meant to clean the river through the smell so it would not be so smelly.

Scenes from Chao Phraya River

Through the view in the Chao Phraya River, as we pass by the canals the tour guide told us that there are few area whereby the place the Burma attacked the country. We then listen and listened till Mr. Thomas fell asleep.

We laced through some canals and realized that no wonder that Bangkok was called the “Venice of the East” by the European tourists.

We ended the river tour when we reached the Grand Palace. Even though Bangkok has become a modern city today, for those who seek for the slow and peaceful pace amidst the bustling Bangkok can opt for the Chao Phraya River tour.

Up next … Grand Palace Tour

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After checking into the hotel, we waste no time but to go around for places to shoot.

Lotion – checked
Sun block – checked
Cap – checked
Camera – checked
Money – checked
Passport – checked

and off we go. We got ferried by the free joy ride from the Courtyard Tuktuk service to the Ratchadamri BTS station. From there we headed to the nearest station to look for the Grand Palace as our first destination. From Ratchadamri station we took the train from to alight at Saphan Taksin station.

Saphan Taksin

We got on to the deck waiting for our ride to come. We looked a the modern high rise building in Bangkok while knowing that we will be heading towards the other side of the city full of historical buildings.

Bangkok view of high rise building

The city was quite deserted due to the upcoming Songkran festival as well as the recent turmoil in the Bangkok and Pattaya. A lot of them have left the city as welcoming the Songkran holiday. That’s why it was not that traffic congestion after all. Look at the quiet station at Ratchadamri.

BTS Station - Ratchadamri

and then comes our ride to the designated rendezvous.

BTS Sky Train

We reached the destination. Looking at the option, we decided to opt for getting a guided tour. Choosing the LS&H Travel Co. Ltd. which parade the booth at the station. We left our tour consultant to decide and negotiate with the operator.

LS&H Travel Co

As we begin the guided tour, we came across the stall selling street food. Again, the temptation of not trying the huge ass hot dog like food again is irresistible.

Big Ass Hot Dog-Like Food

Thomas bought the food and he tasted it. He says its very good and everyone should try it. If you never had those, it means you never been to Bangkok. Wingz and I were like WTF?! Wtf?!

Buying the food

The real journey embarks here. We reached the ‘shitty’ as mentioned by the local. It is the jetty at the river side awaiting for our next ride.

The Ride

Come up next – Discovery of Thai – Chao Phraya River

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At the age of 27, being the first time traveling oversea is really something I not sure whether I should be proud of or not. In fact, I would not have the opportunity until the other day when one of the Ah Beng decided that we should go for Bangkok. I thought they were just joking when suddenly I was being informed that the flight and hotel arrangement was done.

Web Check-in

I was taken aback and due to the earlier commitment, I eventually had to go to get my passport up in order to travel to Thailand. Thomas told me that all of us will be traveling via Malaysia Airlines. Being excited with the travel, I was over packed for the trip. Thus, it actually clogging the luggage bag from getting more stuff back from Bangkok. On top of that, I also regret bringing small luggage which I should be able to fit 20kg check-in luggage. Otherwise I could bring the entire Bangkok back.

On Departure

On the final round before we meet up for the departure, we were instant messaging each other while I was trying to confirm the stuff need to bring. What to do, it was my first time traveling this far. Anyway, been an eager beaver I checked in earlier than Wingz and Thomas. I tried out the web-based check-in. It was easy piece of cake to get myself check-in. Apparently I need to check in in between 24 to 1 hours before the check-in time. If there is less than 1 hour before check-in time, one is required to use the counter check-in. The rojaks ended up queuing up.

Entrance Gate G6

Our flight to Bangkok was on the 737 at G6. It was an enjoyable ride as we mess around with the stewardesses for items such as blankets and pillows. As we take off, the cabin crew run a demo on how to put on safety belt and stuff like that. I did not paying attention as I was busy taking photos.

MAS Free Meal

Not to forget the constant smile from the sweet Agnes Soh, she became the subject of my camera till touchdown. Along the path, the next thing that caught my attention was the food. I had a full meal from the serving and kept the Ferrero Rocher for later savoring.

Agnes Soh

Once we landed, I was like totally disbelief this is happening to me. I have finally touched my feet on the other ground. The other land. Felt like it was a huge step for me. Especially to be in Bangkok. We walked toward the immigration area to get the clearance and my devil mind started its actions. What if I could not get through? What if I were being suspected to be part of Thaksin group that on my way to Bangkok and causing riots? and the list goes on…

Immigration

Eventually I manage to get through the clearance and finally, I could see the smile. The land of smile. Spa, massage, shopping and tomyam here i come. *ps: i got my first stamp on the passport

Bangkok

Next stop, the wonderful courtyard…
*note : this traveling took place on 10th April to 12th April 2009

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Bangkok Here We Come

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finally, reached the land of smile.

* is Cabbage and Condoms good ?

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