Morning at Khao San area is far different from night time. While many tourists are probably feeling hung over from the late night party the night before, the whole are is more of a local scene with stalls that sell basic groceries and food.
Market place near Khao San
Since I woke up with a hungry stomach, I went around looking for some local food. It’s frustrated enough when you go to a country which people generally don't English; It’s even more frustrated when all the writings are in Sanskrit. Eventually I found a stall that sell some pork stuff, so settled for that as breakfast.
The lady preparing my meal
Steam pork with rice
It’s also the day that I was to meet up with my batch of management trainees (CMT) from Thailand back during UOB Days. Tong came to pick me up from Khao San earlier and head over to Chatuchak Weekend Market, the renowned market place to shop for good bargain, and meet up with Nui (CMT-Thai) and Shin (ex-colleague from UOB) who’s happened to be holidaying there with her BF. Chatichak market is a really huge market that not just drawing in foreign tourist, even the locals prefer to shop here for its good price and stuff with latest trend. It's probably the biggest market in Bangkok. It’s impossible to cover the whole market in a day. Of cause, besides fashion items, they have section for household items, pets, etc. Now I finally understand why everyone’s been saying that Bangkok is such a shopping heaven.
One of the lanes within the market
a shop that sells fashion accessories
… and one of the shop that sell clothes. Doesn’t it look trendy?
If you ever get lost, which you might, just look for this clock tower in the middle of the market and figure out your way around again
After spending about 1.5 hour there, the Tong and Nui brought us to Bamairareng, a local karaoke and restaurant chain in Bangkok, to meet up with the other CMT-Thai for lunch. Jung, Ou and Belle join us later while there’re a few others can’t make it because the they’re stuck in Bangkok jam for too long and they have to catch up with other things. Nevertheless, our hosts order so many different dishes of authentic Thai food for us. It’s a great time of catching up with each other and bringing back the memories we had back during the management trainee days. Towards the end, they even offer to pay for the meal and wouldn’t allow us to chip-in. I’m so thankful of their hospitality.
Some of the first few dishes that arrived
… more food
one big reunion group photo before we head off, from left: Philip (shin’s bf), Shin, me, Belle, Nui, Tong, Ou, and Jung
Tong then give me a quick tour of Bangkok by bringing me to another local market area somewhere near Thamasat University and the Grand Palace. And again, there’re many stalls that sell food and other items. I think Thai people generally just love to open stall anywhere to sell things. Tong brought me into the university to have a look. It has its own esplanade that over look the Chao Phraya river, how cool is that!
local delicacies
… more food stalls
tried this squid satay, awesome stuff!
the esplanade area at Thamasat uni
Chao Phraya river view from the uni
Didn’t hang out to late that night, as I needed to sleep in early and prepare for my marathon race early next morning.
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