BACKPACKING IN BANGKOK - DAY ONE

SATURDAY 21 JUNE 2003
       Whatt, Rudy, Tee Meng and I left Muar by taxi for KLIA at 4.30 am. We flew to Bangkok by Thai Air on flight TG 420 at 0830 hrs. We were met by a Fortune Hotel representive at Bangkok airport who then took us to the hotel by van. We checked in room 1611 and 1614 respectively. 

     After our bath we  went down looking for lunch at a nearby Tesco Lotus Food Court. We tried almost everything that our eyes laid upon after which we took bus 73 to Baiyoke Sky Hotel where the Baiyoke Tower is. It is the tallest building in Thailand - 84 storeys high. 

At KLIA going to the departure hall.
In Thai Airways with a can of Singha Beer.
     To go up we had to pay 120 baths each. 
We went shopping and bought backpacks. I saw a Kannonchine stall which Ah Whatt was talking about and could not resist the urge to try a bowl. Whatt and I settled down for a bowl each but Rudy and Tee Meng prefered not to try. 

     From there went to Pratunam by bus. Walked around Pratunam for three hours and after dinner we went back to our hotel to have our port opened. We were dead tired by then and slept early. 

     According to Tee Meng, Rudy was asleep before his head touched his pillow.

We were in Thailand Airport
Ordering and eating what we saw.
Going to Bangkok City. Fortune Hotel at the back.
Going up Baiyoke Tower.

Bangkok from 85th Storey

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