I was cleaning up my PC when I saw all these pictures. So I decided to post them up too.
Can only mention what I remembered though…
We played a game held by Power 98fm and HIP Alliance. It was a game that’s similar to Treasure Hunt, which requires abit of your intelligence.. I still remember the fun we had that day. It was held at Wisma Atria. Okay, for the first time ever, we won the grand prize… $2000 worth of Chan Brothers Travel Vouchers!!! Wooohoo….. I have never won such a big prize ever! Jaz, Nana, Dzul & I headed down to Chan Brothers Travel and bought ourselves a Free & Easy Package each. So where did we choose to go?? Bangkok!! Yes, it was our first time travelling together & our first time to Bangkok. We were all so excited..
Jaz, Nana, Dzul & Random Stranger..
5th May 2005
We took a morning flight to Bangkok via Singapore Airlines. Aaah… It was such a comfortable short flight. Upon our arrival, we were greeted by a Thai agent. She introduced herself as Zaza. She told us that our transfer were waiting outside and gave us the option to choose whether we wanted to go on her tour the next day or the day after as we had 5 days there. We also asked her about Cabaret Shows & Thai Girl Shows. After some consideration, we chose to go on the tour the next day. After some waiting, we boarded the mini-bus, which was shared with other passengers as well. Finally we arrived at our hotel, Grand Diamond. Initially we wanted to book a room from Baiyoke Sky, the tallest hotel in Bangkok, but it was fully booked.
* To be able to get a room in Baiyoke Sky, you must book way advance but you might be able to get a room easier if it’s low season.
Baiyoke Sky
So anyway, we booked a two-bedroom suite. So, the room was quite spacious. Honestly, we were quite disappointed with the room cos it did not look as good as the pictures we saw on the internet. Their swimming pool was also shared with Grand Diamond’s apartment beside us. Anyway, we did some shopping today, took some tuk-tuks around and pigged out. Can you imagine how cramped it was for the 4 of us to fit in that lil’ tuk-tuk? But well, yeah… I guess we fit quite well. Oh, and I must recommend their fried rice… It’s super delicious!
Having Some Fun In the Tuk-Tuk
6th May 2005
After breakfast, we boarded the coach for our tour with Zaza. We were also joined by other Singaporean tourists from different hotels. So, after fetching everybody from their hotel, we proceeded with the planned tour. Oh! I met a friend during the tour and we chatted for awhile.. What are the odds??? She was there with her grandma. We took a boat ride along the Chao Phraya River, visited Wat Arun Temple (I think..correct me if I’m wrong) , the mini floating market and fed the fishes along the river. The floating market was not as big as before because they were moving to another location. Anyhow, fish feeding was fun! After that, we did some more shopping. One of them was Pantip Plaza (IT Mall). It’s like Sim Lim Square here in Singapore. You can buy your electronic goods, DVDs, games, etc there.
One of the many markets along the streets
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7th May – 8th May 2005
We did some massive shopping during these two days at Chatuchak market. It is huuuuuuuuuuuuuuge! And hot… Not only did we manage to cover the massive market. We also covered some more area further down the market. We bought some tshirts, ceramics, clothes, clothes and more clothes… That night itself, we went to watch Thai Girl Show. It was our first time… The driver drove through to a small, dark valley which leads to a run-down shelter. We bought our tickets there and proceeded in the door. What a show! The girls were popping out some ping pong balls, sharp razor blades, some glow in the dark stuffs, etc all from their private parts. Some even opened bottle caps with it (I cringed at this part), blow some candles, etc… Haha! Once is enough for me… cos I don’t think I’ll want to waste money watching twice.. hehe!
One Of The Entrance Of Chatuchak Market
9th May 2005
We got ourselves a private mini bus to travel to Pattaya with the help of Zaza of course… It was a 2hours++ journey. The driver can speak a little bit of English so it really helps! He’s also friendly and accomodating. The van is in good condition, aircon is good.. Well, it’s the whole package!
On The Way To Pattaya
Along the way, we dropped by at the Sri Racha Tiger Zoo.. It was a cool experience… A female tiger was seen feeding piglets (who are wearing tiger clothing), a super big fat pig, other animals and of course, tigers.. We also took some pictures with the wallaby, deers and a tiger. The best experience was the picture we took with a tiger cub. Before we got our picture with the first one, it cries out like a baby. Of course I was shocked! That was the first time I ever heard a tiger cub cry. It was cute… After that, they changed the cub to a bigger one.. way bigger! They put him on our lap. Whoa! He sure was heavy! We got our pictures taken with my left hand feeding the cub. There were also some animal shows.. The crocodile show was the scariest one to me cos the crocs seemed untamed. Many times while performing, a few of the crocs tried to bite the performers.. (A young boy and a girl). It was one of the scariest moments I’ve ever witnessed.
Sri Racha Tiger Zoo
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He Is So Ready To Eat You Up!
We then had our lunch in a seafood restaurant along the way and continued our journey down to Pattaya. We lazed on the beach, sheltered with many umbrellas while sipping cold sodas. I couldn’t resist trying out the parasailing when I saw a few of them down the sea. I had to give it a try! So I tried… It was fun… abit scary though cos I thought I was gonna drop i nthe sea when they tried to land me. After that Jaz and I hopped on a jetski and gave it a go.. It was fun for awhile.. I got bored 5 mins after.. lol!
Pattaya Beach
Pattaya Beach
Relaxing During Sunset…
After sunset, we walked down the streets for a little bit of shopping while waiting for our driver to pick us up to our next stop, Cabaret ! We got our tickets and watched the biggest Cabaret Show there, called Tiffany. I enjoyed it a lot… The props, the costume & their performances were spectacular! After the show, we went outside for some pictures with them.. In case you don’t know, the performers are all she-man. But they looked so pretty on stage and super sexy too.. 
Cabaret Performance
Cabaret Performance
Cabaret Performance
A Picture With 2 Of The Performers
Then, our driver dropped us at the Walking Street for a short walk. There were a lot of bars and pubs there. We stopped at one of the bars cos there was a Muay Thai match happening. I thought it was scary.. the swish sound they made when they hit their opponents with their leg was sharp and loud. I could imagine the pain.. After that, we headed back to our hotel.. 2 long hours back…
Entrance Of Walking Street
10th May 2005
We did some more walking and shopping around our area after breakfast. Last minute shopping as usual… Bought ourselves some delicious A&W and went back to our hotel to pack up. The night itself, we bought our plane back to Singapore… back to our home… 
Nana brought back 20kg of clothes!!! Mine and Jaz combined was only 12kg! LOL! Some crazy shopping there..
