5 days in BKK, 1 day MC

Finally have time to blog after my 5-day trip in BKK, and that's only because I'm on MC today. 1 word of advice: Don't ever hold your pee when you need to relieve yourself yah, else you'd suffer from the dreaded UTI like me. Symptoms include: frequent urge to visit the toilet (yes, i think my cols muz be wondering why i kept going to the toilet yesterday); pain while peeing; lower back ache; blood in urine; fever...

ok, enough of my embarrassing infection (was actually pondering if i sld reveal the reason for my MC, but seems like it's such a common ailment, esp for women, that I thought it'd be good for those who weren't aware about it).

anyway, back to my trip to BKK with ah ber. Well, all i can say is that it's a 95% shopping trip, 5% sightseeing at Grand Palace and Wat Pho (b4 we decided that sightseeing is boring.. haha!).

Literally a shop-till-you-drop crazy trip where no boyfriends are allowed. Fyi, i was already suffering from the UTI symptoms, so u can imagine me having to keep visiting the toilets. And i actually mistook my back aches to be caused by the shopping!

Anyway, I'm just too lazy to give a day-by-day detailed description of our trip, so here's a breakdown of the places we visited:

Day 1
- Check in at Samran Place Hotel
- Thai Massage at Paradise
- Peter Ranee Tailor (will never visit again!)
- MBK (dinner at Zen restaurant; short 'orientation shopping' for yx)
- Patpong Mkt (yup, that place where sleazy pubs with girls pole-dancing are located)

Day 2
- Sightseeing at Wat Pho and Grand Palace
- Khao San Road (backpacker's haven)
- Bamglamphu Mkt
- Chinatown Sampeng Lane (wholesale mkt for accessories!)
- Memorial Bridge Mkt (Sa Phan Put; a local mkt along Chao Phyra River)

Day 3
- Chatuchak Mkt (crazy place, when can I ever finish covering the whole mkt?)
- Lingerie shopping and dinner at Central Chidlom
- Foot massage at Golden Hand Massage

Day 4
- Platinum Fashion Mall (wholesale centre, a must go!)
- Pratunaam mkt; Indra Square; Baiyoke Garment Centre (wholesale again, super crowded)
- Back to Platinum Fashion Mall (gave up trying to shop at Pratunaam area)
- Dinner at KFC @ Pantip Plaza (their equivalent of our Sim Lim Square)
- Back in hotel where we had loads of fun trying the clothes we bought and doing some trading on our own.

Day 5
- Check out of hotel in the morning
- Last min shopping at MBK
- 1 last massage at Paradise
- Off to airport
- Home sweet home! (what a nice feeling to see mr Fox and my buddy yibs waiting for us at arrival hall!)

ok, and finally, some pics (will have more after ah ber uploads hers):

ah ber checking out our room at Samran Place
(a budget hotel, our room costs a mere $35 per nite!)

feeling refreshed after 1 hr of traditional thai massage at Paradise!

Waiting for our BTS ride at Ratchathewi station near our hotel.

me at Grand Palace

me & ah ber at Wat Pho

ah ber feeling so hungry after our sightseeing and shopping at Khao San Rd
that even the chilli padi looked good to her.

Taking a break at Chatuchak Mkt.

Pad Thai for lunch!

ah ber trying on her new dress. She bought so many that I lost count.
(we spent almost 2hrs trying on our loot and doing our own barter trade in our room!)