Day 1 : 27th Jan

Reached Thailand around 17:00 hrs. Plane has to circle in the air for 15 minutes as they have to clear the taxiway or something. Looks like the problems that plagued the new Suvarnabhumi Airport is worse than I thought.
Sarwadi Crup Thailand! Took the public taxi to our hotel. One has to pay a THB$50 levy for boarding the taxis from the departure hall, and I still wonder why this is so as this is not practiced in Singapore.
The ride took 45mins and we finally arrived to our hotel, Baiyoke Sky. You can't miss this building as it is the tallest one that stands out in the Pratunam area. It also serves as a tourist attraction as many tour groups would bring tourists to the observatory floor (73rd floor) of this building to view the entire city.
The bell boy at the ground floor will receive you and take your luggage to transport in another lift to the lobby. The lobby is on the 17th floor and you need to press the (L) button in the lift to reach there.
We checked into our room and was delighted to see a welcome cake, a fruit basket and flower petals lined up on the bedsheet, the sink and the bathtub. My guess is that we are 1st time stayers in this hotel and we indicated that this is our honeymoon trip. ha.
We indulged ourselves to the cake and waste no time hitting the shopping street below the hotel. Rows of makeshift vendors crowd in this street, selling anything from shoewares to clothings and apparels. Price is the most reasonable you can ever find at this area. Remember to bargain. One thing I learnt is that near closing time, they are more receptives to your bargained prices.
We walked our way to Central World (Formally known as World Trade Centre) and had our dinner at the Japanese restaurant, Zen, located on the 6th floor. The price is reasonable but the the sushi is a bit more pricey than other similiar restaurants on the same floor.
Shops close at around 21:00 hrs and we were forced to shop at their only opened shop, Naraya. This shop sells handcrafted bags and cosmetics holders that appeal to tourists due to their relatively inexpensive price. Tourists arrives in hordes (probably also with the same reason as us) and the shop became jam packed in no time. We hit the street outside this mall at around 22:30 hrs and begin to shop at the street vendors. Cheap sandals, shoes and belts are the highlights in this street (all the way to outside Pratunam Complex). We slowly walked our way back to the hotel, which is a good 20mins away. Along the way, I can't help seeing the road side vendors selling food "zi-char" style barbequeing a huge fish on a stick acting as a skewer. This dish seems to be selling quite well and I wonder what is it called and how much it costs? Maybe my next trip I might stomach this heh.