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Bangkok - Thailand December 2005

We visited Bangkok during Christmas 2005 break. The city seems more crowded than my last visit 6 years ago. The traffic is still bad, but transport around the city has been improved with the sky train and subway. During peak hours, it usually take 30 mins to get from my hotel to Siam Center. With the train, it's just 5 mins.

Bangkok offers great shopping and is one of the top destination in Asia for shopping. The best shopping is at the Chatuchak Weekend market where you can get almost anything including pets. This mother of all flea-markets is even bigger than the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul in terms of the sheer number of shops and makeshift stalls. It offers great value. US$6 for a pair of well-cut jeans, anyone?


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At Changi airport,
At Changi airport,		 the Christmas commerical spirit is alive
the Christmas commerical spirit is alive		 and well...
and well...		 Children looking at the koi pond at the airport.
Children looking at the koi pond at the airport.
We arrived at Bangkok at nite. Traffic here is bad,
We arrived at Bangkok at nite. Traffic here is bad,		 But the sky train helps solve some of those traffic problems.
But the sky train helps solve some of those traffic problems.		 These 2 trains can't go anywhere though.
These 2 trains can't go anywhere though.		 The first day, we went to the Erawan shrine.
The first day, we went to the Erawan shrine.
At the shrine.
At the shrine.		 The city offers great shopping. Like the world-famous Chatujak market.
The city offers great shopping. Like the world-famous Chatujak market.		 If you get lost in the market, find your bearing in the center clock tower.
If you get lost in the market, find your bearing in the center clock tower.		 There's the mid-range mah boon krong mall.
There's the mid-range mah boon krong mall.
Where you can get a foot massage while shopping.
Where you can get a foot massage while shopping.		 There is also the newly-opened Siam Paragon.
There is also the newly-opened Siam Paragon.		 This mall is super high-end with all the big expensive brands here.
This mall is super high-end with all the big expensive brands here.		 Yup, the christmas commerical spirit is also alive..
Yup, the christmas commerical spirit is also alive..
and well in this Asian city.
and well in this Asian city.		 At the fountain garden.
At the fountain garden.		 My god daugther at the mall.
My god daugther at the mall.		 Siam Paragon has a lot of nice shops...
Siam Paragon has a lot of nice shops...
..like this designer-look Toshiba Intellisense showcase shop.
..like this designer-look Toshiba Intellisense showcase shop.		 You know how high-end this mall is just by..
You know how high-end this mall is just by..		 ..looking at the cars available on display.
..looking at the cars available on display.		 This mall also has a underwater-world.
This mall also has a underwater-world.
It's bigger and better than the one we have at Sentosa.
It's bigger and better than the one we have at Sentosa.		 Cost is about 450Bht per person.
Cost is about 450Bht per person.		 There's a sea lion enclosure inside as well.
There's a sea lion enclosure inside as well.		 Diver talking...I have no idea what he's saying in Thai.
Diver talking...I have no idea what he's saying in Thai.
The entrance to the lower area.
The entrance to the lower area.		 Glass tunnel to see all the sharks and fishes.
Glass tunnel to see all the sharks and fishes.		 2 really big cod fishes.
2 really big cod fishes.		 Here's some close-ups of the underwater citizens.
Here's some close-ups of the underwater citizens.
Garden eel.
Garden eel.		 Nautilus.
Nautilus.		 Reef fish...I don't know the name.
Reef fish...I don't know the name.		 Lion fish.
Lion fish.
Freshwater perch.
Freshwater perch.		 Jellyfish. Don't ever get stung by one of these when swimming.
Jellyfish. Don't ever get stung by one of these when swimming.		 We also went to dream world.
We also went to dream world.		 A local version of Disneyland.
A local version of Disneyland.
The entrance is full of flowers.
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