Wat Pho & The Grand Palace
27th July 2011. Our final day on the land of the white elephant. We will be going again to Ratanakosin Island to visit the Grand Palace. Since we only have half...
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Khaosan, Patpong & The Chao Phraya River Cruise
From the Southern Bus terminal, we take a cab to Khao San road, as it is nearby and I was told that there are a few halal joints available. We plan to...
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Damnoen Saduak Floating Market
26 July 2011. We have an early start from our hotel as we need to reach Damnoen Saduak before noon, and that is 110km away! Learning from yesterday’s mistake, we ditch the idea...
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Ayutthaya, The Kingdom of Old Siam
Ayutthaya was a ancient kingdom that existed from 1351 to 1767, founded by King U Thong in 1350. Officially known as Siam, its zenith was in line with some old Malay sultanates such...
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The Train Trip to Ayutthaya
25 July 2011. We wake up early to a gloomy morning on the second day. After some simple breakfast, we hail a cab outside the hostel and ask for the Southern Bus...
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Chatuchak Market
Check-in completes, we leave our bags and without wasting time quickly headed back to the Sam Yan MRT to board the train to Chatuchak. We only have a few hours before the...
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Sawadee Krup, Bangkok!
24 July 2011. We will take off to Bangkok for our inaugural visit to the land of the white elephant. Our FD3572 flight will only depart at 10.45am from LCCT, but we...
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Temasik Walkabout
From Tanjong Pagar, we continue our journey to the Esplanade via the MRT. Tanjong Pagar MRT Station. Singapore skyscrappers. From our observations, Singaporeans are really into saving the earth concept;...
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The Last Days of Tanjung Pagar Railway Station
We check out from the hotel around 11.00am and drive to JB City Square, where we park our car and have heavy brunch at the cafeteria in level 5 before proceeding to...
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Universal Studio Singapore
Instead of spending our weekend in a tropical rainforest, we ended up being in the concrete jungles. Yup, the plan for a retreat at Jerangkang Waterfall in Pahang falls short due to...
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Gasibu Market
The view of our third morning in Bandung, taken from the rooftop of Pasar Baru. But before that, we were eventually at the Gasibu Market. Located in the vicinity of Gedung Sate, this Sunday...
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Jakarta, Puncak & Bandung
Second day in Jakarta. The view of Jakarta city in the morning from our hotel front window. While the rear window shows a stark contrast of the panorama. Jakarta slum sandwiches between high...
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