"Honeymoon" Day I: Grasshoppers in a Land of Pussies
I have no idea when the tickets for the trip to Bangkok (BKK) was bought. A good guess would be months ago. At that time, I just agreed to buy it and if the trip happened, it happened. If my work schedule was sucky, oh well, I would be prepared to let it burn. Just bought it and pushed it to the backburner. However, I really wanted it to happen ad it did. My first trip with KH and I must say it's very memorable. The trip itinerary was not fleshed out until only a week before departure. Thank goodness for skillful planners like JL who took care of accomodations and transport. :P.
On Friday, KH arrived from Singapore by flight. We spent the night together at SK's place. Had her transform into pimp mode again. Hehe. The next morning, we were driven to LCCT by David. It was KH's first time there experiencing the Giant Hypermarket-like interior, low security, semi-manual baggage handling, kedai runcit duty-free shops and wet market atmosphere. Before taking off, had breakfast at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. We all finished half a chocolate chip muffin before realising that it was not blueberry. -_-".
The flight was incident-free except for a super-scary arrival at Suvarnabhumi. It was as though the plane encountered an air pocket prior to landing. My heart nearly leapt out of my chest. A van took 10 of us to the hotel-- Take A Nap. It was nicely nestled between a men for men massage parlour and a boy's club. But both establishments seemed to be experiencing poor business. KH and I checked into a room with a giant painting of "The Great Waves of Kanagawa". So very Jap porn. The place was quite cool with breakfast provided, housekeeping, heated water, internet access and air-conditioning.
After settling down, we wasted no time and took a cab to Central World. Did some major shopping there and we had accumulated enough purchases to do a VAT refund. Dinner was at Central Food Hall and it was surprisingly quiet and cheap. We had stewed duck noodles (with a generous serving of curdled duck blood), a sub-standard pad thai, a deliciously crispy oyster omelette (beats our jelly-ish, starchy version), spaghetti in tom yam gung and rice with stewed pig trotters.
Later in the night, we ended up in Patpong. Never been there in 5 years and I must say that I see it in quite a different light now. The murals of the busty women are still the same as I remember them. The neon signs still shout "Super Pussy", "Pussy World" and other tasteful names. A whole bunch of women tall, leggy women congregate on the bar top in fluorescent bikinis and stilettos, while the marketing staff bombard any tourist that walks by with their menu of a 1001 pussies. Prices at the night market were also noticeably higher.
We had supper at the roadside and had a nice meal of beef noodles and barbequed pork and chicken. I just love the fact that every table has a boquet of fresh basil and other salads to go with your meal. KCK met up with his Thai friend, Chunporn (gotta love all the "porn"'s) at Patpong, and he was kind enough to help us buy some insect snacks from the roadside seller.
Chunporn: Chim dai mai? (bisa cobain pak?)
Seller: Mai dai. Yi sip baht. (nggak bisa pak. 20 rupiah aje.)
He recommended some kind of giant freshwater roach, but we chickened out and settled for the grasshoppers. Truth be told, it would have been quite tasteless if the seller hadn't sprinkle in the salt and spray on the mixture of soy sauce and chilly oil. I was amazed that SK downed a whole grasshopper in one bite.
After buying water from the neighbourhood Family Mart (the one at Sala Daeng is patronized by agogo boys and all manner of customers), we headed back to the hotel for a good rest. KH and I gave each other a good rub down with bergamot oil. And as the tiredness was kneaded away, sleep came easily...
--- to be continued ---
On Friday, KH arrived from Singapore by flight. We spent the night together at SK's place. Had her transform into pimp mode again. Hehe. The next morning, we were driven to LCCT by David. It was KH's first time there experiencing the Giant Hypermarket-like interior, low security, semi-manual baggage handling, kedai runcit duty-free shops and wet market atmosphere. Before taking off, had breakfast at The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. We all finished half a chocolate chip muffin before realising that it was not blueberry. -_-".
The flight was incident-free except for a super-scary arrival at Suvarnabhumi. It was as though the plane encountered an air pocket prior to landing. My heart nearly leapt out of my chest. A van took 10 of us to the hotel-- Take A Nap. It was nicely nestled between a men for men massage parlour and a boy's club. But both establishments seemed to be experiencing poor business. KH and I checked into a room with a giant painting of "The Great Waves of Kanagawa". So very Jap porn. The place was quite cool with breakfast provided, housekeeping, heated water, internet access and air-conditioning.
After settling down, we wasted no time and took a cab to Central World. Did some major shopping there and we had accumulated enough purchases to do a VAT refund. Dinner was at Central Food Hall and it was surprisingly quiet and cheap. We had stewed duck noodles (with a generous serving of curdled duck blood), a sub-standard pad thai, a deliciously crispy oyster omelette (beats our jelly-ish, starchy version), spaghetti in tom yam gung and rice with stewed pig trotters.
Later in the night, we ended up in Patpong. Never been there in 5 years and I must say that I see it in quite a different light now. The murals of the busty women are still the same as I remember them. The neon signs still shout "Super Pussy", "Pussy World" and other tasteful names. A whole bunch of women tall, leggy women congregate on the bar top in fluorescent bikinis and stilettos, while the marketing staff bombard any tourist that walks by with their menu of a 1001 pussies. Prices at the night market were also noticeably higher.
We had supper at the roadside and had a nice meal of beef noodles and barbequed pork and chicken. I just love the fact that every table has a boquet of fresh basil and other salads to go with your meal. KCK met up with his Thai friend, Chunporn (gotta love all the "porn"'s) at Patpong, and he was kind enough to help us buy some insect snacks from the roadside seller.
Chunporn: Chim dai mai? (bisa cobain pak?)
Seller: Mai dai. Yi sip baht. (nggak bisa pak. 20 rupiah aje.)
He recommended some kind of giant freshwater roach, but we chickened out and settled for the grasshoppers. Truth be told, it would have been quite tasteless if the seller hadn't sprinkle in the salt and spray on the mixture of soy sauce and chilly oil. I was amazed that SK downed a whole grasshopper in one bite.
After buying water from the neighbourhood Family Mart (the one at Sala Daeng is patronized by agogo boys and all manner of customers), we headed back to the hotel for a good rest. KH and I gave each other a good rub down with bergamot oil. And as the tiredness was kneaded away, sleep came easily...
--- to be continued ---
Comments
**giggles like a virgin bride**
@Savante:
Snigger only ah?
@Cheryl:
I wonder if the smell is still in my sling bag.
@Legs:
Yes! More to come.
can intro? :D