Annual affair to Bangkok

It seems almost wrong to be blogging about my trip to Bangkok and writing about the happy times we had when the city is in such dire conditions now. When we were there (merely two weeks prior to the crisis), everything seemed so perfect – save for one heavy downpour on our first night, there was hardly any indication of the raging waters threathening to break through. I certainly hope that all will be well again for Thailand.

October was our month of travelling – with 2 trips to Bangkok and Taiwan!
(with only 1.5weeks interval, you can imagine how disruptive this was to our work schedule and momentum).

Anyway, we had a great time in both – one we are so familiar with and the other new.

Our day one schedule:

1. Early morning flight – first time on Thai airways. Came as part of the deal we got.

2. Check in to P2 hotel – spacious room, basic necessities, inconvenient location, crappy and cold breakfast – oh well, we hardly spent time in it anyway but would not recommend the hotel due to its inaccessibility.

3. Paul’s Fashion at Amari Watergate – our hotel is located about a 10-15 mins walk from Platinum so this time round we decided to try a new tailor. Selection was not as wide as our usual Pinky’s but we definitely spent lesser time in selecting the fabrics. The Bf made quite alot of shirts and I must say, they were really quite nice.

4. Platinum – lunch and shopping

It started drizzling and we hurried back to the hotel only to head out when the rain subsided.

5. Dinner at a restaurant near our hotel

6. Siam – took a long stroll to the Siam area for pasar malam, roadside stall shopping

Stuffing ourselves on the first day!

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