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Bangkok 2012: Day Two

Slept at @Hua Lamphong Hotel was good! The room are nice and clean. But, no breakfast are provided. So, you need to have a place to get a breakfast with extra cost! As a backpackers, It is better to get a place that are cheap, safe, clean, have WIFI and include breakfast! I would suggest a place with below than 10 USD (dorm) per night is excellent if they can provide these. On our second day, we pack our things since on our last night we were looking for a cheaper place. (I didnt mentioned in my previous post), we found another place nearby which cost us 690 Baht per night with breakfast! I think this is great! So what we do, we pack our things, check out and leave our backpack at @Hua Lamphong Hotel until we get back from Chat Tu Chak Weekend Market. Our aim for today is Chat Tu Chak Weekend Market! This market is well-knowned for cheaper price and variaties selections. Just name it! You will be able to get it here! And I like this place so much, because its cheap ...

Bangkok 2012: Arriving Bangkok & First Day in Bangkok

I dont have  a lot of pictures to snap in Bangkok. Most of the time, I rely on my friend's mobile phone. Mine is full! Its time to get a new memory card for my phone. We arrived in Bangkok around 1200 hrs. First thing we did was, looking for a muslim food! For your information, muslim food in Bangkok is not so difficult to get. As long as you are willing to ask people, try to discover yourself and use your sixth sense you will be able to find it! Haha! In the Hua Lamphong Train Station (Central Train Station in Bangkok), there is a huge food court. You may get a Halal food in one of the booth. Besides, you will find a place called "TEMPAT SEMBAHYANG" or prayer area for Muslim! Just ask the tourist officer around here, they are willing to help with no charge! Well, since Ive been here last year during flooding, I know another one place which is located in front of the Hua Lamphong  Train Station. The owner can speak in Thai-Malay Golok Style (sort of Oppa Gangna...

Bangkok 2012: Butterworth - Bangkok

I reach Butterworth early morning and fetch by my friend, Cook Larry Zan. I stayed at his house until afternoon and now I'm here in the Ekspres Antarabangsa. Our train depart at 1420hrs and will arrive tomorrow morning at around 1124hrs. I remembered last year I used to take the same mode of transport from Butterworth to Bangkok but then, since I travel alone, there's no much pictures I took. Wish us best of luck! Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device via Vodafone-Celcom Mobile.

Bangkok 2012: KL - Butterworth

I'm on my way to Butterworth now and this is the picture inside the coach. I can't snap a lot of pictures due to low memory of my phone. FYI, Butterworth is the last station for this coach; Senandung Mutiara. Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device via Vodafone-Celcom Mobile.

Bangkok 2012: KL to KL

Yesterday I start my journey from my hometown, Kok Lanas (KL). I went to Pahang first since I would like to go to my university. I slept over at my friend's shop lot in the university. It was okay! As long as I can sleep nicely! At Pahang, I have a chance to go to East Coast Mall (ECM). Back to year 2004 - 2008 where I was a student in UMP. There's no such a thing as ECM. The only mall that we went were Megamall and Teruntum and Kuantan Parade! What makes me happy this time is, I have spent I think almost an hour at my favorite kopitiam! Kemaman Kopitiam! This has been my favorite kopitiam since 2004/05. I love the Coffee C and Cham Ice here! I know there is a Kemaman Kopitiam in KB. But I don't know what's wrong with that kopitiam, all sucks! Late night, I'm about to cruise to where the transgender always lepak in Kuantan. You know, there a lot of transgender in Kuantan. To those who don't sell themself, I do respect them as a human being. But the o...

Bangkok 2012: PreDeparture

Assalamualaikum ... This is my first travelling trip for the year 2012. I just have my 4-month holiday and my first trip this year will be Bangkok, Thailand. My plan is to travel from 3rd October from my hometown then I will go to Kuala Lumpur (KL) before take a train to Bangkok. Have I mention that this time I will travel by land, haven't I? Yes, I will travel by land! Based on my previous post about BackPacking Stuff, I will pack my stuff by today (2nd October 2012). I will also update on how much I spend during my trip this time! So far I've spent: 1. Train ticket from KL to Butterworth worth RM46.00 2. Train ticket from Butterworth to Bangkok (international train) worth RM111.90 3. ONE YEAR travel insurance worth RM338.00, however, I phoned the headquaters of the insurance company before I buy the policy and they agreed to give me 25% off! (Agent price!) Wish everything will be good and nice! Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device via Vodafone-...

End of BackPacking Stuff Post

Assalamualaikum ... Hi, how are you? From previous post, I already explain briefly about what are the things that you need to bring when you are on travelling mode. I will be post about the BackPacking Stuff once I think that these topic need to be revise and update. I will start my journey to Bangkok, Thailand next week by land transport. I will try to update it as much as possible (you know sometimes I am so lazy to write) so then you will know what are the real situation happen to me and my buddy, Cook Larry Zan there! Wish me luck and have a save journey! Bangkok post will be start with title, Bangkok 2012 : XXXX!  

BackPacking Stuff (11) : Cloths

Cloths: The most popular question about this topic is, what kind of T-Shirt/Jeans are appropriate to wear and how many T-Shirt should I bring? Before you decide on what kind of t-shirt/jeans you have bring and how many, you have to know about the current and future wheather forecast at your travelling area. Let say you are about to go to China on November. You have to know on which part of China you are travelling to. Let say again Kunming, Yunnan. Then, you know November is in winter time and normally the temperature in Kunming is only 5 - 13 celcius. Besides, you have to know on what activities you will do in that place. Basically, I will bring these things for my travel cloths: 1. T-shirt: 2 2. Shirt (casual): 2 3. Jeans: 1 4. Short pants: 2 5. Cargo pants: 1 6. Underwear 7. Long sleeve t-shirts: 1 8. Jacket: 1 9. Swimming trunk: 1 That would be more than enough for a whole month travel. As long as you have to wash it regularly, let say every two days...