Bangkok DAY 1

The first hotel I arrived was the Bangkok City Inn Hotel. Read the name, BANGKOK CITY inn, its in the heart of the city. GREAT LOCATION & also GREAT PRICE!! Very good for budget travelers like me :) Room was fine, breakfast was reasonable, service was good. Even the receptionist boy is good looking!Needless to say more.Lolx*Hotel Lobby at Bangkok City Inn Hotel
*Bangkok City Inn Hotel Bedroom

This hotel is basically within 5-20 minutes walk to most of the popular places i.e. Central World Plaza, Platinum Mall, MBK Mall, Siam Paragon, Erawan Shrine, BTS Stations etc.

Though we were nearest to those places, we went to China Town as our first destination. why?FOR SEAFOOD DINNER OFCOURSE! Yeehaaa

It was 20 minutes drive from city to chinatown. Beware Tourist!Taxi drivers in Thai(not all but majority) will try, by any chance, to get more taxi fare than what's shown on the meter. My experience was, the taxi always give me lesser change. i.e. I paid 100 Baht for a 57Baht Fare, he would give me 20Baht change, 23Baht Less. ALWAYS ASK THEM FOR EXACT CHANGE!!don't have to "Give Face". (I was shy to ask too, but after several times, I was off limits!But you can always pay tips if you like to)

Here, Our 1st Dinner in Bangkok, Not bad. But still not as good as expected.

We ordered : Steam Fish, CrabMeat Fried Rice, Stuffed Crab, TomYam Gong, Coconut.(700-750Baht, Not cheap..)

Then, do take a walk around chinatown, Its cheapest to buy dried food there i.e. Dried Durian, Dried Pineapple & all other interesting foods. different by probably 5-10Baht from elsewhere. better than none.lolx

We also tried some street side hawker stalls. This is the common food you can find in Chinatown, Bird's Nest (100Baht)