travel to Bangkok->Siem Reap from Malaysia by train ..part VII

{Lone Ranger Finding His Loving Wife}

......continued from part VI

After I was 'chow-tut' a bit with the stimulus view which was new & strange to me, I get off the BTS sky-train at Phaya Thai. Then, I checked on my pre-saved map and started to walk. My pre-booked hotel was Best Western Mayfair Suites, located at Soi Phetchaburi 13.

Best Western Mayfair Suites booking @ agoda.com

According to my pre-saved map, after I walk down from BTS station, turn into left handside then go straight to the end, then turn right and straight, and I should see the Best Western Mayfair Suites. So I just follow the direction; but then until I go straight to the end, it didn't has a road turning right handside! Huh ! ? ? Then I u-turned back, and I didn't give up, and keep searching for any junction on my left this time. Found a few narrow lanes turning to left side but it were all short & dead end. Keep searching til I was totally got out to the main road again.  ?? So ?? Never mind la, I thought the google didn't update their map or maybe me myself didn't update mine. So, I started to search other way going into Soi Phetchaburi.

And I stopped by a food stall to take my lunch. Ya, it was 12:30pm (Malaysia time already 1:30pm) and I still cannot find a lubang (means hole, or way) ..

'kway teow', Thais rice noodle soup

The rice noodle in Thailand also called 'kway teow' same pronunciation with Malaysian. Taste ? ok, and I didn't add on any soy sauce (酱油). In Malaysia, when I eat noodle soup, I would add on soy sauce to make the soup more salty or sometimes even with cili-padi (a type of small chili but extremely hot). So, basically the soup of that Thais 'kway teow' was tasty and that's why no need to add on soy sauce.

After my light lunch, I asked around the local about that Best 'what-what something' hotel, but nobody seemed to have a confirm answer. Not surprising, it could be either that hotel was new or 'too small' to be 'known'. If someone ask me what is name of the hotel which is 3 streets behind my house now, I also don't know. So, no surprised. Be cool.

Alright then, "the best way now is to get on a taxi and for sure it will drive me to that hotel". So, I just hop onto a motorbike-taxi (not a tut-tut car, better don't try tut-tut, I will tell you later in another episode). 

Finally it was just a 5 minutes short-ride and I reached my first hotel in Bangkok.

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When I'm writing this story in this moment, I just found out from my electronic google map (which had been updated) that it still showing the same (wrong) walking-direction to the hotel; however for car-driving direction, it is correct. 

Best Western Mayfair Suites from Phaya Thai BTS

Huh! Better don't fully depend on electronic device while we traveling, you have to get smart.

Little advice to other lone ranger on traveling:- If you can't find a way to proceed, cool down yourself with a rest or food. Then ask the local people for direction, better to ask more than 2 persons to double confirm; if all have been tried and still can't find a way, just hop on to a taxi, be cool, he will drive you to your destination.

... to be continued

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