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

{Lone Ranger Finding His Loving Wife}

......continued from part X

I had a plan to bring my loving wife to Bangkok for a short (two days) tours in the very near future and intended to bring her to see as many as possible attractions in Bangkok in a limited time, so I had to get familiar with the shortest & most convenient roads in a short day trip.

On 15th September 2015, I started my trip by Bangkok's most famous river boat tour at Saphan Taksin pier (jetty). Saphan Taksin pier is the starting point for Chao Phraya tourist boat, and it goes all the way north up to Phra Athit (Banglamphu), with several stop-by piers in between. 

Saphan Taksin pier @ Sathorn, Bangkok

That was Tuesday, an usual working day for Thais. The queue was a bit long although it was not a public holiday, passengers were mostly tourist and whatnot with Thais wearing smart office-look dressed-up, and together with a few students. So, it was considered normal to wait for 2 turns of boat arrived then only I able to hop onto the marvelous boat.

Chao Phraya river boat tour @ Sathorn

 And there was a Chinese restaurant at the riverfront of Chao Phraya river.

Chinese restaurant @ Chao Phraya riverfront

Chao Phraya river boat tour

 Classic & modern buildings seen along the riverfront ..

Historical classic building @ Chao Phraya riverfront

Shrine-look building seen @ Chao Phraya riverfront

I was fortunate enough to have a gentle woman (probably a Thais tour-guide) who spoke fluently English on the boat. She spoke clearly with a bullhorn (大声公扩音器) to the whole boat about detail & useful information on each pier the boat stopped, each building pass-by with historical info, and even guides on roads or areas connected with each pier. A big thumb for her.

construction site @ Chao Phraya riverfornt

Millennium Hilton Bangkok @ Chao Phraya riverfront

Bann Chaopraya - an exclusive condo @ riverfront

plentiful of restaurants @ Chao Phraya riverfornt

Guan Yu temple (关帝古庙) @ Bangkok's Chinatown

Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew) - the most famous temple in Bangkok

Wat Arun (the Temple of Dawn) under re-construction

Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew) @ Chao Phraya riverfront

If tourists want to go to Wat Arun which is located opposite across the other side of the river, they could do their transit either here at Tha Tien pier or Maharaj pier. The cross river boat to Wat Arun only cost about 3 TB. (yes, 30 Malaysia cents only)

Wat Arun cross river boat

historical shrine-look building @ Chao Phraya rivefront

While reaching a river's T-junction ..

T-junction @ Chao Phraya river

T-junction @ Chao Phraya river

T-juncstion @ Chao Phraya river

T-juncstion @ Chao Phraya river

And finally, you see a Penang-bridge like Chao Phraya river bridge at the end of tourist boat trip. 

T-juncstion @ Chao Phraya river

The cost, Wowo! It was only 40TB per trip!

Chao Phraya Tourist Boat single ride cost

Bangkok tourist boat from Saphan Taksin to Phra Athit

... to be continued

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{Lone Ranger Finding His Loving Wife}

......continued from part IX

Well, since I was too alone to slumped into any 'special bar' in Bangkok, I just had a couple of fine draught beer in an Irish Pub at Silom. Well, that was a 'very good view' too because the Irish Pub resided right besides a T-junction of the red-light 'hotspot' of Silom.

photo courtesy of lovelyplanetz.com

Then I hopped onto a taxi and taken me back to Best Western Mayfair Suites.

After I back to the hotel, I had to book another hotel for second day stay in Bangkok, due to that B.W.M. Suites was full house. 

Grand Watergate Hotel price @ RM113.26

Since I had a plan to bring my loving wife to Bangkok for a short (two days) tours in the very near future (to be revealed in following episode of this blog), and intend to bring her to see as many as possible attractions in Bangkok in a limited time, so I had to get familiar with the shortest & most convenient roads to reach those attractive parts. I had to start moving early on the next day.

On the next day (15th, September 2015), I checked out from my 'first' hotel's experience in Bangkok. However, the hotel was kind enough to provide their tut-tut car as a complimentary to drive me to my second hotel - Grand Watergate Hotel.

Map to Grand Watergate Hotel

By the time I reached the hotel, it was still too early to check in, so I left my luggage at one side of wall of the lobby with permission by the hotel's receptionist. Then, I started walking to the nearest BTS skytrain station. 

Map to Siam BTS Station

The BTS Siam Station is the center for transit of two skytrain lines in Bangkok - 1. Sukhumvit Line & 2. Silom Line. 

Bangkok's BTS skytrain road Map

Taken the Silom line's skytrain would driven me directly to Saphan Taksin. 

BTS road to Saphan Taksin

From Saphan Taksin BTS station, I just had to walk a few hundreds meters, then I reached at the Chao Phraya river boat pier (jetty).

Saphan Taksin river boat pier

...... to be continued

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

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