Bangkok : Free & Easy Day Three

We left Bangkok Palace Hotel around 8.30 am by renting a van, all excited for Chatuchak. We were informed that Chatuchak only opens at 9 am so when we arrived to the place, there were only a few shops opened -- but enough to make us go ga-ga AH TYPICAL LADIES.

One thing to bear in mind is that despite Chatuchak is opened daily, but most shops are opened ONLY during weekends. So we were lucky to have our Free & Easy on a Saturday as more than 5000 stalls were opened -- JUST FOR US! (okay perasan) And please please wear light! It's freaking humid there, even when the walkways were covered. Despite we were armed with a map of Chatuchak, it ended being an immediate fan for us as we just walked in and out through each soi (lorong). Chatuchak is divided to sections where you can get all the vintage items in one, house decos in next, clothes and clothes on the other side, painting galleries on one side -- rambang mata! On the prices, well typical vendors taking advantages on tourists, so you just have to haggle & bargain till they give you almost half of the first price they mentioned.

It was around noon and we realised we haven't covered half of Chatuchak, sedih weh! Lagi sedih is when you have to remember that you still need money to survive till the journey home haha. So we decided to call it a wrap and head out of Chatuchak.

And you think we are done shopping la eh?
NAHHHH GIRLS WILL ALWAYS BE GIRLS!

Kat luar lagi murah meriaaaaaaaaaaaah! Macam sedih sangat dah habis duit kat dalam Chatucak tu haha. Imagine puffy sleeves blouses RM13 je? Malaysia kemain jual RM30 the cheapest bagai tauuu. And don't get me started on those chunky rings -- gila! Tamau state price but it was super damn cheap. Memang confirm tanak dah beli kat flea market bagai tu, tanak!

Then we were divided into two group. -- others yang masih berduit, semua ke Platinum Mall, and the rest went back to the hotel. Untuk memujuk hati, we girls decided to ride the Tuk Tuk! BUT. IT. WAS. DEMSCARY. Tuhan saja yang tahu how we squeezed ourselves as the tuk tuk went in between two lorries or how we used our imagination hand breaks as a fast car approached us! The tuk tuk driver even got the cheek to honk back a lorry for overtaking us haha.

Senyum kelakar seram namanya ni.

So we went back to our rooms, paraded the stuffs we bought, and the next thing you know, you are out of bahts to even eat out!

Lucky we were prepared for that, so heh, mari melayan instant foods!

Kemain berlambak!

After we ate, we rested -- and waited anxiously for the other group to come back with their hauls. Sue & Sharaf only came back around 8 and immediately invited for dinner outside. It was truly a hard choice to make as we were saving the last few hundred Malaysian Ringgit or enjoying our last night in Bangkok.

Tewas dengan sekelip mata haha!

We went to Sukhumvit as suggested by Sharaf where they have a lot of Arab Soi there -- you know in terms of finding halal food is quite tricky if you don't know the area so it's kinda safer to be in an Arabic surrounding. Kinda.

This was the best tomyam tasted during my stay there -- not quite what I expected but it was nice.
Sue shared her shopping experiences earlier as she went to Platinum Mall,Pratunam. The fashionmall has the biggest wholesale in their 6 storey building and prices ah,harga wholesale!

The girls planned to go the next morning but I can't as I'm on the first flight home.
Sedih kan?
And that night it rained as if it was crying for me.

Eceh, drama.

But it did rain right after we finished our dinner.

I wasn't bothered with the heavy rain. Should I or shouldn't I go to Platinum the next day?