Monday, 12 August 2013
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Wednesday, 7 August 2013
Ke Bangkok lagi, China Town dan Baiyoke Hotel
Belum puas dari jalan-jalan pertama kali ke Bangkok pada bulan Maret 2013 yang lalu. Kami datang lagi ke ibukota Thailand pada bulan Juli 2013. Lagi-lagi dapat promo pesawat dari Mandala TigerAir. Pulang pergi untuk 2 orang hanya sekitar Rp1,7 juta. Kali ini kami menginap cuma 2 malam di hotel yang paling tinggi di kota Bangkok yakni Baiyoke Sky Hotel.
Kamis 18 Juli 2013, pukul 14 tiba di terminal 3 Bandara Soekarno-Hatta. Check in langsung di kounter internasional Mandala Tiger dan pesawat akan berangkat pada pukul 16. Tiga jam berada di awang-awang akhirnya mendaratlah di Bandara Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok, Thailand pukul 19.
Wah kali ini ketika masuk ke imigrasi, antreannya panjang sekali. Untunglah ada jalur khusus untuk warga negara ASEAN (warga negara: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapura, Brunei, Filipina, Myanmar, Laos). Lumayan, imigrasi di jalur ASEAN tidak terlalu panjang antreannya.
Ada 2 pelancong dari Jakarta yang menanyakan bagaimana cara naik kendaraan umum atau taxi. Karena kami belum pernah naik bus di Bangkok, maka saya sarankan naik kereta saja menuju tengah kota. Akhirnya mereka ikut saran kami.
Turun ke basement 2 dan ketemu lagi dengan kounter Airport Link. Kami memilih City Link menuju stasiun Ratchaprapop dengan ongkos 40Bath per orang.
Sampai di stasiun Ratchaprapop kami survei dulu tempat untuk menuju hotel Baiyoke Sky. Hotelnya kelihatan dari stasiun. Lalu kami turun menuju jalan raya dan melewati trotoar toko-toko menuju hotel Baiyoke. Dari stasiun menuju hotel kira-kira sekitar 100 meter.
Lokasi sekitar hotel Baiyoke ini, ramai sekali. Pasar malam muncul di depan hotel. Ternyata banyak pelancong yang juga baru datang pada malam hari. Kami tiba di hotel sekitar pukul 21. Ketika masuk hanya ada lantai kosong dan lift tidak ada meja check in. Kami tanya ke petugas di mana tempat check in. Ia bilang, silakan menggunakan lift dan pilih lantai 18 atau Lobby.
Petugas check in sibuk melayani tamu yang datang. Ketika kami akan check in, staf hotel meminta deposit dana sebesar 3000 Bath atau sekitar 100USD. Lha kami bilang "Why agoda didn't inform us about deposit?". Dengan gampangnya mereka bilang "It is our procedure that guest must deposit the fund". Damn. Kami tidak banyak bawa uang sebanyak itu. Bagi kami cukuplah 3 hari di Bangkok cuma bawa 500ribu (1500 Bath atau 50USD) bisa makan enak dan keliling kota. Untunglah saya bawa ATM CIMB Niaga. Di seberang jalan raya ada Bank CIMB Thailand. Akhirnya kami menarik dana dari ATM CIMB Thai sebesar 3500 Bath. Hebat nich ATM bisa mengeluarkan 1 pecahan 500 Bath dan 3 pecahan 1000 Bath. Hebatnya lagi kurs jual Bath atas Rupiah cuma 328 rupiah. Coba kalau ke money changer di Jakarta, Bath dijual 340!
Balik menuju meja check in, ada tamu yang juga kecewa ketika dimintai deposit 100USD. Akhirnya kami dapat kamar di lantai 61. Lumayan tadinya berharap dapat paling tinggi di lantai 45 tapi di kasih di lantai 61. Wah antrian masuk lift-nya sungguh mengecewakan. Hotel ini ramai sekali. Banyak turis dari berbagai negara. Kami perhatikan banyak dari Eropa, Rusia, India. O ya jangan salah masuk lift, karena ketinggian lantai yang dituju bisa berbeda. Ketika masuk lift, masukkan kartu ke slot (lihat arah panahnya) setelah nyala hijau tarik dan pencet tombol lantai yang dituju.
Sampai di kamar tipe superior. Kamarnya luas, ada bathtub. O ya bila menggunakan wifi di hotel ini akan dikenakan biaya. Kami membasuh muka dan badan sejenak, lalu turun untuk mencari makan. Tadinya berpikir untuk dinner di restoran hotel ini. Tetapi melihat ramainya orang naik turun lift, kami urungkan niat tersebut. Akhirnya kami cari di sekitar hotel, jajanan kaki lima. Ada nasi goreng, udang bakar, duren, ayam goreng, bebek goreng, buah mangga dan masih banyak lagi. Kami makan yang mudah saja, beli nasi goreng lalu ayam goreng dan buah duren. Tak lupa pula orang juice. Semuanya kami beli mencapai 200 Bath untuk 2 orang.
Karena terlalu malam, kami membatalkan rencana ke Observation Deck dan puas makan malam di ketinggian lantai 61 kamar hotel.
Kami memang ingin santai-santai saja di Bangkok, karena tempat wisata sudah kami jajaki ketika pertama kali ke Bangkok. Karena tidak dapat sarapan di hotel, kami cari di luar. Mall Indra Pratunam baru buka jam 9.30. Kami menyebrang jembatan dan keliling emperan toko mengarah ke mall Platinum. Di seberang mall platinum ada kedai makanan. Kami coba pesan nasi hainan dan chinese roll. Wah chinese rollnya ternyata enak. Balik lagi ke arah hotel, kami beli beberapa makanan: jagung, cakwe dan buah mangga.
Mall Indra sudah buka, kami lihat-lihat suvenir khas thailand. Ada hiasan dinding motif manik-manik bergambar gajah. Lihat-lihat baju, gadget, mainan dan lain-lain. Sampai akhirnya makan siang di food court. Ada Pad Thai dan Sticky Rice. Pad Thai adalah makanan thailand dengan mie dicampur tauge, sayuran ditumis dan diberi bumbu kacang yang gurih. Sticky Rice berupa nasi ketan yang diberi santan kelapa manis dengan buah mangga atau durian.
Sesudah makan siang, kami berangkat menuju China Town. China Town mulai ramai menjelang sore hari.
Kami naik kereta dari Ratchaprapop menuju Makassan. Dari Makassan turun menuju MRT Petchaburi. Dari Petchaburi menuju MRT Hua Lampong.
Setelah sampai di Hua Lampong, kami cari dulu land mark Wat Traimit. Ketika sudah menemukannya barulah kami menelurusi jalan Yao Waraj. O ya Wat Traimit ini adalah tempat patung Buddha dari emas. Silakan bila ingin berfoto-foto.
Setelah sampai di Wat Traimit, di seberang jalan belakangnya adalah jalan Yao Waraj. Di situ ada wihara. Kami duduk sebentar untuk melewatkan waktu menuju sore. Tujuan kami adalah makan di T&K Seafood. Resto kaki lima ini baru ramai menjelang jam 6 sore.
Oke setelah beristirahat di wihara, kami jalan kaki sepanjang Yao Waraj melihat kesibukan pedagang kulakan di pasar ChinaTown terbesar di Bangkok. Setelah kelelahan mengitari pasar ini. Kami menuju T&K Seafood dan tepat jam 5 sore, bangku-bangku dan meja mulai disiapkan. Langsung kami duduki untuk 2 orang. Dalam sekejap semua meja jadi penuh oleh para tamu. Tadinya kami ingin pesan Curry Crab. Tetapi karena kemarin abis makan duren, ga berani juga nich takut kolesterol melejit. Akhirnya kami memesan soup ikan. Rasanya memang khas Thailand, asem manis pedas. Porsinya besar. Makan berdua habis 200Bath.
Setelah makan kami balik lagi ke stasiun Hua Lampong dan menuju hotel untuk relaksasi di bathtub.
Sampai jumpa lagi di cerita Bangkok di lain kesempatan.
Sampe di Bangkok Pukul 19.00
Kamis 18 Juli 2013, pukul 14 tiba di terminal 3 Bandara Soekarno-Hatta. Check in langsung di kounter internasional Mandala Tiger dan pesawat akan berangkat pada pukul 16. Tiga jam berada di awang-awang akhirnya mendaratlah di Bandara Suvarnabhumi, Bangkok, Thailand pukul 19.
Wah kali ini ketika masuk ke imigrasi, antreannya panjang sekali. Untunglah ada jalur khusus untuk warga negara ASEAN (warga negara: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapura, Brunei, Filipina, Myanmar, Laos). Lumayan, imigrasi di jalur ASEAN tidak terlalu panjang antreannya.
Ada 2 pelancong dari Jakarta yang menanyakan bagaimana cara naik kendaraan umum atau taxi. Karena kami belum pernah naik bus di Bangkok, maka saya sarankan naik kereta saja menuju tengah kota. Akhirnya mereka ikut saran kami.
Turun ke basement 2 dan ketemu lagi dengan kounter Airport Link. Kami memilih City Link menuju stasiun Ratchaprapop dengan ongkos 40Bath per orang.
Menuju Hotel Baiyoke Sky
Sampai di stasiun Ratchaprapop kami survei dulu tempat untuk menuju hotel Baiyoke Sky. Hotelnya kelihatan dari stasiun. Lalu kami turun menuju jalan raya dan melewati trotoar toko-toko menuju hotel Baiyoke. Dari stasiun menuju hotel kira-kira sekitar 100 meter.
Lokasi sekitar hotel Baiyoke ini, ramai sekali. Pasar malam muncul di depan hotel. Ternyata banyak pelancong yang juga baru datang pada malam hari. Kami tiba di hotel sekitar pukul 21. Ketika masuk hanya ada lantai kosong dan lift tidak ada meja check in. Kami tanya ke petugas di mana tempat check in. Ia bilang, silakan menggunakan lift dan pilih lantai 18 atau Lobby.
Petugas check in sibuk melayani tamu yang datang. Ketika kami akan check in, staf hotel meminta deposit dana sebesar 3000 Bath atau sekitar 100USD. Lha kami bilang "Why agoda didn't inform us about deposit?". Dengan gampangnya mereka bilang "It is our procedure that guest must deposit the fund". Damn. Kami tidak banyak bawa uang sebanyak itu. Bagi kami cukuplah 3 hari di Bangkok cuma bawa 500ribu (1500 Bath atau 50USD) bisa makan enak dan keliling kota. Untunglah saya bawa ATM CIMB Niaga. Di seberang jalan raya ada Bank CIMB Thailand. Akhirnya kami menarik dana dari ATM CIMB Thai sebesar 3500 Bath. Hebat nich ATM bisa mengeluarkan 1 pecahan 500 Bath dan 3 pecahan 1000 Bath. Hebatnya lagi kurs jual Bath atas Rupiah cuma 328 rupiah. Coba kalau ke money changer di Jakarta, Bath dijual 340!
Balik menuju meja check in, ada tamu yang juga kecewa ketika dimintai deposit 100USD. Akhirnya kami dapat kamar di lantai 61. Lumayan tadinya berharap dapat paling tinggi di lantai 45 tapi di kasih di lantai 61. Wah antrian masuk lift-nya sungguh mengecewakan. Hotel ini ramai sekali. Banyak turis dari berbagai negara. Kami perhatikan banyak dari Eropa, Rusia, India. O ya jangan salah masuk lift, karena ketinggian lantai yang dituju bisa berbeda. Ketika masuk lift, masukkan kartu ke slot (lihat arah panahnya) setelah nyala hijau tarik dan pencet tombol lantai yang dituju.
Sampai di kamar tipe superior. Kamarnya luas, ada bathtub. O ya bila menggunakan wifi di hotel ini akan dikenakan biaya. Kami membasuh muka dan badan sejenak, lalu turun untuk mencari makan. Tadinya berpikir untuk dinner di restoran hotel ini. Tetapi melihat ramainya orang naik turun lift, kami urungkan niat tersebut. Akhirnya kami cari di sekitar hotel, jajanan kaki lima. Ada nasi goreng, udang bakar, duren, ayam goreng, bebek goreng, buah mangga dan masih banyak lagi. Kami makan yang mudah saja, beli nasi goreng lalu ayam goreng dan buah duren. Tak lupa pula orang juice. Semuanya kami beli mencapai 200 Bath untuk 2 orang.
Karena terlalu malam, kami membatalkan rencana ke Observation Deck dan puas makan malam di ketinggian lantai 61 kamar hotel.
Sekitar Pasar Pratunam
Kami memang ingin santai-santai saja di Bangkok, karena tempat wisata sudah kami jajaki ketika pertama kali ke Bangkok. Karena tidak dapat sarapan di hotel, kami cari di luar. Mall Indra Pratunam baru buka jam 9.30. Kami menyebrang jembatan dan keliling emperan toko mengarah ke mall Platinum. Di seberang mall platinum ada kedai makanan. Kami coba pesan nasi hainan dan chinese roll. Wah chinese rollnya ternyata enak. Balik lagi ke arah hotel, kami beli beberapa makanan: jagung, cakwe dan buah mangga.
Mall Indra sudah buka, kami lihat-lihat suvenir khas thailand. Ada hiasan dinding motif manik-manik bergambar gajah. Lihat-lihat baju, gadget, mainan dan lain-lain. Sampai akhirnya makan siang di food court. Ada Pad Thai dan Sticky Rice. Pad Thai adalah makanan thailand dengan mie dicampur tauge, sayuran ditumis dan diberi bumbu kacang yang gurih. Sticky Rice berupa nasi ketan yang diberi santan kelapa manis dengan buah mangga atau durian.
Sesudah makan siang, kami berangkat menuju China Town. China Town mulai ramai menjelang sore hari.
China Town dan Yao Waraj
Kami naik kereta dari Ratchaprapop menuju Makassan. Dari Makassan turun menuju MRT Petchaburi. Dari Petchaburi menuju MRT Hua Lampong.
Setelah sampai di Hua Lampong, kami cari dulu land mark Wat Traimit. Ketika sudah menemukannya barulah kami menelurusi jalan Yao Waraj. O ya Wat Traimit ini adalah tempat patung Buddha dari emas. Silakan bila ingin berfoto-foto.
Setelah sampai di Wat Traimit, di seberang jalan belakangnya adalah jalan Yao Waraj. Di situ ada wihara. Kami duduk sebentar untuk melewatkan waktu menuju sore. Tujuan kami adalah makan di T&K Seafood. Resto kaki lima ini baru ramai menjelang jam 6 sore.
Oke setelah beristirahat di wihara, kami jalan kaki sepanjang Yao Waraj melihat kesibukan pedagang kulakan di pasar ChinaTown terbesar di Bangkok. Setelah kelelahan mengitari pasar ini. Kami menuju T&K Seafood dan tepat jam 5 sore, bangku-bangku dan meja mulai disiapkan. Langsung kami duduki untuk 2 orang. Dalam sekejap semua meja jadi penuh oleh para tamu. Tadinya kami ingin pesan Curry Crab. Tetapi karena kemarin abis makan duren, ga berani juga nich takut kolesterol melejit. Akhirnya kami memesan soup ikan. Rasanya memang khas Thailand, asem manis pedas. Porsinya besar. Makan berdua habis 200Bath.
Setelah makan kami balik lagi ke stasiun Hua Lampong dan menuju hotel untuk relaksasi di bathtub.
Sampai jumpa lagi di cerita Bangkok di lain kesempatan.
Friday, 17 May 2013
Photo Hunting in North Sumatera From Garuda Indonesia World Photo Contest (GAWPC) 2013
Garuda Indonesia, the country’s national airline, has launched an international photo competition called : the Garuda Indonesia World Photo Contest (GAWPC) 2013 .
“My Enchanting Town”, is the theme chosen for the online contest where photographers are required to capture scenes of their hometown. Collaborating with the photography community Ayo Foto! (ayofoto.com), the contest is divided into three categories consisting of: Nature, Culture, and People.
To take place from 1st May to 28th July 2013, the contest will be an arena where creativity and high photographic quality of professional photographers and serious amateur photo enthusiasts from all across the globe are showcased and compete.
The selection for the best photos and winners of GAWPC 2013 will involve online public voting, ratings from Credible Online Judges and scoring by the 2013 GAWPC Honorary Judging Committee.
In the first round, public voting will select the best 1.000 photos from each category. Subsequently, public voting and online judges will select the top 200 photos in each category in round 2. While In round 3, the GAWPC Honorary Judging Committee will select the top 5 photos and photographers in each category (totaling 15 finalists).
The 15 Finalists will then be invited to the final leg of the contest which is a Photo Hunting Trip to Medan, West Sumatra
The contest will involve some of the renowned names in international photography with judges including Tom Hunter (UK), Matt Brandon (Malaysia), Peter Watson (UK), Michael Hudson (Australia), Vivit Kavi (Indonesia), Ryo Ohwada (Japan), Rapahael Olivier (France), Nacho Hernandez (Spain), Marvin Stavars (Poland), Aaron Feinberg (USA), Soumitra Datta (india), and many more.
While, for the final photo hunting round, Indonesia’s most renowned photographer Arbain Ramber and Budhi Ipoeng, and Singapore’s Goh Kim Hui, will be the Honorary Judging Committee.
With the theme “Enchanted Indonesia”, in this photo hunting contest, finalists will compete for the best photo and the best photo essay for each category in the allotted time. The Best Nature, Best Culture, Best People, Best Overall and Special Recognition photographies, will be selected from among the 15 Finalists by the 2013 GAWPC Honorary Judging Committee. Winners will be confirmed the Garuda Indonesia World Photo Contest winners at a special Gala Dinner Ceremony.
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More information available at: http://gawpc.garuda-indonesia.com/
“My Enchanting Town”, is the theme chosen for the online contest where photographers are required to capture scenes of their hometown. Collaborating with the photography community Ayo Foto! (ayofoto.com), the contest is divided into three categories consisting of: Nature, Culture, and People.
To take place from 1st May to 28th July 2013, the contest will be an arena where creativity and high photographic quality of professional photographers and serious amateur photo enthusiasts from all across the globe are showcased and compete.
The selection for the best photos and winners of GAWPC 2013 will involve online public voting, ratings from Credible Online Judges and scoring by the 2013 GAWPC Honorary Judging Committee.
In the first round, public voting will select the best 1.000 photos from each category. Subsequently, public voting and online judges will select the top 200 photos in each category in round 2. While In round 3, the GAWPC Honorary Judging Committee will select the top 5 photos and photographers in each category (totaling 15 finalists).
The 15 Finalists will then be invited to the final leg of the contest which is a Photo Hunting Trip to Medan, West Sumatra
The contest will involve some of the renowned names in international photography with judges including Tom Hunter (UK), Matt Brandon (Malaysia), Peter Watson (UK), Michael Hudson (Australia), Vivit Kavi (Indonesia), Ryo Ohwada (Japan), Rapahael Olivier (France), Nacho Hernandez (Spain), Marvin Stavars (Poland), Aaron Feinberg (USA), Soumitra Datta (india), and many more.
While, for the final photo hunting round, Indonesia’s most renowned photographer Arbain Ramber and Budhi Ipoeng, and Singapore’s Goh Kim Hui, will be the Honorary Judging Committee.
With the theme “Enchanted Indonesia”, in this photo hunting contest, finalists will compete for the best photo and the best photo essay for each category in the allotted time. The Best Nature, Best Culture, Best People, Best Overall and Special Recognition photographies, will be selected from among the 15 Finalists by the 2013 GAWPC Honorary Judging Committee. Winners will be confirmed the Garuda Indonesia World Photo Contest winners at a special Gala Dinner Ceremony.
Click here for special offer Booking Hotel in Medan North Sumatera Now!
More information available at: http://gawpc.garuda-indonesia.com/
Monday, 13 May 2013
How To Travel in Bangkok without Tour Guide
Travel to Bangkok is an amazing experience. This article is my experience about 4 days in Bangkok city. You can save your budget and get more time if you travel without tour guide. There is many place that you must visit in Bangkok such as : Grand Palace, Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew), Reclining Buddha (Wat Pho), Wat Arun.
Bangkok is capitol city of Thailand. The city is very busy and the traffic jam can be make you frustated. But the mass rapid transportation can help you to the place within a minute. Okay before travel to Bangkok, first you can prepare something:
Survey using Google Street
Google Street is very helpfull for survey the area of Bangkok. Just open your browser and go to the maps.google.com, type in the search box about the street name in Bangkok. For example, I type "sukhumvit soi 38, bangkok" and then the maps open to me. There is a man icon in top left corner that you can drag it to the street. Then you can see an image about the area in 360 degree. You can walk around the street with your cursor.
For booking a hotel you can search via Hotels2Thailand. Booking a hotel via Hotel2Thailand is very easy and you can get more discount and reward. Hotel2Thailand accepts PayPal and many major credit cards.
You can also booking many tickets event via Hotel2Thailand. For example you can book a Siam Niramit ticket, Madame Tussauds, Siam Ocean Worlds, a day trips ticket for grand palace, wat phra kaew, wat pho, and wat arun. And many tickets you can get in hotel2thailand.
Now after you get the information about the trips. You can plan the transportation to Bangkok. Suvarnabhumi Airport is the biggest airport. After you arrive and check point in imigration, you can go to claim bagage and then take exit. You can take a taxi, a bus, or airport link. I choose airport link, because it is cheap and fast. You can get information about airport link in here. Other train that connecting with airport link is the BTS and MRT. The BTS is the sky train and the MRT is the subway train. For more information about BTS you can get here and for MRT you can click here.
Also for travel around river there is a boat for tourist, you can get the information about Chao Phraya Tourist Boat in here.
In March 12-16, I've been travelling to Bangkok. My plane landing in Bangkok
around 11 am. After fill my immigration arrival card, I go to the immigration
check point. I've got stamp to stay in Bangkok about 30 days. But I've just
stay about 4 days. After take the exit door, I go to the airport link train.
This is the fast transportation to go to the central city of Bangkok. I
purchase the ticket City Line (not Express) to Phaya Thai for 45 Bath. This
train will be stop in every station and will be arrive at Phaya Thai about 30
minutes.
Bangkok weather is so hot. So after get off from the train, I bought a
mineral water. There is a McDonald kiosk in the cornet of the connection
station between Phaya Thai Airport Link and BTS.
Then I purchased the BTS Ticket to Thong Lo via vending machine. You must
know where the station you want to go, then it is convert to the zone. This
zone is the way that you can choose in the vending machine. Okay, after know
the zone, go to the vending machine. You can choose the English language then
press the zone, after that please insert the money to the machine. You will
receive the card ticket and don't forget some coin.
Before the gate will open, you must insert the ticket to the machine gate,
and take it again for the destination station. My destination station is
Thong Lo. On the afternoon, the train is so full passenger, but this is
acceptable for me to take the train. It was about 15 minutes to go to Thong
Lo station. Then I go down with the stairs and then go to my guest house in
Padi Madi, Sukhumvit Soi 53 and it's check in time at 1 pm.
After check in procedure, I walking around the area and get the lunch in the
small restaurant. I tried for Tom Yang soup and my wife tried for Crabs Fried
Rice. The food was so good taste.
In the print voucher of dinner at Loy Nava, I will pick up about 4.30 pm. So I prepare take a bath and waiting for the Loy Nava staf. The driver was on time when I just a while waiting. We are get in to the minivan and in the evening we go to the Si Phraya Pier and get the traffic jam. Took more than an hour to arrive the Si Phraya Pier and we arrive at 6 pm.
The Loy Nava staff check my voucher and my name was exist in his iPad for
confirmation. Then I board to the Rice Barge Loy Nava for a memorable dinner
in Chao Phraya.
In the Loy Nava, you will get all of the Thai food, and also a traditional dancer will entertaint you for 90 minutes. The boat cruise from Si Phraya Pier to the Phra Arthiet Pier and back again to Si Phraya Pier. A long the river, the staff at Loy Nava guide the tourist about the landmark around the river. We seen the Temple of the Dawn (Wat Arun) in the evening and it is so nice. We arrive again at Si Phraya Pier about 8pm. We wait for the driver for pick up us but the staff said that they don't found us then the manager of Loy Nava took a taxi for us for free
and we go to our guest house. The service of Loy Nava staff was verry excelent. They are very responsive and responsible for tourist like us.
Days two, we plan to the "must see" in Bangkok : Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew,
Wat Pho and Wat Arun. We take the BTS from Thong Lor about 8.30 am, then get
off at Siam station, change to another BTS line to Saphan Thaksin. We down to
the Central Pier and take a Chao Phraya Express Boat with Blue Flag. The
ticket for the boat is 45 Bath.
Many tourist usually down at Tha Thien Pier, but I took off at the Maharaj
Pier. Then after out from the pier, we took a walk straight ahead and then
turn right to go to Grand Palace. Within a junction we turn left and cross
the street and 100 m we got the gate of the palace.
The palace were so busy. Many tourist from other country were meet here. We
bought a ticket to enter the Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew at 500 Bath. We got
the booklet about the Grand Palace complex.
About an hour we sight seeing in Grand Palace, take a picture then take a rest in the corridor. Then we walk again to the Wat Pho. After take a picture at Wat Pho, we go to Tha Thien pier. We cross the river via ferry and arrive at Wat Arun.
There is an ice cream kiosk in the park of Wat Arun. We take a rest and have lunch that we've prepare from the Thong Lor : a crab fried rice box!
In the evening we go to the Siam Discovery and up to 6th floor to Madame Tussauds. We take a picture for many figure of people. Tired to walking we take a dinner at Sukhumvit Soi 38 at Thong Lo. We eat sticky rice, nice food. You must try it.
In day 3, we moved from Padi Madi guest house to Unico Premiere MetroLink Hotel. The hotel was so close with MRT Petchaburi station. We can't check in at 12 pm because the room was not ready yet. So we leave my suitcase and go to Chatucak Market. This market only open in the weekend (Saturday and Sunday). We take the MRT from Petchaburi to Kamphang Phet.
You can buy many souvenies and t-shirt in Chatucak Market. The market is so big, enough about 2 hours exploring the market. In the evening we prepare to the Siam Niramit show. This show was place on Thailand Culture Centre. We take MRT to Thailand Culture Centre, and then after out from station, take the minivan Siam Niramit. It is free.
We arrived at Siam Niramit village and there was pre show attraction. O ya, there were also two elephant in the village. These elephants will join the show in the main event. Buy ticket Siam Niramit at the spot was so expensive it is 1500 Bath. If you want get a cheap ticket about Siam Niramit, I prefer to book at www.hotels2thailand.com. Then you exchange your booking code with the real Siam Niramit ticket at ticket box.
Before take a seat, you must leave your camera in deposit box. It's free. The show is about 90 minutes. And it is must see event that you must take it in Bangkok! Amazing Siam Niramit show!
On day 4, we just walking around hotel and prepare for ready to leaving Bangkok memorable travel. Thank you for reading this article.
Preparation Travel to Bangkok
Bangkok is capitol city of Thailand. The city is very busy and the traffic jam can be make you frustated. But the mass rapid transportation can help you to the place within a minute. Okay before travel to Bangkok, first you can prepare something:
- Pasport and Visa
- Airplane Ticket
- Hotel Voucher
- Event Voucher
- US Dollar for money exchange in Bangkok
- Research how to get Airport Link, MRT, BTS, and Express Boat
- A pen, hat, notes, camera, suitcase
Survey using Google Street
Google Street is very helpfull for survey the area of Bangkok. Just open your browser and go to the maps.google.com, type in the search box about the street name in Bangkok. For example, I type "sukhumvit soi 38, bangkok" and then the maps open to me. There is a man icon in top left corner that you can drag it to the street. Then you can see an image about the area in 360 degree. You can walk around the street with your cursor.
For booking a hotel you can search via Hotels2Thailand. Booking a hotel via Hotel2Thailand is very easy and you can get more discount and reward. Hotel2Thailand accepts PayPal and many major credit cards.
You can also booking many tickets event via Hotel2Thailand. For example you can book a Siam Niramit ticket, Madame Tussauds, Siam Ocean Worlds, a day trips ticket for grand palace, wat phra kaew, wat pho, and wat arun. And many tickets you can get in hotel2thailand.
Now after you get the information about the trips. You can plan the transportation to Bangkok. Suvarnabhumi Airport is the biggest airport. After you arrive and check point in imigration, you can go to claim bagage and then take exit. You can take a taxi, a bus, or airport link. I choose airport link, because it is cheap and fast. You can get information about airport link in here. Other train that connecting with airport link is the BTS and MRT. The BTS is the sky train and the MRT is the subway train. For more information about BTS you can get here and for MRT you can click here.
Also for travel around river there is a boat for tourist, you can get the information about Chao Phraya Tourist Boat in here.
Bangkok Day 1 : Dinner Cruise with Loy Nava
In March 12-16, I've been travelling to Bangkok. My plane landing in Bangkok
around 11 am. After fill my immigration arrival card, I go to the immigration
check point. I've got stamp to stay in Bangkok about 30 days. But I've just
stay about 4 days. After take the exit door, I go to the airport link train.
This is the fast transportation to go to the central city of Bangkok. I
purchase the ticket City Line (not Express) to Phaya Thai for 45 Bath. This
train will be stop in every station and will be arrive at Phaya Thai about 30
minutes.
Bangkok weather is so hot. So after get off from the train, I bought a
mineral water. There is a McDonald kiosk in the cornet of the connection
station between Phaya Thai Airport Link and BTS.
Then I purchased the BTS Ticket to Thong Lo via vending machine. You must
know where the station you want to go, then it is convert to the zone. This
zone is the way that you can choose in the vending machine. Okay, after know
the zone, go to the vending machine. You can choose the English language then
press the zone, after that please insert the money to the machine. You will
receive the card ticket and don't forget some coin.
Before the gate will open, you must insert the ticket to the machine gate,
and take it again for the destination station. My destination station is
Thong Lo. On the afternoon, the train is so full passenger, but this is
acceptable for me to take the train. It was about 15 minutes to go to Thong
Lo station. Then I go down with the stairs and then go to my guest house in
Padi Madi, Sukhumvit Soi 53 and it's check in time at 1 pm.
After check in procedure, I walking around the area and get the lunch in the
small restaurant. I tried for Tom Yang soup and my wife tried for Crabs Fried
Rice. The food was so good taste.
In the print voucher of dinner at Loy Nava, I will pick up about 4.30 pm. So I prepare take a bath and waiting for the Loy Nava staf. The driver was on time when I just a while waiting. We are get in to the minivan and in the evening we go to the Si Phraya Pier and get the traffic jam. Took more than an hour to arrive the Si Phraya Pier and we arrive at 6 pm.
The Loy Nava staff check my voucher and my name was exist in his iPad for
confirmation. Then I board to the Rice Barge Loy Nava for a memorable dinner
in Chao Phraya.
In the Loy Nava, you will get all of the Thai food, and also a traditional dancer will entertaint you for 90 minutes. The boat cruise from Si Phraya Pier to the Phra Arthiet Pier and back again to Si Phraya Pier. A long the river, the staff at Loy Nava guide the tourist about the landmark around the river. We seen the Temple of the Dawn (Wat Arun) in the evening and it is so nice. We arrive again at Si Phraya Pier about 8pm. We wait for the driver for pick up us but the staff said that they don't found us then the manager of Loy Nava took a taxi for us for free
and we go to our guest house. The service of Loy Nava staff was verry excelent. They are very responsive and responsible for tourist like us.
Bangkok Day 2 : Visit Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew, Wat Pho, Wat Arun, and Madame Tussauds
Days two, we plan to the "must see" in Bangkok : Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew,
Wat Pho and Wat Arun. We take the BTS from Thong Lor about 8.30 am, then get
off at Siam station, change to another BTS line to Saphan Thaksin. We down to
the Central Pier and take a Chao Phraya Express Boat with Blue Flag. The
ticket for the boat is 45 Bath.
Many tourist usually down at Tha Thien Pier, but I took off at the Maharaj
Pier. Then after out from the pier, we took a walk straight ahead and then
turn right to go to Grand Palace. Within a junction we turn left and cross
the street and 100 m we got the gate of the palace.
The palace were so busy. Many tourist from other country were meet here. We
bought a ticket to enter the Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaew at 500 Bath. We got
the booklet about the Grand Palace complex.
About an hour we sight seeing in Grand Palace, take a picture then take a rest in the corridor. Then we walk again to the Wat Pho. After take a picture at Wat Pho, we go to Tha Thien pier. We cross the river via ferry and arrive at Wat Arun.
There is an ice cream kiosk in the park of Wat Arun. We take a rest and have lunch that we've prepare from the Thong Lor : a crab fried rice box!
In the evening we go to the Siam Discovery and up to 6th floor to Madame Tussauds. We take a picture for many figure of people. Tired to walking we take a dinner at Sukhumvit Soi 38 at Thong Lo. We eat sticky rice, nice food. You must try it.
Bangkok Day 3 : Chatuchak Market and Siam Niramit
In day 3, we moved from Padi Madi guest house to Unico Premiere MetroLink Hotel. The hotel was so close with MRT Petchaburi station. We can't check in at 12 pm because the room was not ready yet. So we leave my suitcase and go to Chatucak Market. This market only open in the weekend (Saturday and Sunday). We take the MRT from Petchaburi to Kamphang Phet.
You can buy many souvenies and t-shirt in Chatucak Market. The market is so big, enough about 2 hours exploring the market. In the evening we prepare to the Siam Niramit show. This show was place on Thailand Culture Centre. We take MRT to Thailand Culture Centre, and then after out from station, take the minivan Siam Niramit. It is free.
We arrived at Siam Niramit village and there was pre show attraction. O ya, there were also two elephant in the village. These elephants will join the show in the main event. Buy ticket Siam Niramit at the spot was so expensive it is 1500 Bath. If you want get a cheap ticket about Siam Niramit, I prefer to book at www.hotels2thailand.com. Then you exchange your booking code with the real Siam Niramit ticket at ticket box.
Before take a seat, you must leave your camera in deposit box. It's free. The show is about 90 minutes. And it is must see event that you must take it in Bangkok! Amazing Siam Niramit show!
Bangkok Day 4 : Around Hotel
On day 4, we just walking around hotel and prepare for ready to leaving Bangkok memorable travel. Thank you for reading this article.
Saturday, 4 May 2013
The Jakarta Great Sale 2013 is ON again running from 1st June to 14th July
Shopaholics and tourists will surely flock to Indonesia’s capital city Jakarta when this annual mega shopping fiesta takes place in conjunction with the 486th Anniversary of Jakarta. Offering massive 20% to 70% discounts, Jakarta Great Sale is participated by no less than 74 shopping centers and giant malls all across this sprawling metropolis. The Jakarta Great Sale 2013 is ON again and this time for 6 weeks running from 1st June to 14th July !
The festival will combine great shopping, with cultural and lifestyle events, making it into one big fiesta. In cooperation with the Indonesian Women Entrepreneurs Association and Regional Crafts Council, the shopping event will highlight Indonesian cuisine and traditional crafts.
The organizers also expect that the Great Sale will strengthen relations among business people in the city, increase mall visitors by 20% and contribute to Jakarta’s revenue. The Jakarta Great Sale 2013 is expected to see a 15% increase in transactions, up from last year’s which reached IDR 10.7 trillion ($175 million).
More Information see: http://www.jktgreatsale.com/
Book Hotel for Jakarta Great Sale
The festival will combine great shopping, with cultural and lifestyle events, making it into one big fiesta. In cooperation with the Indonesian Women Entrepreneurs Association and Regional Crafts Council, the shopping event will highlight Indonesian cuisine and traditional crafts.
The organizers also expect that the Great Sale will strengthen relations among business people in the city, increase mall visitors by 20% and contribute to Jakarta’s revenue. The Jakarta Great Sale 2013 is expected to see a 15% increase in transactions, up from last year’s which reached IDR 10.7 trillion ($175 million).
More Information see: http://www.jktgreatsale.com/
Book Hotel for Jakarta Great Sale
International Surfing Championship 2013 in Aceh Indonesia
Organized by the Aceh Extreme Sports Championship (a youth community dedicated to develop tourism in the Aceh Province) and fully supported by the Provincial Tourism Office of Aceh , the event forms part of the Visit Aceh 2013 program. More than just an international sporting competition, the event is aimed to further promote the province of Aceh -along with all its natural and cultural treasures, as an exceptional Tourist Destination.
An expected 110 surfers from Indonesia and from all over the globe including from Australia, the Philippines, Malaysia, USA, Germany, and France, will display their exceptional skills as they compete in the Aceh International Surfing Championship scheduled to take place at Simeuleu Island, Aceh from 18th to 22nd June 2013.
Aside from Simeuleu Island, Aceh still has other thrilling surfing spots such as Tapak Tuan, Banyak Island, Lhoknga Aceh Besar, and Calang Aceh Jaya.
Simeuleu has been chosen as the site for the competition since the island offers the perfect challenges for competing surfers. Waves around the island are dominated by ‘reef break point’ and ‘peak reef point’ most suitable for surfing actions.
Registration will be officially open online via the event’s official website (www.aeschampionship.com) from 25th April to 23rd May 2013. Surfers will be competing for a total cash prize of IDR1,000,000,000,-. The competition will be judged by international surfing juries from Bali, USA, and Australia. During their stay for the competition in Busung Bay on Simeuleu Island, contestants will be presented with some of the fascinating indigenous Aceh cultural performances, including the famous Saman dance, cuisine and Aceh’s famous coffee.
An expected 110 surfers from Indonesia and from all over the globe including from Australia, the Philippines, Malaysia, USA, Germany, and France, will display their exceptional skills as they compete in the Aceh International Surfing Championship scheduled to take place at Simeuleu Island, Aceh from 18th to 22nd June 2013.
Aside from Simeuleu Island, Aceh still has other thrilling surfing spots such as Tapak Tuan, Banyak Island, Lhoknga Aceh Besar, and Calang Aceh Jaya.
Simeuleu has been chosen as the site for the competition since the island offers the perfect challenges for competing surfers. Waves around the island are dominated by ‘reef break point’ and ‘peak reef point’ most suitable for surfing actions.
Registration will be officially open online via the event’s official website (www.aeschampionship.com) from 25th April to 23rd May 2013. Surfers will be competing for a total cash prize of IDR1,000,000,000,-. The competition will be judged by international surfing juries from Bali, USA, and Australia. During their stay for the competition in Busung Bay on Simeuleu Island, contestants will be presented with some of the fascinating indigenous Aceh cultural performances, including the famous Saman dance, cuisine and Aceh’s famous coffee.
Monday, 29 April 2013
Jalan-jalan ke Bangkok Hari ke-3 ke Chatuchak dan Siam Niramit
Hari ke-3 jalan-jalan ke Bangkok, kami pindah hotel ke Unico Premier Metrolink. Kami berkemas pada pukul 10 dan check-out pukul 11 dari Padi Madi Guest House. Naik taxi ke hotel tersebut di daerah Asoke, Din Daeng, Bangkok. Susah ngomong ke supir taxi ga bisa English, dan engga tau tempat hotelnya. Supir cuma tau jalannya. Untung kami sudah survei dulu pakai Google Street, jadi bisa mengira-ngira tempatnya. Ekh betul juga ternyata tempatnya ga jauh beda dengan apa yang dilihat di Google Street.
Sampai di hotel Unico Premier Metrolink kami disambut hangat dengan bahasa Thai, mungkin wajah kami seperti orang Thailand. Langsung saya bilang can't speak Thai. Ternyata kami belum bisa check in pada pukul 12. Jadi kami titipkan saja tas dan koper. Selanjutnya kami berangkat menuju pasar Chatuchak.
Hotel Unico Premier Metrolink dekat sekali dengan stasiun MRT Petchaburi. Kami naik ke arah Bang Sue dengan tujuan Kamphaeng Phet. Ingat jangan turun di Chatuchak Park. Ongkosnya sekitar 38 Bath sekali jalan.
Sampai di Kamphaeng Phet, ikuti saja arah petunjuk ke pasar Chatuchak. Nanti melewati lorong mall kecil, dan tibalah di pasar Chatuchak, seperti pasar tradisional. Tempatnya luas mirip pasar Tanah Abang. Kebanyakan yang dijual di sini adalah kaos-kaos. Panas banget di sini. Kalau masuk ke dalam lorong-lorong pasar malah agak dingin. Meskipun pasar ini aman, tetaplah waspada dompet dan tas Anda!
Sekitar 2 jam kami berkeliling Chatuchak. Kami beli oleh-oleh manisan buah yang sudah dikeringkan seperti: buah asam, mangga, teri. Lumayan 1000 Bath bisa ambil 10 bungkus. Penjualnya ramah dan bisa english.
Akhirnya kami balik lagi ke Hotel naik MRT dari Kamphaeng Phet ke Petchaburi (jurusan Hua Lampong). Sampe di hotel sekitar 16.30 dan bersiap kembali untuk menonton pertunjukkan Siam Niramit di Thailand Culture Centre.
Pukul 18 makan kecil dulu di hotel untuk ganjel perut, lalu berangkat ke stasiun MRT menuju Thailand Culture Centre. Tak sampai 5 menit sudah sampai, dan kami keluar menuju tempat mangkalnya minivan Siam Niramit. Woow ada 2 minivan mangkal, dan kami akhirnya naik. Di situ ada beberapa turis yang ikut menuju Thailand Culture Centre.
Perjalanan dari MRT ke tempat pertunjukkan Siam Niramit cukup jauh. Sekitar 10 menit kami tiba, dan langsung kami tukarkan tiket booking yang kami beli di Tourism Information Board di Saphan Thaksin di tiketbox Siam Niramit. Kalau beli langsung di event harganya 1500 Bath. Beli tiket Siam Niramit yang murah bisa juga di hotels2thailand.com.
Oke pertunjukkan Siam Niramit di mulai pukul 20.00. Sebelumnya ada pertunjukkan pembuka di pelataran. Di situ juga ada gajah yang nantinya ikut juga dalam drama Siam Niramit. O ya kamera, camcorder harus dititipkan sebelum masuk ke pertunjukkan. Dari pada ribet diperiksain isi tasnya lebih baik tempat penitipan dulu, trus langsung deh naik ke tempat duduk sesuai zone.
Pertunjukkan berlangsung sekitar 1 jam 30 menit. Wah pokoke kolosal banget. Mengagumkan deh, Engga rugi beli tiketnya.
Siam Niramit berkisah tentang asal mula negeri Thai. Kemudian kisah-kisah perilaku manusia yang baik akan ada di nirwana. Sayang tidak bisa foto-foto. Lagipula susah diucapkan dengan kata-kata. Soalnya keren banget!
Selesai kami kembali naik minibus (kali ini bukan minivan) dan di antar kembali ke MRT.
Hari Ke-4 cuma santai-santai keliling sekitar hotel. Langsung check-out menuju Airport Link Makasan dan Bandara Suvarnabhumi untuk terbang pukul 12 kembali ke Cengkareng.
Artikel sebelumnya:
Sampai di hotel Unico Premier Metrolink kami disambut hangat dengan bahasa Thai, mungkin wajah kami seperti orang Thailand. Langsung saya bilang can't speak Thai. Ternyata kami belum bisa check in pada pukul 12. Jadi kami titipkan saja tas dan koper. Selanjutnya kami berangkat menuju pasar Chatuchak.
Hotel Unico Premier Metrolink dekat sekali dengan stasiun MRT Petchaburi. Kami naik ke arah Bang Sue dengan tujuan Kamphaeng Phet. Ingat jangan turun di Chatuchak Park. Ongkosnya sekitar 38 Bath sekali jalan.
Sampai di Kamphaeng Phet, ikuti saja arah petunjuk ke pasar Chatuchak. Nanti melewati lorong mall kecil, dan tibalah di pasar Chatuchak, seperti pasar tradisional. Tempatnya luas mirip pasar Tanah Abang. Kebanyakan yang dijual di sini adalah kaos-kaos. Panas banget di sini. Kalau masuk ke dalam lorong-lorong pasar malah agak dingin. Meskipun pasar ini aman, tetaplah waspada dompet dan tas Anda!
Sekitar 2 jam kami berkeliling Chatuchak. Kami beli oleh-oleh manisan buah yang sudah dikeringkan seperti: buah asam, mangga, teri. Lumayan 1000 Bath bisa ambil 10 bungkus. Penjualnya ramah dan bisa english.
Akhirnya kami balik lagi ke Hotel naik MRT dari Kamphaeng Phet ke Petchaburi (jurusan Hua Lampong). Sampe di hotel sekitar 16.30 dan bersiap kembali untuk menonton pertunjukkan Siam Niramit di Thailand Culture Centre.
Pukul 18 makan kecil dulu di hotel untuk ganjel perut, lalu berangkat ke stasiun MRT menuju Thailand Culture Centre. Tak sampai 5 menit sudah sampai, dan kami keluar menuju tempat mangkalnya minivan Siam Niramit. Woow ada 2 minivan mangkal, dan kami akhirnya naik. Di situ ada beberapa turis yang ikut menuju Thailand Culture Centre.
Perjalanan dari MRT ke tempat pertunjukkan Siam Niramit cukup jauh. Sekitar 10 menit kami tiba, dan langsung kami tukarkan tiket booking yang kami beli di Tourism Information Board di Saphan Thaksin di tiketbox Siam Niramit. Kalau beli langsung di event harganya 1500 Bath. Beli tiket Siam Niramit yang murah bisa juga di hotels2thailand.com.
Oke pertunjukkan Siam Niramit di mulai pukul 20.00. Sebelumnya ada pertunjukkan pembuka di pelataran. Di situ juga ada gajah yang nantinya ikut juga dalam drama Siam Niramit. O ya kamera, camcorder harus dititipkan sebelum masuk ke pertunjukkan. Dari pada ribet diperiksain isi tasnya lebih baik tempat penitipan dulu, trus langsung deh naik ke tempat duduk sesuai zone.
Pertunjukkan berlangsung sekitar 1 jam 30 menit. Wah pokoke kolosal banget. Mengagumkan deh, Engga rugi beli tiketnya.
Siam Niramit berkisah tentang asal mula negeri Thai. Kemudian kisah-kisah perilaku manusia yang baik akan ada di nirwana. Sayang tidak bisa foto-foto. Lagipula susah diucapkan dengan kata-kata. Soalnya keren banget!
Selesai kami kembali naik minibus (kali ini bukan minivan) dan di antar kembali ke MRT.
Hari Ke-4 cuma santai-santai keliling sekitar hotel. Langsung check-out menuju Airport Link Makasan dan Bandara Suvarnabhumi untuk terbang pukul 12 kembali ke Cengkareng.
Artikel sebelumnya:
- Persiapan ke Bangkok
- Hari Pertama jalan-jalan ke Bangkok : dinner cruise dengan loy nava
- Hari Kedua jalan-jalan ke Bangkok : grand palace, emerald buddha, wat pho, wat arun
- Hari Ketiga jalan-jalan ke Bangkok : ke pasar Chatuchak dan Siam Niramit
- Hari Keempat sekitar hotel dan check out
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