A funny thing happened during my trip to Bangkok, Thailand.
We were happily walking around this new
night market venue called Asiathique (for how to get to Asiathique, jump right to the bottom half).
We were happily exploring Asiathique especially since it's quite big with a few buildings which they numbered as "Warehouse 1", "Warehouse 2" and so on.
Then we came to the eateries or restaurants section when we saw this guy and girl standing about 10 feet across each other, motionless.. looking at each other.
We were stumped.. like.. what is happening?? Is he proposing to the girl or something cos they were like exactly across each other, not moving and standing still.
But when we look around us, we noticed the same thing with everyone around us.. Then only we noticed the place was playing a song.. Thailand's national anthem!
Wow!! Such respect for the national anthem! Not sure what will happen in Kuala Lumpur if the shopping malls like Sogo played Negaraku (the name of Malaysia's national anthem), would anyone notice and show respect.
Kudos to the Thai government for instilling love for all things Thai!
ASIATHIQUE RiverfrontGetting there:-You can take a cab there but the best experience is by FREE shuttle boat just adjacent to Taksin skytrain (BTS) station.
Note:-1) The place is only open from 5pm so the boat only starts about 430pm. We were there early so we killed time at a shopping mall nearby Taksin BTS station. The boat ride takes about 30minutes.
2) Go there early as there can be quite a long queue for the boat ride from Taksin station at night.
3) A
good itinerary is to go Asiatique, then take the shuttle boat from Asiathique to Taksin boat station, from there change to another boat to Chinatown.
The boat ride from Taksin to Chinatown station by boat costs 20Baht per person. It takes about 3- 4 stops to reach. Ask around for help on when to alight.
From the Chinatown boat station, take a tuk tuk to Chinatown to eat at the famous
T n K seafood (their staffs wear green shirts).
I tried to walk from the boat station to T n K - it's too far and felt dangerous since it was already nightime. Plus there are plenty of tuk tuk waiting at the boat station and they are quite cheap.. so save your energy and take tuk tuk.
The food at T n K is quite good but definitely cheaper than KL and the plus points are the prices are already written in the menu, so you wont be overcharged later.
We had a steamed fish, seafood tomyam, grilled prawns, kangkung vegetables, rice and coke for 700 Baht. What a feast!
