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Bangkok - Chocolate Ville

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Click HERE for our full itinerary. Chocolate Ville, a new tourist hot spot in Bangkok, Thailand. The place is nothing related with chocolate, only that they named this Europe theme restaurant as “Chocolate Ville”. There is only one restaurant here, but the restaurant compound is so big, which consists of a small river, a viewing tower, small garden, small playing area for kids and not to forget a lot of camera spots from windmill to miniature house, candy house and etc. Environment here is so good for dining, just imagine dining along the river with some country music around. When the sky turned dark, the area was lighten up by lots of small yellow mentols! You can see this windmill from far, welcome to Chocolate Ville! There is taxi waiting area closed to the entrance with a signboard listed down fares to some hot destination. Chocolate Ville :) Everything here is so cute!!! Mini cottage and lighthouse! Bear! Or chef!? It is a ver...

Taiping Cross Country (TCC) 2015 Race Report

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The first Sunday of August 2015, the day for Taiping Cross Country 2015. It is aimed at creating awareness amongst runners towards running in green. Prior to race day, the participants were requested to carry their own hydration pack to reduce the water cup usage while running, as part of “Save the Rainforest” initiatives. Taiping Cross Country 2015 "Save the Rainforest" Thousands runners were gathering at Hua Lian Secondary School on that morning. Two competitive categories of 15 km and 7 km were brought in. The 15 km category flagged off at 7 am. Pose (Photo source:  TCC Facebook ) Soon enough the runners find themselves passing by the serene Taiping Lake, mesmerized with expanse of calm water behold (for more race route details, please click here ). The race course has successfully set the participants running in various terrains, grass fields, tar road, hill trek, rocks, river stream and bridge crossing. Furthermore, we had to trek up the hill or...

Bangkok - Top 5 things to do at Chatuchak Weekend Market

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Click HERE for full itinerary. We are now updating our blog from Kingdom of Smile, Siem Reap, Cambodia! So excited! Chatuchak Weekend Market or Jatujak Market is one of the world’s largest weekend markets which contains more than 15,000 booths selling goods from every part of Thailand. It is a very popular shopping market for Thais and gained its popularity among foreigners where there are over 200,000 visitors each day (Saturday and Sunday) and 30% of them are foreigners. Info from HERE .  Things you can find there ranged from plants, antiques, pets, clothes, books, ceramics, home décor, handicrafts to fresh or dry food as well as drinks. The antique-looking metal table fan! We reached there around 11am by taxi. You may get to Chatuchak Market by: Take taxi. Take BTS and exit at Mo Chi Station. Take MRT and exit at Kamphaeng Phet or Chatuchak Park. Be there earlier is better since the weather is really hot in the noon! We cannot bare th...