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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...

Bangkok December Trip (Day 3 & 4)

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Day 3, we’ve tasted the Bangkok’s most famous Kaiton Pratunam chicken rice as breakfast today. The smooth Thai rice is the nicest I’ve ever had in Bangkok. After that, we walked to the nearest Chit Lom BTS station and started our journey to Chatuchak market. It is one of the must visit in Bangkok. The market is so huge that one could have easily lost in the small rows of shoplots while walking from one alley to another. We were lucky to have the last few pieces of map in hand before the Chatuchak entrance. Entrance of Chatuchak Market Many welcomes  ! Incredibly Cute Bag Nice home déco The market has everything that you can name of and some of them are offered at the lowest price as well. In addition, the coconut ice-cream is a must-try food in Chatuchak. They are simply enticing, making you want to try out every combination of toppings. Finally the shopping is over at Chatuchak. We headed to Union mall next. According to travel source, this mall is...

Taiwan - XiMenDing (西门町), TaiPei 101 Mall (台北101) , Eslite XinYi (SinYi) Store (城品书店)

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Click Here for full itinerary. Welcome to happening XiMenDing ( 西门町 ) ! XiMenDing is a place to experience youth culture in Taiwan, with fashion stuffs, pop music, street performance, movies, nice food and etc. XiMenDing ! Shopping shopping and shopping ! STAYREAL. Dedicated to Mayday's fans :) A random parking area for motorcycles. Talked about XiMenDing food, our first choice is AY-CHUNG Flour-rice Noodles! Established since year of 1975, it is really a very famous eating place at XiMenDing where there is always a long queue outside the store. Everyone holding a paper cup enjoying their noodles outside of the store! We had been here twice during our Taiwan trip and the second time we were here, we spotted TV crew here! Here comes the noodles, served with Chinese Parsley as well which cannot be seem in this photo. The noodles, soup and Chinese parsley are the best combination ever and having this in cold weather is just so per...

Taiwan - ShiLin Night Market (士林夜市)

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Click Here for full itinerary. Landed safely at TaoYuan International Airport ( 桃园国际机场 ) around 2pm+ with very good weather.  After all the necessary document checking, the first thing we did is to apply a local sim card!! We chose ChungHwa Telecom which is claimed to have the best coverage over the whole island! There is a counter at the airport and few different types of package for foreign tourists to choose for. Click here  for further details. Besides this, we also apply an i-Taiwan account at the airport’s information counter, what you need to do is just show them your passport. With this account, you can connect to majority of the free Wifi. Hehe, super kiasu that we didn’t waste any chance to get freebie. The third thing we did at the airport is visit to their 7-eleven! 7-eleven is everywhere around Taiwan! You sure can find one around you. The main purpose is to get ourselves an easy card (悠悠卡) . This card is just like our Touch-n-go ...