My Bangkok's Accommodation and Thing to Do!

Bangkok is one of my favorite country for shortgetaway!
Great place shopping and great food and not expensive!
Love the Thai Massage too!


During my recent visit to Bangkok, I stayed in Holiday Inn Express Bangkok Sathron and really enjoyed my stay there!

It is a smart choice for savvy business and leisure travelers like me who are also looking for best location combined with best value offering a relaxed affordable and hassle free stay every time.
And it is centrally located in Bangkok.



The hotel is also easy accessibility to city center and the rest of Bangkok. This hotel is a convenience base for Bangkok shopping and sightseeing, head to major shopping malls, dining and entertainment venues on Silom road or Asiatique the riverfront, night market located next to Chaopraya river.



Check out the room! 





For the comfort of the hotel guests, they have soft or firm pillow in the room.


There is also a mini fridge and a deposit safe to keep your valuables.


Tea, coffee and mineral water are also available in the room!


Clean and well equipped toilet


Hairdryer is a MUST HAVE to me! 
And very happy that they have in the room too!



This was taken during my stay and it was Halloween Festival that period.


The corridor area were decorated with beautiful painting!


You can order light meals and snacks from the counter at level 1!





Free internet service for guests at the lobby area.


The meeting room and fitness centre are located at level 1 too.


Meeting room


Fitness room


Guest are free to use the gym anytime they want with the easy access of tapping their keycard.


Laundry and ironing facilities are available at level 1 of the hotel too!


Free breakfast from 6am-10am.



Yogurts and fruits

Cereal and milk

Morning bakeries


Or you prefer break toast?


 Have a great breakfast in Holiday Inn Express Bangkok Sathron before heading out for your shopping and tour!

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Other reasons why I like staying 
at Holiday Inn Express Bangkok Sathron!

1) 3 minutes walking distance to 7-11 convenience store.


2) 3 minutes walking distance to Chong Nonsi train station.



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Recommended Places to visit in Bangkok




The Platinum Fashion Mall is Thailand largest Fashion Mall and One Stop Wholesale shopping. This Fashion Mall is designed in the national wholesale shopping concept. This Fashion mall supports many services for fashion traders, retailers and people such as inventory cargo, outbound and inbound transportations, car parks, elevators and others. These services help everyone in the Platinum Fashion Mall to more convenient for shopping and trading.

B Floor (Underground) : Jeans & Fashion Clothes 
1st Floor : Fashion Clothes 
2nd Floor : Fashion Clothes 
3rd Floor : Fashion Clothes 
4th Floor : Fashion Clothes & Leathers 
5th Floor : Leathers & Accessories 
6th Floor : Food & Beverage 
7th-10th Floor : Car park consist more than 1,500 cars and cargo 
11th Floor : Inventory store and the Platinum Fashion Mall office ชั้น 
12-23 : The Platinum condominium

More info of Platinum Fashion Mall:

One t-shirt only 100 baht (About $4 Sing dollars)! So cheap!
Lot of selection!!! I bought a lot of tee!


2) Chatuchak Weekend Market


Chatuchak Weekend Market (or Jatujak Market; Thai: ตลาดจตุจักร) is one of the world's largest weekend markets covers area of 70 rai (27 Acres) altogether divided into 27 Sections, contains more than 15,000 booths selling goods from every part of Thailand.


Chatuchak Weekend Market,is very popular shopping centre to Thais and has become a popular place to tourists and foreigners who stay in Bangkok, has over 200,000 visitors each day(SAT-SUN) 30% is foreign.


You can spend a whole day there to shop and eat at Chatuchak Weekend Market!
Almost everything can be found here at a bargaining local price (not a tourist price), and most vendors actually come from local factories, like antique wood carving, clay handicrafts, local souvenirs from every parts of Thailand, Buddhist amulets, wooden funitures, hand made decorated flowers, plant, ceramic wares, dools, Thai Bejarong, Chinese wares, graden decorated plants, stones, trendy fashions, silk, hill-tribe outfits, fluffy dogs and more miscellaneous, etc.


We met new friends from Singapore there while shopping! We managed to get good bargain price for buying clothes from a store! Because to get a good price, quantity matters!


Don't forget to try the popular coconut icecream when you are at Chatuchak Weekend Market
too!!!



Chatuchak Weekend Market is open 
WED-THU (Plants & Flowers) 6.00 am - 6.00 pm. 
FRI (Wholesale day) 6.00 am - 6.00 pm. 
SAT-SUN (Miscellaneous) 6.00 am - 6.00 pm.


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 The other MUST-TRY in Bangkok!!!

1) Thai Milk Tea
Available almost every where!!!


2) Pla Tong Mookata  
 Near Century The Movie Plaza. 
1 min walk from Victory Monument BTS Station. 
It is on Phaya Thai road itself.



Thai BBQ (All You Can Eat) in Bangkok for 149 baht per pax! 
Beer at only 90 baht per bottle.



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3) SabX2 Pratunam Wanton Noodles 
Address: 4/32-33 Soi Petchburi 19, 
Pratunam, Bangkok, Thailand, 
Tel +66 2 653 9618
Opening Hours: 9am – 4pm Daily

This place is frequent by a lot of Singaporean too!



The Wanton noodles are highly recommended!
 Springy noodles with thinly sliced roasted pork and few dumpling.


 I like the dry version!


4) Mr.Jones' Orphanage @Seen Space
Seenspace Thonglor 13, Siam Center, Bangkok, Thailand



Ashely Sutton is the man behind this quirky pastry venue. It was established in 2012, while its name was based on a children's book of the same name. His newest creation, Mr. Jones' Orphanage, is a Milk Bar featuring age-old recipes from Ash's own grandmother, Amy Hipkin. The entire interior are made of the light color of wood, which give you a warm feeling and relaxed atmosphere. Its fairy-tale-like design and decoration with fluffy teddy bears, vintage prints, and toys also gives you a feeling like you've have experienced the moment in your childhood once again. Some people say it was like you are in a kid's toy store.





Simply in love with the Kit Kat and M&M chocolate Cake!

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 The MUST-HAVE when you arrive BKK (Recommended)!!!

1) Prepaid simcard
Internet is very important to me cause I use Facebook and Instagram a lot!
Upon arrival at Don Mueang International Airport (Bangkok), look out for this store- Mapas to get the prepaid simcard! 


This is highly recommended with unlimited internet!


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Missing my BKK trip again!!!
Looking forward for my REVISIT to BKK  
and staying with HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS again!!!


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