Bangkok Day 1

So early this month, B and I headed for our first overseas trip together! I've been overseas with his family a couple of times before but this is the first time both of us are going overseas by ourselves.. to somewhere we both haven't been before (at least not in the recent years for him) so we were both very excited!! (The headband I was wearing from GlamGirl  actually broke on the way back cause I carelessly left it in my carry on bag T_T. I received so many compliments telling me it was so cute on the trip there!)

Also, since he has enlisted in 2011, we haven't been overseas together (at least not for leisure for him lol) which made us even more excited! Plus, the objective of the trip was sort of our anniversary trip as well as a shopping trip! And.... this was actually my first time being on a plane after 18+ years of my life!!

We flew Scoot and were unlucky enough to be involved in the mass delays thanks to a certain flight that caused more delays. We were initially notified that it was going to be a 6 hour delay - but thankfully his uncle checked it for us and we found out that it was pushed forward (making it a 3 hour delay), and we didn't get the email from Scoot until about 1 hour to the EDT. Would definitely be a lot better if Scoot could improve on this.

Throughout the trip we kept getting conned by Taxi drivers!!!! I can't even..... *facepalm*. Shall not talk about that too much, but yeah... the next time we go back to Bangkok we're definitely gonna be more familiar.

Anyway.... our hotel was Bangkok City Hotel. Somewhat near Platinum - we walked to Platinum Mall every time we went there, so I guess that's a good enough gauge. It was a recommendation from B's brother, and it was very affordable. 7eleven nearby as well. Keep in mind that this hotel is pretty new though, so if you're intending to stay here be sure to prepare a map to the hotel to show to Taxi drivers.

We got the Deluxe Suite (if I remember right). The room had a king sized bed, safe, fridge, and a tv with quite a good variety of channels.

Bathroom was stocked with a small bottle of shampoo and bath soap, as well as a shower cap and towels, and an inbuilt hair dryer. We bought our toothpaste and toothbrush from the nearby 7eleven before heading out to eat nearby since our flight only landed around 11pm and we were hungry - there's this place near the hotel which serves VERY GOOD FOOD. We ate there nearly everyday of our trip lol.

Crabmeat Fried Rice, Tom Yum Goong, and Oyster Omelette. It helps that the place has a menu with pictures.. and a very helpful waiter.

They actually have real chunks of crab meat in the fried rice!! (but with some bits of the cartilage as well lol)

Very spicy tom yum goong. I'm a bigger fan of tom yum talay (the clear soup)

Suuuuuper yummy oyster omelette. I don't eat oysters.. but the omelette was super yums lol.

After that we just headed back to our hotel to settle down and prepare for the next day of shopping!

Ending day 1 here :)