A Visit To Maeklong Railway Market & Amphawa Floating Market | Bangkok Travel and Beauty 2016 (Part 2)

Today we are super excited because we are heading to the legendary Maeklong Railway Market or Talat Rom Hup which means 'umbrella pulldown market'. 

Novotel buffet breakfast

Buffet breakfast selection at Novotel Hotel

But first was buffet breakfast in the hotel.

Maeklong Railway Market

We reached Maeklong Railway Market at about 10am and had time for coffee. After which we walked down to the market. 

The interesting thing about this market is that it has a train that runs through the market at certain timings. At about 11am there was an announcement to inform that the train is coming. 

Train at Maeklong Railway Market

The train was extremely near. Check out the video and you will understand what I meant. It is totally worth to make a trip down.

Maeklong Train Station

As Maeklong Railway Market was the last station of the train route, the train stopped for a while and we took the chance to take more photos of the train.

After the train left the station, we headed to a secluded place for lunch and I totally forgot to take any photos. The food were super delicious and only the locals will know how to get there and surprisingly it was full house.

I think for the next holiday I need to plan what are the must take photos otherwise I seem to keep forgetting to take photos to share. So upsetting. Does it happen to you too?

Amphawa Floating Market

Next we drove to Amphawa Floating Market. The second most popular floating market and I loved it here because it is mainly visited by the Thais which has an authentic feel to the place.

Seafood by the river

This place is very popular for eating seafood by the river. It smells so good as you walk through the marketplace. 

Long tail boat at Amphawa Floating Market

When you are there, you have to take the longtail boat to explore the surroundings of the river. We paid about 600 baht for a private boat. 

Houses and temples along the river

Traditional old Thai houses

Children playing in the river

It was a beautiful sight of traditional and modern houses, temples, wildlife, children playing by the river. 

We enjoyed so much for the past 2 days with my cousins.  We managed to do what we intended to for this trip and there are some other places we'll leave it for our next trip.

Bridge to Platinum Mall, Bangkok

Big C Supermarket

The next 2 days were purely shopping at Platinum Mall, Big C and the street stalls.

Not forgetting swimming at the hotel and just relaxing around the area and dinner with my cousins.

Maygori at Siam Square

Yummy desserts at Maygori 

We had a wonderful dinner at Siam Square called White Flower Factory. The Thai food there were really good. Maygori is a great place for dessert too.

Soap & Glory 

Cosmetics from Bangkok ,Thailand

Beauty buys from Bangkok was also a must. Can you believe it Soap and Glory is half the price compared to Singapore Sephora. MUST BUY!

It was a good reunion and we are looking forward to our next trip together. 

Do remember to pin my story down for future reference. This will be my last post for 2016. Have a great 2017, remember to stay positive and beautiful always.

Bangkok Travel and Beauty in December 2016 (Part 1)

Bangkok is a fantastic place for budget travelling with shopping at affordable prices and indulging in yummy Thai food. This trip we had the privilege of my cousins bringing us to places we have not been before. As they are locals it was much easier to move around with them.

We found a good deal on Scoot website, which gave us the opportunity to maximise our time in Bangkok, Thailand. It was the first flight out from Singapore and the last flight out from Bangkok Don Mueang Airport.

As we were too early to check in, we headed straight to Jatujak Weekend Market or to the tourist is called Chatuchak Weekend Market. 

Thailand local food in Jatujak Weekend Market

We sat down for brunch since all of us were very hungry. The food were fantastic and cheap. But be careful there are always two kinds of prices in Thailand. The local price and tourists price, so don't get cheated. 

Food corner in Jatujak Weekend Market

It was pretty cooling when we reach Jatujak about 10am but it started to get quite hot in the afternoon. I would highly recommend to be in shorts and cooling top to beat the hot weather.

Jatujak Weekend Market

After a couple of hours shopping, the heat and the navigation of the market got the better of us, it was time to take a shopping break. After so many years I still can't complete walking around Jatujak because I seem to be walking in circles. It goes to show the difficulties in navigation there.

Novotel Hotel at Siam Square 

Novotel Hotel Lounge Area

Entertainment area at Novotel Hotel Bangkok

We left and headed towards Novotel at Siam Square to check in. The location was superb. Is like staying in our Singapore Orchard area. 

Laser Games At Siam Square

Laser Games waiting area

As the room was not ready, we decided to have some fun at Siam Laser Games which was located just below Novotel. It was our first time playing and it's so fun.

Novotel Hotel at Siam Square

After the games we went to check in. The staffs were nice to give us a complimentary upgrade and an extra bed for the kid.

Rod Fai Night Market

As weekend was a chance to head off to Night Markets too, we drove to Ta Lard Nud Rodfai at Srinakarin area. It's not very convenient to get there for sure but you can check from here the best way to get there. 

Rows and rows of stalls at night market

Ta Lard Nud Rodfai Night Market at Srinakarin area Bangkok Thailand

This place is highly recommended by me to the extend of skipping Jatujak next time.The selection was good and the price was better then Jatujak as this place is more frequented by the locals. We are looking at 100 - 300baht range. Since it is a night market, the weather was so much cooler.

I apologize for the quality of the night photos. It didn't turn out well as I was really tired and had no tripod with me. But I just need to show everyone the place. We ended the night late and we were exhausted. Went back to hotel to rest for an exciting day tomorrow. Remember to pin my Bangkok Travel & Beauty Part 1 for future reference and check out my Bangkok Travel and Beauty Part 2 .