Bangkok Shopping Trip - Day 1

Day 1 - 25 May 2019 Saturday

Summary

1. Prachak Roasted Duck 
2. Iconsiam
3. ASIATIQUE The Riverfront 

We went to Jewel to take a look. Many people take photos there. It is spacious enough to take picture without anyone blocking behind.

We went to Terminal 2. You need passport and boarding pass to show the officer before they allow you in.

Food price at airport was expensive. So we bought MacDonald for early lunch. 

You can choose to remove the cheese via the machine.

Going in the waiting room and going up the plane need to show the officer the passport and boarding pass too. 

They will give out the arrival card on board.

The plane landed in Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok on time. 

Time in Bangkok is 1 hr earlier than Singapore. 

After checking out, we went to the Klook booth. The Klook booth is outside the arrival gate. So after we went out and passed by many people who came to fetch people, we went down to Basement. 

We collected the Airport Rail Link (ARL) tickets and sim card at the booth. I downloaded the voucher previously so it was fine when I just show them the voucher on mobile. You don't need internet connection.

They will replace the sim card for you, sticking your sim card on the cardboard.

The ARL tickets wasn't indicated by dates. You just need one per trip.

We proceed walking straight and to the Airport Rail Link station.

There wasn't any people at all. Perhaps we took an entrance that wasn't common.

We passed to the officer there, they opened the small door beside the gates to let us in.

4.30 pm - Reached Airbnb near Ratchathewi (BTS) station.

After putting our luggage at our accommodation, we make our way to Saphan Taksin Skytrain (BTS) Station.

Do note that the machine used coins only. However, you can buy tickets from the ticket office too and exchange for some small notes in return.

I recommend buying the ticket in advance to avoid the long queue at night. You can always buy return ticket together with the ticket to Saphan Taksin Skytrain if you are returning to the place you board the train. Do note the one way ticket only works for the day itself.

However, we took the wrong train and arrived at National Stadium. But hey, we get a little surprise. We saw this street art from the National Stadium platform. 

Alex Face Street Art

We exited Saphan Taksin Skytrain (BTS) Station via exit 4. After coming out the gate, turn left. Crossed the road via zebra crossing in front of Robinson Plaza. Then turn left down the pathway.

5.47 pm - Finally, we reached Prachak Roasted Duck to eat dinner.

We ordered mixed meat so we can try the different type of duck. The rice cost 10 baht.

Mixed meat

6.20 pm - Walked back to BTS, walked underneath the railway. There was a sign indicating the pier. Followed the sign and reached the pier.

The queue before the pier is the free shuttle ferry to IconSiam.

The street art style on the ferry was familiar

There were some international performance outside IconSiam so the ICONIC Multimedia Water @ River Park was delayed. We took a quick trip inside to view the space outside Apple store. However, from there you wouldn't be able to view the water performance. So we went back down.

There will be announcement before the performance started. People sat on the floor or stood around to view the 15 minutes performance.

6.55 pm - Water performance started

We went up to the IconCraft level to take a look. Price were expensive. 

In the Ground level (which is the first floor when you enter the building), there is a indoor floating market. We believe the price was more expensive so we didn't buy anything. 

Overall, IconSiam is a shopping mall full of branded goods. 

Things to do: Take a look at the water performance and the indoor floating market. 

Recommend duration: 2 hour 

Night scene of IconSiam

8.36 pm - We reached the pier. We sat on the bench, waiting for the free ASIATIQUE The Riverfront shuttle ferry. When the ferry started to move in, we started queuing.

The journey took a while, longer then the ferry to IconSiam.

The snacks in the Tao Kae Noi store was expensive, so we didn't buy anything.

Tao Kae Noi statue

Koh Kae statue

There were many restaurant and small stalls inside. There was a shop that sold ocarina with cute design. There was a shop that sold interesting wood carving.

There is Watsons too. They allocate shelves for popular products for tourists. If you feeling warm, enter to enjoy the cool breeze.

Things to do: Take a look at some unique small shops. 

Recommend duration: 2 hour 

We took the ferry back.

The ticket office was still open when we reached the BTS station.