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This is the continuance of my previous blog; My Bangkok Excursion - Day 1. This blog is dedicated to Mr. Bob for whom always encouraging me and other EC members to write blogs. Thank you for the encouragement, Mr. Bob. I really appreciate it.

The next morning, I was thankful that the day was bright. After convincing my friend that it was not too early to wake up and had our breakfast, our day in Bangkok finally really started. We had our breakfast in the hotel since it was included in the hotel price. The first order of the day we decided to go to Platinum Mall. It's located near Pratunam and famous for its fashion and accessories. It's specialising in wholesale so haggling is to be expected.

In the hotel lobby before we went to the Platinum Mall, we managed to book a tour to the Floating Market for the next day. We took a taxi to the Platinum Mall, but as usual, Bangkok was jammed. After some time caught in the jam, our taxi driver told us it was faster to walk to the Platinum Mall and it was not that far anymore. After paying our taxi fare, we took the decision to walk for the rest of the way to the mall. At least I managed to enjoy the atmosphere of the surrounding area where some temples were located in front of buildings, kiosks scattered along the pedestrian walks and the traders were selling various items from goods to food and drinks.

Platinum Mall is really a nice shopping complex. Don't ask me what did I buy, because I can't remember. LOL. And I don't even remember how long we were there. Hmm... Anyway, after quite considerable time in the mall, my friend suggested that we to have our lunch in this nice Muslim Thai restaurant. So, with the help of a map, we tried to walk to the restaurant which was in another famous shopping complex. That map really didn't tell us that what looked like a short distance walk, was actually very very very far. After walking quite a distance, finally we decided to take a tuktuk, a unique taxi in Bangkok. It was faster to take a tuktuk in Bangkok to beat the jam, but at the same time you need to have a sense of adventure to take the ride because you see, it has no safety measures at all. No seat belts, no side glasses to protect you from any elements, nothing.

Our lunch was perfect. We had seafood tomyam and everything else. LOL. After that scrumptious lunch we walked back to our hotel to rest a bit. It's hard to walk with full stomach. LOL. Anyway, after a short break, we walked to Siam Paragon. Basically it was connected with a few buildings, Siam Discovery and Siam Centre.

You need to have endless pocket to shop in these malls because all those lovely high brands are in there. So we ended up only window shopping, and bought local snacks. Then we spent quiet considerable time in the coffee shop and just relaxing and people watching.

After we went back to the hotel, my friend told me that she was not going anywhere that night, and just wanted to relax on the bed. After freshen up a bit, I went down and walked alone along the road of Rama I. The dusk in Bangkok descended a bit early as compared to Malaysia. At about 5.30 pm it's already dusk, and at 6.00 pm it's completely dark.

When I walked along the road, the traders of the night market were busy preparing for  small 'kiosks'. I didn't buy anything because whatever they were selling, the products were similar to what being sold in the Platinum Mall. I was just enjoying the walk and atmosphere.

My first day in Bangkok ended after I spent about one hour or more walking along the road.

~~~~ To be continued to Day 3 ~~~~