Sawasdee Ka!

Photo Credit: Smile Magazine

Hello from Bangkok– land of major Buddhist temples, traditional water fights, unbeatable shopping, and flavorsome curry!

“Bangkok is one of the world’s top tourist destination cities. MasterCard ranked Bangkok as the global top destination city by international visitor arrivals in its Global Destination Cities Index, with 15.98 million projected visitors in 2013. The city is ranked fourth in cross-border spending, with 14.3 billion dollars projected for 2013, after New York, London and Paris. Euromonitor International ranked Bangkok sixth in its Top City Destinations Ranking for 2011. Bangkok has also been named “World’s Best City” by Travel + Leisure magazine’s survey of its readers for three consecutive years since 2010. ^{“  (Wikipedia.com)}

The capital of Thailand attracts visitors of all ages, races, and wallets!   Everything is within budget, whatever your budget is—Khao San Road is for backpackers while The Peninsula is for well-heeled tourists. It is one of our favorite places to visit—food is lovely, people are pleasant, and shopping is second to none!  And if rock-bottom prices in Chatuchak Market and Platinum Mall aren’t enough, the Amazing Grand Sales from July 15 to August 15 will knock your socks off! Imagine a plethora of branded clothes, jewelry, designer bags, and even electrical goods with a flashy red sign saying S-A-L-E at the store door!

Photo Credit: Bangkok Events Calendar

Photo Credit: Tourism Thailand

Shopping aside, a major reason for selecting this place is because my DH (Darling Husband) missed Thai food so much (there are a lot of Thai restaurants in Dubai but it’s a bit “westernized” already) that he asked me to book tickets to Bangkok.

I, the trailing spouse, will go anywhere with him (umm..maybe with dangerous countries as the exception) and planned this holiday with pleasure.

With wallet-friendly rates for trips around Asia and now Dubai, it was automatic for me to choose Cebu Pacific Air.  Lucky me because at the time of my booking, the company had a promotion wherein 2 adult seats from Manila to Bangkok cost just $600 (about AED2000, Php26,000, or THB18,800).   That’s with extra baggage allowance and extra leg room seats already 🙂

And did you know that right now Cebu Pacific is giving away 100 free tickets from Dubai to Manila.  Visit this post for more details.

In the meantime, I’ll go back to my sticky rice. More stories on our trip here coming soon.

Sawasdee!