Bangkok is a favourite city of
ours. The last time we went was well before Imran, back in 2012. We went around
Christmas time and that was wonderful, experiencing Christmas in the lively
city that is Bangkok. The energy, the vibrancy, the culture, everything’s just
awesome here. I love it all!
This time, however, is a first
for Imran and for us with Imran. LOL! We paced things out a lot and didn’t
really do much to be honest as we didn’t want to tire Imran. It was a 3 days 2
nights trip and to make it convenient for us, we stayed at Pathumwan Princess
Hotel, which is connected to MBK Centre. If you’re into tasteful hotels in an
awesome location with fantastic facilities, you really cannot go wrong with
Pathumwan Princess. A bit pricey, yes, but we love this hotel for all the boxes
it ticks. Lovely pool, bed’s awesome to relax in, spacious rooms, nice
bathrooms and just a really great hotel to stay at.
MBK Centre’s awesome and the
place to go when in Bangkok. All kinds of knick knacks and stuff can be found
here, hence why we made the decision to position ourselves right there.
Travelling with a child as
compared to us travelling on our own is certainly different. A lot more
challenging, for sure, but it also allows me some good relax time in the room
whenever Imran needs a good nap. Good hotels come in handy and gives me an
awesome excuse to fully utilize the room instead of just sleeping in it. When
we last came, our daily schedules were packed to the brim with visits all over
Bangkok and we even squeezed in a night in Pattaya.
Naturally, we cannot do that this
time around. We took a 1 pm Air Asia flight out of KLIA2 and arrived at
approximately 2 pm Bangkok time (which is an hour later than KL’s time). Upon
arrival, we were warmly greeted by the airport transfer service we had booked
and it took us approximately 45 minutes to get to our hotel. Once arrived, we
settled into our beautiful room and only at about 6 pm, went out to MBK for a
little shopping and dinner.
There are a few halal food
counters at MBK which makes it easy for us Muslims. After a little bit of
shopping at MBK, Zach left us at the hotel whilst he continued to explore
Bangkok.
The next morning, we headed for
breakfast at McDonalds (haha) then walked via the connecting pedestrian bridges
to Siam Paragon to Ocean World! Bangkok’s Ocean World was amazing! Compared to
the time when we took Imran to KLCC’s Aquaria, at Ocean World, we could see he
was clearly engaged and interested to see and understand the sea creatures.
It’s either he was disinterested in KLCC’s Aquaria or he’s older, hence, has
better appreciation for these things. ;)
Tickets are about 1,000 baht for
adults and it worked out to be around RM170 for the both of us. Imran was quite
enthralled by the sea creatures he’s seeing before him hence it kinda took a
while for us to fully explore the place, as compared to when we zipped through
KLCC’s Aquaria. Again, this could also be because the Siam Ocean World is a lot
bigger than the Aquaria. I probably shouldn’t compare, but, sorry cannot
resist. Haha.
Even Zach and I enjoyed ourselves
at Ocean World and we’ll definitely come again next time we’re in Bangkok and
when Imran can really well and truly fully understand and appreciate
everything. After having some fish burgers at Burger King, we made our way back
to the hotel to rest for the afternoon, then took Imran for a little swim in
the evening.
The pool at Pathumwan Princess
Hotel was just beautiful. It’s large and the day was just breezy so I certainly
had fun just relaxing by the pool whilst Zach entertains Imran in the pool.
LOL! After the swim, Zach went out for more shopping and got us dinner, whilst
Imran and I played around in the hotel room. Yea, Imran and I are two peas in a
pod, preferring to dine in rather than explore the city.
Next morning, straight after our
ritual McDonald’s breakfast, we went to the airport for our flight back at 1
pm.
The trip was actually in lieu of
Zach’s 34th Birthday and it’s kinda fun to explore another city as a
family as a celebration vs. the usual family parties we host which takes too
much time and effort to prepare for. Bangkok’s definitely the place to go with
kids as they actually have tons of kids attractions which we have yet to
explore and the people there are certainly very child friendly. J
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