in fact, the King still used the mansion to welcome the International guests. I agree that Thai people respect their King very much. hmm..maybe just like the people in Java respect the Sultan?
Then I dropped by Elephant Museum. WAhhhhh... There were many trunks and there were explanations about White Elephant and different class of Elephant. The museum was very small and the museum keeper just came when I was about to open the door. hehehe..
The next stop was Flower Market! YEAY! I went to Thewet Pier by cab. Initially the driver did not know when I kept saying "Thewet Pier", but at the end he got it and dropped me there. I think I was supposed to take boat to Pra Chan Pier but I alighted at Pra Athit Pier and after I asked around, they told me that I should take another bus. :( That's when I realized that I alighted at the wrong pier. I took the boat again to Pra Chan Pier.
well, after that I was quite sure that I stopped at the correct pier. The people whom I asked just say "ohh go straight" "go straight". Yes I saw a market (it's really a traditional market, not even like Pasar Modern BSD :P), but I didn't see any flower market. :( I walked quite far till I reached the main road and entered a bank,"Excuse me, where is Pat Klong Talad?" Then she said,"Yes, this is Pat Klong Talad." "ohhh..but I don't see the flower" hmmm..
I walked out from the bank then I turned left. I started to see flowers.. First I thought,"oh ok...they're still 'normal' flowers". Sometimes I entered the shop just to enjoy the aircon..:P but as I was walking further,I was amazed and couldn't help to hold my 'amazed' expression. IT'S TOTALLY FLOWER FLOWER EVERYWHERE!!! and I loved looking at the people who arranged the flowers. I entered a huge place filled with different kinds of flower. wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
from flower market, I was using the magic word "yuk ti nai ka?" to go to Pahurat. I only saw the main road and gold shops along the road, while Pahurat was supposedly "bangkok's little India" and I was too tired.... T.T so I decided to go to the next stop, which were Sampeng (where the wholesale market was) and Yaowarat (Chinatown).
wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....It was a long journey for me. I walked through a small path where on my sides, there were a lot of shops from accessories, snacks (I bought dry strawberry), and etc. I also reached Sampeng without realizing it!! Then I only walked a bit to reach Chinatown. I was soooooo amazed coz the atmosphere made me feel like when I was in Kota. I bought a milktea and asked the seller to take pic of me. :P I also asked her how much the normal fare by tuk tuk to nearest pier.. so..I tried to bargain with tuk-tuk driver.
me:Span Phut Pier, ３０ ｂａｈｔ？？
driver: (just smiling and nodding,i'm not sure whether he understood)
me: （showed the map) 30 baht?Sapan Phut Pier??
driver: fifty!!
me: forty, OK?? ok??
yeah..deal!! :P
well,I still have another interesting story. When I was waiting for the ferry which would bring me to Wat Arun, a monk asked me where I came from. So we talked abt what I studied, whom I was in Bangkok with, then he said,"don't forget to add me on fb" in my mind,wahhh...cool! :P he also asked how to ask "how are you" in Bahasa INdonesia :) His English was pretty good and he,his friend (also a monk),and me took the same ferry and they told me where to alight.
When I reached Wat Arun, it was still very HOT (as usual) and I was climbing the stairs to the top of the temple. I was a bit scared, esp.when I looked down. I tried to take pic of myself (coz I was alone),but mission failed. Thankfully,an Indian guy also climbed up after some moments and he helped me to take pic of me while his daughter was looking at him from downstairs..she looked scared..
well, going down from the top also made my heart kept beating so fast..hikzzz...
sooo...from Wat Arun, I took a boat to Sathom Pier and took skytrain to Silom Station. I tried to find "Bot Mahathai", the church.. The interesting part was a secondary school girl whom I asked on the train said "God bless you" before I left :)
I was also so thankful that the cab driver knew the Church :) It was not that far, but the traffic jam was horrible...
when I saw the Church, I was surprised coz it was the Church that Fr.Joe told me before I left Singapore, Church of HOly Redeemer. The mass already started and after mass,I met the priest to ask about another church nearby. A lady told me about Church of St.JOhn near Chatuchak (coz I would go to Chatuchak Market the next day)
then I met Waranya and Bo around Siam Square...the adventure has not ended..
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