Bangkok Trip 2024 - Day 2 - Berkeley Hotel Pratunam - Buffet Breakfast

We stayed at Berkeley Hotel for 4 nights so we are going to have the same buffet breakfast every morning for 4 mornings. There's a large spread of food and varities.  I loved most was the Dosa (or Thosai)

I like the mini dough fritters (yew char kway) with the soya milk

 

Bangkok Trip 2024 - Day 1 - Central World Bangkok - Dinner at Co Go Round Restaurant

After resting in the hotel, we headed to Central World about 10 mins walk from our hotel , for dinner.

Big C Supermarket is just opposite Central World

Located inside Central World, there's food court and many restaurants.  We chanced upon Co Go Round Restaurant.

We ordered Tom Yum Soup

Pineapple Fried Rice with Grilled River Prawn

Pad Thai with River Prawn

Located outside Central World is a Bazzar where they sold a lot of local Thai Food and snacks.

 

Bangkok Trip 2024 - Day1 - Berkeley Hotel Pratunam

After about 2 and half hour flight trip , we arrived safely in Bangkok. Took the Airport Link Train from Suvarnabhumi Airport to Ratchaprarop Station.From Ratchaprarop Station, we walked for about 10 mins to Berkeley Hotel, Pratunam.

There's lift and escalators in the station. From alighting from the train, we took the lift to 2nd level (does not go ground level). Then it was supposed to lead us to the escalators but that day both escalators are upgoing and not down going. OMG, so we carried our luggages one flight of stairs down.

Ten minutes walk from station to hotel. As if that's not enough, we went in early May, the weather was a killer. It was so hot. Luckily there's some shelter from shops along the walkway.

I booked the triple room which is about 58 sq m. It was really huge and enough for 3 of us to walk about and for our luggages.

Front entrance of hotel room.

Empty mini bar

Toiletries

Provided us with 3 bottles of mineral water

As it was my friend's birthday, I requested the hotel for a complimentary cake. So happy they had it ready when we checked into the room.

Very nice hotel and friendly and helpful staff. 

 

Bangkok Thailand Trip 2024 - Day 1 - Cathay Pacific in Changi Airport Terminal 4

After enjoying a nice holiday in Danang, Vietnam, I went for another trip with my friends all senior citizen hahaha. The best thing about going Bangkok with friends is having fun eating and shopping. As we went Bangkok several times, this trip is more on eating and shopping.

Moreover, the timing is not so good when we went in early May 2024, the weather was a killer. It was so hot, I could have melted in the hot sun kekeke.

So most of the time , we spend indoors to avoid heat stroke especially for our senior age.

I chanced upon Cathay Pacific Promotion from Singapore to Bangkok. They used to have this sector but stop temporary due to the Covid Pandemic. So I was so happy when they restarted the sector starting from March 2024.  The price was a stealer as compare to Singapore Airlines. 

Cathay Pacific departed from Changi Airport Terminal 4, so happy to have the chance to go to Terminal 4, it was my first time to depart from Terminal 4 (it used to be budget terminal but changed to Terminal 4)

Love how the interior decoration in Changi Airport Terminal 4. Small but cozy.

If booked early, one can get air ticket from Singapore to Bangkok by Cathay Pacific for less than S$300. The cheapest I saw during the promotion was S$270. The flight will depart at 13.25 and arrived Bangkok at 15.15 (we gain one hour as Bangkok is 1 hour behind us) and the return flight will depart Bangkok at 11.55 and arrived Singapore at 15.25. The only down side was the return flight, too early. It would be better if it is a evening or night flight. 

Cathay Pacific was a full commercial flight so we had lunch in the plane. I loved how the table is double deck. We pulled down the table for the food and pull down another smaller table for the drinks.

I loved it as the dining area would not be congested and spill our drinks with the upper deck.

The meals offered was chicken and potato or beef with rice

 

Central Vietnam Trip 2024 - Day 5 - Bye Bye Vietnam

Finally, time to check out of hotel and take the cable car down Bana Hill.

We were whisked to the airport to take the afternoon flight back to Singapore. Lunch was not provided in the package but the vietnamese tour guide gifted us some Vietnamese Baguette.

The bread consists of some beef and floss. They allowed us to eat inside the tour bus.

We arrived at Danang International Airport in no time. Given some time to adjust our luggages and ready to leave Vietnam. For information, we did not bring our large luggages up to Bana Hill as the cable car was too small for so many of us and luggages and dangerous too as we would missed our steps climbing into the cable car with our large luggages. So we only brought along an overnight bag. Left our large luggages inside the tour bus that was parked at the foot of the hill.

Dinner in the Singapore Airlines consists of Fried Rice with Chicken

Or Beef with potatoes

Both meals tasted so good.

Time to say Bye Bye to Vietnam and hello to my next trip.