We left Manila last June 3 past 10pm. Then past midnight, we are already in Bangkok. Their airport is very nice but so far. Without traffic, it’s a 45-minute ride at the very least and using their skyway-like toll way.

So knowing that you’d have to be in the airport at least 2 hours before boarding and the time we spent on transit, we are now so hungry. Our plane tickets are dirt cheap and they don’t serve food or drinks there. But you can buy from them in a highly padded price.

We got to our place, we stayed in Wendy (Guest)House. It's a small guesthouse with cheap accomodations. And since we are staying there for sometime, we really need something cheap. We relied on reviews and comment on forums. And luckily, we made the right choice. The place is clean. The staff are friendly and understands English, we even make tem write our destination in Thai so the cab driver would understand.

So we just decided to put our things in our room and meet downstairs to see where we can find food at that time of the night. We were told that most establishments in Bangkok close by 2am.

Oh, by the way, we are with Betsy in Bangkok. She’s also a part of the bridal entourage, like Che. She’s the one you’ll often see in our pictures. Good thing I love taking photos rather than be in it… so perfect that Betsy and Che loves posing for the camera!

Anyway, we ended up in 7/11 where they have some sort of hotdog and burgers. I tried the bbq chicken sandwich. I was proud to finish half of it! Yes I’m terribly hungry and didn’t mind that it feels as though my mouth is on fire. Well, till I ate half of it anyway. At least it was enough to last me thru till breakfast. Yes, we do wake up for breakfast. It’s the free meal! And we are budget tourists.

Then we had lunch with Ana (the Bride) at MBK, the mall very near to our place. She told us how it’s done there. You exchange your money to coupons which will be your money in that food court. Leftover coupons can be exchanged back to cash at face value anyway. It was amazing that the food there is cheap and most of the dishes are seafood and chicken.

While having lunch, we bumped into Neil Shelley. He’s the best man and he also teaches English there like Ana and Warren. Good thing he was there. Since it is already understood that the couple would be terribly busy before their wedding day, no one is really available to show us around. But Neil is nice enough to join us for the day.

He showed us how to use the BTS (Bangkok’s MRT) and also took us to our first boat ride there.

He took us to Khao Sarn, the backpacker’s Mecca in Bangkok.

Most of the people there are foreigners.

We are there to go drinking.

Like the guys at the table beside us....

That's it for my first official blog entry about our Bangkok Trip. I think there would be at least 3 more posts...