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Back from Bangkok Part 1 of 3

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Sigh, sian, back to reality again, had a nice time there because this time round we didn't stay at one hotel all the way, for 6 nights, we stayed at 3 different hotels so it was refreshing throughout. So I'll break up my story in 3 part for 3 hotels. First hotel is Grand China Hotel @ Yaowarat Road a.k.a Chinatown. Price: 2 nights including all taxes was S$102.35, I got one night free. Without the free night I guess total would be S$180-S$190, so that's about S$90+ per night. I'll be blunt, the chinatown sucks, full of old buildings, mostly uninhabited I think, I wonder why the local government don't tear down all those old ugly disgusting buildings. Our two nights happened to be on weekends, so the night markets are open, and it was crazy crowded, super packed with tourists, food is very expensive too, no aircon but price is like restaurant pricing, just for context, one simple fried rice 100 Baht. Anyway we ate at a road stall which served nice fishball no
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Bangkok Trip Cost

Cost for my upcoming trip: To and fro plane tickets for me, wife and baby: S$479.09 Hotel stay: S$102.35 + S$312.92 + S$197.05 = S$612.32 Spending money: going to change S$800 Total: S$1891.41
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Planning to Take a Holiday Trip

Recently work seems to have slow down a bit, not as busy as previous months, but end of this year I foresee will be super busy again, so want to take this opportunity to go for a holiday. Still haven't decided on where to go but thinking of Hat Yai as we never been there before. A few other ideas running through my mind, maybe I check out the air tickets, see go where cheap then just go haha.
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Baby and Punjan (ปั้นจั่น)

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Last month when wife and baby went home to Udon Thani, she told me met a superstar named "Punjan", looks like a really cool guy, usually I thought famous people would be quite snobbish but he seems really nice.
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Back from Phuket Trip (Patong)

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Duration 4 nights. Spending Money Changed S$800 for 18,640 Thai Baht @ 23.30, end of the trip still left with 3k++ Thai Baht. Cost of Air Ticket and Hotel See this link:  https://marrythaigirlsingapore.blogspot.com/2019/02/going-to-phuket-after-songkran.html For hotel we stayed at Millennium Resort Patong Phuket, location is very convenient and well-known, it's connected to the Jungceylon shopping mall. Taxi On day of arrival we took an 800 Baht taxi to hotel, on the way the driver stopped at their office and the sales lady offered same price to book return trip to airport, I just booked without thinking much, after that a bit regret because at hotel also can book, they even have a taxi counter at the hotel lobby. One bad thing about booking in advance is say you fix the time at 4:30pm, the driver will only arrive around that time, we tried asking for early pickup on the day of departure but somehow that didn't happen. So if you want flexibility, don't book in a
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