Friday, July 29, 2011

Korat Candle Procession Festival

one of the biggest

     Kali kedua aku sambut festival nie kat Korat. Tahun lepas aku masih dalam title outstation. kali nie, pekerja tetap

the poster




    tak sure kenapa festival ini diadakan, aku cuma tau 2 area yang menyambut acara ni besar-besaran cuma Udonthani & Nakhonratchasima (korat). selain tu, tak la meriah sangat festival ni disambut.

dragon head & me
Maple
semasa perarakan.
kayuh..


kereta berhias yang panjang
mari main flute
gajah
besa kan?
???
pari-pari kot
kuda
paling suka yang ni
pose sawasdee
sisik dibuat satu-satu

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

nakhon ratchasima - Bangkok - nakhonratchasima, in one day.

     Since in the middle week i lost my appetite. Ayam Masak Kicap really disturbing my appetite i guess. in a middle of nowhere, this recipe becomes the background pic in every photo comes to my mind. Since in Korat there are not so many halal restaurant i can find, in fact only one is reachable for me, so i made up my mind to satisfy my hunger in Bangkok.

    From Korat 8 am. i took P'win from my Apartment to Nakhonratchasima Old Bus Station. P'win in a simple words - Motorcycle Taxi. its a quite comfortable public ride especially if you want to get to the place faster.

    Three to four hours journey from Korat to Bangkok feel nothing because i just sleep inside the bus. the seat in the bus is quite spacious and passengers are given drinks as well as red bean bun and if you travel at night, they will also give you a blanket. and you just need to pay 198THB ~ RM20. i think its really cheap compare to RM3x.xx from Johor Bahru to Kuala Lumpur and we get nothing inside the bus.

    As per planned, my first place in list is Chatuchak Market. Kah Jak restaurant is the place i long to be. i manage to find the information kiosk in Morchit Bus Station and i ask for route to any train station and they said its 2 km away and i should go by taxi. The Taxi drop me at JJ mall. Even i've been in Chatuchak weekend market for several times, somehow i didn't recognize this building.

    it tooks 30-45 minutes for me to find a way to the weekend market. in order to go to the market, i also need to go through another market (Chatuchak Plaza). i can't help to stop when i saw a shop selling Thai Silk. Since one of my friend in JB ask me to buy for her, so i stopped by. but i really sorry for Miss Fatimah, as the red color at the top one left only about 2 yards. the others is not purely red, they have red on the weft side and black on the warp. so the shine is different. but i didn't buy it as i'm not sure you gonna like it.

    time to fill my stomach. i look at the menu, suddenly i didnt look for Ayam masak Kicap, instead i order Phad Thai. after lunch, i walk around the market without purpose.

    My next stop will be Siam Paragon. nothing much to do there, just wanna walk around. From Khamphaeng Pet (MRT station near market) i need to change to BTS train and i choose to stop at Sukhumvit (MRT) and continue by BTS at asoke station to Siam Station. Just as i thought, i'm hungry again. and i stop by at an indian restaurant inside the Siam Paragon. its locate inside the Asian Cuisine area. nearby Hokaido Soft & mad about the juice. its quite pricey, but my hunger must be treated like a king.

halal restaurant
can't remember the menu's name

    Then next window shopping station will be Central World. buy nothing here.




     8 pm i think i completed my tour, i took BTS from Siam to Morchit Station. and unfortunately its raining, i took bus no.77 for Morchit bus Station. 9 pm the bus departed from morchit and 12.30 am, arrive in Nakhonratchasima New bus Station.

its really a satisfying 'a day' journey.