We experienced our first misadventure of the trip in Bangkok. The scam was so neatly set up that we did not have our suspicions at first. It was only when we visited the jewellery shop did I have my first doubts. Anyway, I did not plan to buy any of their products but it was great that the others realised we had been set up before they fell into the trap. The incidents after the visit to the jewellery shop seemed somewhat like a slippery slope fallacy and totally gave the game away.
We paid off our tuk-tuk driver, who was definitely involved in the scam, and got away. The rest of the day was spent shopping, or rather, raiding Tesco Lotus for their super reasonable products. =P We checked out Hua Lamphong Railway Station but decided that the State of Thailand Railway was too expensive for us.
The next objective was to find A&W and we walked a few kilometres to the shopping district just for that. It was difficult to find one. The others have to thank me for I got them there! =P And I have to thank Lim Hwee for scaring the waitress away so much so that they forgot my orders and compensated me with a piece of chicken. =)
We got to the Bangkok Bus Terminal (Sai Mai) quite late, thanks to the delay at A&W. Most of the booths were already closed so we checked the remaining ones and to our horror, the bus tickets to Hat Yai were incredibly expensive. We did not have enough baht to pay for tickets and there were no money changers open. In the end, we found a ticketing counter which offered reasonable rates and had just enough for four tickets and a cab ride back. We returned to Khao San penniless.
Total expenses over 18 days: S$535
Participants: LSH, Zi Kai, Jing Kai, Lim Hwee
We paid off our tuk-tuk driver, who was definitely involved in the scam, and got away. The rest of the day was spent shopping, or rather, raiding Tesco Lotus for their super reasonable products. =P We checked out Hua Lamphong Railway Station but decided that the State of Thailand Railway was too expensive for us.
The next objective was to find A&W and we walked a few kilometres to the shopping district just for that. It was difficult to find one. The others have to thank me for I got them there! =P And I have to thank Lim Hwee for scaring the waitress away so much so that they forgot my orders and compensated me with a piece of chicken. =)
We got to the Bangkok Bus Terminal (Sai Mai) quite late, thanks to the delay at A&W. Most of the booths were already closed so we checked the remaining ones and to our horror, the bus tickets to Hat Yai were incredibly expensive. We did not have enough baht to pay for tickets and there were no money changers open. In the end, we found a ticketing counter which offered reasonable rates and had just enough for four tickets and a cab ride back. We returned to Khao San penniless.
Total expenses over 18 days: S$535
Participants: LSH, Zi Kai, Jing Kai, Lim Hwee
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