.:.daily deyla.:.: février 2009

dimanche, février 15, 2009

...Tour in Bangkok

Today, we went to Grand Palace and the Emerald Buddha.

We started at 10am from the apartment. We went off from Ploenchit by BTS up to National Stadium station. Then we continued by taxi.
We went to the Emerald Buddha first. Took several pics, get thirsty and hungry, we continue the tour to Grand Palace by tuktuk.

To enter this Palace, we can’t use short pants and tank top. Fortunately, I brought my cardigan. Otherwise, I can’t get in to the Palace.

We got in to the Palace started 1pm. Took many pics and got out from the Palace at 4pm.

By using taxi, we went to Mambungkorn to buy some souvenirs.

Trying to catch up all places in only one day, we continued this tour to Siam Paragon, the biggest mall in Bangkok currently.

We end up our tour at 9pm. Exhausted.
Need rest, tomorrow we’ll work hard again.

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dimanche, février 08, 2009

...Travel to Bangkok

Today, I’m flying to Bangkok with Thai Airways. The schedule is 13.05, so by 10am I should have been gone from home. But, because of the taxi has been waiting for so long, so we started at 9.30. Within an hour, I’ve arrived at the airport. After check in and went for early lunch, I went to the immigration and wait at the gate. That was around 12 noon. Hmm.. waiting for the flight just alone my self, I feel strange. And become stranger because I’ll go to Bangkok by my self and in fact I’ve never been there. Hmm.. I’m nervous.

12.40, we were called for boarding. Now, I start to confuse my self about who is Indonesian and who is foreigner. It’s not a good feeling, again because I went alone.

Nice flight, a lot of food, I can enjoy this flight.
16.30, we’re landed. I walked and tried to find the gate for baggage. It was pretty difficult because the alley is so long.

Ok, here are the step by step summaries:
1. If you are Indonesian, you can get free fiscal if you have NPWP. Go to the NPWP counter, show your NPWP card and get stamp on your boarding pass.
2. Pass the immigration gate, get stamp on your passport.
3. Give a proper time for you to walk from the check in counter to the gate. If you know the position/distance well, it would be ok. But if you often forget or you don’t know, you can be surprise of how far you should walk and it will be troublesome if you don’t have enough time.
4. Wait at the gate until they call you
5. Enjoy the flight. They will offer so many foods (snack: peanut, meal: noodle, etc and drinks: water, juice, etc). O ya, my flight were Thai Airways.
6. After landing, follow the signage (baggage). At this airport (Suvarnabhumi), they have 23 gates for baggage – if I’m not mistaken. They divide these gates into two entry points, 1-16 and 17-23. There is a signage showing your flight code and the baggage gate. Just looking for it and then easy.
7. You will make a line to pass the immigration/passport check. You should fill in the immigration card (you can get it during your flight) and show your passport. They will also take your picture.
8. Then, you can go to the gate to get your baggage. Done. You can get out of the airport.

Here are the photos: