A weekend in Bangkok

Yesterday was my father-in-law's 60th birthday. To celebrate, Colin and I brought him and my mum-in-law for a weekend trip to Bangkok. This is the first time we travelled together as a family, and honestly, it was great fun! :)

The spartan budget terminal and its eateries

Now, let's start with the bad part of the trip. Two words. Tiger Airways. Not that we have anything against budget airlines, but Tiger really let us down this time. Firstly, the queues at the budget terminal were snakingly long! Next, the aircraft engine could not start and we had to sit in the aircraft for an hour with no air-con! *suffocated* Lastly, our return flight was delayed (again)! We all agreed that we're gonna stick to full-service airlines next time!

Once we got to Bangkok, everything got better (thank goodness!). The hotel was great, Marriott Resort and Spa is situated by the Chao Phraya river amidst lush greenery. Its far enough from the crowded city to have an air of exclusivity to it, yet is just a 20-30 minute taxi-ride away from wherever we wanted to go. Here's my in-laws at the hotel lobby.

Mum-in-law & I

Mummy by the pool where we just chilled, sipped cocktails and soaked up the sun (scorching!)

The resort is right next to the Chao Phraya River, and there is a ferry which brings guests to-and-from Saphan Taksin BTS station at 15-minute intervals. However, as there are 4 of us, it was actually cheaper for us to take a cab!

Family photo at the Grand Palace

Colin & I at the Grand Palace - one of the rare photos of us since one of us were usually behind the camera during this trip

Colin sprinkling showers of blessing on his folks

Folks in a tuk-tuk

What's a trip to Bangkok without food? We ate every 3 hours, and stuffed our faces with 4 bowls of birds nest each, sharks fin, tonnes of seafood and much more over the long weekend!

Supper at Thipsamai - Yummy Pad Thai and to-die-for orange juice and coconut freeze

One of our visits to Swensens - Ice-cream is really cheap and is a super shiok pit-stop in Bangkok weather! I had the chocolate fondue with 4 scoops of ice-cream of your choice with cantaloupe and bananas at S$4.60! Daddy doesn't like cakes, so we celebrated his birthday with ice-cream! The crew at swensens placed a heart-shaped candle on a banana on daddy's sundae.

Apart from stuffing our faces, we managed to grab thai massages, foot reflexology and did some (actually very little by my standards) shopping. All in all, it was a relaxing and fulfiling (for our tummies) 3 days for all of us. If only everyday was a holiday.....