Ria told me that Khao San Road was top priority on their itinerary. She wanted to see where they filmed some of the scenes from the movie The Beach. Khao San means raw rice in Thai. This street used to be a major rice market in Bangkok before it became a popular tourist spot. It is also known as a backpacker's haven because of the cheap accommodations available in the area. I haven't been to Khao San Road and based on the stuff that I've read online about the place, I knew we were in for a lot of surprises :)
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Welcome to Khao San Road!
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Bank on wheels. Talk about mobile banking!
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We arrived in Khao San at around 5:30pm and the place was just starting to come alive -- food vendors are just starting to pour in, the stalls are still being set-up, etc. We figured that most of the people there probably partied until the wee hours of the morning at ngayon pa lang sila gumigising. We actually saw a few people na mukha talagang bagong gising.
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Cool: foldable lamps.
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Not cool: may bumibili kaya nito? Well, pag may kaaway ka, bigyan mo sya nito. Hehe!
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Kerwin's first taste of street food. Fresh orange juice.
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Kerwin shopping for shirts.
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During our Khao San tambay, we tried out all sorts of street food! As in, nonstop kain but we enjoyed it. Who wouldn't? Hehe!
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Street food #1: pancake roti with nutella.
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First, they take out a piece of dough and they flatten it.
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They also flip it from side to side.
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Then they fry it in a lot of oil (ack!)...
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...until it becomes crispy.
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Look at all that Nutella! I was drooling na at this point.a
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Pero picture muna. Kerwin, bilis! Naglalaway na talaga ko!
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It was YUMMY!!! How can you go wrong with Nutella?
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Mandatory tourist shots. Lovers in Khao San. Heehee!
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Ria with a tuktuk and the stariray tuktuk driver.
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Street food #2: pita sandwich.
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Richard chose lamb.
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Sarap ba, sweetie?
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Street food #3: pad thai with egg. Ri and Kerwin loved this.
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We didn't buy barbecue, but I thought the concept of putting an exhaust fan on top of the grill was a brilliant idea. Genius ka, manong!
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This is not really street food, but it was still part of our food trip. Italian gelato for me and my little girl. I had mint chocolate chip and Yan had cookies and cream.
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Another unique idea. Advertisement on wheels. Loud music + loud decor, mapapansin ka talaga.
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Pati yung driver agaw-atensyon.
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Hilltribe women selling wooden frogs (the one that makes a croaking sound when you rub a small stick on its back) and all sorts of knick knacks.
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Street food # 4: spring rolls.
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A pint of Heineken for Richard and mango shake for me.
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More scenes from Khao San road.
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This is funny: Yan kept saying "babo, babo". Paulit ulit. I thought it was another one of her pauso words (she sometimes calls me googoo mommy) so I didn't think much about it. Then I saw this sign...
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BA-B-Q (the Q was written weird lang so it looks like an O). Yun pala, Yan was reading this. Haha!
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My lovey.
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Khao San at night. Ri, what are you looking at?
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Smile, mommy!
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From Khao San road, we dropped off the lovebirds at Patpong. Hindi na kami makasama kasi the place is not exactly kid friendly. Hehe! They just wanted to see Bangkok's famous red-light district.
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Ri and Kerwin wanted to try some local beer so they brought some home.
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Tired after a long day. Imagine, we went to four places -- Wat Pho, Chinatown, Pantip Plaza (no photos kasi tech shopping lang), and Khao San Road all in one day! Five pala for Ri and Kerwin kasi they went to Patpong pa. But it was fun! I love that we made two new discoveries that day -- Wat Pho and Khao San Road. I will definitely recommend these two to our future visitors.
1 comment:
OOOOOooohhhhhhhhh I love those foldable lamps...
Bilib naman ako kay alyannah.....energy bunny.
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