Bangkok Part 2

To continue where we left off, as part of my wife's expatriate benefit we got to choose any type of accommodations as long is within the stipulated budget, which was quite extensive i might add. We were called by an appointed house agent named Monchaya. She was a very nice and cheerful person with that famed Thai attributes to coupled with. We started venturing out nearby Langsuan area, and as per pics below, they do have nice condo's and apartments here. The only thing that some nice apartments were too cluttered and to get inside you have to go to some narrow roads, more like lorong la, we won't see that in Malaysia coz i think the housing planning is better there. We went to a place called the All Seasons, which was a high rise apartment and it was adjacent to a shopping mall, a 5 star hotel named Conrad and an office tower. There's an RHB bank to over there, never knew other Malaysian banks here other than CIMB Thai. The location was more like living in downtown KL or New York coz it was smacked in the middle of town (at the Wireless Road and opposite the US Embassy. They have a nice hotel liked lobby. But when Mon showed us the available unit, it was something else. I think the owner didn't take good care of the apartment coz is quite dusty and the furniture looks old and tattered. Not mentioning the refrigerator which was really dirty. Aside the bad part, the apartment have an awesome view of Bangkok skyline (it was at 24th floor, i think..) and the living hall and bedrooms was quite spacious. But we were adamant about the place and continue to check the pool area. Now, they have a nice pool, a gym area and a sauna room. Again all the amnesties looked quite old and not properly maintained. We decided to KIV first but in reality we don't want it, hehe..jaga hati agent.hehe

We went to another place called Parkview Place, not far from our service apartment, and it was right in front of Lumpini Park. But to get to this place we have to manoeuvre a bit, like I mentioned before Bangkok are infamous with this narrow roads. When we reached there, we felled in love with the place immediately. The main entrance was like a house which was gated and guarded. There's not even one Thai stays here, all of them are expats and 'farangs' (meaning foreigner). It was a 2 bedroom apartment and it's a low density apartment (only 7 floors). They have a nice living hall, very spacious bedrooms, complete washer and dryer and a maid room. But the main attraction of this apartment was the kitchen which has an attached island style to it. Furthermore the location is very convenient coz its near to my wife's work place and there's the Ratchadamri BTS (LRT) station nearby. Also they have the famous 'tuk tuk' service for free.I was over excited about this place and wanted it straight away, but decided to see other options first. Sadly this was not to be our home(eventually we got a better condo at a better bargain..)



Now, that's the only options that we can view for the day, due to the increasing Red Shirt protesters marching towards the Ratchaprasong area. I can see them from Mon's car, driving in motorbikes, dancing in the streets and blockings road. This was a sign of a bigger event that about to take place in Bangkok later on. Alhamdullilah is over now, will tell you more about it later. That's it from me now, will continue with Bangkok Part 3 pretty soon okeh..

World Cup 2010 about to start. Which team are you guys rooting for? It will be traditional Argentina for me, Diego Milito and Messi are the main hightlight of the team and can't wait to see them in action although I don't fancy their chances of reaching the finals, but who knows.Laters..