Tuesday, July 15, 2014

BANGKOK WITH PRINCESS DR BECKY LEOGARDO, HER 3 KIDS DANIEL, GLORIA AND RAPHAEL, HER 2 NANNIES LINDA AND JACKIE AND 1 SCRIBE KEE HUA CHEE

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FIRST NIGHT STRAIGHT TO ASIATIQUE THE NIGHT MARKET THAT HAS REPLACED SUAM LUM NIGHT BAZAAR. ASIATIQUE USED TO BE A 19TH CENTURY AND 20TH CENTURY SERIES OF WAREHOUSES AS IT IS LOCATED BY THE MENAM CHAO PHRAYA. IT WAS ABANDONED FOR YEARS AND NOW RESURRECTED INTO A FABULOUS NIGHT MARKET! 

THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED SHOPS, BOUTIQUES, STALLS AND RESTAURANTS AND THE ENTIRE AREA IS ABUZZ WITH ENERGY AND GOOD VIBES! 


YOU NEED AT LEAST 4 HOURS TO ENJOY ASIATIQUE WITH ITS ENDLESS ATTRACTIONS AND DIVERSIONS.


I RECOMMEND CALYPSO CABARET FEATURING THE BEST DRAG QUEENS IN BANGKOK! THE SHOW IS FULL OF FUN, FEATHERS AND FRIVOLOUSNESS AND JUST PERFECT FOR MALAYSIANS!


ANOTHER MAJOR ATTRACTION IS 'MUAY THAI---THE LEGEND LIVES' WHICH IS ACTUALLY BETTER AND MORE FASCINATING THAN CALYPSO CABARET.


IN CALYPSO CABARET, THE DRAG QUEENS SIMPLY DANCE AND MIME AND LOOK FABULOUS. BUT THE MUAY THAI PERFORMERS ARE REAL KICK BOXERS AND THEIR SKILLS HONED FROM YEARS OF TRAINING ARE PHENOMENAL! MORE SO WHEN THEY FIGHT EACH OTHER ON STAGE USING SPLIT-SECOND KICKS, PUNCHES AND BLOWS! 


THESE ARE NOT REAL FIGHTS BUT AMAZINGLY REHEARSED BUT THEY STILL DEMAND THE MOST TAXING SKILLS. I REALLY ADMIRE THE BOXERS SINCE THEY SWEAT GALLONS ON STAGE AND THE RISK OF ACCIDENT IS ALWAYS OMNIPRESENT!


EACH SHOW COSTS RM 150 PER PERSON SO IT IS NOT CHEAP AND WELL WORTH YOUR RINGGIT! 


BOTH THEATRES ARE NEXT TO EACH OTHER FACING THE MAIN ROAD SO YOU CANNOT MISS THEM!


BOOKINGS ARE NOT NECESSARY---JUST GO BUY THE TICKET AS YOU ARRIVE. SHOW STARTS AROUND 7.30 PM AND ENDS ONE AND HALF HOURS LATER SO YOU CAN STILL SHOP TILL MIDNIGHT!


SINCE YOU NEED A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD, STAY AT HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SATHORN FOR ONLY RM 160 NETT PER NIGHT! THAT LEAVES YOU PLENTY CASH FOR SHOPPING AND CATCHING CALYPSO CABARET AND "MUAY THAI THE LEGEND LIVES"!


CHECK OUT HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SATHORN HERE;

https://www.facebook.com/HolidayInnExpressBangkokSathorn


 ASIATIQUE NIGHT MARKET BY THE CHAO PHYRAYA RIVER ON 11 JULY 2014
 ORIGINAL CLOCK TOWER AS THIS AREA WAS ONCE FILLED WITH WAREHOUSES
 I LOVE THIS SLOGAN
 THIS ALSO OK
 CHANG BEER IS THE SPONSOR AS CHANG MEANS ELEPHANT IN THAI
 CLOCK TOWER
 GIGANTIC SCREW
 GIGANTIC FERRIS WHEEL
 DRAMATIC
 AWESOME
 BY THE BANK OF MENAM CHAO PHYRAYA
 FLAGSTAFFS AT ATTENTION
 SCENIC
 THESE WERE ONCE WAREHOUSES BUT HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS
 PICTURESQUE
 ASIATIQUE BY NIGHT


 WESTERNER, CHINAMAN AND THAI
 TRADERS
 OLDEN DAY MERCHANTS



 BIG ANCHOR


 BACK TO CLOCK TOWER TO MAIN ROAD GET TAXI TO HOLIDAY INN SATHORN
 THE HIP AND HAPPENING HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SATHORN NEAR SILOM
 STUNNING LOBBY WITH GIGANTIC PAINTING. NOTE THE RECEPTIONIST AT BOTTOM RIGHT AS I BET YOU DID NOT NOTICE HER SINCE THE PICTURE IS SO DE HUGE!
 AWESOME PICTURE THAT IS LARGER THAN LIFE!
 VIEW FROM FIRST FLOOR OVERLOOKING THE LOBBY
TRENDY AND COOL DESIGN
 WHY IS THE POLICEMAN STARING AT HIS PHONE?
STYLISH AND SLEEK LOBBY OF HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS SATHORN IN SILOM
 CHATUCHAK MARKET!
 CHATUCHAK MARKET ON SATURDAY 12 JULY 2014
 SINGING FOR THEIR SUPPER
 I AM IN HEAVEN ALWAYS
 PRETTY PLANTS
 KEE HUA CHEE AND ROCKER FRIENDS
 THAI ROCKERS AND KEE HUA CHEE
 ASIATIQUE SIGNBOARD





 ASIATIQUE AGAIN WITH JACKIE ON 12 JULY 2014 SATURDAY
 KEE HUA CHEE BY CHANG ELEPHANT
 MUAY THAI FIGHTER FIGURE AS SEEN FROM BELOW
 THAI WITH DARLING DOGGIES

 SO CUTE
RELAX!

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