26 - 28 Dec 2012
We wake up in Bangkok on Boxing Day, check out of our budget accommodation and walk the 800m down the road to our 5 star resort 'Sofitel - So Bangkok' where we'll be spending two nights for our 1 year anniversary.
The hotel is just another block which adds to the Bangkok sky rise but it's perfectly located with a view of Bangkok and Lumpini park. We walk in all hot and sweaty from our midday walk with all our baggage and instantly smiling, happy and well dressed Thai staff are swarming all over us, greeting us and taking our heavy bags off us. The service is already outstanding. Everyone seems so happy for us to be there, like we're king and queen.
As we're checking in this Thai guy who is obviously gay with crazy blue dyed hair and extreme jewelery greets us with his over the top personality and does his very best to make us feel super special. I had mentioned it was our anniversary when I booked the room and so he gave me flowers straight away and wouldn't shut up about how lucky we love birds are on the way to our beautiful life together. He was extremely over the top but it was really nice to be fussed over. The room was a travel zoo deal I found online, $129 a night for an upgraded deluxe room, free cocktails on arrival, buffet breakfast and spa vouchers.
As we're checking in and chatting with this crazy character who looked like he was from The Hunger Games, a lovely Thai lady starts making us a welcome non alcoholic Thai cocktail. It was amazing to watch her pour several different test tubes of liquid into a glass of ice and then mix them all together and watch the colours change like magic. Sam and I got snap happy.
Pouring the different colours of liquid in
The end result, one of the left has been mixed while the one on the right still hasn't changed colour
The over the top gay guy showers us with spa vouchers and free cocktail vouchers (6 in total) before he leads us to our room, on the 16th floor. We walk in and are captivated by the beauty instantly! The room is stunning, not too mention a floor to ceiling view of Bangkok and the park. We have a free mini bar (non alcoholic) and fruit basket. Our happy friend then says we'll be getting a surprise later! Wow! He also invites us to his party at one of the bars where there will be free nibbles and drinks from 6.30pm!
After running around the room like excited children, checking everything out, we decide to head to the restaurant and have some lunch. We are totally not leaving this amazing hotel until we have to!
The restaurant is set with the same view of Bangkok as in our room and we opt for outside on the balcony. We brought some of our vodka down in a water bottle and sneakily mixed it with ice cold sprite while we feasted on one of our favourite Thai dishes - Roast Duck Red Curry.
After lunch we head up to the pool with our water bottle of vodka and order some more cold sprites and proceed to spend the rest of the afternoon drinking ourselves silly by the pool. We didn't actually go in as it was too damn cold! lol. The sun never hit the pool during the day so it was always cold. Still we loved the view which was the same to die for view of Bangkok and Lumpini park.
That evening, all buzzed from our vodka and sprite, we head to Mui Mui bar where the gay guy was throwing his very elegant party with free nibbles and drinks. The place was over the top fancy and being budget back packers we totally felt our of place. Still we dressed in our best (well the best we had) and made an appearance and our friend was very happy to see us! The nibbles were exquisite and the wine divine. Sam and I were in seventh heaven.
After awhile we got hungry, so we asked the concierge to recommend a nice local Thai restaurant. The one he told us about was only a 10minute walk away so off we went, excited for some more Thai food! The restaurant was over the top fancy and expensive - I guess that's what you get in this area. I had my first taste of soft shell crab and am now officially hooked! Sam ordered duck and wasn't happy, it was very dry and bland. Pretty poor effort for such a overpriced restaurant. Still we drank red wine and ate Thai food like there was no tomorrow.
The next day (our anniversary) we made ourselves get out of bed at a reasonable hr so we could soak up every minute we had in this hotel. We enjoyed the huge range at the breakfast buffet before heading to Mui Mui to use our free cocktail vouchers then changing into our swimmers and heading back up to the pool with our sneaky vodka. We then proceeded to spend the day entirely by the pool, eating... drinking... Living the life really. Seeing as it was our anniversary day we wanted to spend it our way.
We didn't leave the pool til it was dark and we were eventually hungry. The concierge helped us out again by booking us a table at another Thai restaurant - this time on one of the highest buildings in Bangkok with an incredible night time view. The food there was exceptionally brilliant! We ordered 3 mains and an entree and every single bite was like biting into heaven. We decided to splurge and bought a bottle of red wine to help wash it all down. It was one of the most amazing meals I have ever had in my life. Certainly Anniversary worthy!
Sadly the next day we had to check out of luxury. We piled all our bags on our backs once more and headed off for the bus station to book an over night bus - destination Phuket!
We wake up in Bangkok on Boxing Day, check out of our budget accommodation and walk the 800m down the road to our 5 star resort 'Sofitel - So Bangkok' where we'll be spending two nights for our 1 year anniversary.
The hotel is just another block which adds to the Bangkok sky rise but it's perfectly located with a view of Bangkok and Lumpini park. We walk in all hot and sweaty from our midday walk with all our baggage and instantly smiling, happy and well dressed Thai staff are swarming all over us, greeting us and taking our heavy bags off us. The service is already outstanding. Everyone seems so happy for us to be there, like we're king and queen.
As we're checking in this Thai guy who is obviously gay with crazy blue dyed hair and extreme jewelery greets us with his over the top personality and does his very best to make us feel super special. I had mentioned it was our anniversary when I booked the room and so he gave me flowers straight away and wouldn't shut up about how lucky we love birds are on the way to our beautiful life together. He was extremely over the top but it was really nice to be fussed over. The room was a travel zoo deal I found online, $129 a night for an upgraded deluxe room, free cocktails on arrival, buffet breakfast and spa vouchers.
As we're checking in and chatting with this crazy character who looked like he was from The Hunger Games, a lovely Thai lady starts making us a welcome non alcoholic Thai cocktail. It was amazing to watch her pour several different test tubes of liquid into a glass of ice and then mix them all together and watch the colours change like magic. Sam and I got snap happy.
The over the top gay guy showers us with spa vouchers and free cocktail vouchers (6 in total) before he leads us to our room, on the 16th floor. We walk in and are captivated by the beauty instantly! The room is stunning, not too mention a floor to ceiling view of Bangkok and the park. We have a free mini bar (non alcoholic) and fruit basket. Our happy friend then says we'll be getting a surprise later! Wow! He also invites us to his party at one of the bars where there will be free nibbles and drinks from 6.30pm!
After running around the room like excited children, checking everything out, we decide to head to the restaurant and have some lunch. We are totally not leaving this amazing hotel until we have to!
The restaurant is set with the same view of Bangkok as in our room and we opt for outside on the balcony. We brought some of our vodka down in a water bottle and sneakily mixed it with ice cold sprite while we feasted on one of our favourite Thai dishes - Roast Duck Red Curry.
After lunch we head up to the pool with our water bottle of vodka and order some more cold sprites and proceed to spend the rest of the afternoon drinking ourselves silly by the pool. We didn't actually go in as it was too damn cold! lol. The sun never hit the pool during the day so it was always cold. Still we loved the view which was the same to die for view of Bangkok and Lumpini park.
That evening, all buzzed from our vodka and sprite, we head to Mui Mui bar where the gay guy was throwing his very elegant party with free nibbles and drinks. The place was over the top fancy and being budget back packers we totally felt our of place. Still we dressed in our best (well the best we had) and made an appearance and our friend was very happy to see us! The nibbles were exquisite and the wine divine. Sam and I were in seventh heaven.
After awhile we got hungry, so we asked the concierge to recommend a nice local Thai restaurant. The one he told us about was only a 10minute walk away so off we went, excited for some more Thai food! The restaurant was over the top fancy and expensive - I guess that's what you get in this area. I had my first taste of soft shell crab and am now officially hooked! Sam ordered duck and wasn't happy, it was very dry and bland. Pretty poor effort for such a overpriced restaurant. Still we drank red wine and ate Thai food like there was no tomorrow.
The next day (our anniversary) we made ourselves get out of bed at a reasonable hr so we could soak up every minute we had in this hotel. We enjoyed the huge range at the breakfast buffet before heading to Mui Mui to use our free cocktail vouchers then changing into our swimmers and heading back up to the pool with our sneaky vodka. We then proceeded to spend the day entirely by the pool, eating... drinking... Living the life really. Seeing as it was our anniversary day we wanted to spend it our way.
We didn't leave the pool til it was dark and we were eventually hungry. The concierge helped us out again by booking us a table at another Thai restaurant - this time on one of the highest buildings in Bangkok with an incredible night time view. The food there was exceptionally brilliant! We ordered 3 mains and an entree and every single bite was like biting into heaven. We decided to splurge and bought a bottle of red wine to help wash it all down. It was one of the most amazing meals I have ever had in my life. Certainly Anniversary worthy!
Sadly the next day we had to check out of luxury. We piled all our bags on our backs once more and headed off for the bus station to book an over night bus - destination Phuket!
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