Day 1: Bangkok, Thailand.

After lunch at Somboon Seafood Restaurant, we took a walk around Central Embassy before heading to Erawan Shrine (in Chinese, it's called 四面佛), which was a 10-minute walk away from where we were.

Located next to Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel, this is a really popular place where both locals and tourists would come here to pray and have their wishes come true. 

The board outside the entrance to explain why the shrine was built. 

The shrine.

From there, we continued our touristy walk to Central World Plaza (only 5 minutes away from the shrine) and apparently, it's the sixth largest shopping complex in the world. :o

Coming from another city in Malaysia, we wanted to be amused at how jammed it can be in Bangkok. Hence, the photo. Well, this wasn't the most jam-packed hour so it seemed common here. :p

Outside Central World Plaza.

The mall is pretty huge with at least 6 floors inside and the shops were all pretty spacious and comfortable. Nothing impressive since it's really.. just a mall to me. 

Decided to have a try at After You Dessert Cafe since it was recommended by some who have been there before (will blog about this soon!).  

Continued walking around Siam Square and from one building to another as they're pretty nearby. Step foot into Siam Discovery Center and Siam Center, Siam Paragon and Gaysorn (a place like Starhill in KL where really premium brands are available there).

And, because we are lack of time to visit Madame Tussauds in Bangkok, we considered it visited by taking photos outside the area. :p 

The boyfriend with his sifu, Tony Jaa.  

I can't pose as well as he did but yea, me and Tony Jaa. HAHAHA!

There was also Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World next to Madame Tussauds and I really liked the way they decorated the area. Again, we pretended that we've visited this place by taking photos.

So pretty right the decor? :p

After all the window shopping, mall-hopping (in which most shops are the same, only in different malls), photo-taking moments yadahyadah... we had our dinner at Petite Audrey's in Siam Centre (which will also be blogged about separately!).

So, if you'd really like to visit some of these places, you may either stop being lazy and walk the helluvah out since they're so near to each other - which was very similar to the Golden Triangle in KL or well... take the BTS train.

As for me, I enjoyed the walk more because you tend to see more things around you and you get to burn more calories that you've gained through the non-stop eating sessions. :p

Just to sum it all up, we've visited the following on our first day:-

Erawan Shrine - Opens from 6 am to 12 am.
A 10-minute walk from Central Embassy, located in front of Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel (Also accessible via BTS Chidlom Station)

Central World Plaza - Opens from 10 am to 10 pm.
4,4 / 1-2,4 / 4, Ratchadamri Road, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
A 5-minute walk from Erawan Shrine.

Gaysorn - Opens from 10 am to 8 pm.

999 Ploenchit Road, Lumpini, Pathumwan, Bangkok 10330 Thailand

A 3-minute walk from Central World Plaza.

Siam Discovery Center and Siam Center - Opens from 10 am to 9 pm.
Siam Tower, Rama 1 Road, Bangkok, Pathumwan 10330, Thailand
A 12-minute walk from Gaysorn.

Siam Paragon -  Opens from 10 am to 10 pm.
991/1 1st Floor, Rama I Road, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
A 2-minute walk from Siam Discovery Center.