Jalan jalan | Bangkok - Maeklong Railway Market Menaiki Train ( Part 1)
Assalamualaikum,
Hello Everyone! How are you doing? I’m still pending to share some of my best trip this year, and hopefully this can be a guideline for your next trip. * I try my best. Hehe.
Okay, on January 2018 we have trip to Bangkok , Thailand. Actually , there are many interesting place around Bangkok , however some place might too far away and take 2 or 3hrs to reach from Bangkok.For this trip we choose to explore to Maeklong Railway Market by train & Sunflower field at Lopburi. Seperti biasa , untuk trip kali ni kami tak ambil apa apa pakej semuanya decide sendiri , kiranya #tripredahdanredho je lah kalau apa apa yang plan tak jadi. Hehe.
Day 1 (Kuala Lumpur -Bangkok -Khaosan Road
We take evening flight from Kuala Lumpur – Bangkok. Sampai je Bangkok airport terus kami beli simcard , ada banyak pilihan untuk tourist pakej, sebab dah smpai pon malam senang nk google maps and etc. Untuk trip Bangkok ni kita stay dekat area Khaosan road which also known as backpacker hub, because of limited budget, we just stay at Amarin Inn, for 2room cost around THB 4,200 ( RM530 ) for 4d3n. Lagi pun trip kami ni seharian sampai ke malam , rugi nak duduk dekat hotel yang mahal. *backpacker la katanya.
From Don Mueang Aiport – Khaosan Road , You can either take taxi or bus. Kami pilih naik bus sahaja, area menunggu di luar kawasan airport ( just follow sign public bus from arrival area ).
To khaosan road take bus line A4 and will cost around 50THB. Yes , forget to mention you can used grabcar in Thailand, we used grab a lot during this trip especially when going a place that too far away from their BTS. Will share you several tips using grab from my experience later.
Bila je sampai area khoasan road , terus google maps nak cari kawasan hotel , selesai check in kami keluar untuk cari makan di area khoasan road , namun kecewa. Mujur berhadapan dengan hotel ada gerai muslim , tepi jalan sahaja dan buka pada waktu malam sahaja.
Day 2 ( Bangkok – Maeklong Railway Market by Train )
What is so special about this market anyway? Because it has a train running through the middle of it, when train comes all seller must remove their goods from trail and it close enough to touch.
Kebiasaan trip untuk ke Maeklong Railway Market adalah terus menaiki bus / van , and waiting for the train to come and see whole situation. Come on , tak mencabar langsung kot. Bhaha. So kami tak nak tunggu tengok je , kami nak naik keretapi tu sama sama ke Maeklong Railway Station !
1.Wongwian Yai Station – Maha Chai Railway Station
Rule no one , is to be punctual when you using train services. Always keep in mind. From Khaosan road we take grab to Wongwian Yai Station (BTS Silom Line) , buy ticket to Maha Chai Railway Station (Samut Sakhon) , counter ticket located at the beginning of train. It takes 1hrs journey and cost 10-25 THB.
2. Maha Chai Railway Station – Ban Laem Railway station
Keluar je dari Maha Chai Railway station, ambil boat untuk menyeberangi Tha Chin River. Masa ni kami google shj terminal boat ni , tak jauh dari Maha Chai station dan akan melalui pasar pagi. Kalau tak confident ask local shj ,” boat terminal , where? “. Guna je simple english, tunjuk gambar, kalau kau cakap english berhabuk pun tak guna, nnt kau lagi pening. Haaha. Ticket cost 5THB.
3. Ban Laem Train Station – Maeklong Railway Train Station ( Samut Songkhram)
Bila dah crossing river tu jalan lebih kurang 5min untuk ke Ban Laem Train Station , just for info untuk line samut songkhram ni ada 4 time je dalam sehari , sebab tu kena arrange masa betul betul dan panctual, kalau incase tertinggal train ? perjalanan harus diteruskan jugak kan? Second option just take mini van terus ke Maeklong Railway Station. Train cost to Maeklong Railway station 10THB and again 1hrs journey ! Haha. Puas duduk setengah hari dalam train shj.
Bila sampai Maeklong Railway Market tu kita dapat tgk kiri kanan pasar mmg hampir dengan train. Rasa seriau jugak tgk, train ni tak bergesel dgn org ke. So after arriving we just waiting a few minutes at market area, sempat beli buah mata kucing nak tunggu train yang sama patah balik.Train akn bagi signal untuk perlepasan.Masa ni semua penjual akan tarik balik dorg punya barang dan khemah untuk bg laluan kepada keretapi lalu. Masa ni siap siap dok tepi ye ,jangan duduk tengah pulak. Haha. Tercapai la impian kami nak naik train maeklong tu akhirnya.
Daripada Maeklong Railway Market kami teruskan ke Amphwa floating market. Google area Seven Eleven/Thanachart Bank Agency, Ada “SONGTHAEW” (Van Biru). Cakap je nak pi Amphwa Market, nanti dorg tunjuk la van mana nak naik. Cost for van is 8THB , for 20min
Sesudah berjalan di Amphwa floating market, kami ambil van terus ke Bangkok semula, cost for van to Bangkok is 100THB. Sampai je Bangkok kami teruskan ke Chatuchak Market & Asiatique Night Market, ni antara famous kat bangkok. Planning asal nak naik bus ke sana , sungguh bercita cita tinggi kan. Lastly kami tukar plan amik grab je, semua dah keletihan.
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