Chao Phraya River Cruise...
2nd day in Bangkok - The itinerary for the day would be the Chao Phraya River Cruise + Grand Palace + Temples' visit. We woke up at 8:30 a.m and got ourselves ready in an hour time before heading out for breakfast. The hotel rate that we paid did not include breakfast... and we didn't wanna to upset our stomach with too much Thai food at this hour, therefore we walked to McDonald's at Robinson which was 200 metre away from our hotel for McBreakfast.
I had a Sausage McMuffin's Set (81TB) that came with coffee and hash brown. Mrs. Chialat ordered Set 1 which she thought was Filet-O-Fish from the picture but when it came... alas it was just McEgg's Set (69TB).
After the quick breakfast we took Skytrain from Asok Station to Saphan Taksin Station which took about 30 mins or so. After exiting from the train at Saphan Taksin, we walked down the stairs and headed to the Central Pier.
At the pier, there were many touts would keep persuading you to choose their service to cruise the river. But we chose Chao Phraya Tourist Boat Company as they were the only operator there that had proper booth, proper brochure and more importantly proper boat to ply the river.
The Chao Phraya Tourist Boat provides service to 9 piers, which in turn give access to Bangkok's most famous attractions. The journey starts from the Central Pier and proceeds up to the river, stopping at 8 other piers and returns back to Central Pier on the same route. You can get on and off at any pier to explore the beauty of sites in the surrounding areas.
We paid 150TB per person for the cruise and due to the low season (until end of Oct), they would provide free ride for passengers with van to Grand Palace and Vimanmek from Maharaj Pier.
Here came our boat...
Went to the front of the boat to take some shots before it left the pier.
Once everybody had boarded...
The guide came on PA to greet the passengers and explained the safety procedure but no safety demo liked the one done by stewardess on plane. He also pointed out the landmarks/ attractions along the river and at every pier. But unfortunately I couldn't quite get to what he was saying due to the noise and also his English in Thai slang.
Nice boat...
And nicer one...
Some buildings...
Taksin Bridge....
Memorial Bridge...
Wat Kanlayanamit...
Houses at the riverbank....
Wichaiya Prasit Fortress...
Royal Thai Navy Headquarters...
Wat Arun (Temple of Dawn)...
3 stooges with their "sampang"...
Wat Rakhang...
Oriental Pier...
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