A River Runs Through It...

This is, by far, the most we have spent on accommodation on any of our trips to anywhere... because it was only for ONE night, the husband decided to pamper me.. *smiles*

Welcome to Hilton, Pattaya.

The concept exhibited infront of my eyes... was like water and waves and diamonds... everywhere in hotel.. there seems to have 'a river that runs through it' and there are water everywhere... :) Lovely.

Our room was on the 24th... so you can imagine the spectacular sea view we'd enjoyed!

I've always loved see-through bathrooms! And this bathroom was huge right behind our bed.


A pretty round loveseat that we could sink in and swivel sits gracefully at the corner of the room leading us to the balcony door.

The shower area could easily house 8-10 persons as if in a lift and was concealed by a shared sliding door with the WC.



The pool and little corners we explored! Aren't they gorgeous?

The pool was designed cleverly with it visually merging with the sea a distant away though it was on the 16th floor, borderless.


The following pictures show the Lobby Lounge.. pretty! Looking somewhat like little floaties on water were actually seats.. can you imagine this lounge under the star light????

Each of these was big enough for at least 3-4 persons. Very cool ya?

We felt we didn't have enough time to spend in Pattaya but this was his first time here. I took him to the ever-famous Walking Street where the city's nightlife comes springing famously into life.

WE spent a lot of time in the mall below the hotel and caught a movie at midnight.

We had a good time in Pattaya, though short.

Sweets For My Sweets...

... Sugar for my honey... La la la.. sugar makes one feel good ya?

I remember we visited a cafe named Another Hound in Siam Paragon years ago and I wanted to revisit, instead, we found, literally, 'another hound' called Sweet Hound right beside Another Hound. Oh, am I confusing ya? *giggles*


It's a cafe prettily clad in all-things polka dots! :) *happy place*

Such a lovely place that'll make you a lovely person with a lovely mood for a lovely day! :)
Remember, it's in Siam Paragon somewhere on the 2nd or 3rd level.

And yes.. not long after that, we settled in at Hagen Daaz at the basement too.. because Hagan Daaz is too expensive-in-my-eyes in Singapore! lol~


so there, you can imagine I was sugar high that day. :)

Breathe...

I realised I'd been lazy, actually pretty untrue, I AM NOT LAZY, I'm merely not recording everything I do or did on trips to places that I've been a million times unless it'd be a new country or place. Recent trips I went on, were trips I'd needed to unwind. I had no agenda, no objectives and thus, there were pretty much nothing to say as I was constantly, either walking aimlessly around or was reading in cafes.

This trip, as well! :)

But I will elaborate on things that I'd like to share as I saw them or interesting places that I think you should consider visiting.

First up... have you been to The Manor at Sukhumvit 39? It was our first too. My brother-in-law brought us there and briefly explained that Manor 39 is a little 'Japan'. Indeed, Japanese Restaurant, Japanese Craft Stores, Japanese Beauty Parlours, Japanese Cafe and of course, loads of Japanese and most of them looked like expatriates living in Bangkok with their families.... interesting.

We settled in for a good lunch at Bankara Ramen (read about the reviews here...)


He mentioned that this is a famous restaurant in Japan and the queue is, as expected, long. WE waited for half an hour before given a table. The ambience of the cozy little restaurant is indeed, authentic.

There's a basket of freshly peeled garlic on every table and you are to 'mash' them and add into your own ramen, if you'd like to. Pretty fun! I'm never a garlic fan though.

If you have time, try this on your next visit. :)