when we first arrived at the Bangkok suvarnabhumi international airport, I was marveled by the vast difference it was from the rundown don muang airport. At that time though, we were in a rush to start exploring the city, eager travellers that we were, and didn’t linger.
Now that we were leaving (boy, do 8 days whiz right past!), we got to spend a bit of time here and grab some quick bites before our flight. You know that feeling when you’re waiting for your flight home after a vacation. It’s kind of bittersweet.
The airport is practically made out of glass, like our Changi T3!
Even in mid January, Christmas trees are still abundant in the city of Bangkok. No one’s complaining though. They are cheery :)
There is a whole row of nice restaurants at the terminal. But we didn’t have much of a choice, left with pittance having spent all our money on shopping. Fortunately, we’re in Bangkok! A couple of hundred baht can still buy a 3-course meal for two.
Starters: two skewers of chicken kebab. These were awesome! I sank my teeth into them, expecting to tear into dry and tough chicken flesh, and was surprised at how tender and succulent the meat was. Yummy!
Main course: crispy chicken rice. The sweet chilli sauce was great.
Dessert: a couple of vanilla cream waffles. Bonus drink: a piping hot cup of Blue Mountain coffee. And we’re all set!
Looking at the map of the airport terminal, I noticed a few cute icons on the floor plan. Look where the pink arrows are pointing. One red pavilion on either side and what appears to be a dragonboat in the middle. How unusual! So we set out to find these.
The first pavilion that we stumbled upon had a roof in blue and gold. Nope, this isn’t the one from the map.
There’s our dragon!
As with every major airport, the duty-free zone has designer boutiques like burberry, cartier and chanel.
Ta-da! The red pavilion from the map! It’s also a shop that sells stuff to the tourists.
There’s a certain futuristic and clinical feel to the airport. It seems pretty cold especially when few people are around. Or maybe I just felt sad to be leaving.
Notice the symmetrical arch-shaped design, a defining characteristic of the airport.
One last look at the airport from the plane. This is the only exterior shot that I managed to get that has most of the terminal in it. And thus began our flight back to the lion city. Home sweet home!
Feb 10, 2009
1
Wow, the airport food in some places really sucks, but what you had there looks really tasty!
Feb 10, 2009
3472
And for that low price too. It was well worth it!
Feb 11, 2009
72
well.. i kinda agree and disagree. The airport food (price and taste) is value for money at the restaurants in the main terminal building. Once you check in and pass through immigration, the food prices at the restaurants/cafes in the concourse are pretty steep. Wouldn’t say its value for money.
What I liked is that if you have time and few hundred Baht spare change, you can get a foot/body massage at the cosy place near concourse E (red pavilion)!
Feb 18, 2009
1
i’m having 4d3n bkk trip soon, its shud be my “n” time visiting bkk. but i never knew musuem can be so interesting. & i’ll pay a visit to ancientcity too. thailand food is yummy, perphaps with local friends, they will bring me to cheaper, delicious & sumptious meal. thks for sharing.
Feb 18, 2009
3472
Ancient City should definitely be top on the list. Anything else is secondary haha. Have fun!
May 13, 2009
9
there’s our dragon!
-*- this is the river dragon
We are not called Mung-korn (Dragon), we called Phaya-Nak (similar of the water dragon)