(The Manorah Cruise)
(While she sleeps)
2 more days and we are heading to the Southern Thailand to start a full time English Teaching job.? Chris wanted to do something before we leave, the first two plans did not push through which are either going to the Floating Market or spending time in a beach town called Hua Hin.? It was either I am not in the mood for it, or just having a lazy day.
(Before departure)
(Antara Free boat ride for hotel?s tenants)
The moving made us want to do something here in Bangkok and for some reason, all I thought about was to get a great shots of the tourist spots of Bangkok.? I started checking out express boats and tourist spots around the stations, as well as the dinner cruises.? I realized that if Chris is going with me, I would have to meet him half way.? Let just say, our lifestyle are not the same, so we ended up going for the dinner cruise.? At first, I chose a random hotel style dinner cruise but Chris wanted different, he suggested the Rice Barge.? It was an interesting barge but since I got into the idea of dinner cruise, the goal of taking night shots of the Bangkok tourist spots kicked in.? Rice barge only go on day time cruise, so we searched other options and took the Manorah Cruise instead.
(Thai in costume and Filipina with her hand weaved Sagada belt)
(Manorah Cruise?s Interior)
The cruise will depart from Antara Resort & Spa in Thonburi every night at 7:30pm-9:30pm.? A 2-hour cruise along Chao Phraya River.? Antara Resort & Spa itself is an impressive resort, elegant, and beautiful.? However, we found it a bit annoying not finding our name on the list of reserved seats when we have reserved it through email and received the confirmation too.
Anyway, soon enough we were told that we were good to board.? They put orchid corsage on us and a they took a photo of us with a pretty Thai woman in their traditional Thai costume.? When boarded the cool and beautiful Thai boat, they gave us the framed photo they took us, everyone?s have an option to buy it or not but Chris opted to buy it.
As the boat started to float, the crew started serving the food.? Chris was not impressed and was already expecting he was gonna get disappointed, but as a backpacker who have eaten some Fear Factor foods, I thought the food was okay.? It wasn?t great which is probably why Chris was disappointing for its price, it wasn?t worth the food.
(Cool presentation of the appetizers)
(I only enjoyed their starters, the most)
(Main Course)
The appetizers were terrible, the starters, the soup Tom Yum was fine for me, but the 4 main courses? only the scallops get my vote.? Chris got us a bottle of wine, that of course I didn?t drink.? Other than the amazing view and the cool traditional native boat, the over all rate for the cruise is okay.? Don?t get me wrong, I had an amazing night!? Coming from my backpacker?s lifestyle who literally lives in chosen poverty just to travel, the cruise experience was amazing!? It is just the worth of the price paid to the service and food served that was really disappointing.Tourist spot night shots will be posted next and some tips on how to travel along the river for the photo shots on a budget.? Keep reading!
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Source: http://www.discounttravelblogger.com/chao-phrayas-manorah-dinner-cruise/
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