I'm still in Thailand now, but everyone has left Krabi this morning so I'm on my own, with a computer. When I look outside, blue sky, great sun, 30 degrees, I checked just before the weather in Seoul. Arf, what can I say, except maybe 20 degrees difference between Thailand and Korea .... but anyway let's talk about the trip
Day 1 to 4 : Bangkok
Bangkok is one of the most polluted city in the world and I swear you can feel/smell/see it everywhere. You can maybe wonder if it's really interesting to stay in Bangkok but the answer in definitely YES (but 4 days are widely sufficient). There are lots of really beautiful temples to visit with great Buddha statues but that's not it. I mean just walking in Bangkok makes you discover so many beautiful things that are not specially specified in guide books. For example everything seems to be beautiful and colorful, like there are thousands and thousands of taxis but they are pink, orange, blue, green and yellow, and the mix of all of them is so beautiful, and it lies beautiful even if you stay 30 minutes stuck in the traffic jams (which is quite usual by the way).
Also tuk-tuk are one of the funniest thing I've ever seen and experienced : a small taxi, opened, with like a motorbike front. You're seating on the rear and you can (easily or not) be 5 there. Tuk-tuk are usually more expensive than usual taxis and they ALWAYS want rip you off because you're a tourist but that's kind of really funny.
Concerning temples, I have to say that I take so many pictures ... I mean everything was so beautiful, so aesthetic (even with a cloudy weather/rainy trend) that I literally shot every single thing which belongs to theses temples, from hundreds of Buddha statues to roofs, from vegetables to monks ect ....
Also, Nightlife in Bangkok is quite exciting, lots of bars, unfortunately they all close at 2AM so basically you have to move to other clubs (few of them) which are opened till late in the night.
Talking about Thai food ..... probably the best ever (after french food obviously), but what is Thai food exactly ?
- Any kind of rice : steamed rice, fired rice with chicken, beef, pork, vegetables, shrimps ...
- Noodles : Pad Thai noodles in soup, in salad, or warm with meat or vegetables
- Lots of seafood, shrimps, prawns, fishes
- But also great choice of meat
- Lots of fruits, (mainly pineapple, mango, banana, watermelon, papaya) that you can buy to street sellers (they put the cut fruit in a bag and you eat it with a toothpick), you can also order to these street sellers fresh coconut juice (still in the coconut) that's so yummy. I also discover later lassi (yogurt with fruits like banana or pineapple) but mainly BANANA PANCAKES. I now figure it out why Jack Johnson wrote an entire song dedicated to banana pancakes .... my god one of the 7 wonders of the world or something like that ... this is kind of like a pancake but with little pieces of banana in (obviously) and then you can poor honey on it and that so fuckin' delicious !
What was striking for me was the fact that every hostel offers English/American/Continental breakfast with toasts or even baguettes ! with butter and jam .... my god 3 months in Korea without toast and there it is ! Also, compared to other Asian countries, when you eat you do not use chopsticks every time like in Korea for instance.
Day 5 : Elephant ride & Tiger Temple
We took a day trip to Kanchanaburi, 2 hours from Bangkok to visit the tiger temple (worldwide famous because tigers are tamed by monks). We were just walking trough the tigers, accompanied by some volunteers, that was quite exciting.
And first, we had an elephant ride, in a kind of "jungle" and I really like it !
Day 8 : Ko Phi Phi
Ko Phi Phi is one small island lost somewhere out in the middle of nowhere, 2 hours of boat from the shore. Ko Phi Phi is so small that any car is present. To supply hotels, restaurants and shops, people here use carts... That's ... mhhh let's say different ! On the island, I think there is probably twice more tourists than inhabitants. I just saw so many white people ! Besides, on the island you just find hotels, restaurants and tourism shops, and also I forgot it loots of travel agencies offering scuba diving tours ect ....
And also for the anecdote, the island used in the James Bond film : The Man with the Gold Gun is just located few kilometers from Ko Phi Phi (just to help you figure out how beautiful can be that island ...
Day 9 : Ko Lanta
Nothing to say, I think the following pictures will speak about it better that I can do ... Oh yeah, I know what to talk about : as you may see on the map just before, Ko Lanta a big big island, so we decided to rent 3 motorbikes to visit the island and find the most beautiful beach ! Here everything is commuting with motorbike and 4 wheels engines are pretty rare. I mean almost everybody get his own motorbike, from the 13-years-old veiled girl to the 75-years-old retired guy. Beaches were - as expected - so beautiful ... If heaven would be on earth, I barely think it would be here ... no kiding !
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