Blogs from Northern Thailand, Thailand, Asia - page 9

Kedves Mindenki, egy gyors bejelentkezes ket kurzus kozott, az egyik legszebb tanfolyamrol, amin valaha is voltam... Laurino gyonyoruszep, mely energiaval, a bizonytalansagban is kiserletezokedvvel, elfogadassal, egyutterzessel tanitott, orom volt resztvenni es asszisztalni a kurzuson! A szokasos szeretetbuborek egy kedvesseg-tudatossagbuborekka alakult at ezen a tanfin, problema nelkul es hihetetlen jo vegmasszazsokkal zartuk a 11 napot. Flora jogaoraiert megvesztek, mindig volt a 32 diakbol legal;abb 15-20 jelen napfelkeltekor, a kapcsolatunk ujabb viszontagsagok utan megbeszelessel-megertessel majd lenyugvassal zajlott,nem konnyu korulmenyek kozott (32 diak, 11 tanito, zsufi es atjarohaz mindenhol...)de a tanfolyam melle egy kis kirandulas is belefert, amint a kepeken latjatok. Flora es Laurino fennmaradtak 3 napos vipasszana elvonulasra a kolostorban, jomagam lejottem a kurzus utan ... read more

The sun had yet to rise and in fact would not for quite some time as our motorbike convoy departed from the entrance to Sawan Park on our way to Thailand's grandest of swamps - Bung Boraphet as it's known among the locals - is the nation's largest wetlands and home to all sorts of migratory birds, endangered fish, beautiful plants and the lot. When my alarm went off at 5:30 am on a Saturday morning Tara and I were none too happy but I had only had a few beers the night before and felt alright so we drank down a liter or so of water along with some tea and oatmeal with some dried fruit and made our way out to meet with our friends. We felt none too wise for having lived in ... read more

After a short train journey of a bit more than 3 hours from Ayutthaya I arrived in Nakhon Sawan. The train station is about 6 ks out of town. The minute I stepped out of the train I was surrounded by tuk-tuk drivers selling expensive rides to town. I decided to take a songthaews together with some locals which turned out much cheaper. Well, I did not have a map nor did I know where my hotel was which I had booked the night before. So it was difficult to know where to get of the songthaew. Nakhon Sawan is rarely visited by tourists. And no tourists - no maps - and no english. This city seems to be fun for me ;-). On the songtaew I got to know Sonja, a german traveller. But she ... read more

Bangkok - what a shock. We arrived in Bangkok and met with the other 30 people on our tour. We are on another Contiki tour, so we've got plenty of new friends. The opening meeting was very interesting, our guide talked through our itinerary and seemed to end every subject with '...or you will die'. That evening we went to a restaurant and got to know the other people on our tour. After the polite niceties were out of the way, we were offered the opportunity to catch a ping pong show - we politely declined as we had watched a lot of ping pong during the olympics. The following morning we visited the grand palace and a temple. 95% of the population are Buddhist. It was once the permanent residence of the King and was ... read more

Hello readers, Georgi here, This blog is to update you on our journey into the upper most parts of Thailand. A place of beauty, encapturing sights, and one of the last known hippy freelands out there. In the north, life is not governed by tourist police and pad thai vendors. No. It is floating on a river of satisfaction, flowing free and easy. The lack of ping pong shows, and umskur ridden walk ways allows one to observe the beauties, rather than just avoiding the nasties. Dont get me wrong, i love Bangkok, in all its rush hour glory, but the ability to seek silence when you need it, and a party when you feel like it, is a luxury only felt in the higher realms of Thailand. We stayed in Giant guesthouse 2 in Chiang ... read more