ieva monika

On Monday we flew out of Bangkok. Our wonderful Thai friend hooked us up with her private cab driver who zoomed us to the airport in less than 40 minutes for $15! Talk about motivation! The flight to Phuket International Airport was very quick- about 70 minutes, maybe even less. Air Asia offers some of the cheapest flights in Asia- roundtrip tickets to Phuket for $30! No food or drink wa served for free on the flight, however. You could purchase water and even meals, which smelled really good but were a bit pricey for travellers like us :) The few passengers that did order meals, ate in satisfaction as everyone around them sniffed the air and eyed the food with envy. As we were landing, the view from the airplane was breaktaking. Phuket International Airport ... read more

We woke up early this morning and made our way to the Grand Palace. The cab ride from our hotel to the Grand Palace was B100, not too bad considering the traffic, but I'm pretty sure the cab driver made sure we took the longet route possible. :) As soon as we got out of the cab, we were approached by a nicely dressed Thai gentleman who spoke very good English. He told us that the palace was closed for the daily prayer (???) and that it will reopen in one hour. He then told us to go visit a nearby Wat and pointed us to a tuk-tuk. He said the tuk-tuk would take us there and 2 other temples for B30. This already smelled fishy, but we got in anyway- what the heck. So first ... read more

We have been travelblog fans for a loooong time. All those times we spent together looking at other people's awesome travels, wishing that one day we would be able to do the same. Even though we spent most of out lives moving from one continent to another, this trip is going to be different. We graduated high school (yay!) and for the first time ever, we will be traveling alone! We are both excited and a little scared...you never know what adventure you will run into! So, tomorrow we are leaving for our trip to Thailand! We will stay there for 12 days, and so far it looks like it's going to an amazing trip. We will try to upload pictures and write about all the cool things Thailand has to offer, and maybe, somewhere in ... read more