Not counting the little trips to Malaysia, this was the second trip of 'the payed holiday'. And similarly to coming back from the first one (India), the impressions are great, and I want to go back again. The islands in Thailand were aweshome in particular. Ever since watching pirate movies as a kid I wanted to get to those 'exotic' beaches, with clear water and nice sand... And as good as everything looked in the movies it was even better when experienced - natürlich.
Trip started on a not so good note, I missed my flight... This being the 2nd time to have this happen, and being more aware and accepting of my personal areas that have (lots of) room for improvement, I handled it quite good, and was lucky to be able to catch the next flight few hours later.
Catching a next flight on the same day was in a way crucial, as I was meeting with my sister Vesna on the Bangkok airport. The original flight, which base ticket price was only $40, had exactly the same time of arrival as Vesna's flight from Melbourne. She was mildly annoyed after waiting for me for 4h, but that was offset w/ our joy of being together again for the first time in 9 months, and the fact that she knows me (i.e. it's not the first time I'm late, nor the last :)
Bangkok itself is just a big, busy place... not really kind of thing that neither of us were too keen to explore. So two days there was plenty and then we caught overnight train down south.
Krabi was great, nice and peaceful. Very touristy still, but not with too many tourist. From there we went on Island tours for three days in a row. It deserve second mention: Loved islands. As expected these 3 days were very much like an adventure, and we were quite tired after it, pleasantly tired. I like snorkeling/diving around corals and chasing after fish [no, not that fish], so the disappointing thing about the tours was that they take you to the nice diving spot and there they give you half an hour, then they take you to a beach w/ restaurants and other money spending opportunities and there they make you spend 2hours. Now we know...
After 5 nights in Krabi, we spend the last two in Pukhet. On the rally like mini wan ride from Krabi to Pukhet we met Teo. Teo is Greek so his full 1st name is Thodorouspapulochonioulsgolus... ok not quite, but something like that. Anyhow meeting him was really cool, as it was funny to find someone you can relate to in so many ways so quickly... Or in Indian terms I felt that he was very much 'same same but different' like me. We'll meet again.
In Pukhet we had accommodation at the in/famous Patong beach... At night time that place is just scary, and especially so for boys, as Vesna said it. I literally had my balls scratched just like that on the street... kid you not! Seeing old (60+) men walking around with young girls (20-) was sad and sickening from subjective point of view, but then again everybody's trying to be happy, to survive, so I guess (hope) that is, in a way, one of those good deals with 'win win' situation. This point of view to the 'sex tourism' I got from a 'Pussy Cat' the bar chick from a little place on the beach.
On the bright side, bit south from Pukhet, we spend a day on the beautiful beach that was the best on-shore beach I've been to... almost as good as those on the Islands...
There are plenty more of beaches to check out, getting a diving licence and going to a jungle tour form Chiang Mai are some of the things that we'll get me back to beautiful Thailand...!
Trip started on a not so good note, I missed my flight... This being the 2nd time to have this happen, and being more aware and accepting of my personal areas that have (lots of) room for improvement, I handled it quite good, and was lucky to be able to catch the next flight few hours later.
Catching a next flight on the same day was in a way crucial, as I was meeting with my sister Vesna on the Bangkok airport. The original flight, which base ticket price was only $40, had exactly the same time of arrival as Vesna's flight from Melbourne. She was mildly annoyed after waiting for me for 4h, but that was offset w/ our joy of being together again for the first time in 9 months, and the fact that she knows me (i.e. it's not the first time I'm late, nor the last :)
Bangkok itself is just a big, busy place... not really kind of thing that neither of us were too keen to explore. So two days there was plenty and then we caught overnight train down south.
Krabi was great, nice and peaceful. Very touristy still, but not with too many tourist. From there we went on Island tours for three days in a row. It deserve second mention: Loved islands. As expected these 3 days were very much like an adventure, and we were quite tired after it, pleasantly tired. I like snorkeling/diving around corals and chasing after fish [no, not that fish], so the disappointing thing about the tours was that they take you to the nice diving spot and there they give you half an hour, then they take you to a beach w/ restaurants and other money spending opportunities and there they make you spend 2hours. Now we know...
After 5 nights in Krabi, we spend the last two in Pukhet. On the rally like mini wan ride from Krabi to Pukhet we met Teo. Teo is Greek so his full 1st name is Thodorouspapulochonioulsgolus... ok not quite, but something like that. Anyhow meeting him was really cool, as it was funny to find someone you can relate to in so many ways so quickly... Or in Indian terms I felt that he was very much 'same same but different' like me. We'll meet again.
In Pukhet we had accommodation at the in/famous Patong beach... At night time that place is just scary, and especially so for boys, as Vesna said it. I literally had my balls scratched just like that on the street... kid you not! Seeing old (60+) men walking around with young girls (20-) was sad and sickening from subjective point of view, but then again everybody's trying to be happy, to survive, so I guess (hope) that is, in a way, one of those good deals with 'win win' situation. This point of view to the 'sex tourism' I got from a 'Pussy Cat' the bar chick from a little place on the beach.
On the bright side, bit south from Pukhet, we spend a day on the beautiful beach that was the best on-shore beach I've been to... almost as good as those on the Islands...
There are plenty more of beaches to check out, getting a diving licence and going to a jungle tour form Chiang Mai are some of the things that we'll get me back to beautiful Thailand...!
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