Thailand - Blogabond

After saying bon voyage to India, we said sawadee-ka to Thailand! We arrived in Bangkok at midday on the 27th to the sight of tuk-tuks and multicoloured taxis. Bangkok was another very busy city, which can only be expected for a capital city. Although the busyness was reminiscent of Delhi, there was a much more relaxed pace about things. Our first experience was a one hour city tour for free, the only drawback was that we had to go to a few tailors for them to sell us overpriced suits. After conquering the art of being sold little for alot in India, the Thai's didn't stand a chance! We stayed on the busiest street in Bangkok in terms of shops, markets, bars, and tourists. It seemed to have a more western atmosphere than India. Even though we had been warned about the street food, it looked too delicious to keep ignoring it. So we indulged in a slap up meal for two, for the equivalant of about 60p! From kebabs and corn on the cob to noodles and thai curries, street stalls sold the lot from morning till night. This meant the 24/7 Mcdonalds and Burger King weren't put to good use!
On our second day we visited the city zoo, which was awesome! An acrobatic show, with elephants was very entertaining!
The temperature was about 30 degrees, which made staying out in the sun all day a difficult task. But spending a few hours at the Grand Palace was well worth the four litres
of sweat we shed! The attention to detail was unbelievable on every part of every building, which we found far more aesthetically pleasing than we had found the city palaces in India.
After finding out that there wasn't much going on in Bangkok on New Years Eve, we decided to head to Ko Pha Ngan, the South-East Asian rave capital! After an 8 hour VIP coach journey and a short ferry trip, we arrived in Ko Pha Ngan, where tourists had arrived in droves. This meant that hotel prices were doubled, and we had no choice but to pay! We soon found that it was well worth it! The New Years Eve party on the beach of Hat Rin was by far the best New Years Party ever. With every type of music played, from reggae to drum n bass, and over 20,000 ravers sporting glow sticks and glow paint, we busted a million shapes and the lunges were second to none! 5 hours of jamming later, and we were pooped, so after a taxi back to our room we crashed out smiling and ears ringing!
The next few days were spent with our pink scooter! We could ride round the Island in an hour, and it gave us the freedom to visit waterfalls, beaches, and even the Masons Arms, a very English pub serving John Smith's and Guiness. Good times!
We then headed to the larger Island called Ko Samui. We arrived here yesterday where we found a room for the same price as a pint, so as we find our bearings and explore this island, take easy and keep checking for our next update!!

Thinking of you all!

Kav and Shoey x

P.S Pics will be on soon after we conquer some technical difficulties.

written by

Kav & Sara on January 3, 2009 from Ko Samui, Thailand

from the travel blog: Round the world trip!!

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good to hear from u guys, im still seriously jealous lol!! xxx

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where r u guys now?

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