Ko Samet Island

Ko Samet used to be an island - a national park. Today, there are hotel complexes and a large number of tourists of all kinds. Those are  mainly unsightly British or Australians and tipsy Russians walking around the island, to the restaurants and shops wearing only underwear or bathing suits. Koh S...

Chiang Mai - Wat Phra That Do

 A beautiful temple Wat Phra That Doi was built in the thirteenth century on the side of a mountain - Doi Suthep. The construction site was pointed by an elephant which had been freely let go with a relic of the Buddha attached to his back. The tired animal died half the way to the top, which was c...

Chiang Mai - Elephants and Tigers

The Elephant Training Centre Maetaeng offered performances with elephants pulling big logs, playing soccer and performing a number of tricks, including painting flowers and self-portraits with the painter's signature. We were also in the Kingdom of the Tiger where we could make a choice of which  s...

Chiang Mai - Thd Gardens

Chiang Mai - New Town - was once known as the Rose of the North of Thailand. It also was the capital of Siam for fifty years. Within the walls of the city is located about 300 temples and a few dozen in the area beyond them. Do not be afraid! We have not seen them all! We visited a number of import...

Image improvement

We decided to take care of our looks before coming back to our homeland. We started with Adek. For half a day we were walking around the city and looking for a hairstylist, and finally we found one 20 m from our hotel. Now Adek got new hairstyle! I was enjoying watching three hairstylists at wor...

Bangkok - The spa

In addition to intensive exploring the sights, we also cared about the aesthetics of our bodies! We went to the spa! The foot spa. Our feet need peeling. Let those small fish do the job after immersing the feet in the aquarium. Who is ticklish – will die laughing. Renewed, we went by a tuk-tuk to ...

Bangkok - Wat Arun

<p> </p> <p><strong>Wat Arun</strong> - opposite the Palace, on the other side of the river, was named in honour of a Hindu god of dawn.</p> <p>It is 82 m high and decorated with pieces of Chinese porcelain and thanks to its presence, especially from the side of the Chao Praya River, is one of the most distinctive architectural symbols of Bangkok.</p>

Bangkok- Grand Palace

Wat Phra Kaeo is a temple of the Emerald Buddha - in terms of importance for Buddhists similar to the Jasna Gora for Catholics. The fate of the jade, not emerald Buddha image was very turbulent, and its presence in Bangkok, after many changes of its whereabouts, is actually symbolic and certified th...
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