The same hotel, the same local (very much so) restaurant, the same owner, the same bar - the famous The Balcony the same waiter named Ying, the same drinks, a little higher prices- this is our Bangkok to welcome us in Asia . It's a very nice feeling when everything is in its place. As if it has bee...

Up in the air again

First, the new airport in Doha, Qatar. Everything here seems to be new, but nothing seems to be special... Full unification of airports around the world, which is a pity. Then, the latest of the lastest (for us at least) - Airbus 380 - the giant takes on more than 550 passengers on two decks. Ever...

Award for the persistent

Today a special award for our persistent readers: After a farewell drink at The Balcony - a well-known place in the entertainment centre of Bangkok - we went to the biggest disco in the city - the DJ Station. What kind of music they "give" there, is easy to imagine,  a little harder to take it to ...

Farewell to Asia

 Our winter holidays (according to the Polish seasons) are approaching their end. Today we are taking  farewell to Bangkok and Thailand. Time to get back to the reality. We hope that we have been able to, at least in part, through this blog to pass on our impressions of the trip. We have reinforce...

Chiang Mai The Temple Hill

The ninth of January 2011 we were at the top of Doi Suthep, commonly known as the Chiang Mai and then we wrote: "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 le...

The northern most Thailand

Early in the morning we set off for touring northern Thailand. That meant going from Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai and then further north. That day trip took 13 hours in a relatively heavy traffic and we covered 600 km Fortunately we had a very good, responsible driver. He drove very fast, anyway! The ro...

Chiang Mai by night

Well, eventually, we had an adventure! More than 3 hours of driving down from Pai to Chiang Mai with a crazy driver. Not only was he driving like a maniac (12 people on board and a lot of luggage on the roof), but he refused  to turn off the air recirculation, which resulted in the cruel stifling of...

An afternoon in Pai

A minibus of  the inside like a good airplane was driving us around the Pai region for five hours. We tried not to be caught by typical tourist traps: An elephant ride for 15 minutes for 100.00 zł  for the animal. We did not buy any souvenirs and or looked at the clothes. We went to see a dry cany...