14. b. Pattaya by night

Today two entries. b. It is obvious that holidays in Pattaya without a hard night, it's not vacation. For many, this means strolling down the streets from bar to bar, from store to store. But Pattaya its "Wwalking" Street" is something special. Pictures do not reflect the buzzl...

14.a. Pattaya, as you like it

Today two entries. a. Tuesday Pattaya has a bad reputation: Mafias, drugs, sex tourism, crowds of tourists and dozens of thousands of Russians with their own businesses, agencies, advertising in their language, etc. There could be a long list of reasons why not to go to Pattaya. ...

4. Outside Bangkok

An hour journey by the local water transportaion system on the great Chao Praya river took us to the north of Bangkok to Ko Kret island. It's where pottery is produced. By bikes - an hour on a steaming hot early afternoon. 32 deg.C. and 90% humidity. Not a problem for us! Today's trip was...

3. Sunday in the capital

How food it is to have frinds in the cities we visit!  Thanks to them we know what is going on in the capital and what is worth attanding at. Today it was a concert, in the grat Lumpini park. The Bangkok symphony orchesta give 6 annual Sunday concerts. It's all kind of music from classica...

2. Bangkok once again

Each jorney has to have its element of surprise. It happens sometimes in our beloved Thailand that  in spiteof  the charges for the Internet, there will be problems with regular entries to the blog. Thus China Airways  the Taiwan irways brought us to Bangkok ver nuch on time. We had to pay fo...

Farewell to Bangkok

We have relaxed after the hardships of the Myanmar trips and now it's time to gather up for hitting the road again. However, before we set off, we need to say good-bye to the city in which we've felt at home. Our Asian home. We've discovered a neighbourhood which takes its name afte...

Back to the easier life

There were many, many things which we liked in Myanmar but going back to Bangkok felt like coming back to much easier life. We could talk about Myanmar for hours now. We've met fascinating people and have seen lots of the unsual. But there are two problems which make your stay there a real...

More ugly surprises

Flight - Kuala Lumpur, surprise no. 2 and no.3  We left Phuket Patong Beach early afternoon in full sunshine and we arrived at the airport in rain but before the check-in was completed a monsoon rainfall was at its best. Time for the ugly surprise no.2: Security control reveiled in our...