Asiatique

Asiatique is a large outdoors shopping centre in form of a theme park. Situated on the river Chao Phraya, in place of the old transhipment port of, formerly managed by the Chinese. This is a middle class shopping centre, but you have fun there at any time of the day, if the weather allows. We happ...

Bangkok first

We got to Bangkok via Helsinki with Finnair. Traditionally, here we begin our travel in Southeast Asia. We get organized here and get rid of the jet-lag. Today we are going to the ancient capital of the kingdom of Thailand - Ayuttaya. The Kingdom existed in the years 1330-1767 . The most interest...

15. The Koh Larn Island - the end of holidays

At the end of our  holidays a  trip to the island of Koh Larn. Unfortunately, we were not the only tourists there. Actutally, there were hundreds of people - on  a small island and the beaches  could hardly accommodate everybody who arrived there. It also was  a new experience for us. ...

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. ...

13. Siem Reap by night and good-buy to Cambodia

Tired with excess of emotion while exploring the Angkor complex and  loaded with historical information, visitors must get relaxed in the evening on the streets of Siem Reap. The city takes care of it. More streets are being built here under a common name Pub Street. This means there is an...

12.c. Life around Angkor

Today three entries. c. Monday early afternoon. Well fed we got on  "board" of our tuk-tuk and we drove many kilometers through the villages around Angkor, where normal life goes on. Of course, it is the life in the shadow of the temples and dependent on tourists. We've tried to s...

12.b. Bayon again and more temples

Today three entries. b. Monday highnoon. We couldn't not to "drop in" to Bayon since we were passing by on the way to Ta Prohm. In the noon heat everything seemed to be sharper. About one kilometre from Angkor Wat there is another temple: 'Ta Prohm is a modern name of a ...