I've a few minutes, because I'm waiting for Tino to get ready... yes always these boys and their hairstyling ;)
So us two, we spent wonderful days on Koh Pah Ngan... THE party island in Thailand. There are the world famous Full and Half Moon Parties, but apparently we arrived shortly after a Half Moon and left again a couple of days before another kind of Moon party, so it wasn't that crowded and we could enjoy some very relaxed beach time... beaches are really really wonderful, white sand and clear blue water... just perfect.
Yesterday we came back to Bangkok and we're staying at Haiki and Ina's, just wonderful. I had a suit made before I left Bangkok so today I went for the second fitting... not perfect, but I hope it will be... at least it was only on suit and not 4+smoking like other people... ;)
so my trip is coming to an end, so I think this will be one of my last entries... I hope you enjoyed reading, but I'm really looking forward to see each and everyone of you asap Kisses
Mittwoch, 16. Dezember 2009
Mittwoch, 9. Dezember 2009
Phnom Penh - Siem Reap - Angkor Wat and around
Just to let you know, the last few days I've been travelling in Cambodia... again a totally different country, and you can see the poverty everywhere... especially the difference between rich and poor (tourism)... Phnom Penh is not the most beautiful city, but it has its charm... and of course I went to the Killing fields and the S21 prison... I could say a lot about it, but it's even more terrifying than Vietnam... so I won't...
Accomodation, though, was 1 Dollar per night, because I shared my room with 3 very nice Australian girls... so very very cheap...
Then I went by bus to Siem Reap, where I met Tino and we went to the Temples of Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and around... What can I say, they are one of the most impressive buildings in the world... altough Tino wasn't to happy about it, we watched sunset and sunrise the next they in the area... (and yes we found a club to go out till 2 am, just to get up again at 4:45, but I think it was absolutely worth it... ) of course there are a lot of kids in the temples, to sell you everything, what you can think of... heart breaking
now we're getting ready to fly to Bangkok and further take a bus to Koh Pha Ngan to party apparently... well this is going to be a very interesting experience... ;)
Accomodation, though, was 1 Dollar per night, because I shared my room with 3 very nice Australian girls... so very very cheap...
Then I went by bus to Siem Reap, where I met Tino and we went to the Temples of Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and around... What can I say, they are one of the most impressive buildings in the world... altough Tino wasn't to happy about it, we watched sunset and sunrise the next they in the area... (and yes we found a club to go out till 2 am, just to get up again at 4:45, but I think it was absolutely worth it... ) of course there are a lot of kids in the temples, to sell you everything, what you can think of... heart breaking
now we're getting ready to fly to Bangkok and further take a bus to Koh Pha Ngan to party apparently... well this is going to be a very interesting experience... ;)
Freitag, 4. Dezember 2009
Dalat - Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon)
Hello everybody, so I was rather busy the last time, I hope I have a little bit more time today...
Dalat (small city in the mountains) was lovely... there was a lake in the center of the city, and the city was built on a lot of hills, so sometimes it was hard to orientate... but the surroundings were amazing... I was told that the way from Dalat to Saigon is rather painful, because bumpy and curvy, so when one of the easy riders asked me, if he should drive me to Saigon on the back of his motorbike, I was skeptical in the beginning, but he soon convinced me, this is the way to do it ;)... not to mentioned that he found me walking on the street...
It took us 2 days from Dalat to Saigon, with one overnight stay in the National Park Cat Tien... amazing... I think for me it was the best way to get to Saigon, because we had a lot of stops and the showed me so much about vietnamese culture and lifestyle... we met a lot of people and I say a lot of factories (like rice, tea, black pepper....) and a beautiful waterfall in the National Park.
The most astonishing thing, however was to get into Saigon on a motorbike... I don't know how much you know about Saigon, but when I thought Hanoi is busy, I actually had NO idea... Today I was told, here are living 8 mio people and on the streets are 4 mio mopeds/motorbikes (half the population of Austria)... to cross the street is an adventure every single time... and still although it is noisy, dirty and very very busy, I like it even more than Hanoi!!
Yesterday, I walked around - the main Districts are walkable - and I went to the war museum... well that was very heavy, I still have the pictures of the Agent Orange and Napalm victims popping up in my head from time to time... awful, but important to know. Although I have to admit, when it came to the end and they showed all the torture habits, I couldn't stand it anymore and left.
Today I went on a tour to the Cu Chi Tunnels, where the Vietcong hid from the Americans... very touristy but still very impressive... you could walk (well kind of... it's more crawling) in the tunnels... but you shouldn't be claustrophobic...
tomorrow I'm leaving for Phnom Penh in Cambodia... very exciting again ;)
xxx
Dalat (small city in the mountains) was lovely... there was a lake in the center of the city, and the city was built on a lot of hills, so sometimes it was hard to orientate... but the surroundings were amazing... I was told that the way from Dalat to Saigon is rather painful, because bumpy and curvy, so when one of the easy riders asked me, if he should drive me to Saigon on the back of his motorbike, I was skeptical in the beginning, but he soon convinced me, this is the way to do it ;)... not to mentioned that he found me walking on the street...
It took us 2 days from Dalat to Saigon, with one overnight stay in the National Park Cat Tien... amazing... I think for me it was the best way to get to Saigon, because we had a lot of stops and the showed me so much about vietnamese culture and lifestyle... we met a lot of people and I say a lot of factories (like rice, tea, black pepper....) and a beautiful waterfall in the National Park.
The most astonishing thing, however was to get into Saigon on a motorbike... I don't know how much you know about Saigon, but when I thought Hanoi is busy, I actually had NO idea... Today I was told, here are living 8 mio people and on the streets are 4 mio mopeds/motorbikes (half the population of Austria)... to cross the street is an adventure every single time... and still although it is noisy, dirty and very very busy, I like it even more than Hanoi!!
Yesterday, I walked around - the main Districts are walkable - and I went to the war museum... well that was very heavy, I still have the pictures of the Agent Orange and Napalm victims popping up in my head from time to time... awful, but important to know. Although I have to admit, when it came to the end and they showed all the torture habits, I couldn't stand it anymore and left.
Today I went on a tour to the Cu Chi Tunnels, where the Vietcong hid from the Americans... very touristy but still very impressive... you could walk (well kind of... it's more crawling) in the tunnels... but you shouldn't be claustrophobic...
tomorrow I'm leaving for Phnom Penh in Cambodia... very exciting again ;)
xxx
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