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Category Archives: Thailand
Piece of Paradise
It took us a while to find our piece of paradise in Thailand. With the images of Thailand white-sand beaches in all travel magazines it is not easy to find a tourist-free island which matches the idyllic beauty of postcards you have in mind. A good few hours of Internet research and our friends’ recommendationContinue reading “Piece of Paradise”
Finding Nemo
Koh Tao, a small island in the Gulf of Thailand, is the cheapest place in the world to learn diving. Although the visibility in water may be best in March, as January is still a monsoon time, we decided to give it a go and do the 4-day SSI Open Water course in this meccaContinue reading “Finding Nemo”
Bangkok Sequel
Movie sequels are usually crap, or at least, not as good as their first parts. The same goes with Hangover 2 movie, the story of one night in Bangkok. But our personal sequel stay in Bangkok, nearly 3 weeks after the first visit, was smoking hot and excitingly thrilling, which makes a pretty good sequelContinue reading “Bangkok Sequel”
Thai or Farang Spicy?
Why is it always me writing about food? I’m not even keen on eating it as much as Marcin, not to mention cooking. But we did it again. We enrolled in our second cooking class during our Asia trip. After Chinese cuisine the time came for Thai food. Some people think it’s absolutely divine. WeContinue reading “Thai or Farang Spicy?”
‘M’ for ‘Minorities’
It seems that most of Magda’s favorite photography subjects during our trip start with letter ‘M’. Among them you can find ‘M&Ms’, ‘Monks’ and ‘Marcin’ (I hope). Usually we agree that these things are worth taking a photo of. But there is one M-word that awakes in us completely opposite feelings. It makes me feelContinue reading “‘M’ for ‘Minorities’”
Golden Temples of Chiang Mai
Temples in Chiang Mai City:
Infected with a Travel Bug
While travelling you meet different individuals from all walks of life. Depending on one’s values and lifestyle they get drawn to different places more or less. The last three stops of our trip represent three different worlds: an emotional retreat for the 40-plus, a laid back capital with a French vibe and a hedonistic allContinue reading “Infected with a Travel Bug”
While Waiting for One Train
Our next destination: Nong Khai, a small Thai border town. We’re turning up at the railway station in Pak Chong at 23:30 to take a night train at 00:30. When midnight strikes Marcin goes to the ticket window to buy two train tickets as you can only purchase them half an hour before the departureContinue reading “While Waiting for One Train”
Touching the Nature
Since planning our trip around Thailand has been quite spontaneous recently, the decision to go to Khao Yai National Park, the oldest Thai national park, established in 1962, was made quite ad hoc as well. From Ayutthaya, the old Thai capital, we took a train to Pak Chong, a provincial sleepy Thai town in centralContinue reading “Touching the Nature”