Hello,
next episode to start with an apology that I made you wait so long, but the first time in the history of J & K away I was really busy with school and have not had time to sit down and write. But I am.
Without access rozdmuchanego this time - in today's episode I invite you to travel to Thailand!
For fans of Charles - he will not be today, because in Thailand we have independently - I went back over a week ago and went with Asia, and Bartek, and Charles it is now - with his parents, brother and friend. Most likely, the homing of two parallel relationships, but for now - Thailand through the eyes of Jurek:)
flew from Singapore on March 9, with Asia and Bartek. It was their second and last trip during the 14-day stay in Asia. Originally I decided to take a mini vacation and leave one week at the school (ie, Tuesday and Wednesday, because the rest of the week and so I have a spare) and make a great traveling, so almost two weeks. But it turned out that the universe has other plans against me, because A & B went back to the Polish earlier than originally planned, well we had to change a flight back to Singapore for a few days earlier - Wednesday instead of Saturday. It was one of the best decisions that I made here in Singapore, because it turned out, weeks after I bought the tickets that I MUST be on Wednesday in Singapore, because this is my last chance to have some - any - to set off BGS - Business, Government and Society, as it was "a little" in the back. Also, summa sumarum, Thailand spent all week, and as we flew this week, on this below.
flew from Singapore to Bangkok. We flew on Thursday at 9.20 am - probably everyone knows what is involved in travel on Thursday morning - with the event went back about 6;). The aircraft flew near two Japanese children who have Darly really, but it's really loud - calutki flight without a second break, Darly as if someone obdzierał them from the skin. Believe me - there might well roar herd of elephants. We were so tired that these wild cries sounded like a lullaby. Slept the entire flight sleeping baby:)
landed in Bangkok at 11.20, and we left the airport on the 15th Location 3.5 hours difference? It turned out that Poland takes pride of, 16 place on the list of countries whose citizens need a visa to enter Thailand. We found ourselves in this list in such good company, among others China, Russia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, and - I have no idea why - Liechtenstein. I think Thailand has not yet reached the information that we are in the EU and want from us visas. A form their visa in Thailand is not an easy thing, believe me. Apart from the general fact that, first, believing that we are citizens of the world, odstaliśmy their standard in the queue and just like you for counter, asked for a visa (and we were there with 20 minutes), we realized that no, we are not yet that we have to swallow national pride and go back politely, together with the whole fucking tour, which has just arrived from Moscow, to the issuance of visas. Exhibited, hola, not so fast. First we had to take a picture, set up in the queue after the leaflet, take a leaflet, fill, set up in the next round, cast, get a ticket, wait for the summons to receive a visa in the company of Russians who speak only Russian and I mean a situation where a standing group of ten Russians, and together they can not say yes either please!, you Russians all the time saying to every Russian, no matter how many times you tell them that you do not understand what you do not understand !, not Russian understand! in the end it took us about two hours, and the impression was as if we retreated back 30 years, the bureaucracy, red tape and bureaucracy, once again, tragedy a. Fortunately, somehow I have gone through this and finally we managed to go from the airport. We went out, took the bus (first wanted 200 times deceive us, the price of a taxi, baggage, tickets for this and that, in a hotel etc, but we've already experienced tourists are and we have not given up) and went to Bangkok, because the airport is 45 km from the city. Relationship with the road coach will not, because as soon as we felt the soft, bus seats (which actually were not soft, but at that time we did it is not much difference) zapadliśmy into a deep sleep and know that our last stop was because he did not remember any indirect, and apparently there were close to ten. Well, we finally reached the Khao San Road tourist mecca in Bangkok, a small, narrow street, full of neon signs, stands, lights, sound, and amazing people and truly explosive - all skin colors (although dominated by blondes and blondes with skin tanned from the sun), all possible varieties of English, generally pervasive atmosphere backpackingu, total relaxation in this all the noise and dirt - yes, the dirt, but more on that in a moment - and the impression that he is really in another world. It is hard to describe the atmosphere of Khao San - all the time where there was an incredible noise, all the time someone tried to persuade you to do something - And have them admit that they have an extensive range of skurczybyki taunts from the customer's attention on the rapture, but more on that in a moment, he gets confused - everywhere drove a tuk-tuk, or those such as if a motorized rickshaws, motorek with attached shack, every now and then you had to go down from the path of such a mobile kitchen, where local przygotwywali different specialties, pasta is not pasta, rice Rice is not - I did not have the courage to try them, because the conditions under which they were cooked, were really scary, and no hit Bangkok and Thailand in general, or old Tajki hung from head to toe, some beads and trinkets, which stood in front of you and looking you straight in the eyes of a piercing gaze, stretched out on your way toward your secret weapon, a wooden figurine of a frog that if wykarbowanym backbone, ie, from Polish into our wooden ridges on the spine, this figure was, and when the przejeżdzało embossed on the black stick that was included with the frog, the frog produced something more or less similar to the croaking, such trrruk, trrruk, trrruk. So those women who have themselves been absolutely fantastic, you approached her slowly step, festooned with all the wonders of the world, so that barely a centimeter of skin that protrudes from under them, and looking into your eyes like, as if you were about to reveal the date of your death, they did it, "trrruk, trrruk" this whole frog and gave the impression totally convinced that the sound at least totally muddles you, hypnotizes and makes you want to buy anything from them without haggling. After a few seconds trrrrruk-trrrrukania, not seeing the expected result ( because that is what they managed to normally get it - when they did it to someone for the first time - at most, slight dizziness, a species of "eeeee, What makes me the woman with the wooden frog? ", and every subsequent time it is just lack of reaction - I went a step further, because I bought the same frog, and I respond to them with their own weapons, trrruk for trrrruka, I clearly did not like) , sick did mine and it was the first sign of any human feeling from the beginning because I already act like fairies, or wax figures, and went zatrrrruk, trrrrukać next victim. But they were totally fantastic and exotic mega. Frog I , I bring to Polish, I present to you. Trrrruk, trrrrruk, you buy a brick.
Khao San Road
Khao San Road
So that sells T-shirts thieving 10zł rates per unit
BTW: Forgive the awful dates on pictures, not seen, and now we do not want to play around in Photoshop. The first and last time.
Bartek and Asia in a tuk-arc
tuk-tuk in Bangkok is not rare.
also Motor no.
If you have a car, it must stand out. Most Thaye decide on a distinctive color, such as
such
such
and such
and such signs of the driver of the trinkets have to follow:) Show the photo of a friend and ask them to read without thinking:)
In general, the seller in Bangkok is a world class higher. How can a man they przekabacić, encourage, persuade - respect. Major skills are guys. It is known that on such a street, such as Khao San, where he goes to the market stalls and shops all the time, and all are very similar, in terms of merchant absolutely critical for the economic success of his business is the ability to capture attention of potential customers in the first second, when the goods without asking it. Thaye Therefore, graduates of the accelerated course of capitalism, entitled "How to rob a white man who has a lot of money and does not know that two streets away to buy the same thing 5 times cheaper?", Developed a number of techniques and tactics to ensure their success, that is, draw the customer into the store. As a customer enters, they already know how to seduce him, but you have to first pull. A technique is divine. I am already more or less accustomed to these tricks, because in all countries of the region is progressing more or less the same, and in most cases they simply passed the matter, but I must honestly admit that a few managed to surprise me. For example, was a fool, when he was passing a shop, which came to meet me Lokales smiled, warmly shook my hand, introduced himself - was a fool, to the extent that it is presented - and then I had - I went to this store. I bought nothing, but arranged for me, for a moment I did not know what was happening. Even so, the best was the one type, walked near his store, do not even remember what that store was, and he himself stood, casually leaning against the doorframe, and seemed not at all luster eyes passing tourists, which has distinguished it from the competition where all the others tore at her lungs and even force pulled you inside. This stood and watched the somewhere over the heads of people. Dodger, he knew what he was doing, caught my attention, so that I looked at him, and he is not for me. At a time when I was at its height, did not perform any sudden movement, I just looked into my eyes, so straight in the eye and said a quiet, intense voice:
- Remember me? No fool,
. I stood transfixed. Who is it? Why asks if he remember? Have we ever met?
When I saw that I stood and clearly thought about the answer, threw off his mask and started a mysterious stranger behave exactly like other vendors, ie, scream, smile and pull me deeper into the store, the charm vanished, and I waved and walked away, but definitely the guy had his moment - the most original salesman I met.
In general, shopping in Bangkok it and hell and heaven. The sky, because the prices are just obscene - a half hour drive tuk-tuk costs - note - 50gr to make a buck!, You can eat lunch for a local 2-3zł a shirt for 10 PLN. And then there are all prices for tourists, sure 5 times higher than local. A selection of stuff is simply amazing, is such a thing as the Weekend Market, every weekend, where you can buy everything from clothes, the home furnishings, food and souvenirs for the children: D (I have not seen, but the bank that they could .) And hell, because of everything you need to bargain to the death, which at the beginning is cool as it will beat the price to like 5% of what was in the beginning, but then, as you have to haggle over wanting to buy an adapter for the charger to a laptop or whatever , Coke in a can, it becomes unbearable. A tourist in Bangkok Life is a never ending game between you and them all, for as long as you have enough strength and tenacity to be arguing about those pennies. Sometimes it is a continuous tension leads to unpleasant situations, for example, once I wanted to buy such beautiful pictures of the old grandfather (ie the old grandfather was in the paintings, and sold a young wiseguy), but I was so tired that, instead of beginning to come into the role of a hustla and ask , if I need help because I can see that something can not get rid of those ugly images, simply stood before them and began staring at them, and when he asked if I like them, stupidly told him that yes, they are great. Then he pulled out his calculator (all vendors in Bangkok have calculators where napieprzają so quickly that for the sake of that view, it pays to go to these shops. Even women with the Frog are hidden under their robes kalkulatorki. The best part is, as you say them price, and they have something the clatter fast and pretend that it is precisely calculate their profit margin, etc., to finally hide the pocket calculator and say that their sacramental "Noo, my friend, not possible. I can not make money. Give me a good price "), well then pulled your calculator pyk pyk pyk and pyk pyk, 550 bhaat art. Well, I say to him, Are you crazy?, Because I knew that before another vendor, but at the same store, he started from 400 so he told me so, now slightly annoyed that, as I'll take three, it will be 450 per piece. Well, I told him I took the calculator and wstukałem 450, then divided into 3, I showed him a 150, I said that it was per unit, multiplied by 3 and said that it would get 450, but the third Well, it turned out that I exaggerated, because from this point further negocjace looked so that the vendor, a young, tall guy, he took me by the neck and threw away the store, thereby precluding any further negotiations. And that was not the only vendor in the shop, and the rest somehow seemed eager to stand in my defense, on the contrary, we are happy to throw przyłączyliby me from the store, I found it a good solution would be to retreat and find these images elsewhere. Images have not found anywhere else, including Bart went to the same store and bought it after 300 arts, and history is to show that it is not always haggling is easy and fun :-))
Perhaps the most striking feature of Bangkok are the countless, beautiful temples, real must see for every tourist. The next day, so we took a tuk-Tuka and went on a tour of Bangkok. After the fair we stopped for a long złotówce half-day driving (cheeky started from 5 €), paid a penny. The plan was - in short - first saw the Great Buddha, then some other temple, then the Thai fashion, a tailor, he then himself dotankował, then took a boat which sailed to the suburbs and saw conditions in which really live in Bangkok - it turns out that quite a large part of the city is located on the water - and one of the most famous things in Bangkok, which is the floating market, then show Thai boxing and local dances, and then go home. It's at a glance.
In the Temple of the Great Buddha met a lady in a cage with the birds, before which was located a piece of paper, and on it was written:
"Give freedom bird.
happiness and success will always be with you.
50 bhaat. ( Thai currency)
Thank you. "
Oh, here's a bird's warriors for freedom.
kompanka And here it, that unless the PR wing, conclude the array with a clearly articulated mission of the Army.
We in Europe think that happiness is priceless and hard to reach. And here you go, just go to Thailand to learn that happiness is really only 50bhaat. Forever!
Great Buddha
After years of waiting, the world saw someone worthy to face with the Great Buddha.
Guard Great Buddha, with a mug of water.
Here small cat learns from the big cat the best ways to survive in Bangkok. As you can see, science is it extremely well.
also have to admit that there are things which could not resist the business community in Bangkok. The number of ways to draw money from tourists is really unlimited. Later we learned that the release of birds, which then grabs the back and forth close the cage is a quite common practice in Bangkok. As if it knew that neither of us gave the birds of freedom. A Buddha himself was very nice, great and golden. After seeing the statue of something we tempted to come to our tuk-Took a different route than we came - by the drove us into the very gates of the temple, so we just went and saw the Buddha and went - and we walked between the stalls-budyneczki such, we have pictures from there, and this narrow path we got to the main road that we came to our tuk-Tuka (the driver was slightly surprised), and the way we saw some real life in Bangkok and it was absolutely fantastic! This whole "alley" that we went, was maybe 2 feet wide, where there was a terrible smell (all air-conditioning and stuff like that have outlets on the street), it looked something like this, it was a row of houses on the left, second from right, Copper over them hardly any and every 2-3 feet, literally every piece was a store - but not such a "store", which you imagine, just paredziesiąt things totally devastated showing on the benches or drums or whatever, which could be used for support, or the entrance to someone's house and it was probably the most moving thing to see how you live in Bangkok. We did not do pictures because there were people everywhere, and we did not want to risk - we have only one that managed to do with the hide, which shows half the entrance to the house - it is amazing, the conditions under which these people live - the entire family in a hut the size of a few meters square, circle one another, but rather one on the other, squeezed to the limit, and between it everywhere, as in the rest of Bangkok, the noise (by some miracle in all of these barracks was loudly turned the TV), mosaic odors ( I'm not sure whether or not exaggerating with that expression, but I somehow came to mind: p) all these mobile kitchens, running around cats, chickens, and in general everything you can imagine. With all this heat of paralyzing - Bangkok in March is one of the hottest places on Earth (at the hotel when I saw the forecast for the whole world on CNN, Bangkok was the hottest - 37 C during the day, then you can imagine how many degrees were in the alley). Full of folklore.
Asia is moving toward the alley.
shop connected to the house.
know so much about something and you. The local delicacy, i guess.
In our restaurant, all food is cooked with the freshest highest quality products in extremely hygienic conditions. Enjoy your meal.
Asia in the alley.
This is the only picture where I was able to capture the entrance of the house. There in the depths, in this one room, the family lives.
And it hit the alley - Thai hairdresser.
Something tells me that there are types of comb from a dark star.
Street Games, Bangkok 2006
Despite the lack of the universal access to broadband Internet, Thaye are very hard wired nation.
After going through this amazing alley found our tuk-tukowca and drove to another pagoda, where we met a very nice, older gentleman who spoke English (in Thailand, unlike other countries in the region, English is not spoken) and which We showed me around all over the house and any money or anything he did not want just a genuinely nice. We learned from him, inter alia, that the dead be buried in the pagoda are cream, and the more prominent of them is allocated lantern. At the bottom of the lighthouse is placed ashes along with a photograph and a brief description of the deceased. Original. Photos below:
My background pagodas, I really do not know what other comment can be put here:)
lighthouse dedicated to one of the dead.
This happens belongs to such and such a gentleman.
Somewhere between the temple and tailor
girl photographed on the road. Cool, huh?
After the pagoda we went to Thai fashion, ie one of the local tailors. Actually, it was not in the plan, our driver came up just that he needs to refuel, we, instead of waiting to go himself to a tailor, you'll see how to their necks in Thailand suits, talk with tailors and all. Sure, why not, we can see. So we went to the tailor, photos porobiliśmy materials pooglądaliśmy catalogs, they are all amazing, they can sew a suit for five hours for the 200-PLN 300, waited 10 minutes, came back, our driver and went to take a boat dock.
The marina turned out that the boat is horrendously expensive compared to the tuk-Tuka, because the tuk-tuk 1zł cost for 3 hours of driving, and we assumed that any price above 5 € per boat will be a joke and a fraud. It turned out that the boat costs 1000bhaat overwhelming. In general, the zloty is very convenient for travel in Southeast Asia, because Singapore is multiplied by two - 50 are $ 100 PLN, in Malaysia, the course is exactly the same, 100 rupees to 100 zł, and in Thailand simply subtracted a zero, that this boat has cost an astronomical amount of PLN 100, ie 33zł the head! We thought we would die. In addition, the guy who sold the boat was the only course from which you can buy them, and felt confident enough that, instead of bargaining with a passion for every penny, used the worst possible tactics (from our point of view), which relied to support his comfortable chair, opened the newspaper and not even glancing at us, said:
- a thousand this is my price. You do not want, no problem.
Street Smart. We had to swallow pride and pay after the three dychy - what, and so the price is still ridiculously low rent for two hours the boat just big enough for three people. But gasoline costs in Thailand 2zł per liter, and so probably also do this coconuts. In any event, we took a boat and began the journey to Bangkok. The first impression is literally killed us. While the Bangkok ground, so to speak, looks can przeschludnie and przecudownie not, but still ok, maybe it is quite dirty, noisy and all, but it's all within the limits of normality (apart from some corners, such as those described above), it Bangkok, which we saw from the boat, it looks like after war. Look at the pictures, it is hard to describe:
before corporations can not escape
all the time as well, and we sailed and sailed. So people live in the suburbs. It all hangs, crashes, rotting, falling, and people live there. Families. Creepy.
main point of the trip was a visit to the floating market, business card, the city can be seen on all the postcards, the view is really amazing, because it looks something like this:
Beautiful, huh? And now note - we look like floating market:
found that after 16 we all curl up and too much market no longer exists:))) Of course, forgotten to tell us about it earlier:) And so we welcomed everyone targowicze:
:-) love is in the air, there is nothing :-)
next stop were traditional Thai dancing and boxing. Normally, tourists robbed at 200 from the bulb, we, after long fair, we went for 350 in three glass of whiskey + per person. The only condition was that it would not tell others how much we paid, because most of them were Americans who do not know how to haggle. A few photos:
accumulated Tu the price of entry:)
agreement over borders
the dancers after the show - Bart:)
Asia
and me:)
dancers led us into the garden behind the house. Who of you know that this growing mangoes? I do not
But here Thai boxing.
I love this picture. Were it not for damn date, it would be ideal.
then feeding the big, ugly fish bought bread for 20bhaat. Lady selling bread did not want to bargain and we had to spend 2zł:
But here survivor of the floating market:
it you frog. By the way, this is The Frog! trrrruk trrrruk
Our helmsman did not spare engine. Ecology is probably not the most important issue for the Thais.
After the boat returned, exhausted, home to the Khao San, zdrzemnęliśmy and we went to Bangkok by night. We went to one party to a very nice club in the shape of a large pipe, decorated all in white, even cool, in which we met friends from SMU (flies to Bangkok in 3 hours by plane, you can also talk about a bad case. Greg identical with Andrea had a meeting with friends from SMU a few weeks earlier, also something in it.) Bed Supper Club attracts SMU. Club Photo from:
outside
inside
Nice, right?
The next day we went to visit the most important thing in Bangkok, a Royal Palace. All those golden temples, which people are associated with the East and Thailand - this is the Royal Palace. We took a tuk-Tuka, we had to hurry because it was about 15, about 16 temples shut, and this was our last day in Bangkok. We went just to the driver, who did not speak English, but the confirmation shouted, "These-ee", which repeats several times sounded like a "temple" jabbed a few points on the map and set off. For penny, of course. And where we took? We look a dodger is going straight to a tailor. My him that we do not want to go to any tailor, have an hour to see the palace, and drive you into the palace, and he is us that, yes, yes, but now we're going to the tailor, and he himself, in the meantime dotankuje.
Aa .. dotankuje? Did this yesterday by accident or not he wanted to dotankować happen if we were ki edy in a tailor? In this way we got on the trail of a conspiracy in which all are tied tuk-tukowcy in Bangkok. Driven by penny per half day, because for every tourist, you will bring to his friend the tailor, they get a pass on fuel with a value of 20 PLN. They bring you to the tailor, go around the bend, waiting 10 minutes, fall, pick up and go lift. One of the many systems, the use of tourists in Thailand: D
And as for the temples themselves - something incredible, unforgettable experience. One of the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. For the same temples profitable to fly to Bangkok. Look at the pictures
with this picture, I am especially proud of:)
After visiting the Palace we were able to as a clear conscience say that the main attractions of Bangkok we counted. And well, because it was our last day in the capital of Thailand, and the next morning we were flying to Phuket already. If anyone with something to associate the name, it's probably the tsunami - Phuket and surroundings were, next to Sri Lanka, the most devastated by this catastrophe. In Phuket we spent a day and was the first opportunity, when Bart each of us could lie down on the beach and dip your feet in the ocean (although later we checked that this is the Andaman Sea, and now we're not sure whether the sea can (P) be simultaneously the ocean? In any case, it was green and warm, it was actually too warm, normally as soup.
little confuses an atmosphere of relaxation in a tropical paradise, eh?
at least so I picked up: p
Frankly, it's quite an amazing feeling when you stand in a place where one and a half years ago, in a few hours killed thousands. When a man realizes that the impact of this gigantic wave occurred at the place where it stands, but it is exactly in the place, where it stands, it's really strange feeling. You see the house and you know that this house was not here, because it was washed away by wave 7metrową. Everywhere there are signs hanging "tsunami hazard zone, evacuation schemes, etc. Phuket is one big construction site. The first two rows of buildings on the beach have already been rebuilt, and the top looks normal, but as you enter deeper and workers everywhere, fundameny, debris, equipment, and daily from 8 to 19 hard work. Billboards on the streets, "PHUKET IS BACK", in most venues photo gallery of photos from the disaster. Just like the Bali bombings feel the spirit of 2002, both in Phuket feel the spirit of the tsunami.
sunset in Phuket
Our plan was that it would sail to Phuket from Ko Phi Phi, one of the most beautiful islands in the world, the one where Leonardo di Caprio filmed the movie "The Beach". It is the Phi Phi was our goal, Phuket was as it were by the way, in part because there are lands, Phi Phi is a small island and the airport is not, and secondly, why not stay in Phuket for one night, since we are there? In any event, the Phi Phi was our goal. We went to sleep with a firm commitment to wake up in the morning and catch the first ferry to Phi Phi (2h in one direction, the piece). The first ferry drifting away on the 9th
I do not remember who first opened the eye. I only remember that it may have been 11.30, maybe 12, and we had no idea what, how and where, what kind of boat, how to find it, how much, you have to pack up, check-out, etc.. Ok. hours. 12.45, we learned that there is another ferry, the last at 13.30, contrary to what he told us dukający English boy with tourist information, the last departs at 12:30. The problem was that we had to have the marina get. And it was a piece. It was our first and last chance of getting to Phi Phi, because it was Sunday, we had a flight to Phuket on Wednesday morning, early enough that it does not zdążylibyśmy catch the ferry from Phi Phi Island on Wednesday, and the last ferry from Phi Phi to Phuket just drifting away same as the flow out, or 13.30, or if we managed to catch the ferry, which had now reached, it would mean that we would be available 24 hours a Phi Phi. We took a taxi, whose driver did not show undue haste, rode a spokojniutko and I mean spokojniutko really, about 20 gusting to 40 km / h, off air conditioning to paliwka less car burned, total relaxation. Our requests for acceleration did not give any result, and time ran away. Funny how time speeds up when it is missing. Well, if we did not laugh. Only the threat, which was originally the driver did not understand, because they are too complicated language was denounced, and which, after simplification was, "No ferry, no money. Your problem." resulted in a mild increase in the pace of travel (Klima not included). At the marina we got literally three minutes before time. Funny, when I think that we woke up to a total relaxation, and if the person who first opened her eyes, she decided to stretch even the 200sekund, I never would see Phi Phi. The universe, however, once again proved to be gracious and we managed to get on the ferry.
Immediately we took a strategic place on the bow, and I ate there two pieces purchased at the marina pineapple on a stick, which is a pineapple is likely to become chronic and cause serious stomach revelations, with whom he fought since then. In any case, then, not yet knowing that my stomach is preparing a terrible revenge for all those McDonaldsy since the beginning of your stay in Singapore (in Poland have never eaten), I sat at the bow around Asia, Bartek and other travelers - the ferry was full - (but we were on the bow: D) wind pulled my hair (and grow, grow, one has to admit), every now and then we passed a small island protruding from the emerald Andaman Sea, and I will tell you honestly - it was one of those moments:)
On the ferry - in the background Phi Phi
One of the islands on the way to Phi Phi
And that's Phi Phi - landing on
Upon arrival at Phi - Phi installed in a "hotel" which was written clearly in the "reception" (at Phi Phi everything should be in quotes, because the island is ... but more on that later), it is not responsible for any type of noise. About what type of noise may be a case? Revelers returning home late? Dolphins in the bay? Nooooo, of course it was a noise of hammers, shovels, concrete mixers, as the Phi Phi is completely destroyed. Absolutely. Everything is totally temporary, on the basis of four sticks, and their board is the table in the restaurant. Of course, it is known that a little bit exaggerating, but really on Phi Phi more than anywhere else felt the devastating effects of tsunamis.
typical picture on Phi Phi
And this is our "hotel"
photo t-shirt - remember, everything in the world today can translate into money. Well
days on Phi Phi was totally chill. We went to the beach watching the sunset. Beach on Phi Phi is a picture of how from the movie. Ideally semicircular bay, surrounded on two sides of steep hills descending from the beautiful beach stretching along the entire extent. Green ocean, gentle, warm breeze, and only three of us on the whole beach. Sunset lasted maybe 10, 20 minutes. Neither of us odezwało a word. Not much is impossible to describe such moments. Beautifully.
and pictures of:
drain ...
... and tide.
The next day we returned to Phuket, yet the next day we drove to the airport and wrócliśmy din Singapore. When we left the airport, just before starting the door stopped us a couple of publicans, pointed fingers on the bag Bartek, and asked him about it, to go with them. We did not know what happens. It turned out that he bought a knuckle-duster in Thailand and Singapore to bring in weapons can not, and Knuckles was at the airport, and Bart took it myself when returning to the Polish. In addition, no nothing extraordinary happened, and we can say that this ended with our Thai adventure, about which I can safely say that it was as if the best and most interesting trip during my stay in Asia. Charles soon accompanied his relationship with the same places - the family traveled exactly the same route - but I do not know what his feelings are positive, but as I'm very impressed with Thailand. Even though the damn visa:)
And, one more story, absolutely adorable in my opinion. People in Thailand at all in any place where I went, they are very, very polite (with the harvest rule out a vendor who threw me by the neck from the store). Everyone is smiling, they help, are ready to do everything for you whatever you ask, as if it were dealing with a star at least. I explained to Asia and Bartek in Bangkok, where we rode a tuk-tuk through the city. Let's go, go, quite a big move, and do not rush, and I mean that in Asia, the white man is a demigod, just tell him what you need, and once it gets that is because of skin color much higher status, it has everything you want and everyone wants him to help somehow. The moment he finished talking, Asia, and Bart had an average of satisfied faces. exactly the same moment , on the belt next to me, he stopped the car (because I didn't have the cap and we) with the entire Thai family in the middle, everyone staring at us like a painting. Each one, without exception, there was a mother, father and three children, a wide smile to us, timid driver, until a clear willingness opens a window so that it is from me maybe 70cm, bows his head and hands me a bag of baked bananas, saying, "Please, eat, this is for you from my family, very good, you will taste" , smiles, bows his head and leaves.
Only after a few seconds, reached us in full what had happened. Asia and Bartek wątliwości no longer had that told the truth:)) The story was beautiful.
And now, at the end, a pair of loose-selected photos from all over Thailand:
difference between the system 12 and 24 hours is not for everyone seems to be equally clear:)
girl rode with his father driving force in Bangkok. Our tuk tuk drove the lane next to it. Once ahead of us, pulled the trigger. It worked:)
One of those streets in Bangkok with us deep inside
to choose the color
yum yum
yum yum
you on the street in Bangkok
stop in Bangkok
In Bangkok, even the coaches are striking
Bart with a monk
Asia under the influence of local culture
I
Bangkok, where tradition meets modernity: p
Mother and child on Phi Phi
entire menu in German. You can order a Bratwurst mit Sauersauce and other delicacies from the Rhine. German tourists have mastered the world.
Thai boy comes to the "beautiful" tourism, which we have just seen
Does anyone of you has any wątliwości that it will be successful podryw? : Pp
Asia with her future husband: D
Asia after the Thai sun. The
finish the relationship with Thailand. Probably soon, if not you have enough of Thailand: p, you will know the point of view of Charles. Thanks for your attention and to hear next time:)
happiness and success will always be with you.
50 bhaat. ( Thai currency)
Thank you. "
Oh, here's a bird's warriors for freedom.
kompanka And here it, that unless the PR wing, conclude the array with a clearly articulated mission of the Army.
We in Europe think that happiness is priceless and hard to reach. And here you go, just go to Thailand to learn that happiness is really only 50bhaat. Forever!
Great Buddha
After years of waiting, the world saw someone worthy to face with the Great Buddha.
Guard Great Buddha, with a mug of water.
Here small cat learns from the big cat the best ways to survive in Bangkok. As you can see, science is it extremely well.
also have to admit that there are things which could not resist the business community in Bangkok. The number of ways to draw money from tourists is really unlimited. Later we learned that the release of birds, which then grabs the back and forth close the cage is a quite common practice in Bangkok. As if it knew that neither of us gave the birds of freedom. A Buddha himself was very nice, great and golden. After seeing the statue of something we tempted to come to our tuk-Took a different route than we came - by the drove us into the very gates of the temple, so we just went and saw the Buddha and went - and we walked between the stalls-budyneczki such, we have pictures from there, and this narrow path we got to the main road that we came to our tuk-Tuka (the driver was slightly surprised), and the way we saw some real life in Bangkok and it was absolutely fantastic! This whole "alley" that we went, was maybe 2 feet wide, where there was a terrible smell (all air-conditioning and stuff like that have outlets on the street), it looked something like this, it was a row of houses on the left, second from right, Copper over them hardly any and every 2-3 feet, literally every piece was a store - but not such a "store", which you imagine, just paredziesiąt things totally devastated showing on the benches or drums or whatever, which could be used for support, or the entrance to someone's house and it was probably the most moving thing to see how you live in Bangkok. We did not do pictures because there were people everywhere, and we did not want to risk - we have only one that managed to do with the hide, which shows half the entrance to the house - it is amazing, the conditions under which these people live - the entire family in a hut the size of a few meters square, circle one another, but rather one on the other, squeezed to the limit, and between it everywhere, as in the rest of Bangkok, the noise (by some miracle in all of these barracks was loudly turned the TV), mosaic odors ( I'm not sure whether or not exaggerating with that expression, but I somehow came to mind: p) all these mobile kitchens, running around cats, chickens, and in general everything you can imagine. With all this heat of paralyzing - Bangkok in March is one of the hottest places on Earth (at the hotel when I saw the forecast for the whole world on CNN, Bangkok was the hottest - 37 C during the day, then you can imagine how many degrees were in the alley). Full of folklore.
Asia is moving toward the alley.
shop connected to the house.
know so much about something and you. The local delicacy, i guess.
In our restaurant, all food is cooked with the freshest highest quality products in extremely hygienic conditions. Enjoy your meal.
Asia in the alley.
This is the only picture where I was able to capture the entrance of the house. There in the depths, in this one room, the family lives.
And it hit the alley - Thai hairdresser.
Something tells me that there are types of comb from a dark star.
Street Games, Bangkok 2006
Despite the lack of the universal access to broadband Internet, Thaye are very hard wired nation.
After going through this amazing alley found our tuk-tukowca and drove to another pagoda, where we met a very nice, older gentleman who spoke English (in Thailand, unlike other countries in the region, English is not spoken) and which We showed me around all over the house and any money or anything he did not want just a genuinely nice. We learned from him, inter alia, that the dead be buried in the pagoda are cream, and the more prominent of them is allocated lantern. At the bottom of the lighthouse is placed ashes along with a photograph and a brief description of the deceased. Original. Photos below:
My background pagodas, I really do not know what other comment can be put here:)
lighthouse dedicated to one of the dead.
This happens belongs to such and such a gentleman.
Somewhere between the temple and tailor
girl photographed on the road. Cool, huh?
After the pagoda we went to Thai fashion, ie one of the local tailors. Actually, it was not in the plan, our driver came up just that he needs to refuel, we, instead of waiting to go himself to a tailor, you'll see how to their necks in Thailand suits, talk with tailors and all. Sure, why not, we can see. So we went to the tailor, photos porobiliśmy materials pooglądaliśmy catalogs, they are all amazing, they can sew a suit for five hours for the 200-PLN 300, waited 10 minutes, came back, our driver and went to take a boat dock.
The marina turned out that the boat is horrendously expensive compared to the tuk-Tuka, because the tuk-tuk 1zł cost for 3 hours of driving, and we assumed that any price above 5 € per boat will be a joke and a fraud. It turned out that the boat costs 1000bhaat overwhelming. In general, the zloty is very convenient for travel in Southeast Asia, because Singapore is multiplied by two - 50 are $ 100 PLN, in Malaysia, the course is exactly the same, 100 rupees to 100 zł, and in Thailand simply subtracted a zero, that this boat has cost an astronomical amount of PLN 100, ie 33zł the head! We thought we would die. In addition, the guy who sold the boat was the only course from which you can buy them, and felt confident enough that, instead of bargaining with a passion for every penny, used the worst possible tactics (from our point of view), which relied to support his comfortable chair, opened the newspaper and not even glancing at us, said:
- a thousand this is my price. You do not want, no problem.
Street Smart. We had to swallow pride and pay after the three dychy - what, and so the price is still ridiculously low rent for two hours the boat just big enough for three people. But gasoline costs in Thailand 2zł per liter, and so probably also do this coconuts. In any event, we took a boat and began the journey to Bangkok. The first impression is literally killed us. While the Bangkok ground, so to speak, looks can przeschludnie and przecudownie not, but still ok, maybe it is quite dirty, noisy and all, but it's all within the limits of normality (apart from some corners, such as those described above), it Bangkok, which we saw from the boat, it looks like after war. Look at the pictures, it is hard to describe:
before corporations can not escape
all the time as well, and we sailed and sailed. So people live in the suburbs. It all hangs, crashes, rotting, falling, and people live there. Families. Creepy.
main point of the trip was a visit to the floating market, business card, the city can be seen on all the postcards, the view is really amazing, because it looks something like this:
Beautiful, huh? And now note - we look like floating market:
found that after 16 we all curl up and too much market no longer exists:))) Of course, forgotten to tell us about it earlier:) And so we welcomed everyone targowicze:
:-) love is in the air, there is nothing :-)
next stop were traditional Thai dancing and boxing. Normally, tourists robbed at 200 from the bulb, we, after long fair, we went for 350 in three glass of whiskey + per person. The only condition was that it would not tell others how much we paid, because most of them were Americans who do not know how to haggle. A few photos:
accumulated Tu the price of entry:)
agreement over borders
the dancers after the show - Bart:)
Asia
and me:)
dancers led us into the garden behind the house. Who of you know that this growing mangoes? I do not
But here Thai boxing.
I love this picture. Were it not for damn date, it would be ideal.
then feeding the big, ugly fish bought bread for 20bhaat. Lady selling bread did not want to bargain and we had to spend 2zł:
But here survivor of the floating market:
it you frog. By the way, this is The Frog! trrrruk trrrruk
Our helmsman did not spare engine. Ecology is probably not the most important issue for the Thais.
After the boat returned, exhausted, home to the Khao San, zdrzemnęliśmy and we went to Bangkok by night. We went to one party to a very nice club in the shape of a large pipe, decorated all in white, even cool, in which we met friends from SMU (flies to Bangkok in 3 hours by plane, you can also talk about a bad case. Greg identical with Andrea had a meeting with friends from SMU a few weeks earlier, also something in it.) Bed Supper Club attracts SMU. Club Photo from:
outside
inside
Nice, right?
The next day we went to visit the most important thing in Bangkok, a Royal Palace. All those golden temples, which people are associated with the East and Thailand - this is the Royal Palace. We took a tuk-Tuka, we had to hurry because it was about 15, about 16 temples shut, and this was our last day in Bangkok. We went just to the driver, who did not speak English, but the confirmation shouted, "These-ee", which repeats several times sounded like a "temple" jabbed a few points on the map and set off. For penny, of course. And where we took? We look a dodger is going straight to a tailor. My him that we do not want to go to any tailor, have an hour to see the palace, and drive you into the palace, and he is us that, yes, yes, but now we're going to the tailor, and he himself, in the meantime dotankuje.
Aa .. dotankuje? Did this yesterday by accident or not he wanted to dotankować happen if we were ki edy in a tailor? In this way we got on the trail of a conspiracy in which all are tied tuk-tukowcy in Bangkok. Driven by penny per half day, because for every tourist, you will bring to his friend the tailor, they get a pass on fuel with a value of 20 PLN. They bring you to the tailor, go around the bend, waiting 10 minutes, fall, pick up and go lift. One of the many systems, the use of tourists in Thailand: D
And as for the temples themselves - something incredible, unforgettable experience. One of the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. For the same temples profitable to fly to Bangkok. Look at the pictures
with this picture, I am especially proud of:)
After visiting the Palace we were able to as a clear conscience say that the main attractions of Bangkok we counted. And well, because it was our last day in the capital of Thailand, and the next morning we were flying to Phuket already. If anyone with something to associate the name, it's probably the tsunami - Phuket and surroundings were, next to Sri Lanka, the most devastated by this catastrophe. In Phuket we spent a day and was the first opportunity, when Bart each of us could lie down on the beach and dip your feet in the ocean (although later we checked that this is the Andaman Sea, and now we're not sure whether the sea can (P) be simultaneously the ocean? In any case, it was green and warm, it was actually too warm, normally as soup.
little confuses an atmosphere of relaxation in a tropical paradise, eh?
at least so I picked up: p
Frankly, it's quite an amazing feeling when you stand in a place where one and a half years ago, in a few hours killed thousands. When a man realizes that the impact of this gigantic wave occurred at the place where it stands, but it is exactly in the place, where it stands, it's really strange feeling. You see the house and you know that this house was not here, because it was washed away by wave 7metrową. Everywhere there are signs hanging "tsunami hazard zone, evacuation schemes, etc. Phuket is one big construction site. The first two rows of buildings on the beach have already been rebuilt, and the top looks normal, but as you enter deeper and workers everywhere, fundameny, debris, equipment, and daily from 8 to 19 hard work. Billboards on the streets, "PHUKET IS BACK", in most venues photo gallery of photos from the disaster. Just like the Bali bombings feel the spirit of 2002, both in Phuket feel the spirit of the tsunami.
sunset in Phuket
Our plan was that it would sail to Phuket from Ko Phi Phi, one of the most beautiful islands in the world, the one where Leonardo di Caprio filmed the movie "The Beach". It is the Phi Phi was our goal, Phuket was as it were by the way, in part because there are lands, Phi Phi is a small island and the airport is not, and secondly, why not stay in Phuket for one night, since we are there? In any event, the Phi Phi was our goal. We went to sleep with a firm commitment to wake up in the morning and catch the first ferry to Phi Phi (2h in one direction, the piece). The first ferry drifting away on the 9th
I do not remember who first opened the eye. I only remember that it may have been 11.30, maybe 12, and we had no idea what, how and where, what kind of boat, how to find it, how much, you have to pack up, check-out, etc.. Ok. hours. 12.45, we learned that there is another ferry, the last at 13.30, contrary to what he told us dukający English boy with tourist information, the last departs at 12:30. The problem was that we had to have the marina get. And it was a piece. It was our first and last chance of getting to Phi Phi, because it was Sunday, we had a flight to Phuket on Wednesday morning, early enough that it does not zdążylibyśmy catch the ferry from Phi Phi Island on Wednesday, and the last ferry from Phi Phi to Phuket just drifting away same as the flow out, or 13.30, or if we managed to catch the ferry, which had now reached, it would mean that we would be available 24 hours a Phi Phi. We took a taxi, whose driver did not show undue haste, rode a spokojniutko and I mean spokojniutko really, about 20 gusting to 40 km / h, off air conditioning to paliwka less car burned, total relaxation. Our requests for acceleration did not give any result, and time ran away. Funny how time speeds up when it is missing. Well, if we did not laugh. Only the threat, which was originally the driver did not understand, because they are too complicated language was denounced, and which, after simplification was, "No ferry, no money. Your problem." resulted in a mild increase in the pace of travel (Klima not included). At the marina we got literally three minutes before time. Funny, when I think that we woke up to a total relaxation, and if the person who first opened her eyes, she decided to stretch even the 200sekund, I never would see Phi Phi. The universe, however, once again proved to be gracious and we managed to get on the ferry.
Immediately we took a strategic place on the bow, and I ate there two pieces purchased at the marina pineapple on a stick, which is a pineapple is likely to become chronic and cause serious stomach revelations, with whom he fought since then. In any case, then, not yet knowing that my stomach is preparing a terrible revenge for all those McDonaldsy since the beginning of your stay in Singapore (in Poland have never eaten), I sat at the bow around Asia, Bartek and other travelers - the ferry was full - (but we were on the bow: D) wind pulled my hair (and grow, grow, one has to admit), every now and then we passed a small island protruding from the emerald Andaman Sea, and I will tell you honestly - it was one of those moments:)
On the ferry - in the background Phi Phi
One of the islands on the way to Phi Phi
And that's Phi Phi - landing on
Upon arrival at Phi - Phi installed in a "hotel" which was written clearly in the "reception" (at Phi Phi everything should be in quotes, because the island is ... but more on that later), it is not responsible for any type of noise. About what type of noise may be a case? Revelers returning home late? Dolphins in the bay? Nooooo, of course it was a noise of hammers, shovels, concrete mixers, as the Phi Phi is completely destroyed. Absolutely. Everything is totally temporary, on the basis of four sticks, and their board is the table in the restaurant. Of course, it is known that a little bit exaggerating, but really on Phi Phi more than anywhere else felt the devastating effects of tsunamis.
typical picture on Phi Phi
And this is our "hotel"
photo t-shirt - remember, everything in the world today can translate into money. Well
days on Phi Phi was totally chill. We went to the beach watching the sunset. Beach on Phi Phi is a picture of how from the movie. Ideally semicircular bay, surrounded on two sides of steep hills descending from the beautiful beach stretching along the entire extent. Green ocean, gentle, warm breeze, and only three of us on the whole beach. Sunset lasted maybe 10, 20 minutes. Neither of us odezwało a word. Not much is impossible to describe such moments. Beautifully.
and pictures of:
drain ...
... and tide.
The next day we returned to Phuket, yet the next day we drove to the airport and wrócliśmy din Singapore. When we left the airport, just before starting the door stopped us a couple of publicans, pointed fingers on the bag Bartek, and asked him about it, to go with them. We did not know what happens. It turned out that he bought a knuckle-duster in Thailand and Singapore to bring in weapons can not, and Knuckles was at the airport, and Bart took it myself when returning to the Polish. In addition, no nothing extraordinary happened, and we can say that this ended with our Thai adventure, about which I can safely say that it was as if the best and most interesting trip during my stay in Asia. Charles soon accompanied his relationship with the same places - the family traveled exactly the same route - but I do not know what his feelings are positive, but as I'm very impressed with Thailand. Even though the damn visa:)
And, one more story, absolutely adorable in my opinion. People in Thailand at all in any place where I went, they are very, very polite (with the harvest rule out a vendor who threw me by the neck from the store). Everyone is smiling, they help, are ready to do everything for you whatever you ask, as if it were dealing with a star at least. I explained to Asia and Bartek in Bangkok, where we rode a tuk-tuk through the city. Let's go, go, quite a big move, and do not rush, and I mean that in Asia, the white man is a demigod, just tell him what you need, and once it gets that is because of skin color much higher status, it has everything you want and everyone wants him to help somehow. The moment he finished talking, Asia, and Bart had an average of satisfied faces. exactly the same moment , on the belt next to me, he stopped the car (because I didn't have the cap and we) with the entire Thai family in the middle, everyone staring at us like a painting. Each one, without exception, there was a mother, father and three children, a wide smile to us, timid driver, until a clear willingness opens a window so that it is from me maybe 70cm, bows his head and hands me a bag of baked bananas, saying, "Please, eat, this is for you from my family, very good, you will taste" , smiles, bows his head and leaves.
Only after a few seconds, reached us in full what had happened. Asia and Bartek wątliwości no longer had that told the truth:)) The story was beautiful.
And now, at the end, a pair of loose-selected photos from all over Thailand:
difference between the system 12 and 24 hours is not for everyone seems to be equally clear:)
girl rode with his father driving force in Bangkok. Our tuk tuk drove the lane next to it. Once ahead of us, pulled the trigger. It worked:)
One of those streets in Bangkok with us deep inside
to choose the color
yum yum 
yum yum 
you on the street in Bangkok
stop in Bangkok
In Bangkok, even the coaches are striking
Bart with a monk
Asia under the influence of local culture
I
Bangkok, where tradition meets modernity: p
Mother and child on Phi Phi
entire menu in German. You can order a Bratwurst mit Sauersauce and other delicacies from the Rhine. German tourists have mastered the world.
Thai boy comes to the "beautiful" tourism, which we have just seen
Does anyone of you has any wątliwości that it will be successful podryw? : Pp
Asia with her future husband: D
Asia after the Thai sun. The
finish the relationship with Thailand. Probably soon, if not you have enough of Thailand: p, you will know the point of view of Charles. Thanks for your attention and to hear next time:)
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