Or what's the same "Hello Thailand"!! So after a tiring trip of more than 30 hours, yesterday I finally arrived in Bangkok! The first impression was a lot of chaos, or maybe is that after Cork, I am not used anymore to big cities!
I met Anne Flore and Louis that were already waiting for me (they had to wait more than one hour) and they already booked a hostel for me. It was their last day, so at night they were taking their flight back to Europe, but it was very helpful to meet somebody in the other side of the world. They gave me some hints and tricks about how to move in Thailand. At the beginning I was scared, so they were always eating in on the street and I was worried to get some intoxication, but their cooking is brilliant and really cheap. So now I am trying everything... let's see how long does it takes until I get sick.
Today I took a relaxing day. It has been raining all the morning and I just took it easy around Khao San, the neighbourhood where all the backpackers are in Bangkok. I already met 2 catalans while having my first Pad Thai!! Honestly I don't like Khao San zone very much. Sometimes I feel like in Salou, everything is oriented to the tourist and you don't see many Thai people and you feel like a walking credit card that everybody wants to sell you something, but it's easy to move there.
This afternoon I just went for a walk away from the touristic zones, where I could see how the Thai people live. It's everything a mess, you are scared of crossing a street, you never know where the tuk-tuks come from! A lot of pollution but it's so different that is nice. You can see shops where are manufacturing the Buddhas, and how they do the clothes that the monks wear I have eaten on the street with them, they didn't speak english but more or less we could understand.
I have to spent some more days in Bangkok to get the Visa for Vietnam. Meanwhile I am planning to go to some markets... anyway I will keep you updated.
Some pictures:
makets in the street
Anne Flore, Louis and me at lunch time:
Some ice sweets:
6 comments:
Geraaaarddd!!
me has emocionado con tu texto de bye bye cork pero te veo muy ambientado nada mas llegar y muy bien acompañado, catalanes, chicas majas ... ;)
sigue currandote el blog que desde aqui estamos impacientes por saber como te va!
Un beso enorme
Belen
I'm jealous of you!!!!
Carry on writting.
By the way, I think this bog should be all in english.
Iratxe is writting in Catalan, Belen in spanish.
The think is that I like to read other people comments.
So far I understand everything, but once Gerard will meet more Thay people and he learns their language, if the comment posted by his Thay friends is in their language I will not understand anything!!!!
Enjoy Gerard!
BFN
HEY!!!!! Gerry hits Thailand woooohooooooo. Wish I was there, sounds cool. Will keep an eye on your blog to see how you are getting on. Lots of changes here too, lots of people leaving as you probably heard!
Chris
Me again.
You haven't poset nothing!
That mean you are enjoying :) or you are in the forest with no network
By the way, just wanted to clarify my previous comment, I WAS JUST JOCKING. Everybody writes in the language they feel like, no problem for me. It's just that I like to tease Belen and Iratxe.
Keep us posted Gerardo!
Hello Gerard, since you left we have sunny days almost every day, temperature is fresh though.
I hope you enjoy your stay in the former french colonies of Indochina. I'll check this blog every day.
Hola Gerard! Llegint el teu blog se m'ha posat la pell de gallina recordant els inicis del nostre viatge. Disfruta d'aquesta aventura que nosaltres t'anirem seguint!
Per cert, soc la nuria, la xicota d'en Jordi del teu excurro.
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