More About Myself

Friday 14 June 2013

One day in.

So the second day was pretty exciting, I was in a complete different environment with a bunch of strangers, who's names I was not remembering very well. So we were waiting to set off to the first temple we were going to look at when we got stopped by a group of girls with their school teacher, they were from Thailand but not from Bangkok and were asking for a photo with all of us. This was at first a bit strange but also flattering, never before had any of us been in that situation.  
So after photos we headed off to the first temple, they all were beautiful and made you think how on earth did they make them so beautiful, but honestly when you are on the third temple you start to get a bit bored, this is when I bonded the most with one of the girls who turned out to live in the same city as me and we ended becoming very good friends, there will be more of her to come. So we finished looking at the temples, we saw a lot of other tourists and one certain tourist we spotter had a very odd fashion. This we thought was a mix between a welders helmet and a visor, on the large size don't you think?

We headed off to our next excursion, we got on long tail boat ride around the waterways of Bangkok, we were in small groups for this so it was a good chance to get to know people, and it also was an eyeopener for all of us, as you could easily tell the difference between homes and holiday homes on the side of the riverbanks, there was a upsetting contrast between the conditions, you could not imagine how someone walks on the planks without them falling through. Our boat trip ended, and we were returning to our hostel, who else to travel back but by a TukTuk, this was one of the scariest experiences I have ever had, because the drivers knew we were all part of the same group they started to race each other, and this wasn't just country roads, this was on the main roads of Bangkok, we were literally centimeters from a massive truck, and buses. I thought drivers in England were bad, but they are amazing drivers compared to TukTuk drivers, our driver was also taking the mick out of us screaming, which made me even more on edge!  

2 comments:

  1. I really want to go to Thailand as well! :)
    Lovely post!

    Christina xx
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  2. Thanks! Try and go if you get the chance! So worth it, I was able to go for a month, but wanted to stay for so much longer!

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