Almost ready to go
July 5, 2024 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Tickets for planes and trains are booked, route is more or less clear, adventures planned and now we are boosting our immune systems with some necessary vaccines. So just some final sprints forRead more
Good to go ;-)
July 25, 2024 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Nice and lightly packed. Good spirited
Now for the long trip
July 25, 2024 in Denmark ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
After lunch brake in Kopenhagen which I know is no closer to our destination… we’re now boarding the long flight in style
Yes weve landed
July 26, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
28 degree at 7 in the morning. No sleep 😴 on the plane so it is going to be a very long day. But energised by the first impressions.
Thai treatment
July 26, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Since we cannot check in at the hotel yet we are strolling the streets and found the national thai massage accademy and treated ourselves to the best massages ever.
Some impressions of our first day
July 26, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Sweaty and tired we strawled through a bit of bangkok. Even spotting a royal in real life (tomorrow is the big celebration of the kings birthday and there is pictures of him all over town). And we putRead more
Getting in the zone
July 26, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Well different timezone, skipping a date and than being dropped in a different climate, the body says WTF! Some deal with it by sleeping others enjoy a cocktail in the perfect evening air
And than we come alive
July 26, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
And so do the thai!
Enlightenment
July 27, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ 🌩️ 31 °C
Well they have plenty of buddahs to get there
Streetlife
July 27, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ 🌩️ 30 °C
Singing. Sorry no swimming in the rain
July 27, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ 🌩️ 29 °C
Wat Suthat Thep Wararam
July 27, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Big reclining buddah Wat Pho
July 27, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
Cockroach snakes and scorpion for dinner
July 27, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
We stick to the more modest fabulous fried dishes
On the move to our next destination
July 28, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Leaving the king and his celebrations behind
Amazed by the smoothness
July 28, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Everything is so well organised clean and easy! And just relaxed and fun. So now we are trying the train for the first time. Leaving Bangkok and heading towards Ayutthaya.
Stiltecoupe
July 28, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 31 °C
Kijk. Als de trein maar genoeg herrie maakt …. Houdt iedereen zn mond!
Arriving at Ayutthaya
July 28, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
This surely feels more like southeast azia! Yesss
Some first impressions of Ayutthaya
July 28, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
This former capital of the ancient Siam (former name of this country before Japanese occupiers started calling it thailand) from 1350 to 1767. Only ruins remain from this former thriving centre ofRead more
Tuctuc
July 28, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Nighttime tuctucing ayutthaya
Today cycling through Ayutthaya
July 29, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
Visiting some of the monumental site and tempels but doing that powered by ourselves. Much more pleasant in this hot and sticky weather.
Wai yai Chaimongkhon temple
July 29, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 30 °C
Brick structures from the 13th century that originally where all covered in white plaster and gold decorations. But the pure beauty it has now after wars and centuries of weather is truly beautifulRead more
Recling Buddah
July 29, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 30 °C
Looking so relaxed in this little jungle in the middle of the city.
Wat Mahathat
July 29, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
It supposedly lost its glory but personally I appreciate this rough and pure beauty more than all the shininess. But the Burmese where pretty thorough in decapitating the Buddha sculptures. Bizar!Read more
Moving hotel
July 30, 2024 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
Tonight we take the train to chiang mai. Aprox 900 km and 13 hours. We booked the option sleeper with airco for yes yes 22 euro pp! What an indulgence. And an indulgence it is. We start withRead more










































































































