Bangkok

2 a.m. - Elena and I tried to book a cheap flight from Bangkok to Chiang Mai on Sunday, but due to technical issues it didn’t work. Furthermore, all trains were fully booked, so we ended up booking a 10-hour bus drive to Chiang Mai.

12 p.m. - Today we wanted to see the grand palace, but the guards told us it’s closed because of the APEC 2022 (Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation) but will open again tomorrow. So, we decided to visit the “Wat Paknam” temple instead. There we went inside the 80m and five floor high stupa „Maharatchamongkhon“ which was beautiful . The details and style of this building were stunning. In front of the stupa is a giant Buddha image. It’s 69m tall and 40m wide and called „Phra Buddha Dhammakāya Thepmongkhon“ or also known as the sitting Buddha.

3 p.m. - After visiting the temple, we went to Chinatown. It was very hard to get there because our Bolt-Driver (it’s basically Asian uber) got the wrong destination and only spoke Thai. We tried everything to communicate, but the language barrier was too big. So, I ended up lending him my phone to navigate. One hour later, after he took the wrong exit twice, we arrived in Chinatown. Chinatown is the busiest part of Bangkok, but it’s really cool and definitely worth it. You get lost really quickly and there is so much to explore. You could literally stay there for a couple of days.

6 p.m. - I got something to eat and ate it at the hostel. After that I called my family because I got my first mental breakdown. (I don’t know why, I guess it was just a lot of new things to deal with… )Read more