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  • Travelersouth east asia
    Day 1

    Vorarlberg

    November 15, 2022 in Austria ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    15. November 22

    Let the adventure begin!

    07:38 - Train from Feldkirch to Zürich Airport. Unfortunately train was delayed 30min because of technical issues luckily Elena, my travel buddy for the first couple of days, and I planed enough time so we had no hurry. Furthermore we had enough time to explore the airport and we found a viewing platform where you can watch planes take off and landing.

    13:15 - departure to Bangkok Airport. A boeing 777, 10 000 km, 2 bad meals & 11h later we arrive at 06:10 (16. November) in Bangkok

    p.s. i forgot that goodbye is so difficult and i have absolutely no clue how i got everything into my backback    Read more

  • Travelersouth east asia
    Day 2

    Bangkok

    November 16, 2022 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    8 a.m. - Elena and I arrived at our hostel called “bed station” near the Khao San Road, because check-in is not until three o’clock, we decided to explore our hostel a little bit.
    I can genuinely recommend this hostel when you’re the first time in Bangkok, especially when you’re travelling alone. The hostel is located in the heart of Bangkok and the vibe there is fascinating. There are two buildings, a swimming pool between them, a small gym and a bar throughout the day which turns into a disco at night. After we have looked around, we agreed to relax by the pool to calm a little it down. There we met a few other backpackers with whom we arranged to have lunch together.

    12 p.m. - We had lunch in a small restaurant and after we’ve finished, we strolled around the neighborhood. Honestly, my first impression of Bangkok was overwhelming because there are so much different smells, especially weed and pee, and the everyday life there is super crazy and busy.

    3 p.m. – Finally, we had our Check-in and we saw our room for the first time. Everything was clean and hygienic and even the bed was comfortable and had curtains for more privacy. Unfortunately, it was really loud until 12 a.m.

    4:30 p.m. - Many new backpackers arrived today at our hostel. Some of them gathered at the bar so I joined them and got to know some of the guys.

    7 p.m. - I went to bed early because I was extremely tired. I only slept for 1 hour during the long flight from Zurich to Bangkok.

    P.S.: I am not sure if I pissed myself while sleeping or just sweated a lot haha    Read more

  • Travelersouth east asia
    Day 3

    Bangkok

    November 17, 2022 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

    1 p.m. – After waking up, I directly jumped into the pool and had a coffee.

    4:30 p.m. - For lunch I ate Pad Thai for the first time, which is a typical street food dish in Thailand. I also had a fresh coconut for dessert.

    8 p.m. - We walked through the Khao San Road with Rune and Audrey, a Belgian couple we’ve met in the hostel, and tried some of the street food. At the local street food markets, you get everything from spiders, scorpions and crocodiles, to laughing gas, Viagra and lots of weed.
    Afterwards, we went to Soi Cowboy which is kind of a red-light district. We strolled through the roads and decided to go to a strip club called “Long Gun”. That was a fucking weird experience. They did a Ping-Pong show and some other disturbing things like smoking two cigarettes, blowing a whistle, shooting balloons, blowing out some candles with their pussy and many more, just to mention the strangest ones.

    P.S.: The majority of the people in the strip club or generally in the red-light district were old white European men.    Read more

  • Travelersouth east asia
    Day 4

    Bangkok

    November 18, 2022 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    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

  • Travelersouth east asia
    Day 5

    Bangkok

    November 19, 2022 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    9 a.m. - It’s is our last day in Bangkok, so I decided to make my first laundry. Sunday morning on 7:30 a.m. our bus leaves to Chiang Mai and will arrive there at 7:30 p.m.

    11 a.m. - Elena and I went to the Grand Palace and I was fascinated by the architecture, colors and decorations from the different buildings. I saw the famous “Wat Phra Kaew” where the legendary emerald Buddha (which is 75cm high and made from jade) stands. He has a very special meaning for the Thai Buddhism. I also saw the golden “Phra Sri Rattana Chedi” and last but not least I saw the Royal/Grand Palace.

    2 p.m. – It was way too hot to do anything right then so I just relaxed a bit by the pool and read a book.

    P.S.: So far, I don’t know very much about Buddhism, so don’t judge me

    Summary:
    Bangkok is a shithole but if you get into it it’s pretty cool. Honestly you must have seen it but it gets exhausting with the time. In my opinion there are some beautiful temples you can visit and really nice streetfood but the main part is party, sex and drugs.    Read more

  • Travelersouth east asia
    Day 6

    Bangkok -> Chiang Mai

    November 20, 2022 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    5:30 - I haven’t slept well because it was really loud and hot in the night. Furthermore the british girl beside me started to phone someone extremely loud at 3am. After a small amount of sleep my phone rang already and I took my things outside and checked whether I have forgotten anything. After that I booked a Bolt to get us from the hostel to the bus terminal.

    7:00 - It was easier as i thought to get the ticket and find the departure point.

    7:30 - The bus leaved from Bangkok to Chiang Mai and was supposed to arrive there at 19:30. I made it comfortable in my seat and slept the hole morning.

    12:00 - We had a little break for food and toilet. The food tasted not really good and the toilet was awful. After that we continued and i saw many rice fields, banana trees and some mountains.

    18:10 - We arrived 1h earlier than planned and shared a taxi with other travelers to our hostel.

    19:00 - Elena and I were very hungry after this long bus ride. So we walked into the city center and looked for something to eat. Suddenly we found a cute little restaurant beside the river. It was quite full but luckily they had place for two. The Pad Thai I ate there was the best I ate so far. The ambience was beautiful near the river with live music.

    20:30 - I met a germany guy his name was Felix and we had a really interesting conversation about FPV-Drone’s and psychedelic substances. Furthermore he has some experience in traveling alone and I learned a lot.    Read more

  • Travelersouth east asia
    Day 7

    Chiang Mai -> Pai

    November 21, 2022 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    9 a.m. - I woke up and went to the toilet packed my things together and ordered a Bolt to the bus station.

    10 a.m. - Elena and me arrived at the bus station. Suddenly we met Eleanor which we knew already from Bangkok. It was really exciting to meet again.

    10:45 a.m. - The bus from Chiang Mai leaves to Pai. The bus was really small and had nothing to store the luggage so they put it on the top of the bus and tied the luggage tightly.

    12:30 p.m. - We made a small break for toilet

    1:45 p.m. - We arrived in Pai after a 3h ride. I went to the ATM to withdraw some money and after that we made the way to our hostel for the first night. I don’t know why but almost every good hostel in Pai is fully booked out.

    2 p.m. - Elena and I were checking into our hostel for one night. The hostel is 15min from the center and it was really cozy. Furthermore the family who run‘s the hostel is really lovely and wanted to get called mom and dad. It was a really hot day so I decided to go for a swim in the pool.

    5 p.m. - We walked 15min into the center of Pia and explored the nightmarket. We got us some street food, honestly I love the Thai food. By coincidence we met Eleanor and she invited us for public viewing in another hostel.

    7:30 p.m. - I don’t know why but there are so many UK guys backpacking it’s insane. The UK boys from the Circus hostel organized a public viewing for the WM game England vs. Iran.

    10:30 p.m. - After the game I went back into the town with a small group. In comparison to Bangkok it was really cold in the night. We were hungry so we got something to eat and went into a bar. It was more a club than a bar so unfortunately we could not talk.    Read more

  • Travelersouth east asia
    Day 8

    Pai

    November 22, 2022 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    9:30 a.m. - I woke up after a decent night in the hostel JJ&J‘s garden.

    11 a.m. - Elena and I packed our bags and checked out.

    11:30 a.m. - Because check started at 2pm we decided to eat breakfast in the cafe „coffee stain‘s“. I got a hot coffee and a awesome chocolate bowl for breakfast. I talked a little bit with the owner and he taught me some Thai words. Sadly i forgot them already expect for „khawp khun (khrap for male/kha for female)“. It means thank you.

    2 p.m. - We hooked up with El, we met her at the public viewing yesterday and organized a sightseeing tour for half a day. El brought 3 other girls with her their names were Anne, Rachel and Louisa.
    At first we went to the hot springs and it was nice but because it was a hot day no really refreshing. After that we visited a viewing point from where you saw the whole valley. Then we went to the bamboo bridge. My personal favorite that day was the bamboo bridge. There are lots of rice fields and you can walk basically over them with a bamboo bridge. It looked like it was harvesting time. I really loved the smell of the dry harvested rice plant’s. It remembered me of the smell of dry grass back home. At last we went to the famous pai canyons to see the sunset but we missed it.

    6:15 p.m. - We finished our tour and it was amazing especially with this group constellation. But I have to mention that the roads and the drive to this places are an adventure for themselves.

    7 p.m. - I ate something at the nightmarket. There you can always get a lot of good and cheap food.

    10:30 p.m. - Elena and I hooked up with Anne from the sightseeing tour and we met her and some friends of her, Dave, Meg, Scott and Louisa, at a bar. They taught us the dice game „yesbank“ and it was really fun.
    yesbank rules:
    - 6 dices
    - the goal is to get one 2, one 4 and to hit a high number mit the other dices
    - each roll you have to put at least one dice a way
    - the best score (a yesbank) you can get is 2,4 and then 6,6,6,6    Read more

  • Travelersouth east asia
    Day 9

    Pai

    November 23, 2022 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    10:30 a.m. - Start of the day. It’s getting late every evening so obviously I don’t get up early.

    11:30 a.m. - Elena and I brunched with the guys from yesterday evening because the leaved later that day.

    2 p.m. - I phoned my mum. I didn’t expect to miss my family so much so it was really exciting to talk with her.

    3:30 p.m. - I just walked randomly around and explored the town. I discover some nice café‘s and stores.

    4 p.m. - Later I went to pai canyons again to see the full sunset. It is always really busy when the weather is good there are always many people but it was still beautiful and relaxing. In could what sunset‘s literally everyday.
    There I met Malte, Charlie and another girl.

    6:15 p.m. - I hooked up with these guys to get dinner and Malte took me with his scooter back to the center.

    8 p.m. - As usual we went to the nightmarket to find some food.

    9 p.m. - I met Anne and Elena and we decided to smoke weed for the first time in Thailand. You can get it at every corner so we bought some and went to a cool bar we saw the days before. The bar had an outside space made of bamboo and in the middle was a open fireplace. The perfect spot to smoke.    Read more

  • Travelersouth east asia
    Day 10

    Pai

    November 24, 2022 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    10:30 a.m. - Anne, Elena and I went for breakfast to „rainny café“ and I ate a really good chocolate bowl and a coffee.
    There I met two lovely girls named Ella and Tilda. Both are from Germany and we had a nice little chat.

    1 p.m. - I explored the town once again. I love it because every time I find some new cool stores and café‘s.

    2:30 p.m. - I switched back to JJ&J‘s garden hostel because I loved the atmosphere here. The hosts are awesome and you feel like in a big family. In the afternoon I read and relaxed for the first time.

    5:30 p.m. - I went into town for shopping and found a nice bracelet. While shopping I got really hungry. Luckily you get good and pricey food at every corner.

    7 p.m. - Walking trough the streets I met Anne and Elena and we went in a bar to drink something.

    9:30 p.m. - I got tired so I left earlier than usual. While walking to the hostel I phoned my sister and almost got fucked from the homeless dogs. Not far from our hostel there are always 10 dogs guarding the street. I don’t know what I have done to them but the barked at me and run after me. I normally love dogs but that scared me as fuck.

    P.S.: Elena and I split up so now I am traveling alone    Read more

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