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  • Marko BratkovičThailand & Cambodia

    Angkor grand tour

    December 5, 2016 in Cambodia ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    For $7 they put me and a dude named Jon from Spain in a tuktuk and drove us all around wats. Except for the main one - Angkor Wat, so I'm going there on Wednesday. 6 hours trip was amazing, peaceful, lots to see. The whole park $20 for a day or $40 for 3 days) is huge. They drive you to a temples and wat for you on the other side to take you to next one. We did have a sunset tour but it was a bit cloudy, still the view was fantastic.
    You do get to meet one other part of Cambodia, little 5yo kids begging you to buy magnets or postcards from them. There was this 4 or 5yo kid, who shold be playing with toys but instead followed us for 15 minutes saying "Please mister, but something from me, just one dolla". That voice, that pretty face, yup, it broke me. I will probably never forget that voice and the look she gave us in the end for not buying anything (I did buy magnets from abother girls earlier and postcards from another). Back home we have a life, here... is a reality, an Irish bloke commented at dinner.
    Of course in the evening it was beer o'clock so we went out to Indian restaurant and fhen a couple of 0.5$ draft beers. Me and an Irish dude were them emptying bottles in hostel until 3am. I wouldn't wanna be him, he has to get up at 6 to go to Laos.    Read more

  • Marko BratkovičThailand & Cambodia

    Quad ride - discovery

    December 6, 2016 in Cambodia ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    For a $65 I got a quad bike, they showed me how it works and off we went. For a little more than 2 hours we rode around Siem Reap' villages, rice fields, crocodile farms, ... It's super nice, villagers and especialy kids always waving at you and smiling. It is a bumpy ride, but it was worth every cent.Read more

  • Marko BratkovičThailand & Cambodia

    The Angkor Wat

    December 7, 2016 in Cambodia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    Today I rented a bike for $2 and went for a trip to Angkor Wat again. This time to the Angkor Wat. It was hooot, takes you like 20 minutes to get there in crazy traffic and then you just ride in the woods. Angkor was partly closed today due to Holy day (no idea, don't ask) so I couldn't climb on top. It's big and amazing. Only problem are japanese tourists takimg selfies every-fucking-where! But it was nice, all the wall sculptures, endless halls, ...
    Then we rode to Bayon temple and Ta Prohm (Tomb Raider was filmed there) that has all those huge trees with roots wrapped around buildings. You just cannot get enough.    Read more

  • Marko BratkovičThailand & Cambodia

    Bye Siem Reap, I'll be back!

    December 8, 2016 in Cambodia ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C

    5 days are over, off to Bangkok and to Chiang Mai. I was hoping for at 18:45 or at least 20:30 train, all was full. The only ticket I clould get was some upper bed on 22:50 train so I guess I won't see much of a sunrise but at least I'll see more of mountains... and hopefuly get some sleep. I doubt it but let's see how it goes. 2 more hours of waiting for the train on DMK airport because it's hot and outaide. Booreeeeeed and running out of battery :/
    UPDATE: finally on a train. It doesn't look that bad, enough space, a/c, already ordered breakfast, ... And yes, I got the last bed :)    Read more

  • Marko BratkovičThailand & Cambodia

    Wake up wake up!

    December 9, 2016 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    When I got on night train this lady comes to me "what you want for breakfast?". You know those mamma type of ladies where you just know she handles stuff :) I ordered some sausages, eggs, coffee, "ok, ok, you no pay nao you pay tomorro!". Gotta love them.
    In the morning this lady goes up and down yelling "wake up wake up darlings", we're all smiling and laughing, she hands everybody breakfast, like a mlm feeding her kids. The best. I've had better breakfasts but the view is nice.    Read more

  • Marko BratkovičThailand & Cambodia

    Elephant Jungle Sanctuary

    December 10, 2016 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Elephants have been an important part of Thai history. Chiang Mai is an area is South East Asia with most elephants so being here I HAD to visit them. There are many sanctuaries you can visit, only few are true ones - no allowing you to ride them, in fact they have rescued elephants that were used for touristic attractions. It costs about 2400THB for a full day visit. They picked me up in the morning and along with two British girls, one Mexican and three French guys we were put to back of a truck and went for an hour and a half long trip to the camp in the middle of the jungle.
    When we got there we were like kids "Eeeeleeephaaants!!! Aaaand a baaaabyyyy!". It was awesome. They have 7 elephants, six females and one lucky (poor?) male. They are the cutest. They are way more active than those sad ones in ZOOs. After explaining us few basics about these animals (no stomack, 4 teeth, sleep 5 hours daily) they gave us bananas and sugar canes. Elephants knew this sso they came running to us :) So we fed them, tool photos, hugged and pet them, ... Pretty fun! After that we went to jungle with them so they could eat some more (no stomack means they eat all the time). After a walk and lunch - funtime! We put mud all over them (protects them from insects and sun). We gor all muddy aswell. After that ot was bath time. Water everywhere, they lay in water and paddle with their feet, it was the happiest time :D
    In the end we had to say goodbye, we each took few more pictures and headed back to Chiang Mai.
    Day ended by visiting Saturday Night Market, where thousands of people come to eat, shop and hang out. Once you get caught in the flow of people, there is no way out :) Ate sone pretty awesome Chicken Pad Thai for 40THB and crappes. Yum!    Read more

  • Marko BratkovičThailand & Cambodia

    Chiang Mai and temples, yay!

    December 11, 2016 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Slept long, washed clothes and booked a zipline tour and a Doi Inthanon day tour for Tuesday, so can't wait! Doi Inthanon is the highest mountain in Thailand so of course I have to see it.
    I went out to be cultural today, a trip around the temples. There are more than 300 in Chiang Mai, I visited the ones in Old Town. First I went to the Wat Chiang Mai, the oldest royal temple in town. Pretty peaceful to walk around. Next up was Wat Chai Phrakiat, a small one just on the way to the biggest one - Wat Chedi Luang, they started building it in 14th century when King Saem Muang Ma wanted to bury his father's ashes. It took ober a century to build and it was 82m high! There were Buddhas everywhere of course :)
    After all then I noticed the whole town center closed and they started building market stands. The center turned into one biiiig market, selling everything from food, drinks, elephant statues, you name it! I ate a LOT of different foods, had all kinds of fruits, waffles, ...
    Time for an evening's beer and early sleep, I have to be ready at 7am tomorrow for a zipline, yay!    Read more

  • Marko BratkovičThailand & Cambodia

    Eagle Track Zipline

    December 12, 2016 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    After talking and drinking in the Hostle with a couple of Canadian and Chinese girls until 2am I had to be up at 7! Argh! This not being my first time it wasn't that hard :) A driver picked me up along with some Dutch girls and few Chinese people. It takes an hour to get to the hills (see map) and then the fun begins! After few simple rules we started ziplining, climbing, walkkng the bridges, doing vertical falls, .. it was amazing! The nature there is really breathtaking when you are up in the trees looking down :) Things aren't that scary though (for me at least), but we were pretty amused watching Chinese girls scream like crazy all the time :) I could easy go for another round or two!Read more

  • Marko BratkovičThailand & Cambodia

    Village Karen

    December 13, 2016 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

    During the trip to Doi Inthanon park we stoppednin Karen village, they are people who came from Myanmar and they produce coffee and scarfs. It's a small village, coffee bushes all around, also tons of dogs, cats and lizards. Interesting thing is they are not buddhists, they are actually catholics and they also have a catholic church, something I didn't think I'd see in Thailand.Read more

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