vendredi 20 avril 2007

China Town

After the Wat Pho I decided to go to China Town as it wasn't that far ! and it was chaotic ! lots of people, lots of stand market everywhere, food, clothes, typical chiness food and stuffs. smells of everything in plus with the very hot saison ( I do not believe the meteo whitch says that it is about 30 degres... It's defenetly more ! well China town was intesresting, really big and not that much of tourist ... I probably thought that it would have been diferent, but I must go during the night, whitch woulb be more cosmopolite and coolest I am sur -)

Wat Pho

This morning I went to Wat Pho, is one of the biggest and it says that is possibly the most interesting temple in Thailand as it combines history, medical science and it is a center for mediationand traditional massage training ! in plus there is the golden reclining Buddha that measues 46 metres and has feet inlaid with mother of pearl. Then I saw many bouddhiste inside ... That the first temple I am visiting and I am defenetly looking forwards to see more of them ! The address of Wat Pho is 2 Sanamchai Road, It's open every day from 8 AM to 5 PM, and the admission is 20 baht for farang, free for Thai.



mardi 17 avril 2007

Patpong night market !

this is a very cool area and I found travelers ! there they are ! I saw many of them in this big market and around, it's plenty of shops, bars ... people ! from everywhere !
unfortunetly I did not stay that long but for sur I will come back but anyway not for buying cos the price there were more expensive than the two others markets that I have already seen but if you want the latest Louis Vuitton or Gucci bags, Rolex watches or the latest block buster film on DVD, foot's tee shirt, then Patpong night market is the place to go. There are row upon row of market stalls in a couple of streets in the Patpong area flanked by numerous go-go bars. The fakes are usually good quality and cheap but you have to bargain and you have to take a chance on everything working when you get home !
In the end before get home, we ate in a cool restaurant outside, with a kind of concert and thaie girls dancing with costume !
Patpong
Soi 1. Location, Between Silom and Suriwong Rds



Lumpini Park

Today I went to the Lumpini Park, just about 20 minutes walk from the hotel ! this is a hug park very nice ! I had some fresh air as there are plenty of trees, weather still very hot and I think that is it one of the best place to go in this case !

dimanche 15 avril 2007

Bangkok Map

Tuk Tuk and Phahurat Indian Market

Is it gonna be hot like that all the time ?! right now I have got sun burn,wake up so early spent all the day outside !
And for the first time I took the TUK TUK ! so much fun ! so dangerous aswell, and it cost nothing, I paid 20 b ( 1 euros = 46 b) a way to go to the travel agency find out where in Thailand I could go ! And I might go to Pattaya/coral island , next week end, not that far from bangkok... well will see, it cost 1000b the day with a transfert by boat from Pattaya to Coral Iland, but the thing is I do not really know the price and it is probably expensive even if 22 euros to go there for me mean nothing ! well then I met this Thaie boy who told me a lots of stuffs to do here, and in the end told me that I was too young to be by myself ( well he probably didn't believe me when I told him that I was 22 years old with my 18 years old face !! )

I discovered an other market, the Phahurat Indian Market (http://www.bangkok-hotels-bangkok.com/phahurat-indian-market.htm ) , closer than the other one of yesterday ...
the same, lots of branch, impossible to get sun glasses without a big DIOR, CHANEL OR WHATEVER !!!! but I did by one anyway and for people who knows me very well they are SOOO big ( as usual !!!)
Since 3 days is a water party here, u get wet as people send u water all the time on your face, actualy this is very great with this weather ! It's new year here that is why they are doing that ... celebration !

On my way home I took an other tuk tuk, but this time, probably not the good one, he brought me to his sponsor shop to get petrol I suppose, the thing is that tuk tuk boys have to bring people to their sponsor, then they can get for free petrol or I dont know really ... so I had to visit the shop... I did it, anyway if 10 minutes of my time can help him to earn some money why not ?!
First of all this shop was so boring, but I promised the boy that I will stay at least 10 min, but actually it was a designer shop were u can get all the clothes u want as they are making it for u, so if I want I can just bring picture and fabrics and they just do it !!!
An other really strange thing, I mean I was sur that they will haved a lots of tourist here and actually none ! I do not know were all they are, all the backpackers, probably ( even sur ) around Thailand, much better I am sur, So couple of time I was the only no Thaie one, it was kind of strange to be in the middle of all of them ....
So an other day by myself, actually in some part is fine, I can do whatever I want and decide anything that I want to do ! but I think that is much better to be with at least someone else, this is my point of view ... !
well time to have a little nap in the swimming pool, get burn or brown ;)