Thailand

The flights
Were exhausting, with 2 stopovers, no sleep the day before...
I spend some time at the airport, because I arrived at 23:50 and didnt want to get stuck in the city not being able to find a place to sleep. So after drinking some coffee, some reading and 2 hours sleep I took the bus to Bangkok where I arrived at 6:00.

Bangkok
Is great; I expected it to be a world of difference compared to Australia and it is. It is huge; while it would be allmost impossible to get lost in Australia, I could get lost in Bangkok for the reason that I dont read and speak Thai, and a very very small amount of the Thai people I met so far is able to utter a few words of Engrish.

Further it is a lot of opposites, beautifull buildings and temples as well as poor buildings with tinnen roofs. Beautifull water and parks as well as garbage piled up at a lot of streets. A lot of 4wd and other expensice cars, tuktuks, busses, taxis... I think you dont need a drivers license here to get on the road. Crossing the road feels like frogger; great fun... too bad you have only one life.

Markets
Everywhere, really everywhere are markets; Im glad Im not here with my mother and/or sister... hehehe. It is that I dont really need anything and can walk past allmost any stall without standing still, but there are So Much Stalls... labyrints of them... all selling cheap, really cheap cooked food, fruit, watches, clothing, alive fishies, lots of meat... its fun even for me just to walk around.

I was reluctant to try the food on the streets but Im getting the hang of it. Alltough Im not sure if I eat more healthier then in Australia; alltough all the food is fresh, Im not allways sure what it is that is fresh.... But so far no problems :) Actually, so far all the food really tastes great.

The only thing annoying here
Is that Im white... Ive walked past a few places where I felt just a little out of place, being the onlz white face and some people staring at me a little... what are zou (btw, when I tzpe a y on the kezboard I get an z, and vice versa, so from now on a y is a z and a z is y, ok?) doing here? But im having fun and im still alive. Wheeeee!
And suddenly I have lots of 'friends' with me being the walking ATM... can get a bit annoying when they try and try and try and try.

I bought a train ticket
After a day of walking randomly around in Bangkok I just picked a place on the map and bought a train ticket to it (about 30 euro cents for a 1.5 hour train ride... damn) I choose Ayutthaya. Alltough it is beautifull; a city surrounded by water and about 20 temples... I encounter here what I tried to avoid in Australia: Tourists, theyre just like flies, allways there where you dont want them to be annoying you. If I would stay a bit longer I would make sure I was able to travel indepently to get out of the tourist scene, but...

Chang Mai
13 to 15 april New Year is celebrated here, and apparantly the place to be (and the place Ill be) is Chang Mai. So Im choosing another city to go tomorrow, and the day after I want to arrive in Chang Mai to partaaaayyyyy....