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วันเสาร์ที่ 15 ธันวาคม พ.ศ. 2555

Smiles from Siam


Smiles from Siam

In Thailand we went back from Cambodia and I must say what I brought home Thai, it is certainly their smile. You walk up to a banquet on the road, walk into a restaurant or a store, you're at the ticket office of the boat or aircraft, and come always greeted with a genuine smile. Sure, you're a customer, not a friend. But who gets really happy to have you as a customer and that's why his smile is sincere and really bright and not of mere fact: and it is different from going to a place and feel a nuisance for those who have to "serve" ! And when he smiled, there was no doubt that we were instead faced with a Chinese! In the end, our journey has been reduced to only two chapters: Bangkok and Pukhet. What I will tell you: BANGKOK.


An Asian metropolis of six million and a half inhabitants certainly can not be a whole better and more beautiful. Dilapidated houses and skyscrapers, technology and lifestyle from the Third World, there exist side by side. But it is certainly interesting and beautiful things to see tourists there. And we have not found the megalopolis of crime, pollution and prostitution. Of course, the traffic is heavy, chaotic and at certain times and areas completely crazy, but I recommend the smell of smog that is in the center of Bologna! And security issues, muggings, robberies, and so we did not and never had the impression of being able to have: the point is just to take out all the same precautions we take when we turn to our Italian cities. Finally, prostitutes and sex clubs will find one who wants to find them, but if you look for them is that you do not bump into them under the nose and the feeling that I had is that Bangkok is a city at the end of a lot less "corrupt" than his other sisters, Asia and South America. We stayed in a Guesthouse we contacted directly via the Internet, in the Banglampu, a neighborhood near the historic old town full of these small and cheap pensions crowded with so-called "backpacker tourists", that is on a budget and often just passing through in Bangkok on the way to other destinations. A room without a closet and never riassettata five-day stay, but with air conditioning (outside there were about 30 degrees with high humidity) and private bathroom (dirty and malandatuccio like everything else) at a cost of 32,000 pounds per night. If you have more demands, but you can always find better, from $ 100 upwards: you do.
Banglampu1

Banglampu2
Banglumpoo shops
Banglampu is also lined with Internet services to the public and there is almost Guesthouse that offers its parade of computers, the price of 60 pounds per minute for the connection: much more convenient to keep in touch with home and friends and work e- email rather than by phone, which costs twenty-five times more! There are also many small rooms where you eat and drink, but beware: if you are only frequented by tourists, there mainly drink beer and eat normally and badly and spicy, because it seems that the majority of Australians and Western these parts are only interested in drinking gallons of beer and therefore are served accordingly. Our advice is to stick to a place where you see almost exclusively Thai or oriental in general. And if you have the foresight to ask for food not too spicy, otherwise do not worry about anything, because in Thailand the food is very good and the prices are really ridiculous (our most expensive meals we have paid between 25 and 30 000 lire per couple). Even less you can spend in the most rustic restaurants with tables and kitchen on the road, where the quality is not bad, as long as you have the warning eat only freshly cooked before your eyes: a little 'dirty just cooked does not evil, unlike the pre-cooked that sometimes you can catch more restaurants for tourists instead of the big hotels in places such as free-range

วันศุกร์ที่ 14 ธันวาคม พ.ศ. 2555

Diary From Thailand


We left for Thailand in just two friends having booked the flight to and from Italy, the first 4 nights in Bangkok and the internal flight to the island of Koh Samui. From the capital to the north and vice versa, we moved by train traveling at night, we did the ticket at the station in Bangkok. To the north we rented an SUV: it is the only way humanly possible to get around. Driving is on the left, but there is no traffic on the roads. We have always stayed in small hotels simple, but clean and affordable and ate at local restaurants rice, vegetables, meat, soups, fish.
Koh Samui(Samui Island)
We did not have any particular problems of organization. We had to pay attention to the luggage in the city 'largest (in Bangkok have been robbed), but overall it's pretty quiet. We used the guide Clup, sometimes not very practical to consult.

DAY 1 We depart from Milan Linate Airport to Zurich where we have a connecting flight to Bangkok with Swissair.

Day 2 We arrive in Bangkok at lunchtime. It 'a city where the modern blends with tradition. Take a taxi meter (just take taxi with this writing) and we do bring to Manora Hotel, 412 Surawong Road, booked from Italy. Let's start for a first approach to the city. We get on a ferry at the pier Oriental Hotel (where I steal his wallet containing a fair amount), and sail up the Chao Pya stop Wat Po, the oldest temple in the city. The complex consists of several buildings and interior also features an impressive statue of the reclining Buddha 45 meters long and 15 high covered with gold leaf. After the visit return to the hotel to rest ... from the trip! Seafood Dinner in a market, a market in which the fish is chosen and cooked at the moment.
Pier Oriental Hotel
Gold Mountain

Day 3 We drive by taxi to the Gold Mountain or Phu Khao Thong, a high hill 78 meters which houses a golden chedi. From here you can see the whole city. We stop at Wat Sakhet, one of the oldest temples, beautifully decorated with paintings with beautiful wooden doors and a statue of the Buddha. We head to the tourist office of CTS Hotel Royal, 2 Rajdamnoen Klang Avenue to book a tour of the main temples of Bangkok since, wanting to make do on our own, no taxi driver, or through a hotel porter, he knows what and where are. We leave after lunch with a van. We arrive at Wat Po (which we have already seen, but that is included in the package) and take the opportunity for a more detailed visit, we drive to Wat Trimitr which houses a statue of Buddha made of solid gold. We finally reach the Wat Benchamabopitr or Marble Temple, built in 1899 with Carrara marble. There are a number of statues of the Buddha. At the end of the tour we go to Lumphini Park, a large green lung that is located between lakes and tall skyscrapers with thai they do picnics. Finally, we stop in the red light district of Pat Pong, the stalls of fake brand items that look real and local lap dance and more, but unfortunately, being twogirls alone, we advise against entering .
Wat Benchamabopitr(Benchamabopitr Temple)

Day 4: Again with the usual agency we leave early to the floating market of Damnoen Saduak, 80 km. From Bangkok.
Floating market of Damnoen Saduak
However, we arrive quite late (but we have no alternative), but we have time to rent a lance with which aggirarci in channels between boats full of all sorts of fruits, vegetables, and small objects floating kitchens where you can buy freshly cooked food. The tour continues to buy the Rose Garden amusement park for tourists traveling "all inclusive", but we already agreed with the agency, we avoid it carefully and let us return to the capital in Chinatown. Here the streets are very narrow tunnels that penetrate a multitude of shops that sell wholesale-warehouse all sorts of chinoiserie, from food to various objects and toys at incredible prices. We feel a bit 'strange: they look at us all and we do not find even a tourist. Stagnant air the smell of garlic, meat, fish and vegetables cooked in many restaurants and stalls. Exhausted, back to the hotel