Phitsanulok Thani

... away until it's so far in the sky that it disappears... or it fails and ends up right back on the ground! <br><br> But while we were walking around the park, taking pictures on one of the ruins, a Thai girl asks, or tries to nonverbally signal to Susie that she wanted to take a picture with her. So she did. And then immediately afterwards another girl did the same thing, and then her Mom jumped in the picture too! You'd think Susie was some kind of ...

... para hombres, me rechazaron con horror 3 veces en peluquerias de solo mujeres y en una de hombres (esto ultimo me dejo preocupado), por fin encontre al que seria mi peluquero.<br><br>Tras los iniciales problemas de comunicacion espaniol-ingles-thailandes... (solo hablaba thai) consiguio un traductor que sabia contar hasta 1 y decir "cut" "short" "shave" "hair" y "very"... asi que aplicando la combinatoria de palabras llegamos a que queria "1 shave y 1 ...

... We were a bit worried that being in a small town out in the sticks of Thailand wouldn't make for a great New Year's Eve Celebration, but we were directed by our hotel manager to a spot he said would have some bars. When we got there we were amazed to see a row of about 20 bars all in a line and all full of people. We managed to find a place to sit and ordered a beer just in time for the countdown and the 20-minute long fireworks show.

... guy poked his head around the door and we made small talk about where we had been and were going. It seemed he was a Laos enthusiast and wanted to meet for a drink to discuss great places to visit. After agreeing to catch up later that day we walked a long way in the heat to the bus station. We only had a few hours but we decided to try and cram as much of the Sukhothai national park in as possible. When we arrived at the bus station we had to catch a ...

... got my visa, but the first flight out wasn't for another 5 days. And I really couldn't imagine spending another 5 days wandering around and Malaysia is more expensive than the rest of SE Asia. But luckily I found a vipassana retreat in N. Thailand that begins on the 9th. I was wanting to do a vipassana retreat before I jump into yoga in India, so this seemed perfect. Vipassana is one of the most ancient forms of meditation and it is a process ...

... mais c'est toujours avec un grand sourire chaleureux. Comme j'aime la culture thai !! C'est un peuple si gentil, si chaleureux, si souriant, et si beau ! Petit fait interessant..tres peu de gens fume, et le conditionnement physique fait partie integrante de la vie quotidienne et se pratique en communaute. Il y a des parcs entiers dedies a l'exercice physique, avec des stations indiquant quels mouvement pratiquer sur differentes structures. Beaucoup de joggeurs, qui s ...

... within eyesight comes running into the group shot. I MIGHT be wrong, but I kind of doubt EVERYONE knew each other before the course. And I am guessing that the likelihood of receiving these pictures is probably nil, and if I want to have any pictures of this experience, I should get off my butt and take them myself. And now come to think of it, I probably don't want a bunch of pictures of me with large groups of Thai strangers!

We had a great time in Phitsanulok, but before I elaborate I want to expand more on the last entry as I was feeling rushed at the time and a bit guilty because the owners kicked a little boy off the computer so that we could use the internet, and he was just in the middle of a game. The train journey from Bangkok was full of surprises in the form of little trays of food. The first indication of this came in the shape of a trolley ...

... heat no less), your drink will still be icy cold (although maybe a little more watery that when you started). The final genius is when you are finished, you are left with a cooling bag-o-ice, that can be applied to the head, shoulders, neck, and other extremities for cooling. So sweet. Oh yeah... we also visited Sukhothai, the capital of the first Thai kingdom (I know this isn't as exciting as bag-o-drink, but I should mention it ...

... van de kamer hebben we twee fietsen gehuurd en hebben we een stukje langs tempelruines gefietst. 's avonds zagen we op de televisie dat er in Chiang Mai overstromingen waren, we zijn dus net op tijd weggegaan, een dag later was dat niet meer mogelijk. De tweede dag in Sukothai zijn we door het historical park gefietst. Sukothai was enkele eeuwen geleden de hoofdstad van Thailand. Daar is nu nog maar weinig van te zien. Er staan enkel nog ruines van tempels en paleizen.