22 d’agost 2007

Still waiting in the airport. Was ment to edit my previous post, but how am i meant to do it if the entire blogger is in Thai?Its hard to understand what it sais so ill just create a new post... Really want to get to Singapore, and get some sleep. As always didnt have too much last nite as im flying today... I tried reading my book and im still wondering why everybody loves so much Life of Pi, i dont find the magic in it and im almost finishing it by now...

Actually we got to the airport so early.But it doesnt matter im in the lounge with my free food and internet (which ill soon miss :( ) This airport is immense and it took us a while to find our lounge. Walking distance in this airport are crazy. It surely is a nice,huge,full of shopps and modern airport but you should get free wheel chairs to move around. Last time i was here it took me ages as well. An airport definatively not reccommended for elderly, unless they want to do their last marathon....

We finally left KoSanRoad behind and all the backpackers. Grr!It was cozy being with backpackers and all organized for backpackers. But it kind of drove me nuts as well...specially when you see so many on their party/drinking holiday, which i dont specially like.

Did i ever mention that the last day in Cambodia we were "forced" to go with our backpacks on motrobikes since the minibus wasnt showing up...after having told everybody during the trip that i did not like motorbikes i was forced to get into one not to miss our bus. And woho it was quite cool. Although i must admit that i told the driver to go slowly and he was going slowly saying "no worry..i see its frist time on motrobike..." wasnt first time,but it was in Cambodia and that is soemthing else... So fine, my next South East Asia trip will involve more travels on motorbikes.

Oh! Very intresting in cambodia everything goes with Dollars. The bank would not change 100 dollar bill notes. They would only accpet the 50 and 20 dollar ones. Basically 4,000 riel is 1 dolla. So 1,000 is 25 cents. Prices are generally quoted in dollars and you pay in dollars and then the small things or the cents parts are payed in Riel! Strange but true..we were astonished at the beggining when a big bank did not want our 100 dollar notes.

Also all our buses were always from Korea..and here comes the worst, everysingle bus ride in cambodia had a tv. A tv where they would put a karaoke super loud cambodia cd.. 7 hours of full volumue karaoke can drive you nuts, even if you have your mp3 at maximum volume. We did sing for 3 minutes while cambodia people in the bus glanzed at us and smiled..and then came the rest of the hours trying to avoid the karaoke... At least most of the buses in cambodia had AC,something that lacked in Laos...

And in case you travel this part of the world, be aware. Night buses seem not to exist in this country..so whether you want it or not you will be forced to travel by day and waste your time from place to place...

And once you come from Cambodia and Laos..make sure you have some money left for your arrival in Bangkok cuz Thailand will feel extremly expensive!!! What i spend in Laos in 5 days was spend it thailand in 2.5 days..horrible :( And in laos i got so much more out of the money....

Food in laos is cheaper than cambodia...but transport is all monopolized and thus prices sky rock...

Cheapest room ive been to 50 cents (dollars) per night per person in Don Det.
Cheapest internet 25 cents (dollars) per 1 hour of internet
Cheapest visa thailand -->Free!
Most beautifull place --> impossible to decide..
Food that i have eaten the most --> (it was quite full of western food everywhere) but definatively had too many banana/pinapple shakes and panckakes...and got a bit fed up of fried rice.
Most relaxed people to talk to --> the monks, cuz they understand you quite well and are very friendly...and Rural people who just want to say Hi and Smile.
Most beautifull country --> Laos! Tranquil...a place where a smile and a sabaidi will get you very far...bargaining exists, but nothing too hardcore. Maybe they have just boosted prices by 2 dollars. Unlike in thailand where they go ahead and triple prices. hey, im serious even didac now thinks Laos is better than Cambodia.... :)
Annoying tourists --> Keep away from big groups of english tourists that are dressed like they are going to a disco while they are in the middle of the mountains.... And be carefull with the big patriotic israeli travelers. Also be aware of those that buy all their travel clothing in a high trend shop (catala:rollo,coronel tapioca) in their country before leaving. They will be wearing a t shirt that costed them 40 euros while they could buy it all in the local country for 2 dollars. You can easily spot them, they are acting like showoffs and being mad at everybody and everything.
Souvenier not to forget --> Photocopied books that look bran new,cds,dvds, and then all the wooden things like buddhas that might break on the way home (i didnt get any woho!) etc... Oh, bracelets and scarfs.... and most important a fewT shirts with the brand of local beer and to compensate for your layed back holiday and keeping in mind that you do have a job or job interviews when you are back dont forget to get your own tailor made suit in Bangkok... :)
Next destination --> Happy I did not go to Northern Laos and Myanmar so that I have a reason to be back :)

p.s. when you go to bed if you decide to rely on your friend to put an alarmclock i suggest you check that the alarm clock is set at the correct time. For instance 00:30 rather than 12:30!! Also make sure that your room has at least a fan unless you want to die in the middle of the night.