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.

Hello from bangkok...cant believe we are here. Finally in a city that appears in the weather news in Cnn and BBC...finally in the hub of south east asia... It feels awkward to be here and have crossed the border. We have had a 7 hour trip. The border crossing took 1.5 hour but we finally made it. ONce we crossed i thought i was in another planet..it seemed like we were in a first world country. ANd that is mainly cuz the road from Battambang to Poipet (cambodian border city near thailand) was an awfull road. After crossing we took a miniban and the highway was amazing....all paved!!! No dust!! No crazy driving!!!no honing! Finally after 4 hours we entered this imense city. It seemed as if we were entering barcelona. Full of highways lights, lights in the highway!! And huge adds....Its hard to believe that Laos and Cambodia are sooo close and yet sooo different. That we have "left" all those people behind and those cities...just awkward. Specially awkward since we are in KohSanRoad the backpacker sanctuary of Thailand. This is a street made for backpackers. I think thats all ive seen since i have arrived in this area...in a way really horrible. Its like vang vieng in Laos or Lake side in Phom Penh cambodia....

IN our last nightin battambang we went to see a pagoda...it was closed but full of monks who were looking at them. We ended up sitting with them and chating with them for a good 30 minutes..they were so nice and open..some were really shy..just wanted to practice their english. They told us to join them in their praying so we were invited into the temple to see how they preid....

Tommorrow a day of shopping and to urism in bangkok and then heading to singapore!!!! I so want to go back to cambodia and laos..but i know that when time comes to choose a destination i always choose a place that i havent been :(

INternet credit ending!!!!!

Specially the cadburry hot chocolate I great . they turn the ligts off and I try to sleep.but that isn’t really happening. 4 hours have passé im about to start my 3rd French movie but I just cant take the French anymore. In the meanwhile the dude infront of me continues to talk outloud afor ages . By now he is quite drunk and soon after starts making out with the girl sitting next to him who he doesnt even know!!!!. Well I try to do a search in the plane to see if there is any perfet sleeping position. But my research aattains the conclusion that ones whoa re actually sleeping have either just a lot off work or have taken pills. More tv shows and when im about to fall asleep they turn to cabin lighs on for yet another rmeal. 9:15 horus of light and we arrive to Bangkok. Its really late and tingt . the airport is new and huge. Pass police, exchange money, get luggage get taxi drive 60km and reach the hotel. Checkin takes ages. Finally get the room and rush to rromm 1142 wher didac and anna and their lugae are waitifng for us…time for bed.

Bangkok

Regarding the stay in thailand it was great!! It was quite short only 2 days but taking in account we were all anxious to get down under it was enough. Bangkok is definatley a city i did not like, it was polluted, caotic, crowded and just not my style. I choose Delhi as a better city... :D Anyways, after our arrival we went to have a walk around the center were we founda bunch of shops in the streets, basically markets that sold everything at the best prices ever. I told my self i would buy the puma shoes i like the day after but the next day those shops were gone :( luckily i got my watch there for 3 euros haha i wonder how long its gona last! And as far as it goes the watch is a bit too big for me so ill have to do something to it which will cost me more than 3 euros...I wanted to buy some jeans but of course thai girls are like 20 sizes smaller than me so at the shops they kept laughing at me. "Excuse me do you have my size?" " hahaha NO".. im not joking they were literarily laughing at me,but at the end one of them said they did have the size, hurray!. The most funny parts about the malls were the "dolls" that the shops have and dress up to show what they sell...here are some of them, i find them HILARIOUS.


But anyways it wasnt all about shopping,that was only for a short while. We visited the golden buddha and the famous buddha that is laying down,which was gorgeous.Also the royal palace with great temples, although they were not my favourite style they were still really beuatifull with hand made painted walls.We had a nice visit around the floating market were we were on a boat for about 1.30 hours going around the market and seeing how each woman from her boat was selling fruits and vegetables, and meals...it was quite nice altough i had expected to see more boats.



Maybe there is a special day where there are even more boats and more market action... we also had a tour on an elephant with my dad, which was a bit too organized in my opinion. I would have liked to go on an elephant in the middle of no where or just somewhere but not on a specific 30 minute round path made for the elephant, i felt it was a bit fake al togheter but i still got to go on the elephant which was quite cool. Nevertheless,inside of me i had this voice running in my head saying "poor animal"...just walking around the circuit over and over and over and over...felt kind of bad for the elephant.


..and of course being in thailand and there being never ending thaimassages place...you could get a massage for 1 hour for 4 euros that was a must. It was great... even though not my favorite city architectonically i will stop there again if i have the chance to do so :D

Also funny on monday almost everyother Thai was wearing a yellow t shirt! I went up to ask what was going on and the answer i got was " we commemorate the kings birthday" ... "oh, so its his birthday today?" i asked... and they say" no no, everymonday we commemorate his birthday"... INTERESTING.everywhere aroundt the city and i really mean everywhere there were pictures of the king and signs saying Long Live the king. Even in the airport in every tunnel that gets you from the terminal to the plane there were huge signs saying Long Live the King... It was trully unbelivable!

Sydney and Bangkok here I come

This is very irritating because I try to post things but something is wrong and its not allowing me to edit too much, nor put HTML codes :S

So i have figured that i will try and keep a travel blog for the next two weeks. I doubt that it will be possible,but i will give it my best try, i suck at keeping things up! So shall i start now??

tommorrow is tuesday which means that there are only 3 more days until i leave to Australia!Im super excited, been trying to figure out what to visit and what to do,for sure i will be around sydney for a few days but if i have time and funds i would like to go with my mother up north towards brisbane,but we shall see,its a huge continent! I only have two weeks though. I also thought about going to check out the blue mountains. If not ill just relax at my parents place :)
On our way to Sydney ill have a two hour stop at Heathrow which will not allow anything but to travel once again from terminal 1 to 4 and wish i had a day to walk around London.... and I will stop in Bangkok for 2 nites which im super excited about, planning to visit the floating market and all the temples around there. Ahh cant wait, the luggage is almost packed, t-shirts and skirts...summer here i come!! :)