Matt Down Under
Ruby developer, founder of choc media, bushwalker, MacGyver fan and hobby photographer, German citizen and Australian Permanent Resident.
In 2008 I moved from Germany to Australia, the best decision of my life. On this blog you can find stories and photos about hiking in Tasmania and on the mainland, travelling, and life in Australia — my journey from Working Holiday to Permanent Residency.
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Thailand - Day 5: Reptiles and parks
My last day in Thailand, my departure flight was scheduled for midnight. I arranged late checkout with the hotel so I was able to use my room until 4pm. I like hanging out in parks and botanic gardens, so I decided to spend the last day in Lumphini Park, one of the biggest and most popular parks in Bangkok.
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Thailand - Day 4: Meet the tigers
My secondlast day in Thailand. I had booked a tour to the Tiger Temple about two hours drive from Bangkok. Part of the tour also was a stop at the River Kwai bridge, I only remembered there was a movie and some military background, but I was lacking the historical facts so I was simply hoping to have an interesting day.
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Thailand - Day 3: With James Bond to the floating market
My guide - the same nice girl from the previous day - and the driver picked me up at the hotel early in the morning. After an hour or so we had the first stop at a traditional Thai house where they showed all sorts of things like how to make sugar from coconuts, how people used to live there and what parts and rooms a traditional house has. The house was built at a river or water canal and back in the days when people didn’t have cars they would use boats to travel.
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Thailand - Day 2: ‘City tour’ and Grand Palace
I had a booking for a guided tour to the Grand Palace, but it was moved to the afternoon, so I decided to spend the morning checking out a nearby park. It was interesting to watch people there practising Tai-Chi or doing excercises - there were several public fitness devices placed in the park.
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Thailand - Day 1: Lost in Chinatown
Over Christmas and New Years I spent about 2 weeks in Germany to visit family and friends after nearly two years in Australia. Flying from Australia to Germany takes about 20 hours in total (stop-over time not included - there are no direct connections) and I had some terrible memories from when I flew down to Australia in 2008, so I decided to add in a few days of holiday in Asia to make the long flights less painful. With a stop-over in China, Thailand, Japan or some other place you can ideally split the travel time into two flights with 10h each. With some holidays in between and a modern airplane where you have your own tv etc., that’s pretty much acceptable to me.
