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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 …

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 …

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 …

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.
When I …

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 …