The 24 does not deserve a lot of lines: return trip from Koh Tao to Bangkok, from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., ferry and bus ... A Day awful, but it must be one for perspective with all the good days we had spent ...
25, we spent the day Ayutthaya, a town at 1:30 in Bangkok. This city, founded in the 14th century became the capital of the kingdom, and was destroyed in the 18th century by the Burmese army. The city is composed of rubble and ancient temples.
We rented a tuk-tuk for the day to visit the top corners.
Day visit very interesting despite the sweltering heat. Impressive temples, which were being even more at the time of the apogee of the city. One wonders how even when armed Burmese have done to destroy buildings as large ...
same evening as the night we dined with Manu and a friend of his in a small canteen on the sidewalk. It was really delicious!
We then headed to Khao San Road to find Bangkok by night. We were at Gazebo, a night bar atmosphere with Arabian sheesha and servers wearing chachia (but if you know, those famous small red hats ). I never imagined found a place like Bangkok!
Live music, young crowd, we note however that we are quickly in a classroom when we look at the map, with prices closer to those of Paris ...
We spent a wonderful evening with Manu, Nicolas, his girlfriend Thai and a friend of hers. We laughed a lot, especially back in a taxi when Manu made us a visit in Bangkok based on facts not checked too:
"And on your right you will find one of the most famous places in Bangkok because it ' here is that it formed the first traffic jam in town! "
The next day, sleep and a few visits in the afternoon: The
- Wat Arun, or Temple of Dawn Again a temple?! But not any! It owes its name to the fact that according to legend, he would be "the first avoir reçu la lumière du matin”… (?! J’ai lu ça quelque part mais je percute pas vraiment et j’ai pas réussi à trouver plus d’infos, je trouvais ça joli comme formule malgré tout…). J’avais vu des photos de ce temple, et il ne me disait pas plus que ça car je croyais que c’était juste de la pierre, mais en réalité, il est recouvert de petits morceaux de porcelaine de toutes les couleurs, c’est vraiment une merveille! Le seul hic, c’est que pour monter, les escaliers sont extrêmement pentus, du coup la montée a été dure, mais la descente l’a été d’autant plus! (Another mission accomplished for the adventurous to the extreme!)
Below is a short video from the top of Baiyoke II:
We sipped a little juice with a view on this incredible city, took a few pictures and went back down for new adventures ...
- We finally returned to Khao San Road to our latest purchases.
Another short video, for the atmosphere of Khao San Road:
We let ourselves be tempted by a "Fish Massage . So we put our feet in large aquariums where very small fish came to eat our dead skin ... Giggles guaranteed! It tickles, it's very funny, and ultimately found a baby's skin!
The only problem was when we wanted to leave after the massage finished ... We have discovered the real meaning of the monsoon! A rainstorm hit the street ... At first we thought it was relatively boring, and then we quickly realized we would be stuck a while, then landed in the first place we found : a small bar improvised by a clothing store, with nice music, but most importantly, touts highly motivated and with whom we had a good laugh!
I think in the end it was experience that we had to live during our stay, at least to understand Thailand in its entirety (or almost ...). was a great night ...
We were taking off to Calcutta the next day ...
Thus was finished our stay in Thailand a week ago now. I'm still nostalgic ...
This country is very endearing, and I now understand you to say all people who go once always end up coming back ...
One thing is certain, I will return soon that I have the opportunity!
(Pictures of Ayutthaya here )
(Photos from Bangkok thereby )
0 comments:
Post a Comment