04-29 Jul
2013
I have
started back to travel together with my friend Klaudette. In these past year I have
been travelling with her to Malaysia, Tanzania and Peru, but unfortunately she
cannot have vacation at the same time as I do, so either I do not go on
vacation or I do leave on my own. As you might have imagined I did live on a
solo trip, for the first time in my life, at the age of 31.
When I was
a teenager I travelled on a yearly basis, but I wasn’t really on my own, I was
part of a Youth Exchange Programme.
I looked at
Skyscanner and
I really didn’t have a clue on where to go to. At the end Thailand seemed to be
pretty cheap and safe to go to. Thailand hasn’t been the best trip of my life,
but it is the trip which changed my travel experience and which made me meet
many many friends from all around the world.
I do not
wanna mention them all, but I do know that sooner or later I will meet some of
them somewhere on earth.
It hasn’t
been that easy to identify the kind of itinerary I was going to do. A
preliminary study was done, but then everything was set each previous day.
It was
quite a tiring journey and that’s why I decided to spend half of the time at
Koh Tao, scuba diving. I didn’t want to move anymore and I just wanted to
relax.
Travel Book: Thailand
by Lonely Planet
Flights: Operated by Emirates
(Total price EUR 543.18)
MXP - DBX - BKK EK0092 + EK0372
BKK – DBX – MXP: EK0377 + EK0101
Travel
Map:
Mean of
Transport: bus
Destinations:
Day 000 Departure
Day 00 Arrival in Bangkok
Day 01 - 02 Bangkok (Grand Palace, Reclining
Buddha Wat Poh, Wat Arun, Gold Mount (closes at 5 pm), Indian District;
Standing Buddha, Gold Mount)
Day 03 - 04 Pak Chong
Day 05 Pak Chong – Korat – Phimai – Korat –>
Chiang Rai
Day 06 Chiang Rai (Temples)
Day 07 Chiang Rai Tour (White Temple, Golden
Triangle, Hill Tribe Village)
Day 08 - 09 Chiang Mai (Temples, Doi Sutherp,
Sunday Market)
Day 10 Elephant Camp
Day 11 Chiang Mai – Suko Thai (Not gone) – Bangkok
Mo Chit -> CKK – Chumpon - Ko Tao
Day 12 – 23 Ko Tao
Day 24 Departure
Day 25 Arrival
Accommodations:
Day 01 – 02: 3Howw
Hostel Khaosan, Bangkok
Day 03 – 05: Green
Leaf Guesthouse, Pak Chong
Day 05: night bus
Day 06 - 07: Baan
Bua Homestay, Chiang Rai
Day 08 – 10: Mint
House, Chiang Mai
Day 11: night train to Chumpon
Day 12 – 23: Ko
Tao, Big Blue Diving
Day 24: night train to BKK
Tips:
-
Long
distance and night buses are well recommended to save on
o
Accommodation
cost
-
Buy
many bottles of waters and do carry them with you
-
Do
carry magnesium and potassium, in order to overcome all the loss you might
face, due to the extremely humid weather
-
Do
eat as much fruit as possible
o
You
find plenty of it along the street (mango, pineapple, paw paw)
-
Credit
card
o
Spread
all over the country (please have a look at the places I did visit)
-
Phimai
§ Nice place to be visited, absolutely
off the beaten path
-
Chang Rai
§ One of the craziest site I have ever
visited
-
Chiang Mai
§ Amazing tour
§ Amazing people
o
Cheapest
place where to buy souvenirs
§ Thai trousers
§ Paintings
§ Wooden crafts
-
Ko Tao
o
Big
Blue Diving
o
More
expensive and tourist place
o
Diving
Industry
o
Coral
Reef: not well preserved
o
Too
crowded and too touristy
o
Too
young and drunk folks
Total Trip: ~ 1.300 €
·
Flight tickets
·
Accomodations
·
Food
·
Tranport Cost
·
Souvenirs
·
Diving
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