-from April 28th to May 3rd, 2012-
I met Bruno in Calcutta. He wanted to
travel in South East Asia during his one year internship in India so invited him
to join me in Thailand. After Pinar left, he joined me the next day in Bangkok.
With all these friends visiting and more friends to visit later, I was already
aware that I had to do some changes in my travel plans. For instance Vietnam was
not there in my plan anymore due to the timing and visa issues but I wouldn’t
give up on Laos.
Before going to Laos, McDonald's - First things first!
So no matter what I decided to go to Laos with
him and even for 2 days, we went there. After he arrived on Saturday
afternoon, he wanted to have a huge BigMac as he was missing the good old beef in India :). Then we took the luxurious bus ride to Laos and without spending any time
in Vientiane, the dull capital of Laos, we immediately got on the first minibus
to Vang Vieng.
Beautiful Vang Vieng Silhouette
On the minibus we met with 2 young backpackers, Wouter from
Holland and Kris from Sweden.. With their advice also, we arranged our hotel
and was planning to go to famous tubing in Vang Vieng rivers. However we didn’t
do it because Wouter suggested that it was completely a meat market only
suitable for young horny guys and girls.
This is how tubing should look like & resting in Vang Vieng
In our one evening in Vang Vieng, we went to
famous Smiley Bar, a well known outdoor bar serving very interesting drinks
made of whatever you could imagine ;) . The next day, we had to head back to
Thailand already as we were both impatient to see Phi Phi island to relax a bit
(more). It was a crazy day. Coming back from Vang Vieng in the morning after 16
hours bus ride, we took another bus from Bangkok to go to Phi Phi.
On the way to Phi Phi & Finally at the Long Beach!
After all these hectic trips, it was worth to
see Phi Phi though. It was literally the best beach and best sea I have ever
seen. Not knowing or being prepared much, we chose Long Beach as our
destination and I am happy that we did. We were staying right by the beach for
a very reasonable price so we enjoyed the beach the first day.
Bamboo Island near Koh Phi Phi Don (big Koh Phi Phi)
And in the second day, we took the snorkeling tour. Shark Point, Mosquito Island, Lunch at Bamboo Island,
Koh Phi Phi Ley
Maya Beach & Koh Phi Phi Ley
We also enjoyed the nightlife of Phi Phi Bruno playing Fire Limbo in the Long Beach or meat feast at the Phi Phi center with unlimited BBQ Bar :
Unlimited BBQ restaurant which Bruno fainted afterwards due to unexpected meat crisis :)
Our short trip ended back in Bangkok with sightseeing, foot message,
relaxing, a bit of shopping, a lot of drinking in the last day as he had to go
back to Calcutta and I was heading to my dearest friends in Singapore.
I found Turkish flag around Wat Po in Bangkok & Enjoying our last supper Sushi in MBK
Big Mac all the wayy! Oh now I can imagine how it is tough for cow meat lovers to survive in India, if he was so excited to eat it ouside, you could tell this by his happy face :)
ReplyDeleteWhat is "famous tubing in Vang Vieng rivers" are all about? can you tell us more :) it got me intrigued!
And at the Smiley Bar what did you had? what kind of drinks did you end up trying out :)
Super curious Allison
hahha my dearest Super curious Allison'cum,
ReplyDeleteTubing is you get on the small boats like in the picture and you hop from one bar to another along the river in Vang Vieng and of course in a couple of hours you get wasted. In fact it can be quite dangerous as they say there are around 20-25 tourists drown in the waters of Vang Vieng but if you are sensible enough, it is a lot of fun!
And the drinks included some certain substances that are forbidden in many places of the world but things that you can find in the coffee shops of Holland, if you know what i mean ;) and no we didnt try that as i didnt want to get into any trouble. :)
I am glad that you are so interested in my adventures canim!
Kisses
Tugba