Posts Tagged ‘trip’

Shrine with Doll in Thailand

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Shrine with Doll in Thailand

Lost in Translation

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

During our trip through Thailand via our plush tour bus, we stopped at several pit stops along the way to use the rest room and purchase a snack. We were lucky if the restrooms had “Western style” toilets; the rest of the time their were porcelain holes in the ground and you had to scoop water from a small reservoir inside the stall to pour into the hole to “flush it”.

Most of the time we had to pay the rest room stewards 2-5 baht (5-15 cents) to use toilet; the money paid for a small wad of toilet paper and for the daily cleaning of the rest rooms. All the stalls (at least for women) had a small trash can to put your toilet paper in, because it could potentially clog the septic system in a lot of the more rural areas.

On one particular stop, I noticed an odd (yet cute) graphic on the trash can in the stall. It amused me so much that I just had to take a photo. I’m not quite sure what else to say about the following photo, so I will leave you to admire the most amusing trash can graphic (art?) I’ve ever seen.

Cat Go Wild on Instinct… Do you?

In case it is hard to read, here is what it says below the title of “black & white”:

“We are very cool and probobly [sic] one of the most composed beings but when we cat we get wild on instinct. Do you?”

I’m not exactly sure what this literally means, but as a cat owner I’m certain that it’s true. 😉

Trip to Thailand

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

In a little less than 5 days, Kevin and I will on our way to Thailand to spend 10 full days exploring the country! This is a trip that we have been wanting to take for years, and now, to celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary (October 25), we are finally going! I am both ecstatic and nervous. It’s the good sort of nervous though; the butterflies-in-your-stomach kind.

I’ve never been overseas before and just the thought of being somewhere as exotic as Thailand is so exhilarating. New smells, new customs, new foods.. and a language that I know frightfully little of. Thankfully, there will be someone there who speaks both Thai and English. That puts a lot of worries to rest for me.

Usually, I’d be worried about what I can eat, but there are plenty of vegan/vegetarian-friendly restaurants over there and I am sure I will have many chances to thoroughly explore vegan Thai cuisine.

Our planned route takes us almost straight up the middle of the country. Our first stop is Bangkok, where we will stay for 3 nights, then a stop at Ayuthaya and Lopburi before heading to Phitsanulok for 1 night. From Phitsanulok we go to Lampang for 1 night. After a stop at Phayao, a historic rural town in Northern Thailand, we head for Chiang Rai for 2 nights. Our last stop is Chiang Mai for 1 night, then we fly back to Bangkok for 1 more night before flying back home.

Here is a screen shot of our route in Google Maps, with my addition of the English names of the cities:

Thailand Trip Route

During our trip, I hope to utilize my phone’s wifi capability to connect to free wifi hot spots in the cities we will be traveling to so I can blog our daily sightseeing. I’ll probably do one more test post to double-check that it works the way I want it to, as well.

If you have been to Thailand and have visited any of the cities we are staying in, please share with me your insights! Any tips or recommended sightseeing stops will be much appreciated.

Thailand, Here I Come!

Saturday, July 28th, 2007

Remember that I put Thailand on that list of places I want to visit? Well, looks like I’ll have to take it off the list! Kevin and I will be going to Thailand for 12 days at the beginning of November. Gah! There are so many things I want to do there and I am so excited to visit! Wow!

The two things that I really, really want to see is an elephant sanctuary and the Temple of the Golden Buddha.

It hasn’t really fully sunk in, yet, but I am so excited! 😀 Holy crap! We’re going to Thailand!!!!