N&M's Globe » Thailand http://www.nmglobe.com Follow us around the globe Mon, 18 Jul 2016 12:06:18 +0000 de-DE hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Last days in Bangkok http://www.nmglobe.com/last-days-in-bangkok/ http://www.nmglobe.com/last-days-in-bangkok/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2014 07:58:53 +0000 http://www.nmglobe.com/?p=2550 We arrived in Bangkok early in the morning at 5:30 am and went to the train station which was near our hotel and spent some time drinking coffee until we could check in. Sure enough, we knew when it was 8 o’clock as everything comes to a halt and people stand up to show respect to the crown when the national anthym is played. Shortly after we went to check-in and started our last full day in Bangkok. We went to Chinatown first to see some more of the old part of the city and had some last Thai treats, before we went to the new city. There we got a last massage, enjoyed the view over Bangkok from a Skybar, got stuck in a proper monsoon rain shower and last but not least took a stroll through the renown redlight district. As to the massage, it was Mathias‘ first Thai massage and his words afterwards say it all: ‚I almost died of pain, but now I feel good :)‘. The Skybar was recommended to us by Mathias‘ friend Moritz and we are glad we went there. The view was absolutely breathtaking and it was a perfect finish to our time in South East Asia. When it went dark we went down to have some dinner at a street restaurant right opposite of the hotel. We had just ordered, when a proper monsoon rain shower started. It did not stop for 2 hours and by the end, our road was almost flooded. I could not help but think that Asia just wanted to remind us, that we had traveled the region during monsoon season. As in fact, up to that point, we had experienced very little rain throughout the whole time. When it had finally finished, we went to the redlight district to make up our own mind about it. It is as expected a place mostly full of expats and old, mostly not good looking Westerners who have a beautiful Asian women in their arms. Or aim to get there during the evening. If you are indifferent to that though and can look past all that, I am sure it can be a quite fun night out if nothing else is on. And so, our time in South East Asia came to an end. The next day, our adventour to India started…

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]]> http://www.nmglobe.com/last-days-in-bangkok/feed/ 0 Ko Samui Island http://www.nmglobe.com/ko-samui-island/ http://www.nmglobe.com/ko-samui-island/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2014 07:50:17 +0000 http://www.nmglobe.com/?p=2492 Before it was time for us to head to India, a country of extremes and one that will be challenging for the mind to take in fully, we decided to prepare ourselves mentally on an island in Thailand: Ko Samui. By now, Ko Samui is mainly a resort island for package tourists. Just like on Mallorca, there are also still beautiful and quiet places left on other parts of the island, where the chilled and relaxed Thai atmosphere still exists. This is where we spent our time. We flew here directly from Laos and spent 4 days relaxing, drinking tons of coconuts, eating great Thai food and getting massages. And of course, if there is a local market around, you can be sure we find it. And so we did and with it everything on display and for sale from sharks to eals to frogs to little turtles :(. Still a sight that makes me a bit sad and I will probably never get used to. Anyway, after 4 chilled days, we embarked on an 18 hour bus and ferry journey to Bangkok for 2 last days there.

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]]> http://www.nmglobe.com/ko-samui-island/feed/ 0 Bangkok http://www.nmglobe.com/bangkok/ http://www.nmglobe.com/bangkok/#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2014 06:03:23 +0000 http://www.nmglobe.com/?p=2008 Here are the highlights of our first two days in Bangkok. A good mix of strolling the city, seeing a floating market outside of Bangkok, visiting the famous Chachuchak weekend market and ending the day by having dinner with Mathia’s former colleague Moritz.

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