in love with thailand

During my first two weekends of my exchange program I have definitely fallen in love with Thailand: chaotic streets, paradisiacal islands, stinging neon lights beckoning to drink liquor, stark white beaches, bikini-clad bargirls, ... everything is possible in Thailand.

My 5-days-visit to Bangkok can only be described as unforgettable. The city cannot be more chaotic, noisy and messy but it definitely has its own charm. Thousands of temples spread around the dirty streets, some of which are really impressive. We even visited a nearby city, ancient capital of Siam, and a floating market which has unfortunately turned into some kind of touristic attraction.

At night the city gets even more colorful. We walked through the streets where we ate pancakes, bought some really cheap t-shirts, had a beer near the river and even saw a moey thai combat. We moved around with the famous "tuk tuk", and was in fact quite funny when the six of us tried to fit all in.

When we came back to Singapore we felt all a bit disappointed since our trip had gone by so fast. But we didn't really had time to worry, as two days later we were back in Thailand, but for a very different kind of trip. This second weekend we didn't visit any temple nor did we walk through crowded streets... this second weekend was relax time.

Krabi, Phuket, Phi Phi Island,... all of them were once paradisiacal places which have nowadays become a massive tourist point. However, we spotted a really nice beach with only a few climbers that guaranteed us peace, relax, beautiful sunsets, crystalline waters and white sand scenarios. We enjoyed so much that this time it was even harder to go back to Singapore!