Our first stop here was Koh Pangan, the party island. We stayed in a beautiful hostel at the beach where we met Maite and Lisanne from Holland and Sam with his friends from Canada. On the first day we were exploring the island with our rented scooters. It's just 4 Euros to rent a scooter for a whole day! I love it.
The next day we decided to go to the Wipe Out, a water park with obstacles. It was so much fun and also exhausting until I had a bad accident. I hit my head on the edge of a platform when I tried to do a backflip. The wound had to be stitched at the hospital and the day was over for me. That meant I couldn't go to the legendary half moon party :( shit happens and at least I was alive :D
Our stay on the island was really nice though and the day after we took the night bus together with Maite and Lisanne up to Bangkok. Sven and I just stopped for one and a half days because we would come back in a week anyway so we just did some cheap shopping.
After that we directly headed to Chiang Mai in the north. This place was more relaxed and I could calm down for a while. On our first day we drove to the "Grand Canyon" of Chiang Mai. We arrived after 2 hours instead of 1 because Svens phone broke and we drove 50 km in the wrong direction. The canyon was nice but not as big as i thought :D
What I like about Thailand is that you can eat really good food at restaurants all day long for less than 10 Euros and a night in a hostel costs often just 2 Euros. wooow
What I don't like is that everyone wants to sell you the most useless stuff you can imagine and especially Bangkok smelled like garbage!
On our second day in Chiang May we went to the Tiger Kingdom to cuddle some sweet tigers that are 2 meters long and weigh 300 kg
I have to admit I had a lot of respect for those big animals.
To make the day perfect we took a Thai Massage in the evening which was more exhausting than relaxing. They bent us and twisted us like hell but afterwards I felt so good.
The next morning was another highlight when we were riding on elephants!
Oh my good I love elephants they are so huge but so nice and calm and it was such a lot of fun to feed them, play with them and take a ride.
Another good event in Chiang Mai was the Sunday Night Market where bought so many things. Sometimes it's hard to not buy a complete store when everything is so cheap.
Back in Bangkok we had a really expensive drink at the Skybar that became famous with Hangover II.
The perfect place to have dinner with live Jazz music but not for us - we are poor backpackers :D
At Khao San Road i bought many clothes and at night it's a rally crowded place.
On our last day we finally did some sightseeing in Bangkok and went to the impressive Grand Palace and a 5 meter high golden Buddha statue in Chinatown.
I have to say Bangkok is a interesting city although it's not really beautiful and it smells like hell. Also the people are just about to take your money but on the other side it has a really good nightlife and lots of interesting places and sights.
All in all I liked Malaysia more than Thailand because the people are so nice there and everybody understands English.
I will definitely do an Asia trip one day as the culture is so different and there are so many beautiful places and (of course) everything is so damn cheap!
I'm also really looking forward to fly home tonight to see my family and friends. Travelling for such a long time is exhausting and it will be good to relax sometime and to not care about money or accommodation.
I had great ten months with a lot ups and downs and I met so many good people that made my journey unforgettable! It's hard to believe that it's over now but soon I will be travelling again and who knows where I will be then.
Have a good time everyone :)
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