A hurried narration of our Thailand trip

I have been meaning to write about this trip for the past 2 days. But my mind is flooded with so much to write that I don't know how to frame the entire thing. Anyway, here is my sincere attempt to do justice only to the itinerary.

We started from Pune on 5th March at about 3 in the afternoon. Reached Mumbai by 8pm, had a sumptuous meal and reached the airport. The flight took off by 12.30am and we reached Bangkok by 6am on 6th March.

Day 1: We took a bus to Pattaya as the check-in time in hotels there was 2pm. We reached Pattaya by 12 noon. We had lunch and started off to visit the Noong nooch village. It had a cute pottery garden, an orchid garden, Thai cultural dance, Thai boxing, Elephant show and stuff like that. We roamed in that till evening and got back to the hotel. We took some rest and then left for a cabaret show called Alcazar show there. It was marvelous. Thai dancers put up a spectacular show. Rich costumes, lot of lighting made the show very very memorable.
We got back exhausted and crashed in the hotel.

Day 2: The next morning we left for Coral Island. A speed boat dumped us there by 9am and they said the boat will start in the evening by 4pm. The island had options for scuba diving to see corals, some adventure sports like banana-boat ride, water scooter etc. It was very much like Goa but a lot more cleaner. We hired the beach-side chairs, had coconut-water and took a good amount of rest. It was hot and humid but the day was very relaxing. We left the island in the evening and got back to the hotel. We hired a 2-wheeler and happily roamed around in Pattaya. We went to a place called Mini Siam. It had miniatures of many famous monuments around the world like the Statue of Liberty, the Sphynx, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Opera House etc. etc. We roamed in that for a while, then went to the Ripley's Belive it or not museum. From there, went to the night market called Walking Street. Apparently, this market is famous for flesh trade. The girls in Thailand were extremely beautiful but it was very very sad to see them earn their living by such means. Every here and there we could see hefty foreigners hanging around with frail Thai girls. That's their way of life..We didn't realise when we got back and when it was morning and time for us to leave the hotel.

Day 3: We checked out and proceeded towards Bangkok. The hotel here was awesome. The interior was extremely modern and I cannot stop raving about it. But, later..
We had plans to see the traditional Thai Wat Trimit etc. which houses the Golden Buddha, Emerald Buddha, reclining Buddha etc. But we were late so missed it all. We decided to take some rest till evening. In the evening, we went for shopping to the MBK Market, Siam mall etc. by their sky-train. People would not believe if we say that we did not buy ANYTHING AT ALL. We roamed in the mall for about 3-4 hours and got tired and got back and slept.

Day 4: We had booked a trip to the Safari World there. It was a full-day trip. It had Orangutan show, sea-lion show, cowboy stunt show, dolphin show, bird show, spy-war show and a zoo and a crocodile farm etc. The whole day was quite enjoyable. We did a Jungle Safari also. From there, we directly went to a dinner cruise. It was supposed to be very romantic with candle-light dinner and stuff. We were feeling a bit out-of-place. But we got bored and the speed of the ship was, I think, 1 Km/hr :D.. There was Thai dance and English music on the ship. People seemed to be enjoying the candle-light dinner. We got so bored that we chucked the dinner and stood on the deck for a while. That was the only nice part of the cruise. We understood its not for practical people like us, its more for the mushy romantics at heart. Again, back to hotel and crash.

Day 5: We woke up early in the morning by 5am and left for the Damnuen-Saduak Floating market. This is a Thai village completely on water. Their houses are on water. And they sell fruits, vegetables, clothes, hats etc. on water. It was very nice. They took us on a long-tailed boat and we saw the enire market. From there, we left to the Bangkok airport, reached home by half past midnight and slept away to glory.


In the whole trip, the only trouble for us was food and language. I had to wonder if this whole country would perish the day fish become extinct. Every food of theirs had something to do with fish or oyster or duck et.al. We somehow survived on salads and thanks to a few Indian restaurants. Non-vegetarians would have had a blast. As for language, the only language that we could use was sign language. Surprisingly, people hardly spoke English. Everything was in the form of signs aided by some sounds like ah, aha, then shaking head vigorously for na. It was hilarious at times. Whatever you say in English, the reply was always the same - a wide grin with foolishness writ all over :D

The other thing that I must mention is the girls there. I couldn't help but be envious. They were so good-looking, had such flawless skin, such perfect weight :( :(.. Its paradise for bachelors.

Thailand is supposedly famous for shopping. I saw Indians buying things by cart-loads like there was no tomorrow. We did visit the most famous malls there but could not find a single thing worth buying. Surely, some thing's wrong with us 'cause so many people can't be wrong.

In all, this was quite a hectic sight-seeing trip, not a relaxing one.. :)Hope to have a rejuvenating trip next time...