Montag, 28. Februar 2011
Maesa Waterfalls trip
Sawasdee krap,
After a 66-hours working week and a day around the pool it was time for me to see some more Thailand again, so I rented my scooter again ( I already get 25% discount as a loyalty bonus ) and started my tour heading to the Maesa water falls outside the city. It took my an hour to get there and they way itself was already worth stoping every 200m and take pictures but I was afraid to burn my skin already before arriving so I droped that and speeded straight to my target.
The place outstriped again everything I have seen before and I forgot my plan to go further to a famous cave nearby because I wanted to spend the whole afternoon around the falls. I tried to catch everything with pictures as good as possible but compared to the real thing they are nothing.
The whole spot consists of ten smaller and bigger falls which you have to discover on foot and almost without support. The fact that the Thais do not built a whole attraction complex with restaurants, sounvenir stands and all that sh*t around their natural sites keeps the place even more beautiful and you could really enjoy the pictures and sounds of true nature. The path around all ten falls took me around three hours and I rarely saw other tourists. In the middle I took a refreshing bath, grabed my book and just laid down and rested for half an hour. To imagine the whole thing you better take a look at my pictures and I better go off to bed, because I am on early shift coming week, which means working from 7 am til 5:30 pm. During the week I will post some pictures about the hotel to give you an idea about my workplace.
Only remains to say that being hit by a bug fifty cent coin sized while driving 90 km/h was an experience I could totally have lived without. Have a nice week and you will hear from me soon.
Chris
After a 66-hours working week and a day around the pool it was time for me to see some more Thailand again, so I rented my scooter again ( I already get 25% discount as a loyalty bonus ) and started my tour heading to the Maesa water falls outside the city. It took my an hour to get there and they way itself was already worth stoping every 200m and take pictures but I was afraid to burn my skin already before arriving so I droped that and speeded straight to my target.
The place outstriped again everything I have seen before and I forgot my plan to go further to a famous cave nearby because I wanted to spend the whole afternoon around the falls. I tried to catch everything with pictures as good as possible but compared to the real thing they are nothing.
The whole spot consists of ten smaller and bigger falls which you have to discover on foot and almost without support. The fact that the Thais do not built a whole attraction complex with restaurants, sounvenir stands and all that sh*t around their natural sites keeps the place even more beautiful and you could really enjoy the pictures and sounds of true nature. The path around all ten falls took me around three hours and I rarely saw other tourists. In the middle I took a refreshing bath, grabed my book and just laid down and rested for half an hour. To imagine the whole thing you better take a look at my pictures and I better go off to bed, because I am on early shift coming week, which means working from 7 am til 5:30 pm. During the week I will post some pictures about the hotel to give you an idea about my workplace.
Only remains to say that being hit by a bug fifty cent coin sized while driving 90 km/h was an experience I could totally have lived without. Have a nice week and you will hear from me soon.
Chris
Mittwoch, 23. Februar 2011
Bangkok the 1st
Hello my dear family, friends and followers,
after some days of silence I will tell and show you my trip to Bangkok to see Kathrin and spend some time in Thailands capital city.
Thursday directly after my shift I took a Tuktuk to Chiang Mai airport which is only a 15-minute-ride. The airport itself is quite small and the business is easy-going. I did not even show my passport to get on board and after a 40 minutes delay and a 70 minutes flight I arrived in Bangkok shortly after 12 at night. Kahtrin was already waiting to pick me up and together we took a cab to bring us to her apartment.
Her accommodation is situated in the heart of Bangkoks business district and her room is pretty simple, but nice and she has everything she needs for a fair price. After sleeping late next morning we packed our stuff and rushed the city center to get some breakfast. We ended up in a totally Thai bistro called " au bon pain" ;). After enjoying some food and iced coffee (which is like the national drink as it seems to me; you can get it everywhere and in hundreds of flavors) we made our way to one of Bangkoks most famous temples called wat (Thai for temple) Arun. The building and the surroundings are beautiful (pictures) and it is always very special to see how emotional and deeply believing Thai people pray. On our way there we coincidently passed another religious place which is not mentioned on any touristic map or guide, but it was nearly as stunning as wat Arun itself.
After this exhausting site-seeing tour we went back to Kathrins place to shower and change before we met with the our friends who are in Bangkok as well. Together we went to a street restaurant and I was delighted again by the wonderful Thai food which I am eating every day.
Some weeks ago when we arrived in Thailand I discovered a crazy cinema in Bangkoks biggest mall and I promised Kahtrin to take her there when we are in BKK together. So we walked to the mall all together and said good bye to Maxi, Nadine and Hendrik.
The cinema offered different categories of seats and packages, so to make it special and because it sounded great we took the most expensive ones for 700 Baht ( 17.50 € ) each. The advertisement stated that we would get a separated pair of connected seats which can be transformed to a bed and nice pillows and covers. Looking forward to a unique cinema experience we booked the tickets and entered the "first class cinema" area which was specially for the highest fare. The entrance itself was already stunning but then it really started:
Arriving in the " waiting lounge " our personal waiter arrived at our table to hand us the welcome cocktails and ask for our consumption wishes during the movie. After the welcome drink we got another iced coffee and enjoyed full access to the buffet consisting of hot and warm snacks and sweets. The personal guided us to our sofa where to buckets of sweet popcorn and chilled sprite were waiting already and we made ourselves comfortable. All the services and things I just mentioned where included in our booking (which we did not know) and I never rested in such a nice and cozy chair. We watched "love and other drugs" (not my idea) and the evening was just perfect.
On Saturday we slept long and had breakfast at Kathrin's daily street stands. The pancakes, waffles and the iced latte were gorgeous and did not even cost us 4€ in total. The rest of the day until late afternoon we spent on Bangkoks Chatutack weekend market, the tourist gadget whole sale of the city and the biggest market in town. From faked, shoes, shirts, sunglasses, watches, art and all kinds of food up to dogs, cats and weapon or faked money you can buy everything there and I bought some shirts and a nice leather bag for only 400 Baht (10 €). After showering and a little nap we met with our friends again and went out for a drink in the tourist streets and after that in the famous Singha Beer garden. We had a lot of fun but the mosquitoes attacked me and my girlfriend so hard, that we decided to go home early. On sunday we took it easy and enjoyed a big breakfast with sandwiches, waffles and croissants together with Maxi before meeting up with everybody at the pool of Maxis hotel. This place is so big that it is impossible to know every guests and so we stayed there for free the whole afternoon.Back at Kathrins flat it was time for me to collect my things and fly back "home". It was a wondeful weekend and surely not my last one in Bangkok. This is it for today because my sweetheart is on Skype and I do not want to miss her so good bye everybody and I will keep you posted.
Chris
Dienstag, 22. Februar 2011
Sonntag, 13. Februar 2011
Trip to Ban Pong
Hi there all over the world,
after being shut-in for some days I decided to finish my healing process with some fresh air and wondeful nature so I packed my bag, switch the hotel again and rented my scooter to make my way to Ban Pong. This is a small village in the middle of the mountains about 20 kilometres away from Chiang Mai.
Until now this was the most amazing trip I made and I felt like experiencing the real Thailand today. The village is in the middle of nowhere and to get there I had to pass wonderful landscapes and way that had nothing to do with the roads we all know. On the first pictures you can see a relaxation resort, which is open for everybody and kind of a weekend attraction for the locals. the whole place is made-up as an installation of little gardens, seperated by little streams and connected by wooden bridges. I discovered it coincidently while heading to Ban Pong and without knowing what was waiting for me I paid the entrance fee and it was more than worth it. The place was so quiet and peaceful that I felt a little disturbing as the only tourist at that moment, so I left and followed the road up to the mountains. The rest of the photos illustrates my stay at the waterfall near the village and the environment. The place was originally a resting place for cowhands and their herd. I just layed down in the bamboo shack and refreshed myself with the cold water. I guess you take a look because it is pretty hard to describe it with words ;)
Until Thursday my page will stay quiet because I am on shift and will have no time to do such things but for the weekend I promise you exciting pictures and stories from Bangkok.
Time for a rain shower now and my medicine. Have a good day guys and you will hear from me soon.
Chris
after being shut-in for some days I decided to finish my healing process with some fresh air and wondeful nature so I packed my bag, switch the hotel again and rented my scooter to make my way to Ban Pong. This is a small village in the middle of the mountains about 20 kilometres away from Chiang Mai.
Until now this was the most amazing trip I made and I felt like experiencing the real Thailand today. The village is in the middle of nowhere and to get there I had to pass wonderful landscapes and way that had nothing to do with the roads we all know. On the first pictures you can see a relaxation resort, which is open for everybody and kind of a weekend attraction for the locals. the whole place is made-up as an installation of little gardens, seperated by little streams and connected by wooden bridges. I discovered it coincidently while heading to Ban Pong and without knowing what was waiting for me I paid the entrance fee and it was more than worth it. The place was so quiet and peaceful that I felt a little disturbing as the only tourist at that moment, so I left and followed the road up to the mountains. The rest of the photos illustrates my stay at the waterfall near the village and the environment. The place was originally a resting place for cowhands and their herd. I just layed down in the bamboo shack and refreshed myself with the cold water. I guess you take a look because it is pretty hard to describe it with words ;)
Until Thursday my page will stay quiet because I am on shift and will have no time to do such things but for the weekend I promise you exciting pictures and stories from Bangkok.
Time for a rain shower now and my medicine. Have a good day guys and you will hear from me soon.
Chris
Donnerstag, 10. Februar 2011
my hotel rooms and my "little problem"
Hey there guys,
As promissed I will publish some pictures about my different accommodations here in Thailand to give you an impression how nicely I am treated over here. Today I was moved to Holiday Inn, Chiang Mai because the hotel is overbooked again and there is no space for trainees at the moment :)
Originally I wanted to post this yesterday already but I got the flu pretty bad and spent the whole day near the toilet and at the hospital, but I am alright again and forced to stay in bed for the next two days. Coming weekend I will fly to Bangkok to visit my girlfriend and friends and have a nice time. I will stuff you with loads of pictures and keep posting. Now it's time for my medicine and some sleep. Sorry for writing so short this time but all the details I could mention are not intresting for you ;-)
Post you soon,
Chris
As promissed I will publish some pictures about my different accommodations here in Thailand to give you an impression how nicely I am treated over here. Today I was moved to Holiday Inn, Chiang Mai because the hotel is overbooked again and there is no space for trainees at the moment :)
Originally I wanted to post this yesterday already but I got the flu pretty bad and spent the whole day near the toilet and at the hospital, but I am alright again and forced to stay in bed for the next two days. Coming weekend I will fly to Bangkok to visit my girlfriend and friends and have a nice time. I will stuff you with loads of pictures and keep posting. Now it's time for my medicine and some sleep. Sorry for writing so short this time but all the details I could mention are not intresting for you ;-)
Post you soon,
Chris
Dienstag, 8. Februar 2011
Chiang Mai - first impressions and Doi Sutheb
Hello again my beloved ones,
I am sorry for the long time I did not update this but as I was moved to another hotel due to overbooking I had to pay for the internet connection and therefore I waited til now.
I am more than fine in the country of smiles and after my first working days I can truly say that I am lucky to be here in terms of the hotel, the team and the country itself. I was sent arround the departments and worked three days each in housekeeping and the Royal Club Lounge, a special facility for the company's prefered and special guests. Today I was off again and took my time to relax and chill around the pool. Tomorrow I will visit a cultural hot spot about 30 km south from Chiang Mai. I will also move back to the Le Meridien and will show you my normal and my "guest" room in comparison.
On Wednesday my work at the front office starts and I am looking forward to get familiar with the check-in and booking system of the hotel chain.
The first pictures are about my trip to Doi Sutheb, a sacred temple in the mountains just outside the city. I went there by scooter and there trip itself was nearly as much fun as the visit itself. You have a beautiful view over the city and the nature is just amazing.
I have to catch a beer with my collegues so have a nice day everybody and I will be back tomorrow with pictures about both rooms and the daily happenings.
Byebye
Chris
I am sorry for the long time I did not update this but as I was moved to another hotel due to overbooking I had to pay for the internet connection and therefore I waited til now.
I am more than fine in the country of smiles and after my first working days I can truly say that I am lucky to be here in terms of the hotel, the team and the country itself. I was sent arround the departments and worked three days each in housekeeping and the Royal Club Lounge, a special facility for the company's prefered and special guests. Today I was off again and took my time to relax and chill around the pool. Tomorrow I will visit a cultural hot spot about 30 km south from Chiang Mai. I will also move back to the Le Meridien and will show you my normal and my "guest" room in comparison.
On Wednesday my work at the front office starts and I am looking forward to get familiar with the check-in and booking system of the hotel chain.
The first pictures are about my trip to Doi Sutheb, a sacred temple in the mountains just outside the city. I went there by scooter and there trip itself was nearly as much fun as the visit itself. You have a beautiful view over the city and the nature is just amazing.
I have to catch a beer with my collegues so have a nice day everybody and I will be back tomorrow with pictures about both rooms and the daily happenings.
Byebye
Chris
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