Monday, February 23, 2009
Bangalore, India
I'm in Bangalore, India, right now! Busy, busy, busy is this city - so many cars and so many people!! I've learned to like it, but still happy to go to somewhere more quiet tomorrow :D The only thing that bothers me, is that everybody is staring at me all the time - went to the zoo, and I think that to a lot of people I was the most exotic animal there ("giant white scandinavian", lives only in the far north in an iglu! :D) Also went to the botanical gardens, science museum (surprisingly cool!), safari (lions and tigers!) and saw a really cool light water show. Anyway, India seems really interesting, kind of what I expected - heaps of people and cows on the streets :D Anyway, going to Kerala tomorrow, should be really beautiful and more peaceful!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Singapore
Singapore it is then! Organized and clean for change! :) They've got all these weird rules here - can't even drink water in the train... ($500 fine!!) I'm staying in Little India, which seems to be the best part of the city for budget accommodation.. Also getting used to India a little bit :D Flying to Bangalore tomorrow!
Oh, one funny thing that happened in Phuket!! I usually don't meet too many Finnish people while travelling, and when I do (around 5 times during the last couple of months), I always go and talk to them. And so does everybody else! Well... Did the same the first day in Phuket - and these people were staring at me like I was crazy!! Haha :) And after the first day I realized that you can't walk in the town without hearing Finnish language at least every fifteen minutes! So many Finnish people there was! So, I realized that in a place like Phuket, where there are A LOT of Finnish package trip tourists, only the fact that you're speaking the same language is not a reason good enough to go and talk to someone! Should have known that, but just didn't cross my mind at that time :D
Oh, one funny thing that happened in Phuket!! I usually don't meet too many Finnish people while travelling, and when I do (around 5 times during the last couple of months), I always go and talk to them. And so does everybody else! Well... Did the same the first day in Phuket - and these people were staring at me like I was crazy!! Haha :) And after the first day I realized that you can't walk in the town without hearing Finnish language at least every fifteen minutes! So many Finnish people there was! So, I realized that in a place like Phuket, where there are A LOT of Finnish package trip tourists, only the fact that you're speaking the same language is not a reason good enough to go and talk to someone! Should have known that, but just didn't cross my mind at that time :D
Monday, February 16, 2009
Phuket, Thailand
Right now I'm at my hostel's "living room" and there's a tv show about hot air ballooning in Levi, Lapland, Finland!! Looked really beautiful - and I'm the lucky one going there in four weeks! :)
I'm in Phuket now, and I think that I've found the place where all the Finnish people go to in Thailand! Haven't met too many Finnish people while travelling, but yesterday I went to the Sunday market here, and probably every third person there was speaking Finnish!!
I'm in Phuket now, and I think that I've found the place where all the Finnish people go to in Thailand! Haven't met too many Finnish people while travelling, but yesterday I went to the Sunday market here, and probably every third person there was speaking Finnish!!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Koh Chang, Thailand
So we ended up on Koh Chang then! Spent one day in Bangkok and came here on Sunday. Koh Chang is a lovely island and there's lots to do here! We've been elephant riding (actually got to sit on the elephant's head!) and today went on a sailing trip, which was awesome too! Went snorkelling and I got to help with the sails and to steer the boat. Tomorrow we're probably going to rent a motorbike and go to some other beaches on the island. Having a really good time and I'm really glad to get to travel with a friend for a week!
Saturday, February 07, 2009
Bangkok
Hey!!
Long time, no see... So I'm in Bangkok again! I flew from Bali to Bangkok on Tuesday last week and stayed for one night before flying to Phnom Penh Cambodia on Wednesday.
Stayed in Phnom Penh for a couple of days but unfortunately got a cold the first night, so I was basically sleeping for two days... I should have learned by now, that I should never get a hotel room with air conditioning that you can't turn of... So, I didn't really see anything in Phnom Penh. Only went to a fun restaurant to get something to eat a few times and was playing pool with the local girls! I wasn't too disappointed for not seeing the "sightseeing stuff" in Phnom Penh, because the recent history of Cambodia is really sad and the places people go to see are quite depressing.
From Phnom Penh I took the bus down south to Sihanoukville to stay there for a few days. Rented a moped and just drove around and went to some nice beaches one day. Then I did an overnight diving trip to Koh Rong Samloen, which was a really nice little island! It was only me and a French Canadian girl plus the Canadian dive master staying at the place on the island, so it was really nice and peaceful! We did four dives altogether and in the evening had some really good food (fish, rice, vegetables) cooked by one villager. The village was nice and we were just walking around the island and also visited the school they had there. The kids here are so cool!
After Sihanoukville I took the bus to Siem Reap. I had only one day left to discover the Angkor Wat temples, but the one day turned out to be really amazing! I met a German girl on the bus and stayed with her in Siem Reap. We had a really nice tuk-tuk -driver the whole day and he drove us to all the most impressive temples. It's pretty amazing that a whole city like that actually exists! The temples are huge and they are basically in the middle of the jungle. Also, the details and all the carvings look impressive! We started the day before sunrise (5 a.m.) because the sunrise at the temples is just really impressive and went around the whole day before going on a boat trip to a floating village nearby. The village was pretty awesome - all the houses, shops, schools and churches were boats, they even had a basketball court on a big flat boat! And the village changes its location depending on the season!
Yesterday I had the craziest (and kind of funniest) bus ride ever! The trip from Siem Reap to Bangkok is not really long in distance but it took more than 12 hours! And the bus wasn't really designed for tall people, so it was pretty interesting... The road on Cambodia's side is in a really bad condition (just an unsealed red sand) and I heard that the airline flying from Siem Reap to Bangkok is actually bribing the government for not improving the road... (!!) Anyway, arrived in Bangkok after sunset yesterday and went to look for a place to stay with two German guys. Luckily I got the last single room and they got the last double! Then we went out for dinner - and actually stayed out the whole night until like 4.30 in the morning... The first time during this trip that I actually properly went out! :)
Now I'll go for breakfast with the guys and then to the hotel's pool (!) before leaving to the airport at noon to meet up with Jenni!! Can't wait to travel with a really good friend for change!! I mean, I like travelling by myself, because you always meet people anyway, but it's so different when you have a really good friend to share all the experiences!
Long time, no see... So I'm in Bangkok again! I flew from Bali to Bangkok on Tuesday last week and stayed for one night before flying to Phnom Penh Cambodia on Wednesday.
Stayed in Phnom Penh for a couple of days but unfortunately got a cold the first night, so I was basically sleeping for two days... I should have learned by now, that I should never get a hotel room with air conditioning that you can't turn of... So, I didn't really see anything in Phnom Penh. Only went to a fun restaurant to get something to eat a few times and was playing pool with the local girls! I wasn't too disappointed for not seeing the "sightseeing stuff" in Phnom Penh, because the recent history of Cambodia is really sad and the places people go to see are quite depressing.
From Phnom Penh I took the bus down south to Sihanoukville to stay there for a few days. Rented a moped and just drove around and went to some nice beaches one day. Then I did an overnight diving trip to Koh Rong Samloen, which was a really nice little island! It was only me and a French Canadian girl plus the Canadian dive master staying at the place on the island, so it was really nice and peaceful! We did four dives altogether and in the evening had some really good food (fish, rice, vegetables) cooked by one villager. The village was nice and we were just walking around the island and also visited the school they had there. The kids here are so cool!
After Sihanoukville I took the bus to Siem Reap. I had only one day left to discover the Angkor Wat temples, but the one day turned out to be really amazing! I met a German girl on the bus and stayed with her in Siem Reap. We had a really nice tuk-tuk -driver the whole day and he drove us to all the most impressive temples. It's pretty amazing that a whole city like that actually exists! The temples are huge and they are basically in the middle of the jungle. Also, the details and all the carvings look impressive! We started the day before sunrise (5 a.m.) because the sunrise at the temples is just really impressive and went around the whole day before going on a boat trip to a floating village nearby. The village was pretty awesome - all the houses, shops, schools and churches were boats, they even had a basketball court on a big flat boat! And the village changes its location depending on the season!
Yesterday I had the craziest (and kind of funniest) bus ride ever! The trip from Siem Reap to Bangkok is not really long in distance but it took more than 12 hours! And the bus wasn't really designed for tall people, so it was pretty interesting... The road on Cambodia's side is in a really bad condition (just an unsealed red sand) and I heard that the airline flying from Siem Reap to Bangkok is actually bribing the government for not improving the road... (!!) Anyway, arrived in Bangkok after sunset yesterday and went to look for a place to stay with two German guys. Luckily I got the last single room and they got the last double! Then we went out for dinner - and actually stayed out the whole night until like 4.30 in the morning... The first time during this trip that I actually properly went out! :)
Now I'll go for breakfast with the guys and then to the hotel's pool (!) before leaving to the airport at noon to meet up with Jenni!! Can't wait to travel with a really good friend for change!! I mean, I like travelling by myself, because you always meet people anyway, but it's so different when you have a really good friend to share all the experiences!
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