I think I'm done with temples for a while...

Anita is in Bangkok for last 8 days (she won the first prize in the World City Survival Championship!), staying on another Freak Street again (and its not Khao San Rd). I didn't do much to be honest. But, hey Pili, there is a good thing about our separate trip- at least we can do some sightseeing (booring!) so I have seen one temple in Bangkok Noi, and another temple in Chinatown and few more in Ayuthaya.


While I was wandering around the temple site beside reflexion about the condition of human being in the universe I also :
- found very fashion forward guard of the Wat Arun.
- I was searching for Buddas images in Ayuthaya, ooo here you are hiding in the tree...

- I noticed a novice Superman rescuing people from dehydration

Bangkok Noi

Pilanita got fed up with farang area of Bangkok and decided to see real life. Both went for a trip by free city bus and found beautiful part of Bangkok Noi and Thonburi with dozens of canals and raft houses. Pilanita contributed to the local community by helping them to feed the fish and thankful Thai treated her with homemade coconut ice cream.

Birthday treat

Pilanita has celebrate Anita's B-day with great company of Fritz, Ed and two infamous Irish Luonatics-Barra and Joe. After a couple of drinks to give myself some courage the time for B-day treat had come- crickets with a bit salt and chilly.

Pilanita's new travelbuddies!

Pilanita and the White Dragon





Pilanita was hitch-hicking, sweating under the heat in khanom and White Dragon saw her, felt sorry for her and stopped.

As both of them are heading to Malysia, he decided to support her on her budget trip and take Pilanita with him all the way to the south so she doesnt have to pay for plain tickets to Kuala Lumpur.


Pilanita and the frog : Wendy, the second! (Dont ask what happen with Wendy the first, Pilanita is still crying when she remembers her;( )

Wendy the second wanted to travel all over Asia and jumped into Pilanita's bag . She didnt know she was in danger!! Pilanita saw her while packing and rescued her from dying of asphyxia . Wendy, the second, was so grateful that she decide to become Pilanita's guide while she is travelling in Thailand and joined her in her adventure.

Nhakon Si Thammarat

After one month of "brainless" activity on the island and even if she is brainless now, she has decided to look for some cultural activities and gastronomic experiencies at Nhakon Si Thamarat. Exploring the city she found lots of hindu, buddhist and muslim temples and she tried muslim food (khao Mok - chicken briyani - and mataba - pankake stuffed with chicken and veg).

Khanom

Pilanita' s body has arrived to Khanom and she found herself in a desserted land with NO farangs (thai way to call westerners).

As Pilanita is missing her second half, she had to made up something not to get bored while travelling alone. Here there are some useful tips ;)

After one month of sunbathing, reading and doing snorkling, Pilanita discovered other activities she can do at the seaside:

1 - Get involved in fishing activities and have spicy fish for dinner!

2 - Buy a book called "How to learn Thai in two days" and join the English - Thai language conversation exchange, so she has someone to speak to.

3- Go to the food market with the owner of the bungalows where she stays.

4- Go to the Fool Moon Party with retired thai people, who saw Pilanita alone and invited her to go.

5- Singing Karaoke all night long.

6- Go paragliding.

7. Join the teenager barbacue party on the beach ( O " moraga"... como lo llamamos en Melilla.")

8- Go for a swim and play with the sharks.

9- And...her favourite activity... Waving back at people in the street when she heard: Hello you!!

Pilanita's Split up

Pilanita couldn't make a decision where to go next so she split up in two halves- one goes to south of Thailand, Maleysia and Sri Lanka later on and second half to India. Pilanita's head is going to India, as she would not like to cover her face with burka. The other part to SE Asia to enjoy sunbathing (imposible in India, where shorts and bare arms are not acceptable).Keep your fingers crossed for her adventurous trips:)

Pilanita's CV

Skills Pilanita gained during the trip:
-bargain
-play pool
-play Yaniv- Israeli card game
-dance to Punjabi music
-snorkeling and skin diving
-trekking in high altitude
-rock climbing
-cooking momos
-yoga
-riding on a motorbike

Ko Phangan-doo doo doo

Whatever connotation Ko Phangan has it's not the reason why Pilanita came here. No full Moon party (no full Moon in February), no drugs, no magic mushroom, no ladyboys, no meditation either levitation, no tarot reading, and happily, no Ko Phangan tattoo!

what she did was snorkeling, beaching, sunbathing and reading and hanging out with Dragon Hut family (HELLO!) and listening (non stop) to Job 2 do, best Thai reagge ever (check this out on youtube ) and playing with our new pet- red dotted lizard, that we called Stripey;)

May I have?

Thai cuisine is amazing. Pilanita recommends: crunchy (but liquidy inside) cockroaches, crockets, grass hoppers and some stir fry larvas. yummie...

Reaching the bottom....

It's already 4,5 months since Pilanita started her adveturous trip in Asia. It's still another 4 months to go. It's pretty necessary to cut our spendings. Some tips how to save up some money:
-to share 1 euro meal
-to buy male second hand trousers and bring them to the tailor to make beach shorts
-hitchhiking in Thailand to save 1 euro we could spend for taxi
-squoting empty bungalow in small desertet island in Ko Phangan
-buy SongSon (either rum nor whiskey) and fill up glasses with coke in the toilet
-waiting for low tide of the sea to go throught the rocky shore with 25 kg luggage (boat costs 1 euro)
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Ko Tao

Ko Tao is perfect if you are into diving (the cheapest PADI course in the world). But Pilanita was a bit lazy and she prefered to make some friends with ladyboys. She was singing with Thai Whitney Houston during the night show.

Who Pilanita sleeps with while traveling?

in India:
-geckos
-cockroaches
-mice
Nepal:
Thanks God it was too cold for any insect to survive in...
Laos:
-ants
-spiders
-grasshoppers
in Vietnam
-rats
-bedbugs
in Thailand
-scorpions
-frogs
-snails
-lizards
impessive, eh?
We want to appologize if we forgot to put "any-body's" name on the list, we simply forgot your name, but you are as scary as the other creatures.

Spidermonkeys Team!

Pilanita has arrived to Railay, the climbers' paradise. She has joined famous and very popular in Ton Sai beach group of 'spidermonkeys team'. These 'elite'group was led by 'Dutchy'- Michael Van Der Storm and Jonnie Cool- the first prize winner of Ton Sai Belaying Championship February 2010. Occasionally, spidermonkeys from France and Irland joined our group.

Now the game for our fans- where is Pili? (she is wearing as stripey track driver sleeveless T-shirt).

Railey - The Heaven

Saigon

Pilanita says good bye to Vietnam spending whole day and one night in Saigon. Traffic is CRAZY. Colorful propaganda posters and red flags and smiley pictures of uncle Ho make it a bit surreal.

Phu Quoc

Phu Quoc Island-Pilanita was non-stop beaching in the Phu Quoc Island. In the meantime she was exploring the fisherman village and food market. She also tried her best in skin diving picking up some shelves and sea cucumbers from the sea bottom.

Uncle Ho

....
-waking up at 7 in the morning
-finding your best clothes in the backpack full of 'indecent' looking outfit
-walking with the broken sandal through busy street in Hanoi
-going through the securities check in the mausoleum
-marching in the rows of Vietnamese students and tourist with the same pace and rhytm
...its all tough, but seeing the dead communist- priceless!

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Walking in the jungle in the Mekong river Pilanita was suprised by founding the Vietnamese War Veteran on the Hi Chi Min Trail.Rambo reminds our flatmate from Blessington favela, but maybe its just a coincidence.

Bay Watchers

In the ocean there were real dangerous creatures- baby jellyfish, sea stars with poison horns and sharks. Brave bay watchers from Saigon Cafe guesthouse looked after Pilanita. Italian Mitch Buchanon and Finnish CJ Parker were really professional, fit and full of stamina despite drinking the Saigon beer from breakfast till the morning celebrating their never ending birthday parties and eating real Italian pasta, that they cooked in the guesthouse kitchen, teaching the Vietnamese women how to do make it "aldente".

Mui Ne - rainy day activities

How to get the most in the rainy day in Mui Ne
-go to do shelf hunting
-swimming in the warm ocean while storm
-do acquaerobic
-write secret messages for Pilanita's fans

X Files: " A Russian Victim in Mui Ne"

Pilanita bored in the rainy day had investigated the mystery of the case of the lost Russian tourist... She was very helpful with finding the answers for the puzzling story- she found out that the tourist became a victim of popular 'lets cover myself with the sand' game.

Mui Ne

Right now we are in Mui Ne- lovely fisherman village by the Pacific Ocean. We are having great time here:D