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Location Date Krabi Noi 1378508400 Phanom District 1378249200 Ko Samui 1378162800 Koh Tao 1377817200 Hua Hin 1377471600 Amphawa District 
1377385200 Bangkok 1377298800
Fra Bangkok til Amphawa
Om morgenen skulle jeg videre og i 7-eleven, hvor jeg lige skulle have noget vand med på vejen, undgik jeg endnu et scam. Der er nemlig nogle der vil udnytte naive turister, og de virker rigtig venlige og hjælpsomme, men i virkeligheden snyder de en til at komme af med flere penge en nødvendigt. De starter næsten altid ud med, hvor skal du hen, hvor kommer du fra og har sikkert en historie at fortælle om det sted. Men så rådgiver de dig til at tage en túk-túk hen til tourist kontoret, hvorfra jeg kan købe min billet. Der er ikke andet end at være venlige overfor dem og afvise deres hjælp. Derfra tog jeg en taxa til Victory Monument, hvorfra jeg skulle med en minibus til Amphawa. Det var ikke så nemt som jeg troede. Vicotry Monument var et stort kaos. Så jeg måtte jo bare gå rundt og spørge. Og så blev jeg ellers sendt rundt med hjælp fra pegende fingre. Da jeg tilsidst ikke helt kunne finde stedet, spurgte jeg en ung pige, som vidste mig hen til teltet, hvor jeg kunne købe busbilletten.
Floating Market og homestay
Da jeg ankom til Amphawa fik jeg igen følelsen af ikke at vide hvor jeg skulle starte. Jeg skulle finde et sted at sove, og heldigvis kom en kvinde cyklende forbi som tilbød homestay. Måske en smule i overpris, men sage ja tak for det var stadig billigt i forhold til danske priser, og jeg kunne risikere ikke at have et sted at sove. Så fik jeg smidt min rygsække på værelset, som jeg kunne låse, heldigvis, og gik ud til Amphawa floating market.
Det var fyldt med mennesker, men der var en fantastisk stemning, så jeg tog bare det hele ind. Der var masser af lækker mad og andre ting at kigge på. Gaderne blev lyst op om aftenen med musik i baggrunden. Helt klart værd at opleve. Bagefter gik jeg tilbage til det sted jeg skulle sove, Larmen forsatte udenfor, så det var ikke helt nemt, men jeg faldte da i søvn.
Jeg havde nu oplevet det første homestay, og det var lidt specielt. Hende, der havde værelset, kunne ikke engelsk (Det var en anden som viste mig det) og standarden var noget helt andet end, hvad jeg var vant til, men værelset var helt fint, der var rent sengetøj, tæpper og håndklæder. Der var et vestligt toilet, men man skyldede ud ved hjælp af en kop med vand, som man skulle hælde ned i toilettet. Bad mulighed var der også, men gjorde ikke brug af det.
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The translator ;) From Bangkok to Amphawa In the morning, I was moving on, and in 7-Eleven, where I was buying some water, I avoided yet another scam. There are people who are just waiting to take advantage of naïve tourists, and they appear to be really helpful and friendly, but actually the only thing they do is make sure you pay a lot more money than you need to. They almost always start by asking you where you are going, and where you are from, and probably have a story to tell about the place you are going. But then they tell you to take a túk-túk to the tourist office, where you can buy a ticket. The only thing to do is to be friendly, but refuse their help. From there, I took a taxi to Victory Monument, where I was taking the minibus to Amphawa . It wasn’t quite as easy as I had expected. Victory Monument was just total chaos. I had to go round asking and was sent from one place to another, with the help of pointed fingers. When I still couldn’t find where I was supposed to be, I asked a young girl, who showed me to the tent where I could buy a bus ticket. Floating Market and homestay When I got to Amphawa I again had the feeling of not knowing where to start. I had to find a place to sleep, and luckily a woman came cycling by and offered a homestay. Maybe a little on the expensive side, but I said yes as it was still cheap compared to Danish prices, and I didn’t want to risk not having a place to stay. I put my backpack in the room, which I could lock, luckily, and went to Amphawa floating market. It was really busy, but it was a fantastic atmosphere, so I just took it all in. There was loads of delicious food, and other things to look at. The streets were lit up in the evening, with music in the background. Definitely worth a visit! Afterwards I went back to the place I was staying. The noise continued outside, so it wasn’t easy, but at some point I managed to fall asleep. I have now experienced my first homestay and it was a little weird. The lady who had the room didn’t speak English (It was the woman on the cycle who had showed me round) and the standard was a little different to what I am used to, but the room was clean, clean bedlinen, blankets and towels. There was a western style toilet, but it wasn’t possible to flush, so it was a manual affair with a cup that you had to use to pour water into the toilet. It was possible to have a bath/shower, but I didn’t use it..