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Table tennis is huge here... everyone keeps coming up to us and saying 'Ping-Pong show'!!!
Anyway, after a long boat/bus trip we finally arrives in Bangkok or the 'city of Angels'... whatever!! We booked into a hotel with a room that had a tv and aircon just because we couldn't be bothered looking round for a cheap guesthouse at 4 in the morning. It was a cool place just off koh sahn road and not too exspensive. It even had a ladyboy working on reception!!
The first day we just wandered round soaking up the mad atmosphere and exploring all the street markets and food stalls. Apart from the rats everywhere that are as big as cats, it's a pretty cool place and very different to all the other places we have been to so far. You can buy pretty much anything you want in Bangkok including fake student id cards... what am I studying again?!!
The 2nd day we got up super early to go on a day trip to a floating market, the bridge over river Kwai and to play with tigers at the Tiger temple in Kanchanaburi. Such an amazing day, i'll skip straight to the Tiger part which was the highlight of the whole trip to Thailand!! We walked down into a canyon where there were about 7 BIG tigers posing for photos with the tourists. We arrives late so only had 30minutes to tickle their tummies (the tigers not the tourists!) and pose for pictures with these BIG cats. Did I already say how BIG they were?!! Anyway just as we thought it couldn't get any better, they asked who would like to walk back with the tigers!! Half the crowd ran off which left about 20 of us. We watched them walk off with the tigers on leashes and then the last one we all walked back together with... oh and it wasn't on a leash!! That was sooooo cool and we could even walk next to it for a photo!! Not many people wanted to do that so I got to walk the tiger back most of the way on my own!! Apparently they feed them on cooked chickens and dog food so they don't develop a taste for raw meet!!
This morning I decided to leave a couple of days earlier than planned. I'm ready to move on and really want to get to Australia now for some sun and surf (and work!!). I changed my tickets and will be leaving tomorrow so I won't be going up to Chaing Mai for the hill trecking and riding Elephants!!
Thailand has been fun and i saw some pretty amazing places and loved the food. Not sure if i would go back though. I definately prefered South Africa but i guess it all depends on what you're looking for. The thai people are very friendly but I would love to know what they really think about the tourists!!
Next stop Australia...!!
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