So, I have been giving you a rundown of my 2019 summer vacation. I have already wrote my first half in the Maldives, in the last post so please go and have a read of that as well. This post will focus on the latter half in Thailand. We were in Thailand from the 24th of July to the 29th. I had a totally different experience in Thailand than the Maldives, and was glad we put these two destinations together. We booked almost all tours and restaurants from Japan, however I don’t remember the tour company, but I kind of remember the tour names, so we will write those instead. (However, all of our tours were booked with some associations to Japan, even though some of our tours were in English.) In our family, my father is always the one looking for and booking tours, so my mother and me just ride on the journey.
First Day (7/24)
This day was the day we moved from the Maldives to Thailand. Because of that, we were quite tired so we took it easy on that day and just went out for dinner. We had no plans for that day, so we just went out to the local mall and went straight to the food court on the top floor. This food court was mentioned in the guidebook we took with us from Japan, so we felt very safe eating there. This might have been a very famous food court, since we saw a lot of tourists there and the Thai food there was very good as well. (Thailand, sometimes have issue with the water quality, so please be careful when you are eating in food courts or street food, since it can influence your health.)
Second Day (7/25)
From this day we enjoyed Thailand to the max and we joined a lot of tour. On this day we joined the Ayuthaya Ruins & Light Up Tour. We went to the north of Thailand and went around many Ruins, but mainly Ayuthaya Ruins. We went through a lot of ruins in the same region, and at the end I became dizzy not knowing the difference from one another. (Mind you it was also a very hot and humid day.) A lot of the ruins were not in their perfect stage, because of past wars. The tour was supposed to be with another family, but we were very lucky and it was just our family. The dinner that was included in the tour, was very great as we got to eat Phu Patpong Curry which was something we were saying we wanted to eat. After that we went to one of the Ayuthaya Ruins which was lighted up and it was very different from the daytime. It was a whole day tour, but it was so much fun.
Third Day (7/26)
This day was another one day tour. I think we took a tour called “Bangkok Photogenic Tour”. Bangkok has a lot of shrines and temples that are worthy of putting on instagram, and this tour went to most of these places. However, even if you are not into these photogenic places, I think you will enjoy it. (My parents were enjoying it for sure.) I don’t remember every shrines and temples we went to but we did sure go to Wat Paknam and The One Ratchada. They were all really photogenic and I was glad that I had brought my SLR camera with me that day. (I also recommend to bring your cameras, because it makes a big difference in the nighttime.)
Fourth Day (7/27)
This day we went to see one of the floating markets. This was something I wanted to see when I went to Bangkok, so I told my dad about it before we went. However, this was not the one you will see up on instagram and it was just a very usual floating market. It was also for the tourists but it was not at all photogenic, and I ended up not taking a lot of photos here. However, it was a great experience since it was my first time seeing anything like this. (It still is on my bucket list, to see a real life floating markets some time soon.)
Fifth Day (7/28)
This day we went on a railroad tour. It was about the railway and a certain bridge at the end. And one of my father’s friend from university had done a coverage about this bridge, so we went to see it on the last day. The bridge was more of the famous part of the tour, and it was the place that the movie “The Bridge on the River Kwai” was set. This was a place related to the war, but now it was a famous tourist spot and there were so many people here. We could walk on the railroad tracks that is still been used today, so me and my father walked there even though it was a very hot day. However, the tracks were built high above a river without any safety feature, so it was a frightening experience for me. The tour was only for half the day, so we went back to the hotel and headed straight to the airport. Out flight left at 21:55 from Bangkok and arrived at Haneda the next day at 06:05.
So this was the end of the latter half of my 2019 summer vacation. I am really sorry that it has taken me so much time to post from the first half. During that time, I was able to come back to Australia for my studies. I couldn’t come back to Australia because of COVID-19, but I’m back after a year and a half. I have started to ease to the style over here, so I can promise you that I’ll start to upload more than I do now. That was my update about my life, but how is everyone doing?
I thought we were going to be able to go somewhere overseas for summer or winter vacation, but with me going back to Australia, things don’t seem to go that way. However, I will be graduating university next year or somewhere in the start of 2024, so probably my next big overseas trip will be my graduation trip. (I might have some trips here and there in 2023 though. This is something I hope for so much.) I just hope that everything will be back to complete normal by that time.