So we got the train from Bangkok to Nakon Sawan. We were told we were in 3rd class with wooden benches and with chickens. I wasn't looking forward to it to be honest. Instead we got upgraded to second class as third class was full-hurrahh! It still wasn't great though. No air con what so ever , it was so hot-not a great atmosphere to nurse a hangover either. We slept the whole way and arrived in Nakhon Sawan at about 5pm. Nakhon Sawan is where we are going to live for the next year. It will be home. Apparently we have a 2 bedroom apartment fitted with air-con waiting for us but for now we have a host family. It is supposededly the fifth biggest city in Thailand too but descriped by a Thai guide book as an 'unwelcoming sprawl' that interrupts the beautiful countryside. We were greeted by Peter, a man who apparently pays our wages and another teacher who looks after us. We have a host family for 2 weeks who are really nice. They even bought us flowers with our names on. Our host family is a family of 4. Our thai mum and dad have 2 sons-Time and Thame. Thame is 12 and Time is either 7 or 8 (he keeps changing his answer) They are really sweet and let us use their laptop and tablet. Today we visited an aquarium and watched a crocodile show. One of the highlights of the show was throwing money into the crocodile's mouth and seeing that they didn't eat it. Thai people are clever, they know how to get money from you! Anyway its been a long day and me and Holly are meeting the Lord of Nakhon Sawan tomorrow so I best get a good nights sleep and look my best, night!
Sunday, 26 August 2012
Nakhon Sawan
Sa-wat dee ka! ; Bangkok Buzz
Finally made it to Thailand. This year that I have waited for couldn't have come soon enough. But these past few days have been crazy, I don't even know where to begin.
Ok I set off from Heathrow and flew to Amman airport before catching a connecting flight to Bangkok. Total travelling time-14 hours! Royal Jordanian airline isn't bad, in fact I would recommend except DO NOT GO TO THE BAR IN AMMAN AIRPORT. 3 mango juices cost about 25 pounds!
Ok we landed to Bangkok and were met buy Peter and Lucie our reps! Guess what? Peter is a home boy- he was born in LOUTH! So so crazy and he also recommends the Thai Silk back home which I have never step foot in, perhaps when I come home. We went out for dinner and then we hit the famous Bangkok nightscene. The receptionist at Malaysia hotel, where we were staying, recommended to go to Silom road so that was where we went. Little did we know that was Bangkok's red light district. Before we had even got out the taxi, we were called for 'ping pong ping pong' 700 baht (14 pounds) they tried to charge us, so we said no and ended up paying 250 baht each at a different club. Perhaps you get what you pay for as all the women in the club were about over 40 with no underwear on or definitely thai lady boys. As we walked in a fat, 45 year old looking Thai woman, who looked bored as ever was pulling the longest garland of flowers out of her you-know-what. That wasn't the weirdest thing either- I saw bananas inserted and shot out, CIGARETTES!! She was even able to puff some smoke. Also one woman was firing darts at balloons making them pop, and one of the darts landed on my friend Alex's leg. He was horrified and all night worried he had caught aids. Don't worry he's fine though!
Day 2 we went to MBK shopping mall and I now have a thai sim card if anyone wants to contact me 0860127953. We had our last Mcdonalds and then went back to the hotel. The others were heading off to their projects so we said out goodbyes (See you all in Chiang Mai) before getting ready for our second night in Bangkok. We hit up Khao San road, market stalls and bars lined the street. One drink lead to a few and a few to many. Next thing, we were all pretty drunk and the we lasted to the early hours in the morning. On our way home in a tuctuc ( Thai's most unsafest mode of transport) we got stopped by police asking for our passports. They were in the hotel of course! They then started sniffing our drinks for drugs and searching our bags. They come across Holly's proplus and we start to panic. Realising that caffeine may be hard to convey and carrying class A drugs is a death sentence over here, we try and pass it off as birth control pills so there we are at 5 in the morning in the middle of Bangkok acting out the words 'birth control'. It worked!! In the end we were all together laughing and we made it safely back to the hotel! Happy days.
The next morning we woke up late as usually and it was a rush to pack our things. We were heading for the train station and onwards to Nakhon Sawan. That was the end of our time in Bangkok but its only the beginning of things to come....
Ok I set off from Heathrow and flew to Amman airport before catching a connecting flight to Bangkok. Total travelling time-14 hours! Royal Jordanian airline isn't bad, in fact I would recommend except DO NOT GO TO THE BAR IN AMMAN AIRPORT. 3 mango juices cost about 25 pounds!
Ok we landed to Bangkok and were met buy Peter and Lucie our reps! Guess what? Peter is a home boy- he was born in LOUTH! So so crazy and he also recommends the Thai Silk back home which I have never step foot in, perhaps when I come home. We went out for dinner and then we hit the famous Bangkok nightscene. The receptionist at Malaysia hotel, where we were staying, recommended to go to Silom road so that was where we went. Little did we know that was Bangkok's red light district. Before we had even got out the taxi, we were called for 'ping pong ping pong' 700 baht (14 pounds) they tried to charge us, so we said no and ended up paying 250 baht each at a different club. Perhaps you get what you pay for as all the women in the club were about over 40 with no underwear on or definitely thai lady boys. As we walked in a fat, 45 year old looking Thai woman, who looked bored as ever was pulling the longest garland of flowers out of her you-know-what. That wasn't the weirdest thing either- I saw bananas inserted and shot out, CIGARETTES!! She was even able to puff some smoke. Also one woman was firing darts at balloons making them pop, and one of the darts landed on my friend Alex's leg. He was horrified and all night worried he had caught aids. Don't worry he's fine though!
Day 2 we went to MBK shopping mall and I now have a thai sim card if anyone wants to contact me 0860127953. We had our last Mcdonalds and then went back to the hotel. The others were heading off to their projects so we said out goodbyes (See you all in Chiang Mai) before getting ready for our second night in Bangkok. We hit up Khao San road, market stalls and bars lined the street. One drink lead to a few and a few to many. Next thing, we were all pretty drunk and the we lasted to the early hours in the morning. On our way home in a tuctuc ( Thai's most unsafest mode of transport) we got stopped by police asking for our passports. They were in the hotel of course! They then started sniffing our drinks for drugs and searching our bags. They come across Holly's proplus and we start to panic. Realising that caffeine may be hard to convey and carrying class A drugs is a death sentence over here, we try and pass it off as birth control pills so there we are at 5 in the morning in the middle of Bangkok acting out the words 'birth control'. It worked!! In the end we were all together laughing and we made it safely back to the hotel! Happy days.
The next morning we woke up late as usually and it was a rush to pack our things. We were heading for the train station and onwards to Nakhon Sawan. That was the end of our time in Bangkok but its only the beginning of things to come....
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)