by senoritamaja | Sep 11, 2019 | Thailand
We would soon be on our way to Phuket, but we still had one more day in Bangkok and we decided to check out a typical Thai floating market. What could be more exciting than being yelled at in Thai by ladies wearing wide straw hats floating around in wooden canoes...
by senoritamaja | Dec 1, 2018 | Thailand
The final temple, Buddha mount, pretty much does what it says on the tin- a mountain with a lot of Buddhas on top. You have to give it to the Thais for the variety in the presentation of Buddhas at least. This one was 344 steps high and by this point I was really...
by senoritamaja | Dec 1, 2018 | Thailand
Due to our amazement and awe at Wat Pho we spent a little more time there than expected, which meant we wouldn’t be competing with the king on our Wat crawl. We also got on really well with our guide and even got to know him a little and shared intimate stories....
by senoritamaja | Nov 30, 2018 | Thailand
Thailand is a 95% Buddhist country (4% Muslim and 1% other) and so has a helluva lot of Buddhist temples, called Wats (hence the play on words in the title of this blog; very cleveeeeeeer). Every year on a special Buddhist holiday the king of Thailand visits 16 chosen...
by senoritamaja | Nov 28, 2018 | Thailand
Next we decided to learn a little bit about Thai culture and we visited Jim Thomson’s house. Jim was an American from Delaware who came over to Thailand while serving in the war and fell madly in love with it. Who cares, right? He clearly wasn’t the only...
by senoritamaja | Nov 27, 2018 | Thailand
So after a tough overnight flight and almost no sleep we landed in Bangkok and headed straight for the hotel. We had gone all out for our first hotel – and luxury means luxury in Thailand, so on arrival we underwent the usual set of events which accompanies a...
