So we've visited the ruins of Sukhothai which were pretty impressive- huge historical sight, miles of it and with thousands of huge dragon flys. Then we moved on to Chiang Mai- the 'capital of the north' which is ment to be like Bangkok but isn't.
Found a couple of really good markets, local and touristy, lots of slabs of meat on the streets and fish in baskets. The only problem we have found here so far is that the people- tuk tuk drivers- are a lot pushier and annoying.
Train drive was good, we actually found some hills. Most of Thailand from Bangkok is flat and covered in paddy fields- take away the huts and bananna trees and it looks a lot like home. However from phitsanulok up there have been hills, yes HILLS and jungley looking places and the train had to inch slowly through them. We were on the express train (7 and a half hours of inching) - god knows how slow the normal one goes.
There is NO evil monkeys up here, no throwing of poo...
We have found lots of tiny lizzards like you get in your back garden but then today we saw a gecko a good size one.
Going to go on an elephant ride soon- theres tigers too but the reviews online said they're not treated well so not off there.
Bye
Oh - not looked for marmite yet Phil, have found all the massive food chains that you can imagine- it's not backwards Sam.
Found a couple of really good markets, local and touristy, lots of slabs of meat on the streets and fish in baskets. The only problem we have found here so far is that the people- tuk tuk drivers- are a lot pushier and annoying.
Train drive was good, we actually found some hills. Most of Thailand from Bangkok is flat and covered in paddy fields- take away the huts and bananna trees and it looks a lot like home. However from phitsanulok up there have been hills, yes HILLS and jungley looking places and the train had to inch slowly through them. We were on the express train (7 and a half hours of inching) - god knows how slow the normal one goes.
There is NO evil monkeys up here, no throwing of poo...
We have found lots of tiny lizzards like you get in your back garden but then today we saw a gecko a good size one.
Going to go on an elephant ride soon- theres tigers too but the reviews online said they're not treated well so not off there.
Bye
Oh - not looked for marmite yet Phil, have found all the massive food chains that you can imagine- it's not backwards Sam.
Heyyy, sounds like you're starting to really get into the heart of Thailand now - next thing you know, you'll be telling everyone how travel has broadened your mind and all that crap :-P
ReplyDeleteGeckos rock mightily. Like spiders (for keeping the flies down), but cute and cool and scientific marvels of nature. Photos!!