“Last night we arrived in Chiang Mai from Kanchanaburi, after spending all day on the bus. At the station, we took a tuk-tuk for 120 baht to the hostel. Dirty and noisy, it was a hole. The walls were fake so I couldn’t help but hear the discussion a guy and his disappointed girlfriend were […]
Author: Maite Pons
Kanchanaburi
I keep a very good memory of Kanchanaburi. We went initially for just a couple nights, as a little stop in our way to Sangkhlaburi. I knew I wanted to visit the bridge on the river Kwai and wander a little bit, that’s it. But plans changed as it is normal when you travel, and […]
Bangkok (part two)
What do you want? I want to feel good and excited. And safe. I want to experience the new, but I want the comfortability of the familiar as well. I want to meet new people, but I don’t want to say goodbye to my beloved ones. I want to be alone, but not to be […]
Bangkok (part one)
One of the first memories I have of the night we arrive is arguing with the cab driver. Once we got to the hotel, while Al was at the reception desk, I started talking with a couple who had been traveling for 10 months. I don’t remember exactly where they were from, I think some […]
Phi Phi III
I started traveling thinking that I would find myself, now I feel more lost than ever.
Phi Phi (part II)
Getting sick when you’re traveling is horrible. And boy was I sick in Thailand, real bad. I remember a specific moment when I didn’t understand what was happening to my body or why was all that happening then (as if life had to be accountable and give reasons). Being there in bed I felt small, […]
Phi Phi (part I)
Although now I may feel more affection for other places in Thailand, it was Phi Phi what I was probably more excited about at first. I think it makes sense considering all the years in Berlin with an almost always gray sky. The idea of an island was just like a dream. We were there […]