I'm traveling through South East Asia at the moment. You will see here soon some impressions.
After some sleep I escaped frosty Bombay (8 degrees at night) and flew to Bangkok. One of my first impressions were the organized traffic and the relatively cleanness - compared to Bombay. The weather is nice, although a bit too humid (33 degrees 85%hum) I visited the The Grand Palace and Temple and went on a river cruise. Check the gallery.
Like everywhere in world locals sell their stuff tourist spots, in a more or less direct or aggressive way. Cause you do not need any of the items sold there, approach yu in sometimes offensive way. A normal conversation with a local dude start like this: "Hello my friend, where are you from?" I'd love to reply that I’m coming from India, which is basically not a lie. They are usually confused or a bit puzzled. Which make me and the seller laugh.
Mandatory is as well in the city of love or others may say it is the city of sin, a visit to the red light district in Bangkok. People everywhere try to get you in one of the so called massage shops or in a strip bar. One of their biggest arguments is that one beer is only 100 Bhats (2 EUR). But then of course are you forced to pay everybody a tip who approaches you, no matter if you have received a service from them or not. In that case you might spend 500 Baths for a beer instead of 100.
Speaking of love, what you see here quite often, relatively old and ugly men accompanied by young and beautiful ladies or men.
My next stations are Phuket, Kuala Lumpur and finally Singapore.
Like everywhere in world locals sell their stuff tourist spots, in a more or less direct or aggressive way. Cause you do not need any of the items sold there, approach yu in sometimes offensive way. A normal conversation with a local dude start like this: "Hello my friend, where are you from?" I'd love to reply that I’m coming from India, which is basically not a lie. They are usually confused or a bit puzzled. Which make me and the seller laugh.
Mandatory is as well in the city of love or others may say it is the city of sin, a visit to the red light district in Bangkok. People everywhere try to get you in one of the so called massage shops or in a strip bar. One of their biggest arguments is that one beer is only 100 Bhats (2 EUR). But then of course are you forced to pay everybody a tip who approaches you, no matter if you have received a service from them or not. In that case you might spend 500 Baths for a beer instead of 100.
Speaking of love, what you see here quite often, relatively old and ugly men accompanied by young and beautiful ladies or men.
My next stations are Phuket, Kuala Lumpur and finally Singapore.
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