After the journey in philippine i m back for few days in bangkok. I met Kay (a friend of sophie), we went to have a dinner in a restsaurant on the edge of the main river in bangkok. It was amazing, because while you re eating in the restaurant you can get extra food from the small embarcation. Small boats pass close to the restaurant and stop there to sell you a kind dry fish.

 I stayed one night in Saraburi, in a crappy hotel...i didn t dare to use the towels, so crapy it was. There was pipe below the sink , so when you turn on the tap, all the water was souring on your foot.

I waited my tren in Pratchinbury four hours...during that time people was astonidshed to see a white boy in their city., from there, it took me 3 hours to get the cambodian border.

After having learnt some magic show (merci denis), it s hard to leave the city of chumphon but i think that my trip ll give other surprise, I ve never regretted to change of place in my trip, so i took a small train to Prachuap Khiri Kan , 200 km toward the north, along the cost.

In that city when local people see you re looking for something, they suggest you to jump on their moto and they take you proudly  to the right destination. I visited the monkey temple. On the evening i tried to have a beer in some bars but because of the mourning time (death of the sister s king) everything is closed.

In that day I m thinking to have 2 weeks in Philipines after thailand for four reasons....:

  1 I have one of my best friend leaving there (Alexis), i guess it could be a nice suprise for him...and he could teach me so many thing about Pjilipinne.

  2 Two experimented travelers really adviced me to go there (nico and a german guy),

   3 Bangkok is place where you can find the cheapest flight in asia,

   4 i don t need visa to come back to THailand (if i do that in vietnam i should need a specific vica)

The next day i took a bus to BKK, once in BKK i asked to the taxi driver to drop me in a street (i showed him the name), he explained me that this street is 30 km long!!! better to know the number of the hotel...in BKK, the street s name is not enought ...you easily get lost.

Funny in Bkk to go clubbing...in the middle of the night you take a touc touc a taxi on a moto...for one euro you change of district and of disco...when it s 7 o clock in the morning it s already sunny It already almost 30 degree...it s time to think to go to bed...but before that you take a noodle soup in the street.

BKK is defimntly a fucking mess, really overcrowded, I love that, lively at every hour of the day and the night. Most of the tourist come to thailand for the beach I prefer the lively market!!!

 People are honest here, I lost a note of 100 bath, the girl ran behind me to gave me it back.

To conclude I was really delighted by Thailand, I thought before going there that the massive tourism would have destroyed the autenticity (culture, smile,...) It s completly untrue, if you make a little effort you can discover a wonderful country with nice people (smilimng, friendly, funny, helpful).

After fews days in THailand, I m going to write fews impressions about that country.

It s a beautiful country, worth seeing it, especially if you can avoid touristic place, If you can avoid tour organizedb by pricy travel agency and if you avoid specific transportations for farans (foreigners).

In bangkok, temples are huge it s really peaceful places, good to have a fresh break in the temples after supporting pollution and the loudly noise of this capital.

I ve done identity pictures in BKK, when I took it back, i didn t recognized myself on the pictures, they just told me that they made some special effects to erase face defaults...because i had few spots on my face...so on that picutre i ve a perfect smooth skin!!! Asiatic love their skin. They use white lotion...they don t understand that french girl spend money to use UV room.

The fisrt day that i got in bangkok the king s sister died, thai are really respectful for the royal familly. I wear only black cloth they really appreciated my way to respect the died of this person (even if I didn t know that)

I ve done in BKK a wrong journalist card (in freeland) it seem really real, they can make you a false driving licence too.

On the 4/1 i took a night train to reach Surattami, in the south, tren was full, after 12 hours sitted in hard seat we took a boat to ko phan ghan, this island was supposed to be a paradise...even if there is sandy beaches with blue water I didn t like it...too many tourists and especially englisk spoker tourist. I just rent one day a scooter ...to ride around the island, it was my first time that I drove on the left side.  Even in the restaurant of that island, food is not spicy...just for the sensibility of few tourist..in thailand you have to eat spicy and thaty s all.

I went to KO tao, other island...after ten minutes in that island I ran toward the boat to take it again i didn t want to stay there. I almost missed it. well... now i  m in Chomphen and that really better....people are always smilling, realy easy-going. I eat crab, sprimgs, sea fish,...always with a fruit shake. I ve met 2 frenchs , they are leaving here they introduced  myself to local people.

The first step of my trip is over, I m starting the second one. This second ll be twice longer.

First, I really thank every one of us to support me, to have sent me this friendly messages.

Then I would like to wish you an happy new year! I wish you for 2008 : good health, to come true your dream, nice family life, succes at work, love, surpises, ...

Its 3 o clock in the afternoon, the new year eve day (31/12), I just took the train to paris to flight to bangkok. I m seaten beside a boy from KIgali (capital of rwanda).

I spent two weeks in normandy, i let my pullover to bring shorts. 

THe Roissy airport is quiet empty in this special evening, staff surely want to come back to their house to celebrate the new year.

Actually, for ,me this day is far from to be the best one of the year, so on one side i m quiet satisfied to avoid that ''compulsory party''...

I flew first to Doha (Quatar) with qatar airways, The pilot just told us happty new year and that all, no extra, I slept three hours after reading 4 newspapers. I love flighing , because you can read any kind of newspapers for free!!!

In the plane I m thinking that i ve no return ticket , I gonne come back to france only by tren. 

I made a transfer in Qatar, with a nice smile they let me seat in the buisiness class. So cool...champagne, tasty food, ...You just press a button and your seat become a bed.

Welcome in thailandia the county of the smile!!!