Thailand

As we had been enjoying lots of sun and beaches during the last weeks, our souls were longing for some intellectual action. We headed up north to dig into Thailand's past in Ayuthaya and Sukhothai.

The first city hosted several "oh my big Buddha"-statues and temples scattered around and on its island city center, so we opted for some biking and boating.

Temple madness!

While we got into Sukhotai, we bumped into Hanna and Magy, two geschnitzelde vegetarian German teachers. We gently invited them on the back of our rented scooters and took off.
Literally riding through a Unesco World Heritage site, watching gravity warped columns and high-fiving our friend Buddha, girls on the back, camera in the right hand, melting ice cream in the left hand.... - a typical day, I'd say. The day ended with an evening which started with one tequila shot, followed by 'a few' cocktails which soon exceeded our daily budget by a factor ten.

German madness!

Things changed quickly in Chiang Mang when we agreed to get active again. We pushed our limits and decided to examine the secrets of Thai cuisine. We both got certified and look forward to impress you all when we get back in Belgium...

Thai food madness!

The two days after we had to trek into the jungle to get rid of the palm-oil-fat layers we gained. An elephant ride through rivers, sweating, trekking, rafting, campfire animation, playing football with the local Messi's and Ronaldo's...; we did all the obligatory things for a tourist in Thailand.

Jungle madness!

The group spirit was more than awesome and we met Yafa and Ines, two ever-smiling Tunesian girls who perform jungle treks in pyjamas. We decided to meet up after the trek and went out for disco-bowling. Time flies while throwing strikes, so we ended up in a closed Sin-City like shopping center.

Since it was raining outside, we started up the luna park around midnight and laughed the night away until we finally were 'friendly escorted out' by three security guys who couldn't even find a key to actually kick us out.
A tuk-tuk ride later, we were snoozing our last night in Thailand. This touristy country looked same same but was different thanks to many surprises, great moments and new friendships.