day 1-2: it's all about sitting
Thailand is now 15 hours ahead of PST. I left Seattle on Wednesday morning, and arrived in Bangkok on Thursday night, pretty much lost 2 days of my vacation time T__T

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I had a chance to go Nakorn Pathom with my friends. One thing to keep in mind, Thai people are crazy about food, so we drove for an hour and a half only to go to one local restaurant that my friend really likes ^^"

After lunch, we stopped by to pay homage to Phra Pathom Chedi which is oldest Buddhist monument in Thailand. It is located in a region ( Read more... )

The Floating Market, or Talad Nam is located at Damnoen Saduak district, Ratchaburi province, about 1.5 hours from Bangkok ( Read more... )

Guess I'd better start off with some vocabulary

Chiang Mai = one of the provinces in northern part of Thailand.

Loi Krathong = a traditional festival performed on the full moon night of the twelfth lunar month (second month for Lanna calendar), which usually falls on some day in November. The floating of a Krathong - a banana-leaf cup - is ( Read more... )

JJ is a short name for Jatujak Market, the largest (I think) weekend public market in town. There's a wide range of selections from food to clothing to furniture to pet to collectible items to etc etc. You can find every thing you want there from cheap to expensive items. On top of that, hot and humid weather is always there too. So, be prepared. ^ ( Read more... )

And I soon realized that it's hard to write anything making sense when I'm sleepy ^^" Here's some backlog of my trip


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