What to expect when traveling through Thailand. We cover food, transportation, typical scams, safety, language, currency, and other helpful observations for any fellow traveler.
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What to expect when traveling through Thailand. We cover food, transportation, typical scams, safety, language, currency, and other helpful observations for any fellow traveler.
With its plethora of Buddhist temples, monks, night markets, culinary experiences, Songkran (Thai New Year) celebrations in the streets, rural tribespeople with their elephant companions, village people playing in the river and a lower density of tourists; Chiang Mai and the surrounding area felt rustic, authentic and it awakened our romanticized notions of life in an idyllic south east Asian setting.
The first leg of our trip to Thailand was to the island of Koh Samui. It's the biggest island of the 3 that we visited on our journey; the other two being Koh Tao and Koh Pha-ngan. Indeed, after 24 hours of traveling (from the USA) and a total of 5 hours of sleep in the last 2 days we were running on fumes....
