Amazing Thailand, first day in Bangkok! (part 2)

It’s been already 8 years, since I did my first trip in a foreign country. At the time, I was 20, young, adventurous and sometimes a little bit of a featherbrain. I’ve decided to live the adventure of traveling. I went for the real thing. I wanted to discover South East Asia. In company of my friend, Stéphanie Mac Dodnald, we crossed Thailand, Laos and Vietnam.  These beautiful countries with so many wonders, gave us incredible moments, who are still engrave in our memory.  Today, with the help of my personal traveling notebook, that I religiously wrote, 8 years ago, I will transport you in a great adventure; to discover the jewel of Asia.

P.s: I kept the wholeness of the text that has been written during this trip. The familiar language is used, to gives realist tone and let the readers feel the emotions.

I was supposed to write on the plane from Narita-Bangkok, but I was too exhausted to do so. Instead I took a nap, but it’s still a totally different scene for me. The smell of the city is unbearable.  At the first sight, Bangkok looks like a rich and also poor city, where tourists flock from everywhere. Two occidental girls drooped in the Asian world; it’s a special feeling for both of us. Very often, people approaching us on the street and other starring at us. At first, it was flattering but after a while it got kind of annoying. Yesterday, we went to have lunch on the Khao San road (the touristic road) when a young Thai spent over than 10 minutes in front of our table, trying to sell us menthos. Was he dumb or what? He just couldn’t understand that we didn’t want this $%$/” menthos!!! And the phone boot… we’ve spent 20 minutes trying to figure it out how this thing worked. 

Oh well, I got what I wanted; I wanted to live something different. Here we are! Now, I understand that I’m far away from home. It’s a cultural chock and I have to admit that I have a hard time to deal with my emotions, right now. But, don’t worry, I don’t miss home at all and I never regret my decision to come in Asia.

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