silviaontourinthailand
Backpacking in Southeast Asia
Mein langer Weg nach Hause
Endlich bin ich nach einer langen Reise von 40 Stunden wieder zu Hause! Meine Reise nach Hause beginnt am Dienstagmorgen. Um 11 Uhr werde ich von meinem Bungalow in Ao Nang mit...
Mein letzter Stopp - Krabi und seine malerischen Inseln vor der Küste
Mein erstes Tattoo
Koh Tao - Paradise for scuba diving
Our ship ride to Koh Tao takes about 2.5 hours. But as I meet nice guys from South Africa and three people from Bavaria, one of them speaking even Hungarian, time flies as we...
Flight of the Gibbon - ziplining in the Jungle
Today another great adventure awaits me - ziplining in the jungle! I wake up early and I am very excited when the minibus picks me up at 8 am. I am the first one to be picked up...
Tour um Pai
Am Dienstag beschloss ich, einen Rundgang um Pai zu machen. Überall werden halbtägige oder ganztägige Stadtrundfahrten angeboten, und bereits am Vortag hatte ich eine halbtägige...
Pai - Hippytown in the mountains of Thailand
In the meantime it is Monday, the 8th day of my trip. This morning I get up early and pack my big backpack which I leave in the storage room of my hotel, because I will come...
Sunday Night Market in Chiang Mai
Chang Mai is the biggest city in Northern Thailand and has a population of 130,000 people. It was founded in 1296. In the old city, you can still see remnants of the city walls...
The temples of Chiang Mai
On my third day in Chiang Mai I make a city walk with visiting many temples. I tried to put the names of the temples later on underneath the pictures, but I don’t know how to do...
A day with Elephants
On Saturday the whole day is dedicated to elephants. At 8:30 they pick us up and we drive around one hour to the jungle and the Elephant care center. We are nine people, from...
From Bangkok to Chiang Mai
On Thursday evening I was supposed to be at the travel agency, where I had purchased my bus ticket the day before, at 5:30 pm. I was there even before that, but, as I don't have...
Último día en Bangkok
En el parque
Wat Pho - Temple of the Reclining Buddha
Symbols of wealth
A Night in Bangkok
From our hotel we walked a few minutes before we looked out for a Tuk Tuk at Sukhumvit street. As there was so much traffic it took us almost an hour to get to the famous Khao...
Arriving at the hotel
with my favourite Austrian Airlines flight attendant
Flight to Thailand and arrival
Monday late night my flight to Thailand started. We left Vienna at 23:20 and the flying time was about 10 hours. I was lucky in two ways: the seat beside me was empty and after...
Ready for Take Off
Tonight my journey will start. With Austrian Airlines I will take off at 11.20 pm from Vienna and a direct flight with AUA - and my favorite airline and my favorite flight...
The packing and other challenges
It is the first time in my life that I try to travel with hand luggage only. I bought myself a cute little women´s hand luggage backpack. I will be traveling for 23 days and to...
Getting ready....
When I was getting ready for my backpacking trip to Thailand I browsed the internet on finding special advice or blogs from people backpacking with 50 plus, backpacking for...