A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Nakhon Pathom, Thailand by TravelPod blogger Clcatsam titled “Floating Market” Clcatsam’s travel blog entry: “A few weekends ago, Kit and I decided we needed to make a day trip somewhere so we decided to go check out the damnoen saduak floating market about an hour away from Bangkok. This floating market is little more than a tourist attraction right now, but Thais continue to have the market to preserve this part of their history. When Thailand was Siam food vendors would paddle through the c****s in villages going from house to house selling goods. So they try and keep this tradition alive, even if it is just for the tourists, because it is a very unique Siamese event. In the market ladies wearing the traditional Siamese hat would paddle around the c****s selling various things to other people in longboats, such as us, or to people on the sides of the c****. So Kit and I took a taxi all the way out to the market at 7 am since the market only runs until noon. We rented a longboat and he took us through the c****s and into the market area. It was a lot of fun. After we went back and walked through the piers again. After the market we went back in to town and visited the Chedi Nakhon Pathom which is the tallest in Thailand, and then wandered around the town until we headed on a bus back to Bangkok.” Read and see more at: www.travelpod.com Photos from this trip: 1. “Boating down the c**** to the market” 2. “Local house” 3 …
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to Mae Hong Son, Thailand by TravelPod blogger Tonypop titled “Big questions in Mae Hong Son” Tonypop’s travel blog entry: “Mae Hong Son is a lovely little town in the mountains of Northwestern Thailand and it is presented as a big hub for trekking and visiting the Hill Tribes villages in the area. And indeed every shop in town big or small, advertises all sorts of trips one better than the other. But on my first morning there when I start looking to book a multi day trek to my surprise it was quite hard to find something. Best places mentioned in guide books were either empty or the front person hardly spoke any English and did not seem to be very interested in my money. Where ever I went and asked what treks they have for the next day all without an exception looked at me like I was from another planet… I realized that there was something that I was doing wrong so, I tried a different approach. I started telling them what I want to do and that started to get me somewhere. It seems that they don’t have pre-cut treks but rather whip something up on the spot tailored to an extent to the customers needs. In the end they all do the same few things in the same few places it’s just a weird way of doing business. So I ended up booking a one day trek for the next day, the multi day trek was out of the question since for just one person, me, they would charge 4 times more than say a 3 or 4 persons group… Having spent all my …
A TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow of a travel blog to London, United Kingdom by TravelPod blogger Connieyc titled “London (or: How much for that cup of coffee?!?)” Connieyc’s travel blog entry: “After our intial setback in Marina del Rey, we were very excited to head off to London. Since it was a direct, red-eye flight, it would’ve been a perfect opportunity to take our ambien and sleep through the whole flight. Instead, we get super excited about the personal TV sets on our seats and watched 3 movies and a TV show each. So by the time we got into London, we were blood shot and exhausted. But at least we got to watch the free movies. Connie’s brother, David, took us to a couple of pubs, museums, and to the theater to see Avenue Q, which was very funny. Here’s the scary goth pub he took us to that was blasting hard-core metal and had a concrete room shaped ;like a tomb with graffiti all over the walls. We went to the Tower of London, the British Museum, and a bunch fo the other tourist s ights you’re supposed to visit . It was a bit cold and drizzly, which has been a little bit of a&nbs p;bum mer. It’s also ridiculously expens ive with the exchange rat e being 2 pounds per dollar. One bus ride cost us $4. So we’ve done our best to be cheap (easy for Connie, harder for Jeremy). Overall, it’s been a nice visit. Next destination: Prague, Czech Republic.” Read and see more at: www.travelpod.com Photos from this trip: 1. “Around the Tower of London” 2. “Avenue Q at the Noel …