Hué

Citadel

Third step of my trip in Vietnam: Hue, a city located in the east of the country above Hoi An, which I will reach by train. The journey is quite amazing, especially because it is announced three hours of travel, and after two hours only a third of the journey has been completed. It must […]

Hoi An

Lanterns

Second stage of my trip in this country, Hoi An enchanted me and reconciled me with Vietnam after the disappointment of Ho Chi Minh City. I love this city and I will come back with pleasure. There are however some negative points and I will start with that to finish on the positive: The beaches […]

Good morning Vietnammmmmm !

Robin Williams

Film buffs will have recognized in the title of this article a reference to the excellent film “Good morning Vietnam” with the late Robin Williams, of which I am an unconditional fan. In spite of the quality of the film, I hesitated to use this title after having visited the war memorial in Ho Chi […]

Golf in Hua-Hin

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Like any sport, golf has its own specific vocabulary

Life in Hua-Hin

La magnifique plage de Hua-Hin

In the article Bangkok to Hua-Hin I explained why I came here. From what I had seen of the city on the internet, it seemed to me to be a fairly modern and dynamic city. I knew it was a city of 70,000 people, with modern hospitals and several modern shopping malls, and I thought […]

From Bangkok to Hua Hin

Les belles gares en construction

Today, departure from Bangkok in direction of Hua Hin. Hua Hin is a seaside city (the oldest of Thailand) at approximately 150 kms in the south of Bangkok. I chose Hua Hin as my base camp for a few months for 4 reasons: – It’s a seaside town, I’ll be able to swim – It’s […]

Thai are bad drivers

Do Thai people drive badly? This was my first impression when I arrived in Bangkok. The contrast with driving in France and Spain is striking : – Driving is on the left – You see vehicles going in all directions – There are scooters by the hundreds, which seem to respect no rules – Pedestrians […]

Moving in Bangkok

There is a wide variety of ways to get around in this city. The most economical way, of course, is to walk. I walked a lot, but the city is big, and sometimes to save time, but also to experiment, it’s interesting to get around in other ways. The second most economical way is finally […]

Couples “mixted”

couple

In Bangkok, there are many “mixed” couples, composed of a European and a Thai woman. The opposite, I have not seen any. What is striking is that whatever the age of the European, say from 30 to 60, the Thai woman seems to be about 30 years old. This morning at breakfast at the hotel, […]

Bangkok Day 3

I went back to the street discovery mode, but this time, after having walked around Khao San Road all day long, I made a night excursion in Sukhumvit district, which is almost surprising even if I had read articles about this aspect of Bangkok.Sukhumvit, it’s a Las Vegas atmosphere, minus the casinos. It’s really the […]