Charming Cha-am

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Our vacation won't be complete without kissing the sun and sand...
we initially thought of Pattaya to wrap our first Thailand adventure, but after seeing an article about Cha-Am, we got more excited. 

Sunrise @ Regent Cha-Am Beach Resort

Cha-Am is a district in the southern part of Phetchaburi Province, central Thailand. Like Hua Hin, it is also a well known beach resort town but there is less foreigner and more of family and students. There is no night clubs or bar and restaurants at the beach side, but its long and wide and shoreline is perfectly calm and relaxing... 

Our First & LAST Elephant Ride

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The supposed to be number one must do in Thailand, our first & LAST elephant ride experience... 

Despite the disappointments from the tour operator and taxi driver, we couldn't hide our excitement on this new experience... 

at the tree top

 It was on our bucket list, of course, to sit atop the world's largest terrestrial mamal...

until we were finally seated.

Damneon Saduak: The Floating Market

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Being a first-timer in BKK, the floating market and elephant ride experience wouldn't be missed out. It happened on our 3rd day - morning, before we travel to Cha-Am in the aftenoon...

After many research on how to go to floating market, bus routes etc... due to limited time, we ended up with a taxi driver who offers a service in bringing us to the place.

Bangkok Temple Visits

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Shopping and Temple visits are the 2 major things to do when in Bangkok... that's what I always see on blogs and trip advisory. However, I never imagined that there are more that 400 wats (temples) around BKK, just like the mosques here in UAE.

Considering that we were are in Muslim country, with a very conservative culture, we were able to adapt easily on their Buddhist cultures although they are of different faith. Respect other's culture and understand their belief is basic and important things to practice when travelling.

From my previous post, we Cruise Along the Chao Phraya River... and this is the same route that we took to reach the temples...

THE GRAND PALACE | the spiritual heart of Thai Kingdom

Built in 1782 - and for 150 years the home of the Thai King, the Royal court and the administrative seat of government

Cruise Along Chao Phraya River

I had a 5-days short visit to Thailand. It was my first time and admittedly, I didn't have much expectations since they always compare it to Manila.

That is one good thing that I learned from travelling; the places is not exactly what it was on Google, so its better to expect less and be surprised rather than get frustrated. And yes, BKK surprised me... being a Filipino, somehow its painful to admit that it is way better than Manila...

Travel time from Dubai to Bangkok is about 6.5 hours. We arrived in the afternoon.