Tigers, Fish, Facials and Tuktuks ... 14th February 2011

What an amazing day! 

A Thai Tuktuk

I woke up early in the morning to catch my first Tuk Tuk to Kao San Road. What an experience! For those of you who have never heard of or seen one before they are basically a motorbike with a sort of carriage on the back. You can fit up to 4 people comfortably. Thankfully it was just me and even then I was terrified! I thought we were going to tip at every corner! 

Kao San Road

I arrived at Kao San Road in one piece, paid my $1.50 for the ride and headed off to find a tourist agency to get my bus ticket to Siem Reap.

Unfortunately I’d missed the only bus to Siem Reap so, as fate would have it, I had to stay in Bangkok for another night. Luckily I was just in time for the bus to the Tiger Temple! It was a 3 hour journey there and well worth the $40 I spent on the bus and entrance fee! It was an amazing experience to be able to get close to real live tigers and actually touch them! I definitely recommend it. 

 

On the way back from the Tiger Temple

Fish Spa!!

When the other people left ALL the fish swarmed to me!

After the 3 hour journey back to Bangkok I decided to spend some time in Kao San Road, apparently the place to be for backpackers in Thailand! The transformation from the ghost town I had walked this morning to the overabundance of lights and people this evening was incredible! As I walked along soaking in the sights, smells and sounds of Bangkok I came across a very popular beauty parlour which just so happened to be having a “special” on fish spas and facials. I decided that since I had been brave enough to handle tigers earlier in the day I was definitely brave to handle a few little fish sucking my feet. Right?

Well, it turns out that it really wasn’t as bad as I was expecting. Although the french man sitting opposite me definitely had a different experience as he couldn’t even get his big toe in the water and as soon as one fish even came near his toe he started squealing like a little girl! Very funny to watch! 

Attempting to take a photo of my braided hair!

So, after tackling tigers and fish I decided to tackle a Thai facial. 1 hour and $16 later a very peaceful, relaxed Alicia emerged from that beauty parlour, they even threw in a free massage with my mask! Where can you find something like that in Australia!! 

I have decided that Bangkok is amazing and I definitely want to go back sometime in the near future! But, as a fellow aussie I met randomly while I was getting my hair braided said, “Bangkok is a city that’s more fun when you’re with someone else”. I have to admit that it was kind of lonely, even though I made friends along the way, I would have loved to have some permanent company. Any takers for next time? :D

Until next time!