Back from Thailand

A couple of days from now, I came back from Thailand (Phuket) and manage now to take some time writing a post about this beautiful country. Having stayed 2 weeks there, we (my fiancee and I) visited temples, local villages and towns like Patong, the national park and jungle, Phuket Fantasea and went diving at the Phi Phi islands (where the movie The Beach was shooted). A great trip which is better described with pictures than with words…

The biggest Bouddhist temple in the region of Phuket	Other Bouddhist temples around the big one
The interior of the main temple. I had to sit to take this pic, as the thais don’t allow you to be at the same (or higher) level as the Bouddha statue	A chinese temple, which is quite different from the Bouddhist ones
Patong, a town near Phuket, ideal place to do some shopping	Bouddhism has a huge place in the Thais’ lives. You will find many Bouddha altars like this one anywhere you go
Thai food is delicious. Here, a Pad Thai, one of my favourite ones	Thai art, really beautiful, has a worldwide reputation
A typical example of Thai architecture, makes think about the japanese one because of the sharp roofs	A rice culture, of which Thailand is the biggest exporter of the world
Elephants are also very typical in Thailand. The thais almost only use female ones to work because of their peacefulness, on the contrary of the males who can be dangerous	The Karon View Point, featuring a landscape of a rare beauty
Thais train and use monkeys to fetch coconuts. Schools for monkey teaches them during 7 months how to recognize good coconuts and cut them off the tree	Here, Linda, the 7-year-old monkey who performed the demonstration
On our way to go diving in Phi Phi islands…	So many beautiful things underwater @Phi Phi, here some colourful coral
A banded sea snake	A moray hiding in the rocks
A leopard shark, impressive and not dangerous because eating seaweed. I managed to get to 30cm from him, after that he swam over	Me surfacing, pinching my nose for the decompression of my ears

And this is it ! To conclude, I truly recommend this country which you must visit once in your life. And as thai people are almost all bouddhists - and they believe the more examplary way they live, the better they’ll reincarnate - they’re very kind, honest and warm people as a consequence.

See you !

- Thibaut