vrijdag 27 mei 2016

25-05-2016 - China Town MRT Singapore 360°

Here you see the entrance of the China Town MRT in Singapore. When you walk out you walk straight ahead into this busy street of China Town Area.


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360, Asia, Chinatown, Locations, metro, MRT, Oudenes, People, Photography, Singapore, Subway, theta, thetas, Travel, Visiting

dinsdag 17 mei 2016

17-05-2016 - Porcelain Hotel @ 360°

This was the first hotel in Februari i booked in Singapore. Its small, but i love it.


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17-05-2016 - Porcelain Hotel @ 360°>

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donderdag 12 mei 2016

12-05-2016 - Person behind the images

Hello,


Im Peter. Im the person behind this Asia Blog, the images, the 360 degrees images. Wanna read more about me, check the link below. Yes link in a link… but then you will also see my normal website 🙂


About me



12-05-2016 - Person behind the images>

Introduce, mynameis, Oudenes, Person, Personality, Photography

zaterdag 7 mei 2016

07-05-2016 - Bonham 99 Hotel Room Hong Kong 360°

Little late but here the impression of my hotel room in Hong Kong @ Bonham ’99 in  360°.


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donderdag 28 april 2016

28-04-2016 - Read and see the whole story

If you didn’t visit my site already… Please come and take a look. You will see my whole journey across Asia Region. In follow i visit: Singapore, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Patong, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok.


You see 360 degrees images, normal images, and some blog text information.


Questions? Let me know !! and fill in contact form.



28-04-2016 - Read and see the whole story>

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zondag 17 april 2016

15-04-2016 - Skytrain Bangkok

The skytrain in Bangkok surprised me. The way how it is build, the way how they create a full working metro system above the ground. Sometimes 2 different lines above each other. Here a impression of the skytrain that go across Bangkok.




15-04-2016 - Skytrain Bangkok>

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donderdag 14 april 2016

15-04-2016 - Thai Traditional Massage

Across my hotel i saw a Thai Massage Salon. Ok the name was strange for me “Magic Hands”. I chat with a guy and he told me he worked there. So it was ok already and went to there yesterday. I choose a traditional Thai Massage and after oil Massage. Total 2 hours. We went up and the guy was very polite. We had in meanwhile a nice conversation. He told me he work there now for 2 years and started in his 18year. The thai massage was hard, painful but good. He told me that lots of massage salons do massage but soft and when finished the customer goes back to his hotel or home and don’t have any feeling he went to a massage. Thats why this guy do a massage how it has to be, and if its to painful then the customer will tell that.


After 1 hour of pain haha the oil massage started. That was soft, and my whole body become relaxing. Funny because the conversation stopped as well haha. After a while we talked again. He asked me sometimes if i’m ok. When he moved my leg of arm it was so gentle to hold this relax feeling of the body. He used a towel sometimes to give some pressure on muscles.


At the end we get down and get some hot tea. He had a hot towel and did little massage on the face, hands and let me rest for a moment. It was excellent massage and i told hi to check if he can learn for physiotherapist. Bang thank you for this last experience of my journey in Bangkok Thailand!!



15-04-2016 - Thai Traditional Massage>

Bangkok, Experience, Magic Hands, Massage, Oil Massage, Thai Massage, Thailand

woensdag 13 april 2016

13-04-2016 - Songkran Bangkok 2016

Insane !!! But wonderful to experience it!!! All images are GoPro images. Im not taking my Nikon D3s, 24-70 f/2.8 lens into this water festival.



 



13-04-2016 - Songkran Bangkok 2016>

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Almost get scammed

It was yesterday morning, woke up and thought i goto the Sathorn Unique Tower. Using the MRT and skytrain and arrived. It is a insane building. Lots of rumors around his building as well. I was there, look up, want go in. But something inside said no. And lots of people know me and overtime i said: I GO IN THERE!!! but that 1 moment that said inside NO. was for me a reason to let it go.


Suddenly a man asked me where i come from, i always don’t say the right city and country. So i said: Im from Antwerpen Belgium. The man was excited. I talk to him so: 1-0. He told me that the building is shutdown completely and you cannot go up anymore since may 2015.  In past it was possible you have pay 500bath. But he want show me something else, a buddha. There was also a tuk tuk waiting for his ride. Not a normal ride. This was a plan!!!


He said to the driver to bring me to the buddha after that to the pier so i can get a boat to Kings Palace. I pay 30bath to the tuk tuk driver and thats it. Ok, i already had little feeling this is not right, but ok when we arrive at the buddha and i don’t want use it i pay and walk my own.  Arrived at the buddha i go in the building, a guy was on the phone and said: You can make photo. I’ll did that because it was a temple (saw that on the map) and the man talked to me: Where you from my friend? The last part “my friend” was a signal… not good. But again told me where i come from and i goto the pier. Showed im the map and he point me a place where i can buy cheap cheap stuff… The tuk tuk will bring you there he said.


Outside i told the tuk tuk go directly to the Pier. I don’t want see the cheap fashion mall. The driver said: Go its nice, stay 5 minutes and then we go. This conversation was done after 10 min, I said no and he every time yes go… 2 liter gas is 200bath.. you pay me 30bath .. not enough. I knew that when i goto the fashion mall he get money for that. And said: NO. Ill pay you 30bath and i want goto the pier. Or i pay you now 15bath for the ride and i walk.


I agreed with the ride to pier. Yes after 5 min we arrived there. NO normal taxi boat. The normal one you pay 14bath. This one i pay 450bath. I ask where is the normal boat. A woman said very rude: No, you take this one. I knew this is not right. And walked away the alley was long. So walked bit faster. Some tourists walked as well and they paid 500bath per person from downtown to this pier. I said: Your scammed. And they agree, yes we are. But because i talked to those tourists the guys and woman become little aggressive. We all walked to the 7-11 and wait there for while. I checked online the normal pier, that was 1 allay further. So i walked to there. And finally had my 14 bath boat ride. Told the people there what happen, they knew this already but they can’t do anything about it.


Im so glad we have a program in Netherlands called “Opgelicht in buitenland” or “scammed City”. Learned a lot to see those series.

This was the first bad experience in Bangkok. Beside the taxi driver from Airport to hotel … See other blog post.



Almost get scammed>

Bad people, Bangkok, Scammed, Scammed City, Thailand

maandag 11 april 2016

11-04-2016 - Floating- and Maeklong Railway Market

On 9th April i went to the floating- and Maeklong Railway Market. Later the eventing check the fire flies. The Railway Market was a experience. The train will pass buy all the umbrella’s and after that umbrella’s close again and the market goes on. This phenomenon happen 8 times a day.




11-04-2016 - Floating- and Maeklong Railway Market>

Asia, City, Culture, Follow, Locals, Locations, Maeklong Railway Market, Must-See, Oudenes, Photography, Thailand, Tourism, Visiting

zondag 10 april 2016

Follow my Asia Journey Blog

If you didn’t notices, im travel around Asia and make some very nice images. 360 Degrees images and archive my hotel rooms. If you didn’t check the website already then try it, read it, watch the images. If you think i can use this guy let me know. If you think i want use some images let me also know… If you have any other question or ideas please feel free and contact me (contact form on website)


 



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10-04-2016 - Birma Railway and WW II Cemetery

Yesterday went too the Dead Railway (Birma railway) and visit the World War II Cemetery of the soldiers that died by building this railway. After that we make a ride on the train over the railway that has been created in that period. Then we went too a elephant trekking and last stop was a waterfall. Nice location!



 



10-04-2016 - Birma Railway and WW II Cemetery>

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vrijdag 8 april 2016

09-04-2016 - Ayutthaya

This old location was the capital city of Thailand between 1350 and 1767. But there where some wars and this city burned totally. Only whats left behind are the stone walls and temples. Its a big area and there where in past around 1 milion people and 1700 temples. This is a beautiful location yo must see!!




09-04-2016 - Ayutthaya>

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woensdag 6 april 2016

06-04-2016 - Bangkok welcomes you...

After my sad moments in airplane because of leaving someone behind i landed on Bangkok International Airport Don Mueang. Everything goes well. Immigration was fast. Bagage pick-up was fast. Find a taxi was fast. The ride to hotel was a worse moment. I always look where the driver goes to by checking on a offline map on my mobile. There was a highway that goes directly to the Sathorn area but he took a other highway and ask him why? The driver told me because of traffic jam on that highway we normal use to the hotel. Ok first moment i trusted this but after a while we went off the highway and came into the city itself. TRAFFIC JAM!!! ohh my.


After we almost halfway he makes a turn, and told me where arrive within 10min. I showed him the map and told the driver, no… We have to go back because there is my hotel. He makes some sounds and Ohh sorry, sorry, didn’t know… bla bla…

So again traffic jam and wait, make turn again and start over again the long street before we finally arrive at the hotel. I dropped first my baggage and photo bag into the hotel. Then walked back and told him i have a image of his paper (some information about the driver and taxi number etc). Asked the price. If it was to high for me i will tell him, otherwise he knew he was wrong and give me a good price. The meter was on 360bath. He said: 420bath. That was a ok price, because at Airport they tell you have to pay toll, and 50bath for something. So the 420bath was ok. He looked at me with his eyes and at that moment i knew that he makes a round to get more money. For me 420bath is still a cheap price to travel 1,5hours from Airport to Hotel. That long did it take because of use a different highway then the one that goes directly into the Sathorn area.


Be careful and tell the driver you already know and find out how to dive and you will watch him on your mobile using Google Maps. Later in hotel a friend told me: Never trust Bangkok taxi drivers. They always make circles to get more money.


Arriving i hotel… one word: GREAT, Nice room in a corner, no rooms around me. Only STAFF area’s.



06-04-2016 - Bangkok welcomes you...>

Asia, Bangkok, City, Culture, Hotel, Locals, Locations, Oudenes, Photography, Taxi drivers, Thailand, Traffic Jam, Visa

maandag 4 april 2016

05-04-2016 - Bye Bye KL - I'm sad

Im now at the airport waiting for my flight to Bangkok. Yesterday had my last evening with my dear friend Tairo. We chat almost 2 years already and finally we met. It was a great time to share my time with him and we sad that i have to leave Kuala Lumpur.


But we can video chat, whatsapp call, voice call to hold this contact and the friendship we had before this meetup is become even stronger. Im honest i will miss him! But these moments of sharing will hold in my memory. Im sure i will see him again!


Beside this, Kuala Lumpur was a great place to stay. Modern, of you know lots to see, friendly. I can settle here if its comes to that.

Kuala Lumpur thank you for this nice stay, Le Apple Boutique KLCC thank you also for the great stay in the hotel and last Girls and 1 boy from ROKKO thank you for the breakfast and every day the good morning (おはよう)  and goodbye (さようなら) in Japanese.



05-04-2016 - Bye Bye KL - I'm sad>

Asia, Follow, Friendship, Goodbye, Kuala Lumpur, Locations, Malaysia, Missyou, Oudenes, People, Photography, Sad, Visiting

zondag 3 april 2016

03-04-2016 - Steamboat - Hotpot 360°

Yesterday a friend took me for dinner to a restaurant called Steamboat. We had a dinner called Hotpot. A pot with 2 different flavors of soup and you put all kind of ingredients in. Wait when done and eat. Was very nice and a new experience as well. They told me im probably the only white guy who was there :)


 


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03-04-2016 - Steamboat - Hotpot 360°>

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zaterdag 2 april 2016

02-04-2016 - Putrajaya

Went this this new city “Putrajaya” creation stared in 1995. Everything is new. Alle government departments are now in this new city. Because Kuala Lumpur get full so they moved everything to a new place. I walked there and had no feelings i was in Malaysia anymore. Feels like home. Went into the Mosque and had the oppertunity to make a wonderful 360 degrees images in middle of this Mosque. This image i will post into a new blog.


Here some impression images of Putrajaya:




02-04-2016 - Putrajaya>

1995, Asia, City, Culture, Follow, Gouverement, Kuala Lumpur, Locations, New city, Oudenes, Photography, Putrajaya, Tourism

02-04-2016 - Petronas Towers from top

On 31th of March went into the top of Petronas Towers. What a view. It was rainy so the images are not what i was expected… But still the view is beautiful.




02-04-2016 - Petronas Towers from top>

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vrijdag 1 april 2016

02-04-2016 - Templer's Park Waterfall 360°

Here the waterfall area in 360° images. Tour around and push the white spots!


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01-04-2016 - Templer's Park Waterfall

Today went to the Templer’s Park Waterfall. A national park for recreation. Its very nice, lots of monkey’s walking around and you can go into the water. They build some sort of walls so the water will not flow away directly.


Here the collection of this nice area:




01-04-2016 - Templer's Park Waterfall>

Asia, Culture, Follow, Kuala Lumpur, Locations, Malaysia, Monkey, Nature, Park, Photography, Recreation, Templers Park Waterfall, Tourism, Travel, Visiting, Waterfall

woensdag 30 maart 2016

30-03-2016 - Chinatown Kuala Lumpur

Today i went to Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur with a friend. He showed me some nice temples. There was one Chinese temple… Very old, it doesn’t look like the temples we mostly known. Was so nice he showed me this! And we had a lunch in a restaurant, most people will think: Are you gonna eat there? YES i do, and it was delicious what we ordered.


There the images in order: Chinatown market, Lunchtime, Sri Mahamariamman Temple, Grandi Temple, A shop to get spices and the wonderful Sze Yah Temple.




30-03-2016 - Chinatown Kuala Lumpur>

Asia, Chinatown, Chinese Temple, City, Culture, Indian Temle, Kuala Lumpur, Locations, Malaysia, Market, Must-See, Oudenes, Religion, Streetfood, Travel

dinsdag 29 maart 2016

30-03-2016 - Ramayana Cave Kuala Lumpur

Here a 360° tour of the Ramayana Cave. Be patient. The file is 16Mb in size.


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29-03-2016 - Kuala Lumpur Country Side Tour

And today we did a Country Side Tour. Actually it was visiting Buta Cave and Royal Selangor Factory. From the last one i didn’t make images. It was so interesting what guide told me i was forgotten to make them… Finally the driver showed me a Chinese Temple. A nice one!




29-03-2016 - Kuala Lumpur Country Side Tour>

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29-03-2016 - Kuala Lumpur City Tour

Yesterday had my first tour with a personal driver. He tell me all the stories and bring me to the locations for that day. This guy is awesome! First he told me why all the girls walk like chickens. Because KFC is most favorite food in Malaysia now. And yes, when you look around lot of KFC advertising. But beside that he had also lot of interesting information of the locations. This guy works already 40 years in tourism as driver. I not gonna tell everything of the images.


 


  • King’s Palace

  • World War II Monument

  • Independence Square (Merdeka Square)

  • City Gallery (I LOVE KL)

  • Chocolate tasting

 




29-03-2016 - Kuala Lumpur City Tour>

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KL City Tour 2016




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zondag 27 maart 2016

27-03-2016 - Petronas Towers @ Night

2 x 5 Images ( -2, -1, 0, +1, +2) to create this Vectorama HDR version of the towers. Create the 2 HDR versions of he 2 images in AroraHDR and combine the 2 end results into AutoPano to stitch them together.  Fine-tune the image in Lightroom.



27-03-2016 - Petronas Towers @ Night>

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27-03-2016 - Petronas Towers ART

Some other perspective views of the famous towers.




27-03-2016 - Petronas Towers ART>

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vrijdag 25 maart 2016

25-03-2016 - Suria KLCC in 360°

If you want shop until you drop… Goto Suria KLCC Shopping mall. A huge area with over 400 shops. Food, drinks, Movie Theater, Directly above KLCC Station and LRT. When you here go outside to see the Petronas Towers.


Here some nice 360° images of this insane big shopping mall:


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donderdag 24 maart 2016

24-03-2016 - Le Apple Boutique @ Kuala Lumpur in 360°

Yesterday arrived at my hotel “Le Apple Boutique” in Kuala Lumpur. Very nice hotel! And 5 minutes walk from the “Petronas Twin Towers”, 30 seconds  from “Avenue K Shopping mall”, 3 minutes from “Suria shopping mall”.


Here my room again in 360° image:


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dinsdag 22 maart 2016

23-03-2016 - Bye Bye Patong Thailand

It’s a sad moment. I will leave Patong, Phuket now. Been here for 4 weeks, and within those week i had a good time. Seen lots of culture, lots of new things and most of the time see the beach and feel the sun shine on me… But the day is come that i will fly to Kuala Lumpur now,  new destination with new things to explore. I’m also gonna see a friend. Chat with him already sinds juli 2014 and now finally we gonna meet.


Phuket was nice, Patong was busy, lots of tourism but after couple of days you get used to it. Tried many different Thai Food! The people are very kind and will help you where they can do. Sometimes you see tourists who don’t have any respect and thats sad. The people here try to get most out of it for a great holiday for the visitor. And when they don’t get any respect back… makes me sad.


The local people i know now, woman who makes every day a fruit shake at the beach, a guy who makes pancakes with fruit, The guys from the parasol and matt. Called them the 100b guys. A Parasol was 100Bath. Then the 2 friendly persons from the restaurantl.  The helpers in FamilyMart. Also the guy from Pharmacy who take me inside at moment i got a blackout on the streets and give me the medicine so im feel great day later already! Thanks for that! Finally… the massage guys. After 4 days told them all i’m gay and goto the gay massage ar “The Royal Paradise” complex. After that they make lot of funny jokes and still scream to me “MASSAGE” with a big smile.


I will gonna miss you all, and all of you asked me if i will come back… After writing this blog i have feeling that it will happen for sure. Thailand, you people have taken my heart and give me a wonderful time


ขอบคุณ (Thanks YOU!)



23-03-2016 - Bye Bye Patong Thailand>

Asia, Culture, Locals, LonleyPlanet, Must-See, Thailand, Tourism, Vaccination, Visiting

zondag 20 maart 2016

21-03-2016 - Crab on beach

I walked yesterday morning on the beach, as every morning … Always see tiny crabs running for their life into their holes in the sand. But yesterday saw a crab running to the water, and when the sand is soft he hide himself into the sand. A man walked by and stand his feet directly on the spot where this little crab was hiding himself.


The crab wont come back on surface… At that point i’m was thinking: How many little crabs are hiding for us in the sand, and will die because people walk on the sand as well. Poor little creatures, they try to survive but don’t know that will die anyway. Or they have luck and nobody will stand on the same spot so the crab can go back into the sea when its safe….



21-03-2016 - Crab on beach>

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vrijdag 18 maart 2016

18-03-2016 - Snorkeling Ko Phi Phi

This video was recorded last week, now its done and finally uploaded correctly. Click right below to change the quality to higher setting for sharper video!



18-03-2016 - Snorkeling Ko Phi Phi>

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donderdag 17 maart 2016

17-03-2016 - Sea Cave Canoeing / VIP area

This was really a great experience! The guy who did the actual canoeing for us told me that the water around the rocks is 1 meter deep. He showed us also a place where not many people come. He called it “VIP area”. It was very nice!!! less people, lots of great images. The guy called himself “Men” or something like that. Men thank you to show is this beautiful place!




17-03-2016 - Sea Cave Canoeing / VIP area>

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17-03-2016 - Buddha / Monkey Cave

A wonderful cave with a gold plated buddha is laying and monkey’s walk freely around the area!


You can see some white spots in the image, when you click on it you goto other part of cave. Or click on the red location points on the map!


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zondag 13 maart 2016

13-03-2016 - Mangroves Phuket

A 360° image of the mangroves in Phuket. It was a very dry season so we didn’t see it all. But the impression is nice!


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vrijdag 11 maart 2016

12-03-2016 - Bamboo - Mosquito - Phi Phi - Maya

Less text lot of images !!! It was great yesterday !!! Went with a boat to the islands, nice crew on board and after visiting the first snorkeling we had lunch and was  very good! Weather was nice, sea was quiet so had a great time yesterday.




12-03-2016 - Bamboo - Mosquito - Phi Phi - Maya>

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donderdag 10 maart 2016

10-03-2016 - Phuket Sightseeing

It was a long day… Mini-van in, Mini-van out. Walking around for 10 or 20 min then back in the mini-van. Here the list of all destinations:


Kata View Point

Elephant trekking

Monkey Show *

Snake Show *

Big Buddha

Chalong Temple

Cashew Nut Factory

Canoeing Around Mangroves

Bang Pae Waterfall *

Chinese Temple

Most of them where nice to see. Some i din’t like. The money show and Snake show. It seems that the animals like it…. but no. Every hour a person make the snakes angry or afraid to show the tourist how they react. That is not Entertainment. Show a video with this, then walk around and tell something about these snakes.  Later the day we went to the Waterfall and Gibbon Project. Gibbon Project is to get Gibbons who used for tourism industry. Strange that earlier the day you see a monkey show, and later the day a rescue project for Gibbons.


For a visual idea of this Sightseeing see the images. Oh and I don’t have images for the 2 shows, principles:




10-03-2016 - Phuket Sightseeing>

Asia, Beach, Buddha, City, Culture, Elephant, Island, journey, Locals, Locations, Mangroves, Monkey, Oudenes, Photography, Phuket, Snake, Temple, Thailand, Tourism, Waterfall

dinsdag 8 maart 2016

08-03-2016 - Back to 26 December 2004

Suddenly on the beach i remembered something… Why didn’t i see anything about this moment. Nothing… But it happend, Patong was also hit by the tsunami disaster in 2004. There is nothing left thats remember that moment. I checked out and some people told me that it was almost gone in 2005. I don’t go make a whole story about it, we all know what happend that day. But it’s a strange feeling at that moment when you think back what we all have seen on TV, hear on radio, all the amateur video’s on youtube… And now i walking here around and there is nothing left that reflect back to 26 December 2004. Here some images of Patong beach after the disaster.




08-03-2016 - Back to 26 December 2004>

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zondag 6 maart 2016

07-03-2016 - Food poisoning

Its happend…. got food poisoning. Damn what a hell. Spuw and diarrhea … Sleep al day and try to drink water all the time but my body says no…. And spit it out again. After a long sleep i tried it again, yes the water was accepted! Now i have to go out for some food… Went out to “Familymart” but there it goes badly wrong. Saw stars, saw black and when i went outside i got my “blackout”. A pharmacy worker saw it happen en took me inside. Directly he take all the medicine i needed. Explain everything and advised me what to eat.


I went to the restaurant next to pharmacy and got some soup. But my body says no again. I felt horrible again and took the soup with me to my room. Again went to sleep. Today i was planning for excursion but im not going. Feel to weak. Hope this all will end soon, so i can enjoy my stay in Patong…



07-03-2016 - Food poisoning>

Asia, food, Locals, Oudenes, poisoning, Tourism, Travel, Visiting

zaterdag 5 maart 2016

05-03-2016 - Relaxing Patong and new things

Here some photo’s (snapshots) created with iPhone 6s. After the weekend i will goto some excursions :


07-03-2016 – Mosquito Island, Bamboo Island, Maya Bay, Ko Phi Phi, Loh Samah Bay, Pilat Cave and Viking Cave


09-03-2016 – Kata View Point, Elephant Trekking, Orchid Farm, Big Buddha, Chalon Temple, Cashew Nut Factory, Canoeing Around Mangroves, Bang Pae Waterfall, Visit Gibbon and Chinese Temple


14- 03-2016 – Thai Cook Class, learn how too cook Thai


16-03-2016 – Monkey Cave, Phang-Nga Pier, James Bond Island, Khao Ping Kan and Sea Cave canoeing at Talu Island




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Asia, Bamboo Island, Big Buddha, Follow, James Bond Island, Kata view point, khao Ping Kan, Ko Phi Phi, Money cave, Must-See, Oudenes, Phang Nga, Photography, Talk Island, Thailand, Travel, Visiting

donderdag 3 maart 2016

02-03-2016 - Patong Beach, Thailand 360°

So finally have a nice 360° image of the beach of Patong. You see its not crowed with people. Most of the tourists here are Russian and People from Scandinavian. Sometimes you hear French and i didn’t hear any Dutch.


Every day i goto the beach for some hours and rent a bed include a parasol for 100 Bath (2,60 euro) for a whole day. Around 13:00 i walk to the boulevard and there are the street food motorbikes again. Buy some nice lunch an walk back. Have a nice view with nice food and even more nice weather. Even Patong is very touristic its nice.


Maybe i will move to Kata Beach for 1 week, seems a beautifull beach as well and always good to see other locations.


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dinsdag 1 maart 2016

01-03-2016 - Patong by Night

So this evening i went to the streets where it all happen, drinks, beer, shots, ladies, boy’s ,food on the streets … you name it and you will find it here. On every meter they try you to get into their bar and have some drinks. On every corner you see a group of ladies for a massage… At “The Paradise Complex” you see the lady boy’s, and the gays walking around.


Near the beach you will find many restaurants and food on the streets. This is always so difficult, because the food on streets is do delicious but mostly fish, chicken, beef, or something between, without vegetables… When you goto restaurant you will get everything, but its more expensive.


I have made some images only for a little impression what you can expect here:




01-03-2016 - Patong by Night>

Asia, Beach, City, Clubbing, Culture, Disco, food, Locals, Locations, Nightlife, Oudenes, Patong, People, Photography, Phuket, Streetfood, Tourism, Visiting

zaterdag 27 februari 2016

27-02-2016 - Story from a local in Thailand

This is not about the beauty, not about happiness, but a little reflection of a person who live in Thailand.


I was chatting on a gay app called “Grindr” yes, for those who didn’t know. Im gay. but whatever…

I was chatting with a guy and was a nice conversation. We talked about some simple things and he told me he work as massage. I wanted goto a Thai Massage, but around my hotel lots of lady’s ask me: Wanna Massage… Wanna Massage… and it didn’t feel good. So i asked him where he worked.


He give me his location and i went to his salon. I told him i will arrive around 14:00 and outside he was waiting. Off course he was at work, so we went to the room and started the massage.


We talked also, normally you lay down and relax, but we had a conversation, a good one. I asked him some questions and he asked me questions. At a certain moment we talked about difference of Thailand and Netherlands. I asked him what i get per month for this job. He told me around 7000-8000 bath. It depends on how many customers he had. Yesterday he had 2 customers so get 100bath per customer. I paid 400bath (10 euro) for the oil massage. So 300bath goes to the owner.


He also told me that it isn’t enough for living (8000bath is around 204 euro). He send some money to his parents more land inward. They are not able to work anymore. So he has to live from 204 euro minus the amount he send to his parents. For me was that a moment of reflection.


He asked me to sit, so he can do my back and told me i was a very “friendly person” he said: lots of customers are touching me and are rude. After that saying to me i had again a reflection. How can someone rude agains a person who worked hard for his money? Work 6 days between 12:00 – 23:30 and 1 day off.


After the massage was done i thank you him for the open conversation and the nice massage as well. And people think now im crazy, but give him som extra for his family and himself. Because i will survive when i help someone… He need it.


True, its the normal way of living here, but if every tourist can be little more generous then the Thai people can live little bit better.


 


 



27-02-2016 - Story from a local in Thailand>

Asia, difference, Patong, Phuket, Thailand, Thaimassage, Tourism, Vaccination, wayofliving

vrijdag 26 februari 2016

26-02-2016 - Shanghai Railway Station 360°

Here a nice 306° of Shanghai Railway Station. its huge!!!


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woensdag 24 februari 2016

24-02-2016 - Bejing - Kuala Lumpur - Phuket

Im glad i leave Bejing, the culture is nice, the places i went where nice, but the hospitality of the people is bad! When you stand in metro with your phone, the people will walk in and don’t look. If it falls they don’t care. The flight from Beijing to Kuala Lumpur was ok. Next to me sit a very big fat guy. He was very nice, but after a hour he was thinking, f.ck you i gonna sit and feel conformable with it… So i was pushed aside agains the window haha.


After i landend in Kuala Lumpur had a stop over and have to wait for 3.5 hours.


My flight to Phuket was good. Short flight 1,5 hour and after you arrive you have to go to immigration. Service people everywhere to help you fill in the immigration card of you don’t know. So thats good and nice. After the immigration i got my free 4G TRUE Sim-card, You can topup this card by every 7-11 supermarket. Then you can choose what you want… Internet for houw much, call for how much. Its better. You buy a amount of bundle, within that bundle you choose what you want.


The ride to Patong was ok as well. The mini bus was good. After arriving my room i was so tired i went for a sleep. My view is nice, See the see and when its evening i can see the sunset every night. For now im gonna explore Patong and walking around to get the fibe of this beach town.


 



24-02-2016 - Bejing - Kuala Lumpur - Phuket>

maandag 22 februari 2016

22-02-2016 - Lama Temple and Temple of Heaven

After my Olympic Park visit i went too 2 temples: Lama Temple and Temple of heaven. Both very crowded with people. And seems i was the only white guy around there. The temples where colored so nice, and everywhere people pray, and give money to the buddha. When i was in temple of heaven 2 times people want on a photo with me, so i was the only white guy there, and a new attraction was born…




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Asia, Beijing, Buddha, Colors, Culture, Follow, journey, Lamatemple, Locals, Must-See, Oudenes, People, Photography, Religion, Temple, Templeofheaven, Travel, Visiting

19-02-2016 - The old chinese city of Shanghai

I went to the old city of Shanghai… Was difficult the find it because all small streets are filled with people and little shops. You have to look very well to see the beauty of this location. This location was build in the “Ming Dynasty” by a rich family the Pan-clan. It has been destroyed several times: Opium War, Taiping Protest.


They renovated all and you can see this, because it look old but it isn’t. Its ok, now we have a idea how it was in that period.




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Asia, City, Culture, destroyed, Follow, Locals, mingdynasty, Must-See, Oudenes, People, Photography, Shanghai, Temple, Travel, war

zondag 21 februari 2016

21-02-2016 - Great Wall China

Today i went to Great Wall of China. This is the longest wall ever made by humans. Total length around 10.000km.It was a long journey to get there by bus. I was happy that i did a excursion otherwise i wasn’t able to find it my own and public transport. At this period of the year it was the best. Less people around so have some nice images created. After we went back in the hotel i had a dinner with a couple from Norway. Was a nice conversation and in meanwhile we ordered some delicious food in the upper floor of a shopping mall!




21-02-2016 - Great Wall China>

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