quarta-feira, 14 de janeiro de 2009

A glimpse of Paradise



Thailand was a glimpse of Paradise.

At least if anyone had told me that in one country you could:

- Have frequent very cheap massage on the beach or any urban corner, but not any massage: Thai Massage, the best I've ever tried. In group, in couble, anyway! Full body, feet, reflexology, oil, etc!

- Eat the best and freshest fruit and 'fruit encounters' ever in every corner of the country, even in the boat, even in the water!

- Have any wish, the weirdest? Be sure of it: Bangkok has it.

- See monkeys, elephants, sharks and snakes.

- Experience an amazingly metropolitan capital, with sky-scratchers and beautiful urban views.

- Eat very cheap and good street food, including the unforgettable banana pancakes.

- Travel easily because - the tourism being the base of their economy - everything is thought of before you wish for it.

- Meet a clean neaty organized environment everywhere.

- Eat very good Thai food in almost every restaurant.

- Have three-wheelers (rickshaws, that they call tuk-tuks there), motor-bikes, side-cars, tri-cycles and cars working as taxis (5 options: not bad, uh?).

- Have sexuality being accepted to such a point that transvestis are not only very well accepted as also very respected in the society, and profuse.

- See sunrises and sunsets from the best locations.

- Walk dark beaches after midnight.

- Visit islands in the north and in the south.

- Party on the beach.
- Buy cheap cool clothes in cool roads.

- Meet all sorts of sandy rocky wavy still-water cristaline dark-watered beaches.

- Do or experience anything out of the ordinary you may ever have wanted to: if you thought of it, it is there, you can do it in Thailand.

- Travel comfortably in an already welcoming colourful smooth Thai flight.

- Walk the roads bear-feet.

- See the most paradisiac things ever:



- from pirate treasure beach discovered after swimming under a pitch dark cave... to snorkelling just to swim together with an amazingly diverse underwater world.

- from the thinest smoothiest whitest sand... to the clearest most cristaline most turquois or transparent ocean waters... to the sweetest coconuts under their trees.

- from watching gigantic ocean stones... to having your boat touch dreamlands of palm-trees and beach.

- from the amazing waterfall site... to having its litters of salty water dropping heavily on your shoulders.

- From feeling like you're sailing the fancy boat with your singing in the front... to having the strong ocean splashes on your face when travelling in a fisherman boat that caught a big current.


- From dancing the maddest ever with hardly any clothes on, on the beach, feet on the sand and the sea, temperature: high, in 2 very important nights: christmas, new years eve... to having some of the most special people in your life by your side all the time.

- From watching golden Reclining Budha... to attending the simple rituals of the budhist spiritual commons.

- From the smiles of all the people... to the life in the floating market, where you watch and buy everything from canoes...

: ... if they told me this and the more I'm not able to tell you all, I'd definitelly say this is what salvation dreams should be all about. :)