Traveling Rockhopper

There are many cats on streets in Bangkok.
In some temples they even wear some clothes, however cats are usually not happy because of that…

In today’s picture, I show you a sign that can be found in many temples in Thailand.
Just keep it in mind and be aware!

In some Thai temples, I’ve seen something really upsetting;
I understand it may be part of culture, history or religion, but I still don’t like this idea.
So, there are people selling you birds in cages. When you buy a bird and release it “you will have goodluck and happiness in your life forever” (original writing).
The point is those birds have on purpose broken wings or kind of injuries, so they cannot fly too far. And after “you give the freedom to birds”, the seller will catch them again and sell to another person, and so on!

Thai boxing is a local version of kickboxing, and it’s the most important sport in Thailand.

When I was visiting Thailand, there were lots of demonstrations in Bangkok, because people weren’t happy with the current political situation.
Tourists in general, should avoid places of demonstrations, because you never know how violent it’s going to be. Nothing bad happened to me, but it was sad to observe all these people.

Bangkok is officially named “Krung Thep Maha Nakhon”.
It’s a capital since 1782.
These days, it’s a large, tropical city with many different districts, and two huge airports (that sometimes causes confusion).

Yesterday, I showed you a typical picture of one of the temples in Bangkok; for today, I chose rather not so typical image of the city, however I like it. 🙂

Bangkok is the largest city and the capital of Thailand.
It’s crowded, very diverse, and full of golden temples, that’s why I wrote it’s a “Golden Capital”.

The flag of Thailand has five horizontal stripes in the colors red, white, blue, white and red.
The colors apparently represent the blood of life (red), the purity of the Buddhist faith (white), and the monarchy (blue.)
The flag looks like that since 1917.

Thailand is sometimes called as “Land of Smiles”, however I could easily find other countries that should rather have this nick name.

Welcome to the Kingdom of Thailand. 🙂

Have you been to Thailand? What are your memories?
I have to say, Thailand is far from being my favorite country; I think it’s overrated from many reasons. However, there are still nice, interesting and worth visiting places. And that’s what I’ll try to show you this month on my blog. Hopefully, you’ll like it. 🙂

Today, the last post about Sardinia on my blog.
How did you like my travel impressions about this big Italian island?

I have nice memories from Sardinia; it was interesting and relatively easy to travel through the island. Definitely, I enjoyed my holidays in Sardinia. 🙂

Tomorrow, we’re going “a bit” farther. 🙂
Stay tuned!

Sassari is one of the biggest and oldest cities of Sardinia.
Maybe, I didn’t spend there enough time, but I wasn’t impressed by Sassari.

Castelsardo is a must-see town in Sardinia.
It’s lovely located on the hill by the sea.
You’ll find there castle and fortifications from the 12th century and many colorful houses.
I’m sure you’ll enjoy your time in Castelsardo and it’s very likely your camera will stay quite busy there. 🙂

Olbia is another coastal town in Sardinia; it’s easily accessible for tourists because of nearby international airport.

Sardinia is very close to Corsica, so if you want to visit this French island, you can a ferry from Santa Teresa (Sardinia) to Bonifacio (Corsica); the trip takes less than an hour.

Santa Teresa Gallura (Santa Teresa di Gallura or Santa Teresa) is a seaside resort on the northern coast of Sardinia. Nice colorful town, a harbor, a 11 m high 16th century watchtower (La Torre di Longonsardo) and sandy beaches, just relax here. 🙂