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Didn’t I say, that I’m sick of temples?
So wat, Angkor Wat is the mother of all temples! 
I think Hampi and Ayutthaya/Sukothai are ruined against so much Angkor Watt.
Tomorrow at sunrise, the temple jamboree begins! To Angkor (-; 
Lao for drunkards, the vocables:
(Not necessarily in that order)  Beer Lao
You can now construct all the important phrases, such as:
For advanced learners:
You show the numbers with your fingers.  Beer Lao good, all good
The only word, that I’ve learned in addition, is
tam mak hoong – Papaya Salad (-;
Laos on the 1st glance seems like last century’s Thailand. On the 2nd glance, you realize that Thailand is unique.
If you can forget about Thailand for a moment, it is beautiful in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic. But I can’t forget about Thailand for a moment (-; 
There are caves and lagoons like in Thailand.
The temples could as well be in Thailand.
There are even islands and beaches…
…in the middle of the Mekong. 
Lao food looks like Thai food.
Unfortunately, even the papaya salad is bland. 
In Thailand, even school children ride motor bikes.
In Laos not yet. 
You notice, that the French were here.
There is a lot of agriculture.
The two most important crops grow here:
Jackfruit and Coconut (-; 
After 2 weeks, I’ve had enough of Laos. No risks of overstay in this country.
Angkor is calling! But first I have to cure my hobble toe
6 weeks are left until my cruise ship leaves Beijing for America.
Unfortunately I have no cruise mate to share the twin cabin.  in search for a cruise mate
I’m trying to find a cruise mate while travelling and on the Internet, including these pages:
In the 3 weeks so far I was unsuccessful.  cloudy outlook
The price discount is now at 30%, that is USD 1,402 / EUR 1.065. There are still tickets left, but that may change soon.
What else can I do to find a cruise mate?
On a personal note:
This was not a good week!
What hurts least? What hurts most? Just the human condition…
Today, I spent the 7000st Euro in Vientiane.
The Euro went over the counter in the form of 10,000 Laos kip for a total of 2 Lao coffees. 
After a good 9 months of world travel, my monthly costs are on average at 750 EUR:
The cost summary includes all of my expenses from food, accomodation, transportation, visas, bike hire and entrance fees to clothes, camera, ebook reader and prepaid SIM. Only my health insurance is not included because it is pure luxury. 
Thanks to South Asia and Southeast Asia, the average costs per month was significantly reduced.
The biggest surprise for me is Thailand. At 12 EUR per day, my lifelyhood costs there were as low as in Nepal and India. I expected Thailand to be more expensive especially because of my decadent lifestyle there. If there were more Redheads in Thailand, there wouldn’t be a real downside at all (-;
My mini Mekong ferry is landing in Laos after a short trip. I look back with nostalgia to the other side of the Mekong.
Thailand is over there, just a stone’s throw away. Already I feel a deep longing for the land of the simple life. 
The tourists come in droves …
… to the Kingdom of Thailand.
We backpackers also know, what’s good.
Tigers are already there…
… just like elephants, the former coat of arms of Siam.
In modern times tuk-tuks are the secret coat of arms for Thailand (-;
…and elegant Wats are the main sights. 
The best thing about Thailand is the food…
…especially Papaya Salad, the best food under the sun.
Simply good!
Doubly good! 
You know the story:
A naive world traveler makes an unscheduled trip to Thailand. 2 months (and a day) later, he is still stuck there and thinks:
No… Is Thailand. And there is an off chance, that Thailand is only a local maximum. Farewell Thailand…
In Thailand, they speak gender-dependent, for example, when greeting
Krap and ka also means “Yes” and “Aha”. They are the two most used words in Thai.  here is a flower for you krap
A “Krrrrapppp” needs more muscle work than a “Kaaaaa”. Assuming that the difference amounts to 0,005 calories per krap/ka. So with 1000 krap/ka per hour, men burn each hour about 5 more calories.
Due to biological differences, men with the same weight burn more calories than women. It’s about 5 more calories per hour of talking.
Wouldn’t it be more calories emancipated, when men say ka and women say krap?
Is krap/ka calories chauvinism?  this is a top coffee bus ka
Ladyboys are biological men, who say ka. Are they the unsung heroes of calories emancipation? (-;
Sources:
is what I tell my guesthouse lady every morning. She smiles and extends my stay for another day, day by day.  day by day
at any random place in Thailand is, what my heart seems to yearn for. Hey, it’s another day in paradise!  Paradise
which flys by like the wing flap of a Kolibri. Cause of Zen time, I won’t remember much of my time here, but that’s ok.  Time flies by
means, that I don’t have to have a plan for tomorrow. I can always leave on a whim. Or can I?  Leave on a whim
in Thailand is like floating on a river of milk and honey. It’s sweet and easy.  Sweet and easy
is the Thai Mantra I chant every day – all the day.  Chanting Mantras
after your visa runs out, is a day of overstay! I got fined for 12 Euro by the Royal Thai police. 12 Euro sounds like not much, but it’s my budget for one more day.
Doh, I fucked up the visa date!
Was my extra Thai day worth it?
In Novosibirsk, our Couchsurfing host wanted to know, how we like her city. That’s a catch-22 question, because there is nothing to see in Novosibirsk
2 days before, we had reached Asia with the Trans-Siberian. The Asian market in Novosibirsk was our first. She looked at us blankly
Yes, maybe in Asia. For us Europeans, any Asian market is a pleasure. That’s still true after 8 months of travelling Asia. The superlative of market is night market and the queen of nightmarkets is the beautiful Chiang Mai Walking Street 
Hotch and Potch
Dance
and Music
Fashion and Drawing
Red and Yellow
dancing Bears and Happy pigs
And everything is even better with cheesecake!
At the entrance to the Chiang Mai Walking Street, a tourist guide calls to 2 minibuses full of tourists:
2 hours?  Amphoe Mueang Chiang Mai, Chiang Mai, Thailand  Kommentieren  World Tour  Asien, Festival, Käsekuchen, Konsum, Thailand |
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