Maybe this is something every girl or woman thinks about at least once in here lifetime...sexindustry...and maybe it's nowhere so obvious than here in Thailand.
As a teenager I read the book: 'het verrotte leven van Floortje Bloem'
(the disguisting life of Floortje Bloem) It's about childprostitution. My grandmother, my mother and my sister read it before I did. On one hand I think it's disguisting and on the other hand it fascinates me. I'm curious about the reasons what make men do this or why do they need this?
When I was in my tweenties and spended some time on Curacao, a friend and I got an offer from 2 man. What offer?....just let your imagination flow and you can think about the kind of offer it had been ;-) Thank god, it was my first and last offer! Though it felt weard and disguisting.... there was something else as well...curiousity I think.
To make things clear: No mom I didn't take the offer :-)
In Chiang Rai it's a part of daily life. Let me describe you THE typical sextourist here in Chiang Rai:
Male, over 50 years old, either extremely skinny or to fat, he wears jungle trousers a blouse and sandals. They avoid to look you in the eyes, they probably feel like a nobody in their home country but feel like THE man here. I'm really wondering why they wear these stuff...do they want to go 'undercover' so it looks like they are ready to go off for a jungletrip or animalhunt instead of going on a different kind of hunt?
Why I'm sharing this with you? Well there are two reasons. This is something that has been on my thoughts past couple of days and Janine and I have discussed it more than once. But the main reason is to warn all single travelling men that planned to go to Chiang Rai for a real jungletrip. Please wear your special clothes only in the jungle otherwise people like me could think you are here for an other reason! :-)
Tonight....nightbus to Bangkok....then Surabaya (Java) and yes I heard the Bromo, we wanted to visit is getting more active :-( then...Bali!
big hug!
Saturday, November 27, 2010
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
My first some kind of a yogaclass ;-)
I really have to tell you about my...finally...first yogaclass I joined in Thailand. This was just to chaotic and to funny to be true.
After we arrived in Pai, still Thailand, and we found a bungalow, we went for a walk in the little town. Quite soon we saw an advertisement at a shop of Mam's Yoga...sounds promising I thought :-) I asked for some information and the woman of the shop asked me to wait, she would phone the instructor for me. The Instructor asked me to wait again, she would like to meet me at the shop....no problem, (mai pen rai on thai ;-)) I could wait. A mix of Cher and Tina Turner stepped out of a car...the Instructor! I became curious so I signed in for the morningclass next day from 10 till 12.
I already could recognize from far away where her house or yogaplace was... a lot of flowers, incense sticks, statues and so on.
At the beginning she told us something about didn't sleep well last night, slept with her student in one bed, didn't had to share her bed since ages, therefor she was on facebook, a group of harley drivers asked her for a place to stay, took breakfast the first time since 45 years....maybe she told us even more but this is all I can remember at the moment ;-)
She started the yogaclass with meditation....and then it all started....during the meditation someone came in and just started to talk to her...something about couldn't find it...okay meditation over...everyone sit down and straight your legs...we'll do some warming up movements....I think the third one was the split....okay I thought if this is warming up??? what else can I expect??? We went one with more warming up exercises and then we heard the sound of some motorbikes....ohw...sorry she said just a small break...these are the harley drivers from last night....have to help them. Just relax for a moment on your back please...and so we did.
She came back...and her phone ringed....she didn't pick up.....she ordered her student in between to take care of the harley drivers...
After doing more warming up exercises for at least one hour we could stand up to do the sun saluation, surya namaskar, sonnengruss. ???? Normally you do this quite in the beginning to warm up ....but I'm here to learn, I'm open for new so yeah why not. After the 4 sun salutions we had to lay down on our back again, now for 5 breath....these 5 breath became at least 5 minutes, because she was gone again....the harley drivers had some problems you know ;-)
During shirsasana, headstand, kopfstand she called that person back that phoned her before....she ended with a short shavasana, relaxing on the back and then there was time for snacks and chat....what she weared? a shirt of the Rolling Stones, you know that one with the tongue :-)
My lesson for this day....don't take everything to serious, but just have fun in what you do!
After we arrived in Pai, still Thailand, and we found a bungalow, we went for a walk in the little town. Quite soon we saw an advertisement at a shop of Mam's Yoga...sounds promising I thought :-) I asked for some information and the woman of the shop asked me to wait, she would phone the instructor for me. The Instructor asked me to wait again, she would like to meet me at the shop....no problem, (mai pen rai on thai ;-)) I could wait. A mix of Cher and Tina Turner stepped out of a car...the Instructor! I became curious so I signed in for the morningclass next day from 10 till 12.
I already could recognize from far away where her house or yogaplace was... a lot of flowers, incense sticks, statues and so on.
At the beginning she told us something about didn't sleep well last night, slept with her student in one bed, didn't had to share her bed since ages, therefor she was on facebook, a group of harley drivers asked her for a place to stay, took breakfast the first time since 45 years....maybe she told us even more but this is all I can remember at the moment ;-)
She started the yogaclass with meditation....and then it all started....during the meditation someone came in and just started to talk to her...something about couldn't find it...okay meditation over...everyone sit down and straight your legs...we'll do some warming up movements....I think the third one was the split....okay I thought if this is warming up??? what else can I expect??? We went one with more warming up exercises and then we heard the sound of some motorbikes....ohw...sorry she said just a small break...these are the harley drivers from last night....have to help them. Just relax for a moment on your back please...and so we did.
She came back...and her phone ringed....she didn't pick up.....she ordered her student in between to take care of the harley drivers...
After doing more warming up exercises for at least one hour we could stand up to do the sun saluation, surya namaskar, sonnengruss. ???? Normally you do this quite in the beginning to warm up ....but I'm here to learn, I'm open for new so yeah why not. After the 4 sun salutions we had to lay down on our back again, now for 5 breath....these 5 breath became at least 5 minutes, because she was gone again....the harley drivers had some problems you know ;-)
During shirsasana, headstand, kopfstand she called that person back that phoned her before....she ended with a short shavasana, relaxing on the back and then there was time for snacks and chat....what she weared? a shirt of the Rolling Stones, you know that one with the tongue :-)
My lesson for this day....don't take everything to serious, but just have fun in what you do!
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Just lay back and relaxxxx!
Chiang Mai is already past...now I'm in Mae Sariang!
Mae Sariang is nothing more than just lay back, relax and enjoy. Actually nothing happens here, well nothing?!?! We witnessed some kind of an argueing last night in which at least 10 people were involved and all of them were against one man. Normally I'm on the side of the weakest, but this time....no! This man was sooooo drunk and sooooo jealous of a group of men gathered together that he started the argueing.....Nice to see how these men handled the situation without the other man losing his face! Let say they handled it on a thai way :-)
Back to Chiang Mai:
Chiang Mai is really booming and touristic and still we stayed here a whole week. During this week I really needed some time for myself and did one of those extremely touristic jungle trips with elephant camp, hiking, visiting a hill village and rafting stuff. Still it was fun doing this and yeah.....I felt like 20 again....why?!?
Well 7 of the 10 groupmembers were either 22 or 23....and their main discussions were about cheap hostels, beer, getting drunk, youtube and not forget to mention the next fullmoon party on Koh Phangan (island of Thailand). The main goal of these fullmoon parties is how to get drunk as fast as possible. But like I said before...it still made fun. Especially the Bambooboat, normally this is less exciting than rafting, but if you need to be in control of this thing, like I had to be ;-), than it can be way more a challenge not to fall in the water! I heard my guide screaming to me: push left baby, left baby...oh no... now right baby, right baby and...push faster faster.....you can do it! This was so much fun and by the end all my boatmembers were wet and I...still standing and dry :-)
Jungle trip....nature was awesome, could clear my mind, found nice meditation spots and it was good to feel my body again.
In Chiang Mai we visited a lot of Wats, temples, and rented a scooter on which we had also a lot of fun. Janine was driving the first time on a scooter and all we jelled at her the first 200 Meters was....drive left....drive left...please drive left. After those first 200 Meters she handled this thing completely and we all felt save. The Sundaymarket from 4pm till ?? was incredable. No idea how many people there were...but the atmosphere was really calm, relaxed, almost silent. I loved it and could have stayed there for hours, just walking around or sitting somewhere and watching people....but we got tired after 3 hours walking. If you ever go to Chiang Mai...go there on a sunday...and stay there at least till 6pm....than it's getting even more quiet :-)
And now Mae Sariang. We came here with a local bus and we bought our tickets on the day before. Getting back from the busterminal we wanted to take a sort of a cab to the city. Okay the cabowners couldn't speak that good english but still....I asked them if they could drive us to Thapae Gate, which is one of the main 4 gates of Chiang Mai. Want to now what they answered?!? uhhhh thapae gate??? do you know the way? I couldn't believe my ears...and they gave me a map so I could show on the map where it is....so I did....and they asked me again....do you know the way ;-) Me after 6 days in Chiang Mai had to tell locals how to ride....hilarious isn't it?
Some expressions of the trip with the local bus:
- first stop was at a garage...something was wrong with the left wheel at the back
- the 'second driver' was the left mirrow as well
- had to stop to fix something about the left wheel at the back
- first 2 hours were guite relaxed
- last two hours were with a lot of curves and into the hills
- a vomitting child, with milk everywhere just behind me
- Jesse had to pee...we tried a little bag....a bottle....but he couldn't
- we arrived safely!
Tomorrow....Mae Hong Son!
See ya....carry
Mae Sariang is nothing more than just lay back, relax and enjoy. Actually nothing happens here, well nothing?!?! We witnessed some kind of an argueing last night in which at least 10 people were involved and all of them were against one man. Normally I'm on the side of the weakest, but this time....no! This man was sooooo drunk and sooooo jealous of a group of men gathered together that he started the argueing.....Nice to see how these men handled the situation without the other man losing his face! Let say they handled it on a thai way :-)
Back to Chiang Mai:
Chiang Mai is really booming and touristic and still we stayed here a whole week. During this week I really needed some time for myself and did one of those extremely touristic jungle trips with elephant camp, hiking, visiting a hill village and rafting stuff. Still it was fun doing this and yeah.....I felt like 20 again....why?!?
Well 7 of the 10 groupmembers were either 22 or 23....and their main discussions were about cheap hostels, beer, getting drunk, youtube and not forget to mention the next fullmoon party on Koh Phangan (island of Thailand). The main goal of these fullmoon parties is how to get drunk as fast as possible. But like I said before...it still made fun. Especially the Bambooboat, normally this is less exciting than rafting, but if you need to be in control of this thing, like I had to be ;-), than it can be way more a challenge not to fall in the water! I heard my guide screaming to me: push left baby, left baby...oh no... now right baby, right baby and...push faster faster.....you can do it! This was so much fun and by the end all my boatmembers were wet and I...still standing and dry :-)
Jungle trip....nature was awesome, could clear my mind, found nice meditation spots and it was good to feel my body again.
In Chiang Mai we visited a lot of Wats, temples, and rented a scooter on which we had also a lot of fun. Janine was driving the first time on a scooter and all we jelled at her the first 200 Meters was....drive left....drive left...please drive left. After those first 200 Meters she handled this thing completely and we all felt save. The Sundaymarket from 4pm till ?? was incredable. No idea how many people there were...but the atmosphere was really calm, relaxed, almost silent. I loved it and could have stayed there for hours, just walking around or sitting somewhere and watching people....but we got tired after 3 hours walking. If you ever go to Chiang Mai...go there on a sunday...and stay there at least till 6pm....than it's getting even more quiet :-)
And now Mae Sariang. We came here with a local bus and we bought our tickets on the day before. Getting back from the busterminal we wanted to take a sort of a cab to the city. Okay the cabowners couldn't speak that good english but still....I asked them if they could drive us to Thapae Gate, which is one of the main 4 gates of Chiang Mai. Want to now what they answered?!? uhhhh thapae gate??? do you know the way? I couldn't believe my ears...and they gave me a map so I could show on the map where it is....so I did....and they asked me again....do you know the way ;-) Me after 6 days in Chiang Mai had to tell locals how to ride....hilarious isn't it?
Some expressions of the trip with the local bus:
- first stop was at a garage...something was wrong with the left wheel at the back
- the 'second driver' was the left mirrow as well
- had to stop to fix something about the left wheel at the back
- first 2 hours were guite relaxed
- last two hours were with a lot of curves and into the hills
- a vomitting child, with milk everywhere just behind me
- Jesse had to pee...we tried a little bag....a bottle....but he couldn't
- we arrived safely!
Tomorrow....Mae Hong Son!
See ya....carry
Sunday, November 7, 2010
Penang, Malaysia
Hi there,
My last evening in Georgetown or Penang in Malaysia....so time to write a bit.
Some like this island, some don't. Me, I like it! I like Chinatowns, I like Little (or big) India's, I like temples, I like the jungle, I like the beach, I like great views, I like travellers....and you know what...it's all here ;-)
What happened here...Penang Hill is not that high, but is quite heavy to walk for a beginner like me. I really want to do some bigger hikings in the future so I really have to get myself fit someway. This was the beginning. A climbing of 5,5 KM with rises of about 30%. The 3 of us started together, but after 0.7 KM my sister decided to stop a car and she and Jesse drove in the back of a car to the top of the hill. About one hour later I arrived completely wet but it was all worth it. I saw the first free monkeys...saw some snakes...beautiful butterflies...and it was nice being whole by myself for a moment...let's say just a nice experience.
We've been to the KOK LOK SI Temple as well....go there if you'll ever visit Penang!
and what else happened here...
- I got over my jetlag
- a rat ran over my foot
- I met an extreme intrusive german guy
- we' ve been freezing in a bus
- we had our first rain
- I spend hours on the internet trying to put some pictures on my blog for you, the result is a slideshow....so you better like it :-)
- we are already a part of easy life
We are staying in a really nice Hotel here, the Hang Chow Hotel...the people are so friendly and they love Jesse because he's so extremely blond. He knows some more english words now, which is really cute.
We've been staying here a little bit longer than we first thought we would, but the weather conditions 'around' us were so bad, that we needed a bit time to think things over and change our plans again. It's so great that my sister is as flexible and relaxed as I am, so it's easy for us to adapt our plans over and over again ;-)
First we wanted to take the bus to Hat Yai and from there a plane to Chiang Mai...but Hat Yai, same as a huge region in Thailand was floaded, so now we fly to Bangkok and then go further on to Chiang Mai. We hope to stay here for 6 or 7 days, so I can do a hiking trip and then go slowly down back to Bangkok where we probably will take a plane to Surabaya on Java.... and from there to...Bali...but you'll never know maybe we've to change it again ;-)
Looking forward...and see you soon on the net!
hug,
Carry
My last evening in Georgetown or Penang in Malaysia....so time to write a bit.
Some like this island, some don't. Me, I like it! I like Chinatowns, I like Little (or big) India's, I like temples, I like the jungle, I like the beach, I like great views, I like travellers....and you know what...it's all here ;-)
What happened here...Penang Hill is not that high, but is quite heavy to walk for a beginner like me. I really want to do some bigger hikings in the future so I really have to get myself fit someway. This was the beginning. A climbing of 5,5 KM with rises of about 30%. The 3 of us started together, but after 0.7 KM my sister decided to stop a car and she and Jesse drove in the back of a car to the top of the hill. About one hour later I arrived completely wet but it was all worth it. I saw the first free monkeys...saw some snakes...beautiful butterflies...and it was nice being whole by myself for a moment...let's say just a nice experience.
We've been to the KOK LOK SI Temple as well....go there if you'll ever visit Penang!
and what else happened here...
- I got over my jetlag
- a rat ran over my foot
- I met an extreme intrusive german guy
- we' ve been freezing in a bus
- we had our first rain
- I spend hours on the internet trying to put some pictures on my blog for you, the result is a slideshow....so you better like it :-)
- we are already a part of easy life
We are staying in a really nice Hotel here, the Hang Chow Hotel...the people are so friendly and they love Jesse because he's so extremely blond. He knows some more english words now, which is really cute.
We've been staying here a little bit longer than we first thought we would, but the weather conditions 'around' us were so bad, that we needed a bit time to think things over and change our plans again. It's so great that my sister is as flexible and relaxed as I am, so it's easy for us to adapt our plans over and over again ;-)
First we wanted to take the bus to Hat Yai and from there a plane to Chiang Mai...but Hat Yai, same as a huge region in Thailand was floaded, so now we fly to Bangkok and then go further on to Chiang Mai. We hope to stay here for 6 or 7 days, so I can do a hiking trip and then go slowly down back to Bangkok where we probably will take a plane to Surabaya on Java.... and from there to...Bali...but you'll never know maybe we've to change it again ;-)
Looking forward...and see you soon on the net!
hug,
Carry
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Prinz instead of Prins
Some of you know that I've got my ticket to Singapore by a friend of mine. He assured me that the misspelled name on the ticket; Prinz instead of Prins, wouldn't be a problem at all...well I can assure you...my friend was wrong.
It took me at least 1 hour to check me in....checking things here and there and than finally we could go through the pass-controlling. So that was my first lesson ;-)
Despite a really relaxed flight I wasn't able to sleep more then let say half or one hour.
My first impressions of Singapore were: extremely clean, quiet, green and very important.. no rain at all :-)
Completely knocked down we arrived at the hotel which was situated in THE redlightdistrict of Singapore. Well done Carry :-) Before, we already wondered why hardly women walked down the streets and then we founded the redlight-thing out and everything was clear.
The three of use slept around 7.30pm...but...we all woke up around 23.30pm and couldn't get back to sleep for at least the next 3 hours...JETLAG...
The other day we went to the most incredible Zoo I've ever seen and later that day to Chinatown. Now I'm sitting in Little India and this is just great. The colours, the smell, the people and except for the lack of dust this is soooo like India. I really feel comfortable here! Maybe this is a sign....
Tonight we'll take the night bus to Penang in Malaysia and hope to get some rest here....Janine and I have again hardly slept but talked a lot last night...Jetlag is still there ;-(
One more thing...Jesse my little nephew is learning English...his favorite 2 words are 'excuse me' and repeats that whole the time.
Pictures will follow and more stories as well.....
big hug,
carry
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