When we arrived in Bangkok after a 13 hour flight the first problems occured on the passport control. Leo and I had to fill out an arrival card, but we couldn’t read the adress on the adress-card of our family because it was written in thai. So we went to the passport control officer. He sent us back because there was a gap where the adress-field should have been. At this moment May called me. She gave me the directions where to find them at the airport. I listened carefully to get the way to the right exit. (there were three different ones) So we decided to ask another staff member at the airport to translate the thai adresss for us so that we can enter Thailand. The next time it worked and we were in Thailand, luckily our baggages arrived as well. We got them at the baggage claim and decided to exchange some money first. The course was 38,86 Baht = 1 €. First of all we changed 100€ just to make sure that we will have enough money for our journey. Following Mays instructions we found the family of her really quick. They were waiting in front of the exit B and were so happy to see us. When I saw them I was quite happy as well, because without a local phone contract I  couldn’t  inform them about our arrival in Thailand. I got to know Mays Mum. She was called Sri and Mays Dad. He was called Eahr. They both were really friendly and open-minded. On our way to the car lot, we stopped at a restaurant and had delicious thai food.We tried octopus, scampis, other sorts of fish. For dessert we had mango with sweet rice. During breakfast we drank out of a coconutshell the freshest cocout milk I’ve ever drank. Leo and me ate a lot and were quite full after the delicious breakfast.

It was almost 5 o’clock AM. Continuing our way to the car Leo and I were hit by the temperature of 30 degrees. When we entered the car we were happy about the AC and talked about our planned journeys for the next days. Driving through suburbs of Bangkok was a fantastic way of seeing how the citizens and the places in Bangkok look like.

Leo and I were really interested in the thai architecture and liked to see all the different temples.  The family was happy to answer our questions. After one hour and 45 minutes we arrived at the house of the family. It was not even a house it was a castle build like a traditional thai house. The mate of the family carried our baggage to the guesthouse. Our rooms were two big separated rooms in the beautiful guest house next to their house. It is located next to the river “Hapen” and we enjoyed the nicest view from our balcony. When you are staying on the balcony you can see the river with a bluish water.

On the surface were floating waterplants like little spots on a beatle. The stream of the river was upside down and the boat traffic was moderate. Probably every hour a small boat, full of locals passed by.