Posted in Laos, My Travels, culture on 04/12/2007 06:46 am by leklek
Luang Prabang March ,2007
Along the way from Vientiane to Luang Prabang by bus it’s such a long trip as it’s up and down and up and down the hills.
The narrow way on the hill doesn’t make me feel afraid but it made me more excited when I saw the village along the road with the simple houses made from wood and made me realize how simple life of the people on the hill.
I feel really excited because this is the first time I will be to Luang Prabang, the city of a beautiful temple and the city with lots of monks in the morning for putting rice for a happiness in our next life.
I start thinking if I’ll be there one day in the morning I will put the rice for their monks.
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Posted in Bali, Food, Indonesia, Where to eat on 04/05/2007 01:42 pm by leklek
Quick, simple and not too expensive: this is our slogan.
I am talking about “Padang Food” . This is not Balinese food but it’s very common here anyway.
This kind of food tastes like some kind of Thai food, a lot of coconut milk with curry. For sure this kind of food can make you wake up as it’s spicy but it’s up to choose the food, so becareful!
There are many choices: fish, chicken, pork, shrimp, boiled egg, soft tofu or fried tofu (all menu with curry, fried or deep fried with curry) boiled plain vegetable , sometime they have vegetable with curry, chili paste and many choices of sauce (peanut sauce, chicken sauce, fish curry sauce) served with steamed hot rice.
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Posted in Bali, Indonesia, My Travels on 04/03/2007 03:01 pm by leklek
Ubud, Bali, April 3rd, 2007
Tum Tum Pa Tum Tum…a soft sound of traditional Bali music comes to my ears.
It sounds nice to hear in the quiet night of nature, of insect sound combined with a human music, becomes a nice sound of a culture and the beautiful life that you can find in here Ubud, Bali.
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Posted in culture on 03/30/2007 09:15 am by leklek
“Yes, I travel alone. No boyfriend, no family and I am single”.
The Indian lady aged around 30-40 years answered me.
I was surprised from her answer because normally I saw only western girls travel alone and I think that is so cool but this time I talk with an Indian lady and she told me “my family does not push me to marry because we live in America”. That’s why she has very modern ideas.
The answer comes in the afternoon when this lady comes to have lunch and I go to take the order from her (as I was a captain in the restaurant in a 5 start Bangkok hotel) .
She said “I have no problem to travel alone and I don’t want to marry because I can stay alone and I am happy to do it”.
That answer surprised me even more because as everybody knows, in India when the lady has age to be married, her family will search the man for her, because this is their culture. “Wooow”, I was thinking with myself “This Lady is very strong!”.
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Posted in Bangkok, Thailand, Trip Guides on 03/29/2007 05:26 am by leklek
Someone asked me about what he has to do if he has the chance to come to Thailand only one day.
Let’s think! I have 2 choices for you but I don’t know if you will like it or not.
For me I like to eat so I think about some places that it’s easy to find a lot of food around.
Fist if you are a person who likes to enjoy, so let’s go to Kaosarn Road:
It is a place crowded with foreigner and young Thai lady and man and… more.
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Posted in Italy on 03/25/2007 10:06 am by leklek
I went to Italy in April 2006, for one month, to see my boyfriend.
That was like a dream, not because I want to go to Italy but because my boyfriend is there and I will see him again after 4 months.
I went alone by flight with a transfer in Dubai, where I waited 7 hours!
I was worried and afraid but I know somebody is waiting for me in Italy, so I have to be strong.
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Posted in Uncategorized on 03/24/2007 09:09 am by leklek
Hi All!
I have started this blog a few days ago and I have many ideas on what to talk about but it would be nice if you tell me what you think!
Do you have any questions you always wanted to ask to a Thai girl? I know we are very misterious sometimes!
About the food? About what we think of “Farangs”?
Anything! I’ll be happy to reply 
And, generally, what do you think about the idea of a thai girl keeping a blog?
Thank you!
Lek
Posted in India on 03/23/2007 05:00 pm by leklek
Before I went, the first thing coming to my mind when thinking about India were a man and a woman dancing and singing on many different hills with very nice dresses.
So, when I went to Kajuraho I heard somebody say they had a traditional indian dancing show.I asked Luca to go and see it, and so we went.
I was very excited because that was finally the real thing, not a movie.
The show turned out to be very nice.
The singer was ok but not great, because I was comparing the great Bollywood movie singers with these local women and men.
Same goes for the show. Bollywood makes it like a dream. This was a real dance, but still, real. Not a dream.
Of course, in the movies they just show what they want. If the dancer makes a mistake, they cut and try again.
Here, it was real, and I could see the tension in their faces.
I could also see the happiness of doing it.
And they never cut it.
So, I learnt that the real world is not nice as the movies world, but to find a hint of the real spirit of India, you better go in that room, rather than in a movie theatre.
(And, by the way, a few weeks later I was in Bollywood working on a movie, but I will tell you later about this…)
Here is a video we made of that show!
Posted in Laos, Where to eat on 03/20/2007 06:14 pm by leklek
It’s quite easy to eat good baguette sandwich in Laos but at the same time you may not be lucky and get not so fresh bread.
My favourite place it on the Mekong river : The Shade Restaurant.
The Club Sandwich that usually I order it just perfect ! it’s crispy and tasty and if you drink a mango shake then you will come back again for sure!
The prices for the baguettes go from 10,000 to 15,000 Gib (1 /1.50 U$)
Don’t worry if the waitress doesn’t smile. You will not even notice, lost in the baguette!
Posted in Food, Laos, Where to eat on 03/18/2007 05:01 pm by leklek
ViengSavanah Vietnamese restaurant in Vientiane, Laos.
I recommend this great vietnamese restaurant in Vientiane, Laos!
Their spring rolls are fantastic!
Location: I would not know the road, but it is close to the Hall of Lao culture. Ask around, Vientiane is a big village.
Cost: a portion goes for around 30.000 Kip (3 U$).
Don’t miss it!
Luang Prabang March ,2007
I feel really excited because this is the first time I will be to Luang Prabang, the city of a beautiful temple and the city with lots of monks in the morning for putting rice for a happiness in our next life.
leklek