Making the Inevitable Joyous - Surfing in Bangkok and Macau - CatchingUp pt12

Time to close this "catching up" series. This post is about the few days in Bangkok and then Macau at the end of February. In Macau I started the catching up, about a month ago. So here the catching up stops.

Both Bangkok and Macau had something in common: I didn't really want to spend any time in them. However, as transportation routes go, we're sucked into specific places, whether we like it or not. Bangkok is really such a place and it's extremely hard to avoid it when moving around Thailand. As I've personally grown to dislike Bangkok but had booked my flight from there, I decided that instead of trying to spend as little time there as possible and risk missing my flight, I should make it fun.

How fun? CouchSurfing fun! So I looked up hosts hoping to avoid the Kaho San area and its density. Seems my CS karma is doing well as I keep getting positive replies from the first person I send to and I meet really good people I enjoy spending time with.

Beer towers - how groups of people enjoy alcohol induced happiness together

Wine and beer tasting with my cool host in Bangkok

Smoking bubbles - yeah!

I was Alison's first guest and she's been a fantastic host, trying to always make sure I'm comfortable. We did end up in Kaho San road one evening. Guess you can't run away from fate :p

Another evening in Bangkok I was walking around an area with vile sewage smell and more mosquitoes and cockroaches than I ever witnessed in an urban area. So yes, I still dislike staying in Bangkok but any place can be fun as long as you're spending it with people whose company you enjoy.

Bye bye Bangkok

And now.... Macau. Nowadays famous for its casinos, Macau is a lovely one or two day trip for people passing by who don't desire losing all their money gambling. For me, it's been really good because of the cool Indonesian host I had, Intan. With an Israeli passport, I still cannot visit Indonesia so I'll have to know only the traveling ones. With Intan I've seen a different and very relaxed side of Macau and was very happy for that.

Rikshaw is a tourist form of transportation

Cool bus and I can do a V

Dogs in Macau know how to read

Chinese New Year boobs-for-nose figure

"Be tolerant towards others - mutual respect means a happier life" says the caption. I say: be nice to others or these guys will kick your ass!

The Chinese New Year is long gone but maybe they'll keep the decorations till next year

Chinese vegetarian restaurants have a habit of making dishes that look like meat and have meaty names. Suspicion...

Romantic Macau all lit up for you to gamble your money away

The romance does appeal to some

Am I the only person thinking this creature who's a part of the Chinese new year's decorations has a nose that look like boobs? Something's fishy here and it's not bcz we're near the sea

Rocking the boat and off to Hong Kong

Classical music in the shopping mall. Hong Kong is all about contrasts.

OK. Too much text here. Can't believe you read all the way through. There was a little girl dancing at some point near this trio. Everybody loves little girls dancing. No musical sense whatsoever but kids are so cute. So why don't grown ups go out and dance whenever they feel like it? Well, I do!