I'm Here
THAILAND | Thursday, 1 May 2014 | Views [132] | Scholarship Entry
This is the first time I go overseas, I am in an exchange program in University Utara Malaysia for 1 semester (4-5 months). It's been my dream to go overseas and thanks to God, I'm here.
So, I went to Thailand in mid term holiday, I went there only for three days and two nights. I went to Ao Nang, Krabi. The first day I arrived in Dannok, I am not that impressed by the view because it's much more like my country, Indonesia plus I was riding a van to go to Ao Nang, but to be honest, I cannot sleep along the way. I can see the Thai handwriting everywhere. We arrived in Ao Nang at night, I didn't do much activity at night because me and my friends were so tired, so we just went sleep.
The next day, I woke up so early because I want to go to the beach. So, I went there and at that time people still asleep and the beach was not that crowded, I started to walk on the sand leave my trace, feel the wind breeze, hear the sound of waves, I stared at the sea almost for an hour and a half. A few hours later, I went to 4 islands for a trip. When I reached at the first island, I am speechless, the water is so blue, I can see a lot of things in the water, fish, corals, everything. But the most interesting for me is in the second island and fourth island. In the second island (Chicken Island), I went for a snorkeling and that was my first time, I was so afraid but I really want to do it. So I just jumped from the boat to the water, at the first time, I was so panicked, the salt water come to my mouth because I didn't bite the mask very well, then I screamed "HEEELP...HEELLLP", but you know what, my friend just laughed at me. So I try to calm down then VOILA! I swam, I can do the snorkeling, I saw the view underwater, it was so beautiful, I feels like I just want to stay in the water, but I can't.
The fourth island was the last island. It called Koh Phi Phi Island (if I'm not mistaken), in this island there is a 'penis' cave, it's actually not a cave, it's more likely a temple. It was so dirty but interesting. The 'penises' are wood cravings, there are small ones even big ones, I even took a picture with the big one, it was so fun.
In the night, my friends and I went out for a shopping in the night market, we bought a lot of foods there then after we have our dinner, we went to a nice bar and enjoy the whole night there.
On the last day, we just packed up and leave in the morning.
This trip encourage me to try something new, do something you want. I did, and I'm addicted.
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip