(11) PATTAYA - THAI GIRL SHOW

Ini show paling seru … xi xi xi xi xi …. Harga ticketnya Bath 600. Sebelum masuk kita diperiksa karena nggak boleh bawa kamera, handycam, handphone … yaahh pokoknya segala macam alat perekam. Apalagi suasananya remang-remang di dalem tapi rammeeee banget suara orang-orang di dalam. Waaahhh … bikin gue makin curious aja … show apaan nih.

This was a very exciting show …. xi xi xi xi xi ….. The ticket price is 600 Bath. The security was checking our stuffs before enter inside due to there is a rule no camera inside. So we couldn’t bring camera, handycamm, handphone … all kind of recorder stuffs. Moreover the situation inside was dark and very crowded. Aaahhh… made me more curious … what kind of show it is… 

Tadinya Nana ama Yeni gak mau ikut nonton, tapi ternyata pas gue masuk si Nana udah duduk di kursi paling depan … huahahhahahha….. trus penontonnya penuh banget and cowooookkk semua. Gilaaaaaa!!! ….. ternyata yang kita tonton di panggung cewek-cewek bugil nggak pakai baju selembarpun pada show kebolehan alat vaginanya melakukan banyak hal seperti, nulis, ngerokok, buka tutup botol, ngelempar pisang & bola pimpong, trus pakai sumpit untuk nembak balon ….. huuaaaah shock bener gue ngeliatnya. Apalagi segala macem barang kayak silet, jarum, bola pingpong bahkan ikan sama burung hidup dikeluarin dari alat vaginanya. Xi xi xi xi xi … kok kayak kantong doraemon. Kata Yeni lokernya gede amat ya ….  Mungkin orang pikir paling-paling pas buka tutup botol, tutupnya udah dibikin agak longgar. Tapi sebelum botol dibuka tutupnya, mereka suruh orang-orang ngecek. Kebetulan karena gue duduk di depan sendiri so … gue curious and ikut nge-check juga tuh tutup botol yang memang bener-bener tertutup rapat dan masih disegel. Tadinya malu gue nonton itu, tapi lama-lama malah jadi ikut seru nontonnya … xi xi xi xi xi xi …. Udah nggak ngeliat itu sebagai tontonan porno lagi, tapi malah kayak nonton atraksi unjuk kebolehan seperti di siskus-sirkus atau atraksi sulap. Abis mereka juga bisa bikin air putih yang dimasukin ke alat vagiana begitu dikeluarin jadi warna merah and hijau. Mereka nawarin penonton untuk minum tapi nggak ada yang mau …. Yaaahh pastinya jijik dan takut juga kalo kena penyakit 

Actually Nana and Yeni didn’t want to watch this show, but when I entered I saw Nana is already sit down on the chair in front of the stage … hua ha ha ha ha ha …. Then all audiences were mostly male and so full. Crazy….!!! Apparently we watch nudist Thailand girls show. They are naked without any clothes. They are doing many attraction by their vagina like writing, smoking, open a bottle of softdrink, throwing bananas and ping pong balls, blow a ballon using chopstick …. Huuaaaahhh… I was very shock. Moreover they were taking out so many stuffs like razor, sewing needle, ping pong ball, also life fishs and birds from their miss cheer up. Xi xi xi xi xi xi … Looks like Doraemon pocket. Yeni said, “wow….their locker so big!”. May be the audience though that before show they made the bottle was little bit open, so would make easy to open by miss cheer up. But before the girl open the bottle of mineral water, they came to the audiences to check it. Lucky me, I was sit on the chair of infront line … so I was curious and I did to check it. It’s very hard to open and still in the plastict seal. Before I was embarrassed to watch this show, but slowly I was getting axciting….xi xi xi xi xi … I couldn’t see like porno performance anymore but more looks like watching a sircus or magic performance. They made a bottle of mineral water which put inside of their miss cheer up become red and green like a magic. They were offering audience to drink the water but nobody take it … yeeaahh …of course it was disgusted and everybody afraid get sick 

Ternyata yang nongol bugil nggak cuma cewek-cewek doang. Tiba-tiba gue kaget terbelalak ngeliat cowok keluar panggung dengan penisnya yang gueeedeee bener … dan bikin attraksi mukulin minuman kaleng sampai terbuka dan penyok ….. xi xi xi xi …kata Yeni apa nggak sakit ya …. Terakhir show, nih cowok and cewek having sex di atas panggung dengan berbagai posisi ….. hhuuuaaahhh ….. Gila!! … gue pikir show beginian cuma ada di Belanda  Kebayang gimana yaa….kalau show-show beginian di-legalkan juga di Indonesia 

Apperently the show was not only Thai girl performance. I was shock suddently a naked guy came out to the stage with his very big penis. He hit a softdrink can by his penis until open and flattened…. Xi xi xi xi xi … Yeni said, “Is that heard?” … Then the last show, the girl and the guy were having sex on the stage with many styles…. Huaaahhh crazy!! … I though show like this only in Holland … I couldn’t imagen how if show like this is legal in Indonesia 

Fourth Scandal

Lagi-lagi David gak bisa duduk manis aja selama pertunjukkan. Waktu salah satu atraksi Thai Girl ini ngajak penonton naik ke panggung, semangat banget dia. Ada 2 orang penonton lagi yang naek ke atas panggung. Cewek-cewek itu ngebukain baju mereka. Gue udah was-was aja kalo David ditelanjangin. Untungnya cuma dibuka baju atasnya doang dan mereka disuruh ngambil makanan yang ditaruh di atas tubuh cewek yang telanjang bugil  Abis itu mereka trus masuk ke belakang panggung. Gue penasaran banget kenapa mereka begitu lama di belakang panggung. Waktu mereka keluar dari pintu diluar panggung, pas cewek-cewek bugil ini selesai melakukan atraksi melempar pisang dengan vaginanya. Tuh pisang ditawarin ke penonton nggak ada yang mau, karena David keluar terakhir dari pintu …ditangkeplah sama cewek-cewek itu dan ditawarin pisang …. Whuuuaaahhh gue udah teriak-teriak jangan dimakan … eeeh gak didenger … alhasil pisang yang keluar dari dalem vagina dimakan David dengan nikmatnya …. Hhyyyyaaaccchhh!!! Antara geli mau ketawa dan mau muntah ngeliat kejadian itu 

Again … David couldn’t to be sweety boy just sit and watch until finish the performance. He was very excited to go to the stage when the girls asked the audience. There were 2 another guys on the stage. The girls opened their clothes. I was worry if they take all the clothes. Lucky him, they just take out their shirt then the asked them to take foods on the naked body one of the girls by their mounth. After that they bring all guys to behind of the stage. I was curious why they took so long at behind of the stage. The girls just finished with their bananas performance when they were came out. The girls offered the banana which just took out from their miss cheer up to audience. But no body wants. Lucky David … because he came out the last from behind of the stage, the girls catch him and give the banana…. Whuuuuaaahhhh I was screaming to say don’t eat to him … but it was so crowded and didn’t hear me … so…he ate the banana … hhhyyyyaaaaaccchhhkkyyy!!! Between I lough because of funny and feel disguasting with this happen 

Century Beach Hotel

Sebenernya Awee masih nawarin untuk nonton Spiderman Show. Gue denger sih ini show lebih gila lagi. Pertunjukkan cowok sama cewek, cewek sama cewek, and cowok sama cowok lagi having sex. Yang lebih gila lagi kalo penontonnya boleh ikutan maen. Gue sebenernya curious pengen nonton, tapi badan udah cape dan lengket banget banget ama keringat seharian so gue misah dengan rombongan langsung check in ke Century Beach hotel.

Actually Awee was offering us another show “Spiderman”. I heard this show more hot and crazy. The show is performing a couple of guy and girl, girl and girl, and a couple guy and guy have sex on the stage. Moreover this show is offering if the audience would like to joint on the stage. Wow… I was really curious with what I heard, but my body was getting tired already and would like to take shower. So I was going to Century Beach Hotel for and didn’t joint with others.

Dari namanya gue pikir tadinya nih hotel ada di pinggir pantai, ternyata terletak di pinggir jalan besar di kota Pattaya. Kamar hotelnya sederhana kayak hotel bintang 3, tapi lumayan bersih dan full tamu.

I though the hotel is in front of the beach same as the hotel name but actually not. The hotel is in front of the main road of Pattaya city. Very simple room like 3 stars hotel, but very clean and full of guest.

(10) PATTAYA - ALCAZAR SHOW

Sebelum berangkat ke Thailand, temen gue Irene bilang kalau gue wajib nonton Alcazar show di Pattaya. Begitu juga David, dia request untuk nambahin acara ini di itinerary kita sebelum berangkat. So sebelum berangkat gue udah booking optional show ini ke travel agent dengan biaya per orang US$ 18.00 atau sekitar Rp 175.000,00. Menurut Awee ini show banci-banci di Thailand dan sangat sopan …. he he he he … iseng gue nongol …. Lho memang ada yang nggak sopan Awee? Kalau show yang nakal ada nggak? Hi hi hi hi … satu mobil rame denger celetukan gue. Tapi ternyata Awee bilang “Oh ada. Kalau mau, nanti abis nonton Alcazar saya antar ke tempat nonton Thai Girl Show atau Spiderman Show ….. hua ha ha ha ha ….. Asli gue curious banget :-)

Before I go to Thailand, my friend Irene told me that watch Alcazar Show at Pattaya is compulsory. David also requests me to add this optional show in our itinerary. So I booked this show to the travel agent with cost US$ 18.00 or about Rp 175.000,00 before we go to Bangkok. Regarding Awee information, the transvestite homosexual show is a polite show….a a a … my horn coming out J It means, is there an unpolite show? Is there a noughty show also? …ha ha ha ha ha … I think all people in the car were shy to ask before me and some complaint to me because asked. But Awee said yes, there is. He was offering us to bring to Thai Girl show and Spiderman show ….. whuahahhahaha….For sure I am very become more curious! :-)

Ffuuiiihhh …. !!! bener juga kata Irene, cabaret show-nya bencong-bencong Thailand ini keren banget. Ternyata orang bilang bencong disini cantik-cantik dan mulus-mulus kayak porselen, bener semua. Pasti kalau nggak ada yang ngasih tahu, nggak bakalan deh kita tahu kalau itu bencong. Mereka begitu luwes sekali berlenggak-lenggok menari. Gue denger sih di Thailand ini memang terkenal operasi permak badan paling bagus. Katanya sih ada rumah sakit khusus untuk itu lho .... so kalo ada orang pengen merubah diri dari cowok ke cewek atau sebaliknya bisa kesini. Bahkan banyak lho para wanita di dunia yang berdatangan ke Thailand dan rela mengeluarkan banyak uang hanya untuk melakukan operasi atau suntik biar jadi cantik, putih dan mulus …. Hi hi hi hi …. Kenapa ya … nih cewek-cewek nggak ada yang mikir kalo cantik itu datang dari dalam diri kita :-)

Fffuuuiiihhh….!!! Irene was right! The cabaret show of The Thailand transvestite homosexual was awesome. Apprently people said that they are so pretty and looks like porceilen, it’s true. If nobody told that they are transvestite homosexual, we wouldn’t know. They walk, dance and sing so nature like a beautiful girl. I heard that Thailand very famous with the best plastic surgery. There is a specialist hospital to do that…. So if someone wanna change from male to be female or the contrary could be there. Moreover many female around the world comes to Thailand to do plastic surgery or injection to make them pretty, white and flowless …..hi hi hi hi hi….Girl! Why they couldn’t think that pretty is coming from inside themselves.

Selesai pertunjukan, kita bisa berfoto ria dengan para waria di luar gedung pertunjukan. Tapi foto dengan mereka nggak gratis kayak kita mau foto sama artis ngetop idola kita lho!! Kita musti bayar Bath 40 untuk sekali foto ….. hi hi hi hi …. Hebat kan???!! Udah gitu pada berebut lagi foto ama yang paling cantik …. Hua hahahhaha …. Gila cing!! Laris maniiiisss!!! Denger-denger sih mereka juga bisa dibooking, mau jam-jaman or long stay …. xix xi xi xi xi ….. gue bilang ma Dave, mau book salah satu dari mereka gak? Lumayan buat nemenin dia maen congklak di kamar …. Huahaahhahah … dia cuma nyengir and says kenapa nggak elo aja nemenin gue …. Huaaaaahhh … larriiiii … :-)

The end of show, we can take a picture with the actris outside the building performance. But it’s not free take a picture with them. We have to pay 40B for one picture…. Hi hi hi hi … unbelievable isn’t it? Moreover the audiences were vying to take picture with the most beautiful actris … ha ha ha ha ha … crazy! I also heard that we can book them for hours or long stay …. Xi xi xi xi xi… I said to David, wanna book one of them or not? May be can accompany him in his room … huahahhaha … he only smile and said why don’t you accompany me …. Ha ha ha ha ha ha … ruuuunnnn!!!

Chinese Food Dinner

Kali ini kita dinner di sebuah restaurant Chinese Food. Makanannya enak banget ditambah lagi David beli wine untuk rame-rame. Meskipun kita duduk berdesak-desakan dalam satu meja, tetep aja seru berebut makanan. Padahal makanan sebenernya banyak, cuma yang ngeselin nih … piringnya kecil-kecil jadi susah kalo mau ngambil makanan banyak. Mungkin sengaja kali ya …. Biar kita nggak ngambil makanannya banyak-banyak … he he he he … belum tahu dia kalau group ini lumayan rakus-rakus orang-orangnya :-)

This time we got dinner in the Chinesse food restaurant. The foods was so good, moreover David bought a bottle wine for all of us. Even we didn’t have space for sitting in the one table we still have fun vying for food. Actually foods more than enough, but we fid up with the size of the plate … so small, make it us difficult to take many food. May be the restaurant was expressly given ya… To make us couldn’t take many foods …. He he he he… The restaurant didn’t know that member of this group very greedy … ha ha ha ha ha….

(9) PATTAYA BEACH

Akhirnya kita nyampe juga di Pantai Pattaya. Waahhh …. jalan-jalan di sepanjang Pantai ini serasa jalan di Pantai Kuta di Bali. Hampir sama persis ama pantai Kuta. Jalan di sepanjang pantai pun sama dengan jalan pantai Kuta. Hard Rock Hotel & Hard Rock Café juga ada di sana dan letaknya persis seperti yang ada di Bali. Sepanjang jalan di pantai berjejer bar dan café-café. Duuhh … gue serasa ada di Bali bukan di Thailand :-D

Finally we are arriving at Pattaya Beach. Aahh … Walking at the beach feel like walking at Kuta Beach in Bali. Hard Rock Hotel, Hard Rock Café, some bars and café are at the road a long of the beach. Hmmm …. I feel like in Bali, not in Thailand :-D

Aaahhh … ada yang menarik yang ngebedain pantai Pattaya ama Pantai Kuta. Kalau dari pinggir pantai kita memandang ke arah bukit sebelah kiri, kita bakal ngeliat tulisan PATTAYA City gede banget. Semangat lagi deh gue ber-photo ria berusaha ngambil background tulisan itu. Paling nggak kalo temen-temen gue di Bali liat nih photo gue, nggak disangka photo di Pantai Kuta …. He he he he he….

Aahh…ya, there is a big sign “PATTAYA CITY” on the hill across of the beach. There is the different from Kuta Beach :-) I am exciting to take picture again with the sign background. At least when I show the picture to my friends, they will not thinking that I take picture at Kuta Beach …he he he he he ….

Seperti biasa sementara gue ditemenin David sibuk mengatur gaya photo dan nyari spot-spot yang bagus di pantai, semua anggota rombongan udah ilang masuk ke dalem drug store-nya Hard Rock. Lumayan lama gue ama David nongkrong di depan Hard Rock nungguin mereka. Begitu keluar masing-masing udah bawa tentengan tas gede-gede berisi tshirt-tshirt Hard Rock. Gila…!! Habis berapa duit mereka! Setahu gue satu tshirt Hard Rock yang paling murah dengan model kayak kaos-kaos biasa bisa sampai Rp 250.000,00 … weleh-weleh ….

Meanwhile David and I are busy looking for great spots for our picture at the beach, the others gone to the drug store of Hard Rock Hotel & Café. Quiet long David and I wait them in front of the café. Everybody are bringing big t-shirt shopping bags when come out from the shop. Wow … how much they spent money! Crazy…!! As I knew the cheapest one Hard Rock t-shirt is about Rp 250.000,00 (about US$ 25.00). Wow…Indonesian people so riches!

(8) SRIRACHA TIGER

New Friend Again

Selesai pada shopping, kita langsung diantar ke sebuah hotel untuk makan siang di sana. Makanannya buffee seafood dan makanan khas Thailand. Tapi karena masih kenyang dengan breakfast tadi pagi, so gue nggak terlalu banyak makan. Selesai makan, Awee ngasih tahu kalau ada 2 orang lagi akan joint ke Pattaya namanya Dara dan Min. Duuuhhh …. dua orang ini tomboy abis, rame dan asyik juga orangnya. Kita nganter dua temen baru ini ke hotel dulu untuk check out dan sama seperti kita cuma bawa beberapa barang yang perlu untuk nginap semalam di Pattaya, sedangkan barang lainnya dititip di hotel. So now di dalam combi kita ada 13 orang yang semuanya seru dan asyik banget. I really love this group. :-)

Finished shopping, we are going lunch at a hotel. (I don’t know the name of the hotel) There are seafood and Thai food buffee. I didn’t eat much because still full from breakfast this morning. After lunch, Awee told us that 2 persons will joint to Pattaya. There are Dara and Min. Aaahhh ….. They are so tomboy, fun, and friendly. We went to their hotel for check out and take some stuff for stay a night at Pattaya. So now we are 13 fun and crowded people … he he he he he. I really love this group :-)

Sriracha Tiger

Di tengah perjalanan ke Pattaya kita stop by di Tiger Zoo & Crocodile Farm. Sriracha Tiger terkenal dengan happy family-nya, yaitu harimau dan babi hidup berdampingan dengan damai. Ada induk harimau yang menyusui anak-anak babi, begitu pula sebaliknya. Kok bisa ya … kayak nonton acara TV aneh tapi nyata. Tadinya gue mau ambil photonya, tapi terlalu penuh sesak orang-orang yang mau nonton jadinya susah mo motret. Apalagi bau keringat turis-turis Taiwan plus berisiknya suara bereka bikin gue mabok. Ternyata turis Taiwan memang terkenal rame dan berisik di mana-mana.

On the middle way to Pattaya we stop by and visit Tiger Zoo and Crocodile Farm. Sriracha Tiger is famous with the happy family. There are tigers and pigs live together with a peace. There is a mother tiger gives her milk to babies pig, so on the contrary. Strange ya … look like watch TV show Strange but Real. Actually I wanna take a picture of them but very difficult because too many people are watching. Moreover there are smelled and crowded Taiwanies group. They made me feel queasy. Apparently Taiwan tourist was famous crowded in everywhere. :-)

Di Sriracha Tiger ini kita disuguhi crocodile show dan show babi. Gue cuma nonton crocodile show aja dan pas show babi gue nongkrong di luar ruangan show karena gue nggak tahan ama bau babi yang menyengat. Apalagi gue sering banget liat babi panggang di Bali … naahhh kalau yang ini baunya haruuummm bikin perut laper … he he he he he …. Sedangkan crocodile show lumayan seru, habis nih orang Thailand nggak takut sama sekali masukin kepalanya ke mulut buaya … hiiiiii …. gue sampai merinding and tutup mata ngeliatnya.

There are crocodiles show performance and pigs show performance at Sriracha Tiger. I only watched the crocodile show till the end but when the pigs show started. I didn’t like the place very smelled. More over, I often see struggling pig in Bali … ha ha ha ha…. For this one so good smelled make me sturving …hi hi hi hi hi. Anyway the crocodile show was not bad. The Thai people very brave put their head in the crocodile mouth…. Hiiiiiii … I feel suddenly frightened and close my eyes.

(7) WAT ARUN (TEMPLE OF THE DOWN)

Perjalanan tour di sungai berakhir di Wat Arun, candi terbesar dan tertinggi kebanggaan rakyat Thailand. Beda banget sama candi-candi Budhha di Indonesia, Wat Arun ini berbentuk bangunan tinggi menjulang sekitar kurang lebih 70 meter tanpa ada ruangan. Di sekelilingnya dihiasi oleh potongan porselen warna-warni berbentuk bunga.

The river cruise ended at Wat Arun, the biggest and highest temple in Thailand. Thailand people are very proud of with the temple. The temple architecture is different compare with Indonesian temple. Wat arun build soared 70 meters without any rooms. All around the wall decorated by coloring flowers from porceilin.

Begitu turun dari boat, sebelum masuk areal candi, ada tempat penyewaan pakaian adat Thailand. Gue langsung exciting banget untuk nyoba pakaian tradisional itu dan berphoto ria di depan candi diikutin ama temen-temen satu group … he he he he …. Adduhh topi-nya beraaaattt banget di kepala.

There is a rental traditional shirt of Thailand before entrance gate of the Temple. I was exciting to wear the traditional shirt and take a picture. The other group members are following me … he he he he … Wow …the hat so heavy! :-)

Sementara gue exciting untuk naik ke atas candi yang tangganya curam minta ampun, yang laen lebih tertarik masuk pasar di sebelah candi buat shopping. Sedangkan David lebih seneng nunggu di bawah di tempat teduh. Gue jadi inget omongan Irene temen gue, dia bilang waktu jadi TL ke Wat Arun, baru aja guide-nya mau ngejelasin sejarah candi, orang-orang udah pada kabur ke pasar untuk shopping … he he he he … ternyata kejadian juga ama gue. He he he he …. Lagian menurut Awee orang Indonesia memang terkenal banget demen shopping :-)
Meanwhile I am exciting to climb up the steep stair temple, the others more interesting to go to the market beside of the temple for shopping. Then David more like take shelter under shaded place to wait. I remember what my friend Irene told to me. She was a Tour Leader in her group tour to Bangkok. While the guide explaint the history of the temple, no body stayed to listen. They went to shopping to the market … he he he he ….It’s happen also to me. …he he he he he …. Regarding Awee information, Indonesian people are very love to shopping.

Waktu naik tangga candi tadi emang cuma berasa ngos-ngosan, apalagi karena udara panasnya minta ampun. Tapi pada saat mau turun, gila … !!! ternyata tangganya bener-bener curam, sampai-sampai gue bolak-balik ngatur posisi mau turun menghadap ke depan atau ke belakang tangga. Pantesan aja banyak yang cuma berdiri di depan tangga karena pada pobhia ketakutan mau turun. Malah gue sempat liat anak remaja cewek yang turunnya sampai digendong karena ketakutan dan hidungnya keluar darah karena pusing dengan ketinggian. Tadinya kupikir tuh anak jatuh makanya hidungnya berdarah … ternyata dia mimisan.
I never think that went down from the top of temple more difficult than climb up. Wow crazy! …. The stairs are very steep. I tried to find comfortable position to walk down. That why many people only stand up in front of the stair due to phobia with high and feel scary to go down. I saw a man hang his doughter to go down. Her nose blooding and she was very scary. I though before her nose blooding because of she falled down …. But it’s because of her phobia.

Pemandangan di atas candi …. Ffuuuiiihh keren banget! Kita bisa liat sungai Chao Phraya membelah kota Bangkok, bangunan-bangunan grand palace yang megah, duuuhhh …. pokoknya rugi deh kalo sampai Wat Arun tapi nggak naik ke atas candi.

The view from the top of the temple …. Wow! So cool! We can see the Chao Phraya River devided Bangkok, glorious the Grand Palace building, ….aahhh your tired to climb the temple will be paid with the nice view from the top.

Sesampai gue di bawah, ternyata pada belum selesai belanja. Gila…!!! Apa aja yah yang dibeli?. Karena gue curious apa sih yang dibeli mereka sampai lama sekali, so akhirnya gue ajak David masuk pasar. Ternyata yang dijual barang-barang souvenir. Menurut Awee barang-barang yang dijual di pasar Wat Arun ini paling murah dibandingkan tempat-tempat yang lain karena mereka berasal dari sekitar kuil ini dan mereka mengambil keuntungan nggak terlalu besar untuk keperluan disumbangkan juga ke Wat Arun. Seperti tshirt yang ada tulisan Thailand dan bergambar gajah bisa dapat 10 pieces untuk Bath 1000. Maka itu semua orang ngeborong souvenir untuk oleh-oleh disitu. Gue senyum geli aja sih ngeliatin semua pada kalap belanja, yah mungkin style gue udah terpengaruh ama turis-turis bule di Bali atau paket-paket tour yang dikemas oleh company gue. “Always put shopping schedule on the last day otherwise you will lose your holiday”.

They are not finish yet when I arrived down from temple. Crazy! … What shooping they are? Due to curious why they take so long for shopping and what are they buying, so I ask David to go inside the market. Apperently the market is selling souvenir. Regarding Awee, the market here sell goods more cheapest than other places due to they are not taking big profit and the profit only for temple donation. Like a Thailand t-shirt with elephant picture can get 10 pieces for Bath 1,000. That’s why everybody became crazy to shop everything in there. I just smile watching their shopping activities. Yeaehh … may be my style influented already by foreigner tourist in Bali and tour package by my company. “Always put shopping schedule on the last day otherwise you will lose your holiday”.

(6) CHAO PHRAYA RIVER

Dari Grand Palace kita jalan kaki ke pelabuhan penumpang tempat naik boat di sungai Chao Phraya. Di situ ada pasar tempat orang berjualan macam-macam dari makanan sampai souvenir. Karena udara panas sekali, sambil nunggu boat yang akan bawa kita tour menyusuri sepanjang sungai Chao Phraya, kita nyobain kelapa bakar Thailand yang dingin dan segar. Huuuhhh…. nikmat banget rasanya.

From The Grand Palace, we walk to the Harbour at Chao Phraya River. There is a market where selling anything from foods till souvenir. We tried Thailand coconut while waiting boat. Uuuhhh …. So cool and fresh in the hot weather like this.

Pemandangan sepanjang sungai sangat menarik. Cuma di sini nggak ada tontonan gratis orang lagi mandi di kali kayak di Indonesia … he he he he …. Dari sungai Chao Phraya kita bisa liat Grand Palace, Wat Arun, rumah penyimpanan perahu kerajaan, jembatan terbesar dan tepanjang, rumah sakit Siriraj pertama dan terbesar di Thailand yang didirikan oleh Raja ke V, pasar terapung (orang-orang yang berjualan di atas kapal), juga rumah-rumah penduduk yang unik meskipun di atas air dan nggak punya halaman tapi mereka bisa bikin halaman teras dengan taman yang indah.

The view of along the river is very interesting. In here only no free show somebody taking a bath at the river like in Indonesia … he he he he he …. Along the river cruise sightseeing we can see Grand Palace, Wat Arun, the building for keeping of the Kingdom boat, Siriraj Hospital - the first and the biggest hospital in Thailand which build by The King V, Floating Market, and also houses on the river. The houses are very unique architecture. Even on the river they can build terase and yard with a beautiful garden.

Di ujung tour kita sampai di sebuah kuil Dewi Kwan In. Di sekitar situ banyak sekali ikan Patin dan besar-besar. Ikan-ikan ini dianggap suci, jadi nggak ada orang berani nangkep. Waduh … kalo di Indonesia, ikan Patin enak banget dijadiin pepes …. He he he he …. Menurut kepercayaan orang kalau kita datang ke tempat itu sebaiknya ngasih makan ikan-ikan itu. Dengan kita melempar makanan ke ikan-ikan itu, kita membuang semua kesialan dan hal-hal yang buruk dalam hidup kita. Nah… lebih beruntung lagi kalau saat kita ngasih makan ikan, kita ketemu ama ikan yang berwarna putih … ffuuiihhh katanya keberuntungan bakal selalu menyertai kita. Waahh … semua orang langsung semangat beli roti seharga Bath 20 utnuk ngasih makan ikan-ikan itu biar ketemu yang namanya ikan berwarna putih J

At the end of the cruise tour, there is a Dewi Kwan Inn Temple. In the river around there are many big river fishes. I don’t know the name of the fish in English, but in Indonesia we called Ikan Patin. Thailand people believe that the fishes are holy, so no body fishing or catch the fish in here. Wow … if in Indonesia, ikan Patin is very delicious to be cooked traditional food named Pepes Ikan….he he he he he …. Regarding people believe here, it’s good to fidding fish when we visit this place. When we are throwing food to the fishes, it means we are thowing our bad luck in our life. Then we will get lucky if when we fidding the fishes, we can see white color fish…. Pffuuiihhh … they believe the luck will be always blessing us forever. So…. everybody very exciting to spend Bath 20 for a pocket bread for fidding fishes with hopping will see the white fish J

James Bond and Anna & The King

Naahh … Kalo kita ngomongin Thailand, pasti nggak lepas dari dunia film-film box office Hollywood. Di Sungai Chao Phraya ada boat kecil yang jalannya kenceng banget. Orang Thailand ngasih nama boat ini James Bond Boat karena dulu pernah dipakai agent 007 beraksi di Bangkok. Gue nggak inget di film James Bond yang mana. Turis Eropa demen banget naik boat ini dan jadi salah satu schedule wajib mereka kalo tour ke Bangkok. Sayang gue nggak dapet take picture-nya waktu itu.

Well ….. If we are talking about Thailand, it’s also about the world of Hollywood box office movie. There is a small faster boat at Chao Phraya River. Thailand people called James Bond boat due to this boat the 007 agent drive this boat in Bangkok. I don’t remember in which James Bond movie. European tourists are very like to use this transportation and its compulsory tour in their itinerary when they are in Bangkok. Unfortunatelly I didn’t get the picture of this boat.

Satu lagi Film Anna & The King yang di bintangin Chow Yun Fat & Jodie Foster. Film ini menceritakan tentang Raja Thailand V. Sayang rakyat Thailand nggak suka dengan film ini karena ceritanya banyak yang nggak benar. Makanya film ini dilarang beredar di Thailand. Menurut cerita yang sesungguhnya Raja Thailand V adalah raja yang paling dicintai rakyatnya. Raja ini yang pertama kali menuntut ilmu di Negara lain dan setelah selesai pendidikannya dia membawa banyak kemajuan bagi Negara Thailand dengan menerapkan ilmu dan pengalaman-pengalaman yang didapat di luar negri dengan mulai dibangun fasilitas umum untuk rakyat seperti membangun gedung sekolah, rumah sakit, … dll. Maka itu, dari Raja yang pertama sampai ke sembilan yang paling dicintai oleh rakyat Thailand adalah Raja V.

The other movie is Anna and The King by Jodie Foster and Chou Yun Fat. In the movie is telling story about The King of Thailand V. Unfortunatelly Thailand people doesn’t like this movie due to so many uncorrect stories. That why the movie can not showing in Thailand. The thruth story of The King of Thailand V is very loved by Thailand people. He is the first Thailan King who taking study in other country. After graduste his study, he is applying his education and experiences to build Tahiland. He build publict facility like publict schools, publict hospital, publict transportation, and etc. So that’s why from the first King until nine, the King V is the most loved King by Thailand people.

(5) GRAND PALACE & WAT PHRA KAEW (THE EMERALD BUDDHA TEMPLE)

Sebenernya di itinerary nggak ada acara ke tempat ini. Tapi karena satu arah dengan optional tour Chao Praya River dan semua peserta tour memang ingin pergi ke tempat ini, so akhirnya semua setuju untuk ambil additional optional tour Grand Palace & Wat Phra Kaew dengan biaya per orang Bath 500 kalau di rupiahin sekitar Rp 125.000,00. Untungnya semalem udah dikasih tahu Awee kalo sebaiknya kita pakai baju yang rapi dan sopan, karena kalo kita pakai celana pendek, rok mini, dan baju tanpa lengan udah pasti nggak boleh masuk. Grand palace adalah Istana Negara Thailand dan Wat Phra Kaew adalah kuil istana dimana Patung Buddha dari batu Zambrud dengan berbalut baju berbahan emas ada disana. (Wat artinya Kuil atau Temple). Menurut petugas di kuil tersebut, baju patung Buddha ini diganti setiap pergantian musim – panas, hujan, dan sejuk. Saking dianggap sucinya, maka yang mengganti pakaian Buddha ini hanya boleh dilakukan oleh sang Raja Thailand. Masyarakat Thailand sendiri percaya kalau patung ini bisa ngasih tanda bila akan terjadi bencana di Thailand. Sayang gue nggak sempet nanya kapan terakhir patung itu ngasih tanda dan bencana apa yang terjadi.

Actually in the itinerary there is no schedule to go to this place. But because of we will pas this place when we go to Chao Phraya River and also everybody want to go there so we agree to take this additional tour. We pay for Bath 500.00. In Rupiah is about Rp 125.000,00 or US$ 12.5 in US Dollar. When we go inside of this place, we have to wearing polite clothes. No short pan, no short skirt and not wearing open t-shirt. Lucky us, last night Awee inform us already. Grand Palace is a Palace of the King of Thailand and Wat Phra Kaew is a palace Temple where Emerald Buddha wearing clothes from gold put in there. (Wat means Temple). Regarding information from the temple staff the Emerald Buddha clothes will change in every season – dry season, rainy season, and cool season. Thailand people believe that the Emerald Buddha is holy. So the King of Thailand only who can change the Emerald Buddha clothes. They believe that this statu can give a sign when the calamity will come. Unfortunatelly I forget to ask when and what the last disaster came.

Seperti istana Negara di banyak Negara, sudah pasti tempat ini bagus banget. Mata kita benar-benar dimanjakan oleh bangunan-bangunannya yang unik dengan hiasan melengkung seperti rumah gadang dan stupa candi borobudur. Juga taman-taman dengan pohon-pohon yang berbentuk lucu-lucu dan cantik. Bangunan-bangunan istana ini didominasi warna emas yang melambangkan kejayaan kerajaan Thailand. Off course, belum lama ini gue baca di salah satu koran local di Indonesia bahwa Raja Thailand saat ini adalah orang terkaya di dunia ….. ffuuuiiihhh … mau juga gue jadi mantunya!!....he he he he ….. Sayangnya kita nggak bisa foto di dalam temple, karena Patung Zambrud Buddha ini dikeramatkan.

Like another Grand Palace in others country, this place very beautiful. Our eyes spoiled by unique building and beautiful garden with pretty style and architecture. The architecture of building very unique looks like the Gadang house in Padang – Sumatra Island in Indonesia combine with stupa like stupa of Borobudur Temple in Yogyakarta – Indonesia. Gold color dominated of all the building. It symbol of prosperity of The Kingdom of Thailand. Off course I just read a local news paper in Indonesia that the King of Thailand is the most riches people in the world on this time. Wow ….. I would like to be his doughter in low …he he he he he…. Unfortunatelly we couldn’t take a picture inside of the Temple due to they are highly sacred the Emerald Buddha.

O’ ya … kita hoki karena waktu kita ada di istana Negara, pas lagi ada upacara pergantian tentara yang bertugas di istana. So kita dapet chance tontonan gratis … he he he he he …

Ah..ya … We were lucky on that time there are ceremony to change the duty of the palace guards. So we watched it.

Third Scandal

Bukan Liza kalo nggak diteriakin petugas. Saking semangatnya photo, gue nggak mau kehilangan spot-spot bagus di Wat Phra Kaew. Sampai-sampai gue berusaha untuk naek manjat ke atas tembok. Yang ada belum kesampain nongkrong duduk manis di atas tembok, ada petugas teriak keras banget, than gue dimarahin dengan bahasa Thailand yang kagak gue ngerti. Dia pikir gue ini orang Thailand karena muka dan warna kulit gue nih menurut Awee, Thailand banget. Gue cuma bisa cengar cengir karena gue jadi ngetop banget saat itu, semua orang nonton gue dimarahin petugas. Maunya sih gue ngelambaiin tangan ke semua orang kayak artis lagi disambut fans-nya… he he he he … Akhirnya petugas itu tahu kalau gue bukan orang Thailand dan ngejelasin pakai bahasa Inggris kalau gue nggak boleh naik ke tembok. So gue minta maaf sama petugas itu J

It’s not Liza if somebody not screams to me. I was so exciting to take picture. I don’t wanna lose great spots at Wat Phra Kew so I climb to the wall. Suddently a security guard screams to me when I climb to the wall. He talks to me very angry in Thai Language. He thought that I am Thailand girl because my face and skin color very look like Thailand people. Our guide Awee also said like that. I just smiled sheephishly while everybody watching the security guard angry to me. Actually I wanna waved at them like an actris waved to my fans …. Ha ha ha ha ha …. Finally the security guard knows that I am not Thailand girl and explaint to me by English that I can’t climd the wall. So I am apologize to the security guard and promise to him will not happen anymore J Pffuuiih … I am so nerves.

Sementara David senyum-senyum aja ngeliatin gue dimarahin. Dia geli dan kesenengan gue dimarahin …. Sialan! Tapi satu hal yang bikin gue senyum waktu dia bilang, Its ok Liza. No worries. It’s a good experience for you. You will not forget this moment and will become excited story to tell to your friends J

Meanwhile the security guard angry to me, David only smiles watching from his place. He really enjoy with this insiden. … Bad guy!! But something which made me smiles when he said, its ok Liza. No worries. It’s a good experience for you. You will not forget this moment and will become excited story to tell to your friends J