Thailand in 15 days - Intro

Oh my God! Thailand was amazing? Obviously, every country is something different for every person, and it impacts you in different ways at different times of your life.. But I have to say that this trip was definitely all that I needed, even if I didn't even expect it to be so good.

After some investment in cute backpacks (and yes.. for all of you now worried about me becoming so superficial, I also looked into the practicality and space/weight aspects of it?) we were ready for our backpacking trip. Its important to mention that we were not exactly the best example of backpackers? we were kind of a "half half" - half backpacker, half "I already own loads of money (ahahaha) and want to have some comfort and avoid bugs in my bed type of person".

Oh, and obviously we also bought a Lonely Planet. Actually, we had to buy it at the airport, as we forgot our first copy at home ? which actually represented two mistakes in a row! Once we got to Bangkok there were loads of them being sold on the streets, new ones, second hand copies, all for half price! Oh well?

Anyway? obviously Lonely Planet was a great help, but I found it to be a little bit outdated (it was printed right after the tsunami and things changed quite a lot since then) and sometimes not very helpful either? for eg it?s not very clear in best ways to get from the airport somewhere and it will spend half a page telling you where to play tennis when you are in this amazingly beautiful northern city with loads of nature and adventures, just to give some examples.

So, for the following paragraphs I will try to give you an idea of our trip (lonely planet way) as I think it was quite a nice itinerary in case you are in a similar situation like ours ? only 15 days to spend and looking for some good combination of nature/beach/chill out/history/partying under a moderate budget and a young spirit! :) So, apologies to all of those who just wanted to know how my trip went? All the below must be really boring unless you are planning a trip to Thailand soon. Or maybe not. As they keep saying it Thailand it might just be "same same, but different".