The most favorite trip was visiting Thailand with my family in 2010. Thailand is located in South East Asia, and there are three seasons: hot season, cool season and rainy season. I was so excited about this trip because I used to live in Bangkok (the capital) when I was in kindergarten so basically, this was my second visit, and I just missed the food, culture, shops, weather, ocean and everything there. After arriving at the airport in Bangkok from Tokyo, we directly went to Phi Phi Island by ferry which was about 45 minutes ride and stayed there for five days. The ocean was as clear as a crystal, and we could see the bottom of it, and the view is so gorgeous I would say it is the Asian version of Hawaii. I enjoyed swimming in the ocean and seeing pretty fishes passing by us all day. When you drop a piece of bread in the ocean, fishes will come to you for more and that was a valuable experience for me. What made the stay in Phi Phi Island more special was that it was my birthday week. The hotel invited us to a pretty table on the beach on my birthday and served a special full course dinner and a birthday cake for us. The course menu was mainly Thai food and eating delicious foods and watching the sunset at the same time was a perfect combination. I loved it and had a blast time, yet this was not the end. When we went back to our room, my bed was decorated with flowers and green leaves! I was not expecting this at all!
We took a ferry back to Bangkok the next day and stayed there for three days. My sister’s friend and his family were also visiting Bangkok while we were there, so we met up with them and went around the local shops in town on the first day. These shops were still the same, but the city has grown rapidly and became so convenient in less than ten years. I had never seen a subway running in Bangkok before and I was so happy to see this city growing, thus at the same time, I felt kind of sad not seeing the same buildings around where we used to live. On the second day, my dad’s friend and his family invited us to their house for dinner and made new friends there. On the last day in Thailand, we went to the food stall and ate as much Thai food as we can. I would definitely go back to Thailand again and make new memories there sometimes soon.
