Travelogue- Haya Farooq

My trip to Thailand

Thailand:
Day one: Majority of thailand’s population are buddhist. So, this country is influenced a lot by Buddhism.
You’ll find a lot of buddhist temples here. It is also a constitutional monarchy. The current ruler Is Rama
10. Our guide took us to two temples: royal and the normal one. She gave us a brief history of these
temples as well. We learnt soo much about the buddhism and she also told us how buddhism spread in
different parts of the world including india. The buddha statues are mesmerizing and made of gold.

Then we went to a famous mall there called IconSiam. The mall was nothing like I’ve ever imagined. The
lower level of the mall was designed in a way that you feel like you are walking through the streets of
thailand, whereas the upper level was very luxurious and filled with designer shops.

Day two: We visited a tiger zoo in Pattaya which is 3 hours away from bangkok. We fed tigers and held
cute baby crocodiles in our hands. From there our next stop was Nongkham Park. It is one of the biggest
parks in all of thailand. There are a lot of gardens varying from cactus to dinosaur gardens. (A lot of
places to take photos ;). We attended a show that showcased the different cultures of regions in
thailand. Then we attended an elephant ant show where the elephant performed spectacular stunts
from playing football, painting, basketball. We were truly impressed.

We went to the famous Pattaya floating market. Tried soo many mouthwatering fresh street foods there.
There were many insects fried but we didn’t try any. Then we reached our hotel around evening time,
and we took a stroll in the streets. The streets are soo alive with people and street food and shops. It's
very different from our streets back in dubai.

Day three: Todays the last day of our thailand trip. So, we tried to make the most of it. We went to Safari
Park. There were many kids on school trip. It was really crowded. In addition, the weather of was hot and
humid. We walked around and saw a lot of animals like ostrichs, monkeys and even snakes. We ended
our trip on a dolphin show and left to the airport for Malaysia.