2014-15 six months trip to PUKHET, THAILAND-India and Malaysia revisited by heart 8 years later

After three years I decided to go back to Asia for another long journey of six months, this time I chose a layover trip of two months to Pukhet Island, Thailand where I had been several times before, then India from south to Sikkim on the Himalayas and finally the east coast of Malaysia and Singapore and finally relaxing at Pattaya and Koh Chang, Thailand. it was the first time after many years that I chose to stay for a long time in a relaxing place on Patong Beach in Pukhet at first I stayed in a hotel run by an Italian about half an hour walk from the beach, then I moved to another hotel very close to the beach every morning I went to have breakfast in some cafes, I bought tropical fruit in stalls on the street and other comfort items in 7even up shops before reaching the beach where I stayed all day until sunset, walking along the shoreline, making friends with many travelers from other countries and of course swimming, however I remained in the shade under some trees at the edge of the beach when it rained I escaped to the local cinema or for lunch in the local restaurants where I ate the famous PAD THAI, my favorite Thai dish consisting of rice noodles, meat or fish and vegetables or tasty fish, rice and vegetable soups in the evening I went around the city of Patong, I went to dinner in some restaurant frequented by tourists locals as cheaper and sometimes I went to dance in the disco or to see some drag queen show very popular in Patong I also took a long hike to a distant beach north of Patong and hitchhiked back. at the end of these two relaxing months i flew to Chennai or Madras, India to start my two months Indian holiday

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