thailand: I miss you.

I have an on-going love-story with Thailand. I went there in 2009 to kind of escape my depression (I was unhappy with my studies, my eating disorder was so bad and I suffered from the good old post-break-up-with-my-boyfriend-because-he-cheated-on-me-and-treated-me-like-shit-pain). I stayed for about three months: from September 2009 till December 2009. Then I went back to this fascinating tuk-tuk-filled country again in 2011, again from September till December. Man, that was a really, really good time for me. Traveling helped me so much with finding my path, realizing who I want to be(come). That was huge. It was also in Thailand that I decided to let go of the (raw food/fruitarian) diet dogma - and I am so happy that I made that decision!

So, in today's post, I want to get a bit nostalgic and post a few pics of my travels in Thailand...

I slept in beautiful & cozy guest houses...

 I ate beautiful food...

I learned how to make these colorful fresh spring rolls in my favorite tea house in Chiang Mai (Cha Tea House) - I visited this tea house pretty much daily to have tea, relax, listen to the beautiful chanting music (in Tibetan language), get a massage, chat with the owners and mostly, I went there to read books and write into my journal :) It was a wonderful time!

I also really enjoyed my meals and kombucha, as well as some Thai mountain coffee and gluten-free rice flour muffins and other yummy stuff they make :) at this restaurant in Chiang Mai called the Blue Diamond!

oh, and then I found that lovely restaurant/coffee shop named The Nice Kitchen right around the corner of my guest house one day, during my Thai massage course... they had some really yummy black sticky rice with coconut milk! I always had some good gingery chai tea there and again, Thai mountain coffee in cappuccino-form ;)

and then I went to Pai. Sigh. I miss Pai. It's a village in the North of Thailand and I simply fell in love with it! I did a Yoga & Meditation Retreat there and it was one of the best experiences in my life! Want to go back so bad! Missing my yoga teacher, too...

my yoga mat. 

this was my "bathroom" sink... :) ...the view!

there was always time to relax... or drink some tea! every day of the retreat we had some nice and spicy chai tea to rise & shine in the morning...

 my cup was "simplicity", of course! love!

 

this is where we did yoga...

and last but not least: my fave snack in Thailand: roasted/grilled sweet potatoes (they taste better than any pie in the world)...

  this is fast food in Thailand. Sigh. Miss. Thailand.

[/end nostalgia]