It is true; I am not a real traveler. I have not backpack and travel alone. I have to think many times before I decide to come to somewhere. But, I am sure. I am the real travel lover. I love how I act and breath in new place, I do love to catch every moment and feel anything of people response, I don’t care even there is no enough money to buy many things. Because I knew, special moment plus new special people will create special memory. Above all, money will never do it in right way. Let’s i am taking you to one of special place that i visited. It is so expensive ticket to come and enjoy like I did. Maybe you are rich man and can travel around the world or you are free man who has many times to travel in everywhere. But, if you want to travel in this place you have to pay with trust and pure happiness. This location is taking place in Thailand, in the province that we called Patthalung in Tamod district. Surely, this is not too popular province. It is not same like Pattaya or Phuket that too crowded with foreigners. I knew this province because this is my best friend hometown. We got there and know with his family and travel around as complete family togetherness. Even I and my friend is Indonesian, but they can accept us as family. Then, the story began. I have Thai friend. He is like my own old brother when I was in Thailand. He is Jay. We called him “Abang” (Brother in Indonesian)”. He was asking us (Me and my best partner in crime, Windy) to come to his home when we has weekend holiday. Firstly, I didn’t know where Patthalung province is and what we will be doing there. Yet, everything answered while we were arriving in his home, in Tamod district. The first things that make me impress is the climate and condition. It is totally same like my village, my home. The most important thing is I do love how they taught us about happiness in family and Live. Jay’s mother we called “Mae” (in Thai that is mean mother). She made very delicious Thai dish. She always serves my favorites, Som Tum (Papaya Salad), Paed Ped Khai, Tom Yum. It was perfect because the taste is delicious and we got it for free. Hahaha. I learned how jay loves his mother so much. I learned how jay’s mother taught her children to love even with step brother. I learned how jay and Mew (Young sister) try to not burden their mom anyway. I learned how live with family in difference culture, religion and condition. I learned many things in many times I visited this place (I checked in my photos album and we went there in every months when we was holiday). I will let you know the most impress place that we can travel in Tamod district, Pathalung. There is beautiful place that not published yet but we can totally find reflection of our selves by natural view. I though, there is no foreigner who knew this place as tourism attraction. It is big barrage that officially build by King Rama Nine authentication. For complete our perfect moment, we have to go there and spent our family togetherness. So lucky us, we went there many times and always spend our time with new family. We have to go there by our own vehicles. The perfect time to visit is afternoon around at 4-6 PM. We can see sunset time and water will be golden. The air is so fresh and there are many hill and Trees. We feel so ‘Green’ there. Do you know our first time moment come here? I felt so free. Maybe you also felt it in the place that you thought so beautiful. Our eyes suddenly open. We breathe deeply. We want to scream but we still stunned with the view. Sometime we decide to close our eye and breathe deeper just want to make sure we still stand here. I really like this view and I will thank God as much as I can in that time. One day I, windy, Jay, Jay’s Mother, and Baow (Jay’s brother and so close with us) decided to come again in that barrage and we ride a boat. It is so fantastic. For second time, I feel so be carried away. I can touch directly the water and breathe with very fresh air and can smell the fresh of the water. Double lucky because in that time rain came. There is rainbow that we can saw clearly. We soaked. But, I feel so satisfied. If I can choose in that time between billions of money or my family there bedside me, I will chose second option. It is very recommended place for family. But triple lucky, I saw all “expensive” things with people who receive us as new family. Thank you for very special moments. In other day, we went there again. At that time, more people came. We was doing picnic. Just imagine, eat with so kind people, talk and was doing joke in perfect place that offer unforgettable view. It is just like happy without limit. I guess, I would not bore and will come again. I just mind myself to breathe as much as I can and try to capture all moments. Because, I know I will miss it one day, then when I miss it I will open my memories and feel same like I still there. It is running well now when I typed this story for you. The memories come to mind clearly. If you have planned to get here, you have to make sure that you knew where Pathalung province is (southern of Thailand). I really recommended you to ask your Thai friend to come with you, because there is no public transportation to get there. If you have time with family, you have to trying hard to come there with your family. But if you are not, just make sure you will share your experience with other family. It is enough. I don’t know when I will come again in this place and meet again with My Thai Family. But, I have planned to come again anyway. Maybe one day, I will bring my family to come with me. Then, I hope they will receive us as family again for second, third or unlimited time. By these experiences, I totally knew that travel is not just an activity to refresh our mind but also can refresh our life by meet new people and learn many things. Travel can be a key of relationship. That is why there are word say “travel like a book, people who do not travel is mean only read one page and not move on” Let’s travel and enjoy your life.
This articles presented for my big Thai brother “Jay” who had taken care us and My Best Thai Family in Tamod, Pathalung Thailand. Thank you for unforgettable moment.
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Arif
3/3/2015 07:07:23 am
Thanks a lot brohhh !
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4/3/2015 02:41:20 am
thank you for read Arif, hope you like and have chance to get travel soon, enjoy and wait my next articles
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Dina Hasta
4/3/2015 05:46:18 am
wonderful gik.. so. get dreams for sometime l can look many place like your pic, more
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