Thailand

     Thailand... I don't have enough words to describe how much I like it! You can judge by yourself- here are some pictures:

Pattaya City

Our hotel's inside garden

Local traffic

Irene Sukandar, my roommate :)

Dusit Thani Resort- the place we're staying at

     The tournaments starts today, at 3.30 pm local time. I hope to play as good as I feel here :D

xoxo from Pattaya ;)


   

The chilli experience

     There've been some very interesting 36 hours!
     I am writting from Pattaya- a nice resort in Thailand, but the story begins in Bucharest.
     I am in Thailand for a chess tournament-the 13th BCC Open- you can see the official site of the event here: http://bangkokchess.com/events-calendar/13th-bcc-open-2013  I decided to visit London on my way there- a quite weird decision if to think that it was on the opposite direction with my destination :))), but I definitely don't regret it. I had an amazing day in London- went for a ride on the London Eye, walked around through the rain- yeah, raining in London-what a surprise!

Enjoying a ride on the London Eye

      All in all, I had a really nice time in London! I went back to the airport afterwards and slept during my whole 11 hours flight to Bangkok :))) I didn't even feel how all that time passed!

      Arriving in Bangkok, I was very worried about the "visa procedure", but it turned out to be just a formality- so I easily passed the passport control (btw, the woman who put a stamp in my passport was wearing a Hawaian shirt :)))) and went for my bus to Pattaya. It took me about 2 hours to get to the hotel, where I was welcomed by the organizer- Mr. Kai Tuorila. I was shocked when I saw the hotel- there's a garden in the lobby- a huuuge one and the room is really nice. There were all kind of unusual fruits waiting for me there; yes "were" is the right word, because I've already eaten all of them :)))

      I went with some local friends of my roommate-Irene Sukandar- for diner in the city and I had "the chilli experience". I was eating some rice with all kinds of sea food- being really proud of myself (everyone was wondering how I-an European- can eat such a spicy food) until I tried a soup- it tasted really nice- the problem came when I tasted a green thing that turned out to be chilli- I literally started to cry, my tears seemed unstoppable and I thought that my brain will be blown away :)))) I somehow survived and I hope that "the chilli experience" will be the only thing to cry about during my stay in Thailand!

     Some photos from Pattaya will follow the next days, until then- here you can see the starting list of players: http://chess-results.com/tnr94564.aspx?lan=1

   

     Gone for some more fruits :)))

xoxo from Thailand ;)

Thailand,I'm coming!

     I'm very excited to add a new tournament to my calendar for the 2013 year-the 13th BCC Open, held in Thailand from the 14th to the 21st of April! I've never been to this country before and I'm sooo looking forward to visiting it! Here's the official site of the event: http://bangkokchess.com/events-calendar/13th-bcc-open-2013

The Dusit Thani Pattaya Resort,the place where the tournament will be played

     Looks like the summer will start a little bit earlier for me! :D