16. Sa Wa Ti Ca Bangkok!

  I choose a city Bangkok where I want to live. In 2009, I’ve traveled north side of Thailand for 45 days. At that time, I thought Thailand is the best country to live for me. Also, after traveling Thailand, I used to say “If I win the lottery, I will move to Thailand and run a guest house. It’s my dream!” I only have been the northern cities in Thailand, but I want to live in Bangkok. I heard about the city a lot and I regret that I didn’t visit Bangkok. From now on, I will introduce some reasons why I want to live in Bangkok, Thailand.

  1. Cheap and nice foods.   

  I didn’t know that foods can be a reason for emigration, but I love Thailand’s foods and fruits a lot. One of my favorite foods is Somtam. It is papaya salad and I’ve not eaten it before. It is sour, sweet and crispy. In Korea, law papaya is hard to find, so Somtam is very expensive. It’s about 14,000won for one dish.

  Second is Phat Thai. It is a dish
of stir-fried rice noodles with eggs, fish sauce and so on. I love the harmony of the sauce, bean sprouts and cashew nuts. In Korea, we can see it often, but it also expensive.

  I would like to introduce a fruit which we can’t find in Korea. In Thailand, There are many kinds of tropical fruits. Passion fruit is my favorite tropical fruit. I knew the fruit for the first time in Thailand, too. One day my Thailand friend picked passion fruits from a tree, and I fell in love with the fruit. I always miss the fruits’ taste and flavor, so I bought many items like passion fruits’ flavor body lotions and lip balms.

 2.  Warm weather

  I really hate winter. I don’t like to wear heavy winter clothes and I don’t want to go outside or take a shower in winter, because it’s freezing! Southeastern Asia is always summer, so always warm. I love to wear light clothes and I don’t feel hot often so I love Southeastern Asia!

 3.  Kind people  

  A friend of mine has some Thailand friends, and he always told me “Thailand people are angels. I’ve never seen that pure spirits!” That was right. I also made some Thailand friends and they are angels! They are very pure, kind and warm hearted like Korea’s countryside’s children. Not only my Thailand friends, but every Thailand people on the street were kind, too. They were never hostile to foreigners, so I love Thailand!

 4. The last reason why I want to live in Bangkok is the city is a city of freedom. There is a world’s famous street of backpackers, Kaosan road. Many free spiritual backpackers gather in Kaosan road, and it is a shrine for backpackers. There is a very multinational place, so you can have fun with foreigners. Also, you can enjoy many things like massage with very cheap price.

  Like these, there are many reasons that why I want to live in Bangkok, Thailand. I have more reasons like nature's scenery and outdoor activities. The only obstacle is that I don’t know their language, but I always dream that I live in Thailand.