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Anita Bye

White lace and floral prints

03/06/2015

//Shorts-O’neill/Top-forever21/vest-JJ market-Bracelet-FitBit-Shoes-VANS//

girl posing on roof top thailand with nailpolish from wear you want

//Nail polish-Wild April//

Tips: Every girl need white lace and floral prints for this summer. It’s a must. You can get it up at any market around Bangkok, or pretty much find it in any mall; if you’re up for spending the extra money. I’ve been looking long and hard for floral print shoes so when I saw these at WearYouWant I just had to get them. There’s also free shipping over 390 baht, AND you get a 200 baht discount if you sign up for the newsletter.

I am stoked!! Summer is right around the corner. I know it might not be the same living in Thailand, seeing we have the sun and hot weather all year around, but being Norwegian Anita as well, I am feeling the vibes.

If you know anyone from Norway, you know how exited we are about summer. It’s the three months of the year we have with amazing weather, midnight sun and finally the layers of clothes can be tucked away in the closet. It’s the times when we pretty much barbeque and go hiking in the mountains or visit the cabin EVERY DAY.(I come from a small town) It’s so ridiculously amazing and people can’t wipe that smile of their face during this time. I know I’m not in Norway now to experience it… but always… wherever I am during this time of the year I just can’t help waking up happy.

Even though we haven’t planned our dates to go back for summer, I already feel like I CAN’T WAIT. We’ve both been pretty busy lately and the longest holidays we’ve had is a long weekend… this summer, or late summer, Norway, Spain and New York is on the list of places to be visited.

W H E R E A R E Y O U G O I N G T H I S S U M M E R ??

-A

My confession…

21/05/2015

Anita Bye

One of my fave photos of me; by Tom ofc.

I have a confession to make. I’ve completely gone of the fitness wagon. Seriously; I’ve never been really good at dieting or eating clean, but it’s always worked for me as long I made sure my proteins were right and that I ate enough food. I can honestly say I’ve never done “clean” eating for more than 2 weeks in my life. My opinion is to do whatever suits you as long as you are healthy and happy. But recently, actually the past few months if not half a year I’ve been pretty much eating pizza and burgers every day and snacking on a pack of cookies or candies right before bed time. I’s not like I eat a cookie or two anymore, I eat the whole thing… It’s so sad, because I do put in a lot of time in the gym, so I could have been much further ahead with my dream body. I haven’t really realized how much I’ve lost by doing this until I look back at photos from earlier. This photo is dated back to June last year and I want those legs back! I guess it’s time to change my workout program back to the old one… or as Tom keeps telling me, stop eating candy and chips every damn day.

Wish me luck! <3

-A

Lalu- the Grand Canyon of Thailand

19/05/2015

Anita Bye

We made a little road trip to the natural wonders of Thailand; Lalu. It’s a nice sight, and I can totally recommend going there to see the sun set. But don’t stay too late, it gets pretty dark in the area, and it’s kind of in the middle of nowhere.

“Lalu in Khmer language means “penetrated”. It is a natural phenomenon caused by the erosion of rainwater and the subsidence or collapse of soil. The condition of some part of the soil at this place is hard and durable. However, the wind has eroded it into many shapes similar to a city wall or cliffs, while some are pillars similar to those in Phae Mueang Phi of Phrae province, but smaller in size. Therefore, some people call it “A New Phae Mueang Phi”. As it covers an area of more than 2,000 hectares, Lalu possesses beauty and uniqueness, suitable for a visit.”

I’ve always wanted to go see Lalu- as I frequently make the trip up to Surin as that’s where my family lives. We’ve never made it due to bad planning, and also… it’s a bit off route so you have to add a couple of hours to go there. But finally- this time it happened. Normally you should have some more time if you go there, as there are temples, waterfalls and plenty of other activities to do and see in the Sa Kaew area, but seeing we only had two days and one night, we just popped by Tha Phraya National Park with the only goal to see the rock formations “LALU”. LALU is actually called the Grand Canyon of Thailand and it is easy to see why.

girl at lalu the grand cayon of thailand

It was juuust like this all around. Finally I got to see Lalu. I wish we brought a better camera so you could see the beautiful colors when the sun set. But this is pretty epic too.

boy posing in lalu tha phraya national park in thaland

Playing hide and seek in the formations. My one and only travel partner!

It’s easy to find the place- just follow Lalu on the map. We used google maps. In the beginning we weren’t quite sure if we were heading the right way as we hit a little village and the only road leading us to what seemed to be Lalu on the map was a little bridge made out of a couple of logs. We were both looking at each other weirdly and wasn’t sure if we wanted to take the risk- especially if it was going to lead us nowhere. While turning around we found a local playing around with his kids and asked him for directions- and he assured us that crossing the bridge was the only way to get there. Lucky for us- he was right.

Our mode of transportation, Tom’s baby. 😉

It took us around 5 hours to get there from Bangkok, and we spent around an hour there before we had to leave and plan for a place to stay for the night. We try to avoid driving in the dark so we found the closest hotel that seemed safe enough. It’s quite funny because we were both super hungry while searching for a hotel so when I found the hotel Nong Thong Steakhouse there were no doubt that that’s where we were headed.

When we arrived it wasn’t quite what we had expected, neither was there a steak house, BUT, they had air-con rooms with hot water for only 400 bath and they had an amazing Thai restaurant. I’m not kidding. It looks like a normal noodle shop and when they hand you the menu you’re like…. Hmm, not what I want when I’m super hungry, but then when the food comes, Oh my god. We got steak, spaghetti kee mao, som tum, grilled pork knuckles, and noodles and ALL of them were so tasteful. We finished absolutely everything we were served, and we even had a cornetto each for desert and the bill came on 450 bath. YES. I love to eat, hehe.

If I’m ever in the area again and need a place to stay, I will definitely come back here.

Did you know this place existed?

-A

My closet favourites

17/05/2015

Anita Bye

This outfit pretty much rounds up my favourite things to wear, crop tops and whatever high-waisted thing there is. Shorts, skirts- you name it!

Photos by: EverythingTom.

//Sunglasses-top shop//Skirt-forever21//crop top-cotton on-watch-casio-//shoes-VNC//

I love how it perfectly shapes the body and the way it hugs the curves. It doesn’t matter if this fashion will go out or not, I refuse to give it away until the day, well… the day I’m too old to be wearing stuff like this. Hehe. So lucky to be living in Thailand where the weather actually allows me to walk around like this. In Norway there’s max 3 months of the year I can wear summer layers like this.

Last but not the least, I would like to congratulate Norway with its birthday.

Today it is 201 years since the Constitution of Norway was signed on Eidsvoll. For those of you that don’t know; the constitution declared Norway to be an independent kingdom. The 17th of May is huuuge in Norway, everyone dressed in their national dresses “bunad”, playing games and eating ice cream and hot dogs. I must say the 17th of May committee in Bangkok has done a great job making the same atmosphere as back home in Norway. So sad I couldn’t join this year- but at the same time so happy to get outta town. HIPP HIPP HURRA!! <3

Anyone of my readers watch the parade or join the activities in the ambassadors garden?

-A

Best weekend getaways

17/05/2015

Anita Bye

Ah, sitting in on the balcony in Pranburi now, listening to the washing waves and the birdies tweet, it’s so relaxing- sometimes I just wish I could live by the sea forever, hehe. I love Bangkok, but recently I’ve just gotten a bit tired of living in a big city. And at those times, it is feels so so good to come here and chill at Tom’s holiday house.

We haven’t taken some photos yet, as we’ve been busy with enjoying ourselves- yesterday we had some amazing sea food at XO seafood, playing games (as Tom has brought the xbox to leave here) and catching up on the blacklist. Today we are visiting the Khao Sam Roi Yot national park, having our fave Som Tum and grilled chicken, and catching up on some work outside work, hehe.

Since I haven’t got any photos to show you yet- I’ll post some from our most recent trip- our weekend getaway to Trang.

This time we only had two full days there so we didn’t get to do as much as last time but it was still pretty amazing. We stayed at beautiful Anantara Si Kao, and pretty much chilled by the pool or played around the hotel site. It’s a nice hotel with plenty to do, but I feel like their focus is mainly on families. Another must if you stay there is to bike down to the beach and have some sea food, we tried out two spots there and both of them were so delicious. Go for the pla neung manao, and make sure they give you a spicy one, it’s def my new favourite way to eat fish. Feels healty and has so many flavours in one.

All the bikinies are from Victoria Secret. When I lived in Norway I would always order these to my sister in the states to ship back home to me. Like how the pattern helps shaping the body. I also found this white lace kimono in JJ and I ruvvvv it. It’s perfect for the beach. The sunglasses though… look so weird here.

girl wearing victoria secet on the beach in thailand

Love how everything was white- white sand, white pain, it makes it look so beachy and dreamy. And there were pretty much no people during day time. Ahh, we’re so lucky with these private beaches.

girl wearing victoria secret on the beach

Dat view in the background…

Rented some bikes from the hotel and got a great leg work out to on the way back and forth from our seafood fix. Look at Tom’s smile, so excited! 😀

Girl wearing vicoria secret beach thailand

Pretty, pretty view from our hotel room. I wouldn’t mind waking up to this every day, he-he. Thank you so much Anantara for the two night stay. <3

Wherever we’ve been i Trang, either islands or mainland, the sunset never cease to amaze us. The sky is always purple with glowing lights, and when you think it can’t get any better it lights up even more. It was actually in Trang- one year ago, we started taking this leap photos and I think we’ve progressed quite a bit!

Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend. Xoxo

-A

Tachai Island, the Maldives of Thailand!

25/04/2015

Anita Bye

We went to the travel fair in Queen Sirikit with a goal to find a trip to Tachai island, as we’ve been wanting to go for ages.

Unless you want to spend days there trying to find good deals, it’s important to have a goal. We went a lot back and forth and asked pretty much everyone who offered trips to Tachai Island. The average price was around 6500 baht pr. person and this included the trip to Tachai from Khao Lak, and a two night stay in a hotel in Khao Lak (Khao Lak is the closest point to the piers to Tachai). The normal price if you book only the boat trip over to the islands starts at around 3000 baht. I’m mentioning this price because you will have to travel with a company to get there.

This left 3500 baht extra pr. person for two nights, which I thought was expensive, seeing the hotels didn’t look like more than 2000 baht.

We walked around for a couple of hours actually, and found one last place to ask. Here we were quoted 3400 baht pr. person this included the trip to Tachai AND two nights in a hotel at Karon beach and return transportation from the hotel to the pier in Khao Lak. We booked it on the spot!

The drive from Karon to Thap-Lamu pier took around one hour. We travelled to Tachai island with the company Fantastic similan, and I can’t recommend them enough! They are just amazing! What a fun crew. They organise photo ops and tell you absolutely everything you need to know about the island. You can read more about them here if you would want to make the same trip yourself.

The beach is perfect. White sand and clear blue waters. Not a single cloud on the sky…

girl wearing triangl bikini on the beach tachai thailand

//Bikini- Triangl swimwear//

Under the sea. There were almost no fish to spot, but it was fun anyways. Tom went on a long adventure trying to spot the nemo’s.

“It’s not about where you go, but who you travel with” – in this case both the location and travel partner were just perfect <3

couple jumping on tachai island thailand

We try to get a leap kiss wherever we travel- this one is the highest one yet!

couple posing for fantastic similan thiland

The ladies from Fantastic similan made some great photo settings spread around the beach. They really know their thing. So much fun, and so many great photos taken.

girl wearing triangl bikini in tachai maldives of thailand

P U R E H A P P I N E S S

couple in love at the beach tachai thailand

“The real lover is the man who can thrill you by kissing your forehead or smiling into your eyes or just staring into space.” ― Marilyn Monroe

Have you ever been or you would like to go?

-A

NOTE: Tachai Island is now closed permanently and there is no set opening for the future due.

Anita Bye

Thai/Norwegian⁣ Born and raised in Norway⁣ Now living my dream in Bangkok.⁣ Follow my journey here on my blog. ⁣ ⁣___________________________ ⁣ แอนนิต้า บาย (Anita Bye) จากกรุงเทพ ลูกครึ่งไทย นอร์เวย์ เกิดและโตที่นอร์เวย์ ขณะนี้อาศัยอยู่ในประเทศไทยซึ่งเป็นประเทศในฝัน⁣ ติดตามบันทึกเรื่องราวของฉันได้ที่นี่⁣ ⁣ ⁣___________________________ Personal trainer at Cubic Fitness⁣ ⁣ Founding instructor at Knockout Boxing Studio⁣