THAILAND FACTS
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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THAILAND
Photos by Sandra Miller…Text from tourism source
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Thailand – country of smile, where people are welcome, happy, where all year round is summer time, where the sight of coconuts, bananas, papaya, mangos and many other exotic fruits is very common, where you can ride on an elephant and see all kind of exotic animals, where the main transport is motorbike, where temple architecture is astonishing, where at least once in a life time man should become a monk for a certain period of time, where again man can become a lady and lady a man,
Where New Year is celebrated in April by splashing water on each other, where there are funny small cars “tuk-tuk”, where people are wearing ribbons that bring happiness, where in cinemas before the séance you’ll see a short movie about the King and listen to the national hymn of Thailand,
where years are counting not in a standard way (2009 in Europe – 2552 in Thailand), where lunch time is sharp at 12am, where the movie “The Beach” with Leonardo Di Caprio was filmed and where you can walk the James Bond island as in the movie “Man with the golden gun”,
Where for drugs you can get death penalty, where on holiday time people are letting light-balloons of happiness fly to the sky, where almost each house or office has a small spirit house, where people love to eat very spicy food and are using rice instead of bread… that and many other things is Thailand!
The main rules you have to keep in mind visiting Thailand:
2.Laughing loudly or screaming is considered “ bad mannered”
4.Show respect to Buddha statues (shouldn’t climb up on them or put foot on the basement of statue)
5.Before entering a house or temple take off your shoes
6.If you’re going to visit temples – put on long sleeved shirts and pants\ skirts covering your knees.
7.Women are not allowed to talk to monks and Buddhist monks are not allowed to touch woman or take something from woman hands. If a woman intends to give something to a monk she should hand it to a male companion who then passes it on to the monk.
8.Hospitality business personnel earn small wages .Tips will be welcomed; but leaving coins as tip is considered “ bad mannered “ and disrespectful.
SOME WORDS ON THAI LANGUAGE
Good afternoon – Sawadeekap (man), sawadeekaa (woman)
How are you? – Sabadeemai?
Good – Sabadee
Yes – Chai
No – Mai ChaiIt’s okay\ don’t worry be happy – Mai pen rai
How much does it cost? – Ni tao rai?
Spicy – Pet
Not spicy – Mai Pet
Delicious – Aroi
THAI CUISINE…ONLY A FEW OF THE DELICACIES ARE BELOW
Тom yam (khun – shrimp, gai – chicken, moo – pork) – the most popular thai spicy soup
Тom kha (khun – shrimp, gai – chicken, moo – pork) – coconut milk soup
Padthai (khun – shrimp, gai – chicken, moo – pork) – thai fried noodle
Po Pie (khun – shrimp, gai – chicken, moo – pork) – spring rolls – deep fried rolls from rice noodle dough with different kind of ingredients
Khao Pad (khai – egg, khun – shrimp, gai – chicken, moo – pork) – fried rice
Som Tam – Green papaya salad with lemon or soy, chilli, with pieces of tomato and green beans.
Phad Kapao (khun – shrimp, gai – chicken, moo – pork) – fried shrimp, pork, chicken, with basil leaves
