Thai Etiquette for Visitors: Respectful Customs and Common Mistakes
Understand Thai etiquette: polite greetings, temple dress, shoes, personal space and respectful travel habits without outdated stereotypes.
Understand Thai etiquette: polite greetings, temple dress, shoes, personal space and respectful travel habits without outdated stereotypes.
Former U.S president Bill Clinton visited a Sea Gypsy village in Thailand today. He was concerned that most of the people living there were still living in temporary shelters. But he praised the Thai Sea Gypsies to trying to conserve there way of live. Maybe someone should have briefed him that the Thai government has…
Staying in a Buddhist country like Thailand can be difficult if you are a Christian. The one thing about not having any other Gods does not really work here. People worship old spirits in threes and build small houses to rest the land spirit when they make a new house or when they move in…
My house keeper/maid/dog care taker up country in Thailand have problem taking care of my 20 dogs because she does not know there names. I am thinking of printing pictures of all my dogs and write down their names and age on there so she easily can see and call there names. I saw…
The Bangkok Rock Festival 2007 has been cancelled. Bands and artist that should have been playing were among others Muse, The Prodigy, Snow Patrol, Damien Rice and Arctic Monkeys. Riverman Asia Company yesterday announced the cancellation of the rock festival, saying that it would be hard to find sponsors for this big event with the…
Traffic chaos in Thailand new airpost Suvarnabhumi Vote and Digg this story! As many 300 police was deployed last night to curb and try bring back order to traffic. Hundreds of taxi meter drivers had blocked the roads around the airport creating a traffic jam in and around the airport. The taxi drivers were…
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