Country Archive
A Slice of Old, Quaint Thailand
Date: 08/21/2006Few foreign visitors know where Uthai Thani is, and guidebooks give it short shrift. Yet this sparsely inhabited region, 124 miles northwest of Bangkok, is a slice of old Thailand.
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How to be a Good Guest in Thailand
Date: 07/20/2006Losing your temper and raising your voice is considered impolite anywhere in the world, but the Thai people find this behavior uncultured and degrading.
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Thai etiquette--a little local knowledge goes a long way
Date: 03/01/2006
While many Thais are learning to speak English, some in the service industry--waiters, taxi drivers, hotel staff, and bartenders--are not fluent. As few foreign visitors can speak Thai, misunderstandings often occur. The traveler will repeat himself, raising his voice--and, in some situations, shouting. Losing your temper and raising your voice is considered impolite anywhere in the world, but the Thai people find this behavior uncultured and degrading. Instead, repeat yourself calmly and vary the sentence structure until understood.
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Ringing in the New Year in Bangkok
Date: 01/01/2006
Mention to anyone that you are going to Bangkok and images of noisy, crowded streets, exotic foods, erotic nightclubs, and massage parlors pop into their minds. And for good reason: Bangkok offers all of this…and much more. In the last few years, Bangkok has fast reinvented itself. Having taken over from Hong Kong and Singapore as the reigning fashion capital of the Orient, Bangkok is also hailed as the crown jewel of fine dining in Asia.
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Candlelight vigils on the tropical island of Phuket
Date: 12/01/2005
As a resident of Thailand, I often travel to Phuket, and this year I'll spend the holidays there among friends. But this Christmas will be different, with services devoted to the tragic losses suffered in the tsunami tragedy at Christmastime last year.
Read OnThe Best Way to Buy Thailand
Date: 08/06/2005If, like me, you don't have a spare million dollars lying around, there is a better way to own real estate in Thailand.
Read OnLong Live the King
Date: 07/23/2005Expats, businessmen, and real estate professionals are agreed: Thailand is open for business.
Read OnTen-thousand Bikes, Twenty-thousand Smiles!
Date: 07/20/2005"Bikes4Kids will provide bikes for children traumatized by the December tsunami as well as for thousands of others living in the region..."
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