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from:T h a i l a n d i s a b e a u t i f u l c o u n t r y f u l l o f a d v e n t u r e a n d c u l t u r e . Y e t , t h e v e r y s a m e t h i n g s t h a t b r i n g v i s i t o r s t o T h a i l a n d c o u l d p o s s i b l y d r i v e t h e m a w a y ! M a n y v i s i t o r s f o r g e t t h a t w h e n t h e y v i s i t a f o r e i g n c o u n t r y , i t i s t h e i r r e s p o n s i b i l i t y t o l e a r n a b o u t a n d r e s p e c t t h e c o u n t r y s c u l t u r e a n d c u s t o m s . H o w m u c h d o y o u k n o w a b o u t t h e r o y a l f a m i l y i n T h a i l a n d ? S h o w i n g r e s p e c t f o r t h e K i n g , Q u e e n , a n d R o y a l C h i l d r e n i s a n i m p o r t a n t p a r t o f d a i l y l i f e , a n d a n i m p o r t a n t r e q u i r e m e n t o f a n y v i s i t o r .
W h e n v i s i t i n g T h a i l a n d , i t i s t r a v e l t i p s l i k e t h i s o n e t h a t c a n m a k e y o u f e e l i n - t h e - k n o w w h i c h i s a g r e a t w a y t o f e e l w h e n y o u r e t r a v e l i n g i n a f o r e i g n c o u n t r y ! K n o w i n g s o m e b a s i c T h a i l a n d t r a v e l t i p s w i l l m a k e y o u r t r i p t o T h a i l a n d g o o f f w i t h o u t a g l i t c h .
B e i n g B u d d h i s t I n T h a i l a n d T i p s F o r T r a v e l T o B u d d h i s t S h r i n e s
T h a i l a n d i s p r i m a r i l y B u d d h i s t , a n d r e l i g i o n i s a v e r y i m p o r t a n t p a r t o f d a i l y l i f e . V i s i t o r s a r e t y p i c a l l y w e l c o m e d i n B u d d h i s t s h r i n e s ; h o w e v e r , t h e y a r e e x p e c t e d t o d r e s s a p p r o p r i a t e l y . T h i s m e a n s n o s h o r t s , b a t h i n g s u i t s , o r t a n k t o p s . V i s i t o r s a r e e x p e c t e d t o r e m o v e t h e i r s h o e s a s w e l l .
I m a g e s a n d s t a t u e s o f B u d d h a a r e c o n s i d e r e d s a c r e d . T h u s , i t i s e x t r e m e l y i m p o r t a n t t h a t v i s i t o r s t o a B u d d h i s t s h r i n e d o n o t d i s r e s p e c t t h e s e i c o n s i n a n y w a y . C l i m b i n g o n o r p h o t o g r a p h i n g a n i m a g e o f B u d d h a i s s t r i c t l y f o r b i d d e n .
B u d d h i s t m o n k s a r e s u b j e c t t o a l i m i t e d l i f e s t y l e . F o r e x a m p l e , m o n k s i n t h e B u d d h i s t t e m p l e s a r e f o r b i d d e n f r o m t o u c h i n g a w o m a n i n a n y w a y o r h a n d l i n g a n o b j e c t t h a t a w o m a n h a s j u s t h e l d . W o m e n a r e r e q u i r e d t o h a n d t h e o b j e c t t o a m a n , w h o w i l l t h e n h a n d i t t o t h e m o n k .
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M a n y b a s i c g r e e t i n g s a n d g e s t u r e s a r e v e r y d i f f e r e n t i n T h a i l a n d t h a n w h a t y o u m i g h t b e u s e d t o , w h i c h i s w h y p r a c t i c i n g t i p s d u r i n g y o u r T h a i l a n d t r a v e l s i s e x t r e m e l y i m p o r t a n t . T h a i s t y p i c a l l y g r e e t o n e a n o t h e r b y p r e s s i n g t h e i r p a l m s t o g e t h e r i n a w a i i t l o o k s a l m o s t p r a y e r - l i k e . A d d i t i o n a l l y , p o i n t i n g o r g e s t u r i n g a t a n o t h e r p e r s o n o r o b j e c t w i t h o n e s f e e t i s c o n s i d e r e d e x t r e m e l y r u d e , b e c a u s e t h e h e a d i s b o t h l i t e r a l l y a n d f i g u r a t i v e l y t h e h i g h e s t p a r t o f t h e b o d y .
T h a i s h a v e a f a i r l y c o n s e r v a t i v e c o d e o f c o n d u c t . D i s p l a y s o f a f f e c t i o n b e t w e e n m e n a n d w o m e n a r e u s u a l l y f r o w n e d u p o n i n p u b l i c p l a c e s , a n d i t i s n o t a c c e p t a b l e t o w a l k t h e s t r e e t s o f T h a i l a n d w i t h o u t a s h i r t .
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P a r t o f t r a v e l i n g t o a n e w c o u n t r y i s l e a r n i n g a b o u t t h e c u l t u r e a n d T h a i l a n d s r i c h c u l t u r e a n d t r a d i t i o n p r o v i d e s a w o n d e r f u l o p p o r t u n i t y f o r j u s t t h a t . L e a r n i n g a b o u t i t i s n o t e n o u g h ; t o g e t t h e m o s t f r o m y o u r t r i p t o T h a i l a n d , p r a c t i c e t r a v e l t i p s a n d g i v e t h e c u l t u r a l n o r m s a t r y y o u r s e l f !
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