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Children
Is it easy to find schools for our children in Thailand?
There’re very good international
schools for the little expatriates from all nationalities
in Thailand. The teaching and the supervising are
of good quality and dispensed in English and in
Thai. The cost is high but the firm that expatriate
you will often pay the expenses. (/JM) |
Clothes
How do you get dressed
in Thailand?
Generally, everyone get dressed as he wants.
There’s no particular concern, the Thai are
very open-minded. But there’re some rules
to be respected in some religious places or royal
spaces. In these particular places, no bare shoulders,
no visible ankle. You have to be dressed with proper
and long clothes. Particularly in front of a representation
of Buddha. (/JM) |
Date of the festivities
Why the dates of the
big festivities in Thailand are different from a
year to the other?
The dates of the big events like for instance the
Thai New Year (feast of the water: Songkran in April)
are not strictly celebrated at the same date each
year, like the occidental New Year the 1st of January.
It’s just because they are not governed by
the same calendar. In Asia, the feasts follow the
lunar calendar. And the cycles are not similar to
ours. (/JM) |
Electricity
What type of electricity
is there in Thailand?
What do the plugs look like?
The current is, like in Europe, an alternating
current 220/230V – 50Hz. But the plugs are
nothing like the plugs we know in Europe. They are
similar to the American plugs, that’s to say
narrow plugs with two flat pins. More and more often,
the wall plugs accept the plugs with round pins.
If not, plan to bring an adapter (that you can find
on the spot). (/JM) |
Food
Is the food very particular
in Thailand?
You can have the choice between classic food (inasmuch
as some dishes are similar to European dishes) and
refined food. In the two cases, you eat very well.
The only thing you have to be attentive to is pepper.
Traditionally, the Thai dishes are very spicy. You
only have to ask what are the spicy dishes (Phet
mai kha(p)?) or do not season too much the speciality
you choose. (/JM) |
Gift
How do you have to
behave in Thailand at the time of the delivery of
a gift?
To offer or receive a gift in Thailand is the proof
of a strong friendship or gratitude. The choice
of the gift to offer to a Thai is free. A present
from the country you come from will be very appreciated.
But when you offer or receive a wrapped present,
don’t wait for the moment for the opening.
The tradition wants the packet to be opened later,
private (maybe in order not to see the deception
on the face in case of a bad choice!!!). (/JM) |
Language
What language can
you speak in Thailand?
Ideally you should speak… Thai. But stop dreaming,
this language is difficult and requires practical
experience before being able to communicate properly
with the natives. But English is the good alternative
and is essential in order to be understood. (/JM)
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Massage
(training)
Where can you learn the techniques of the Thai massage
in Thailand?
There’re a lot of addresses
where you can be initiated to the techniques of
the Thai massage in Thailand. In Bangkok, the reference
is the Wat Pho training center. There, you can even
be delivered a diploma. So even more than an introduction,
the Wat Pho training center trains professional
masseurs you can join. For a 4 weeks training period,
you must allow 7.000 bahts until the diploma. (/JM)
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Medical emergency
What to do in case
of a health problem in Bangkok or in Thailand?
In case of a medical emergency in
a big Thai city, know that the health services are
very well organized and outstanding and that the
taking care of the foreigners is unfailing (at least
they speak English). You have to ask to be brought
to the nearer big hospital (Mc Cornick Hospital
in Chiang Mai, Overbrook Hospital in Chiang Rai,
Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok, read the article
'A running
well organization'). The emergency services
work 24h/24h. (/JM) |
Money
With which currency
can you enter in Thailand?
As far as currencies are concerned, there is no
problem, all the currencies are accepted. You can
change money at every corner. Euro is as ordinary
as dollar. (/JM) |
Music
(purchase of CD)
Where
can you buy good music (trendy) in Bangkok?
The trendier place in Bangkok is
the Siam Square. Between the university and the
MBK malls, Siam center and discovery center, there’re
a whole host of little very trendy shops. There,
you can find shoes, clothes, jewels, photography
shops (studio and printing), karaoke, restaurants,
pubs… and little music stores. Everything
can be find. (/JM) |
Shopping
(purchase of souvenirs)
What
to buy and where can you buy souvenirs in Bangkok?
We have no particular advice to give you
in this field because you can buy souvenirs at every
corner in Thailand. Then, in Bangkok, there is a
place that offers a double interest in order to
do this type of purchase. The Chatu Chak weekend
market (called Chatu Chak Market, Jatujak Market
or JJ Market) is a good address (read the article
'Jatu Jak Market,
the reference'). It’s at the same time
a concentrate of Thai culture and the ideal place
to purchase any kind of things. (/JM) |
Tiger Balm
How and where can
you find Tiger Balm in Thailand?
This question is very common in the mails you
send because it’s difficult or almost impossible
to find Tiger Balm in the occidental countries
like France for instance (the product is forbidden
for the sale -and confiscated at the customs-
read the article 'Put
a Tiger balm in your…'). It’s
true that its properties are interesting. You
can find this product very easily everywhere in
Thailand and hardly at every corner in Bangkok
(apothecary). In order not to advertise, we’ve
chosen not to communicate any addresses on our
website. But we can communicate by emails right
now and tell you how to get it by correspondence.
(/JM)
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Time
What time is it
in Thaïland?
Bangkok is located in G zone like Hanoi (Viet
Nam), Jakarta (Indonasia), Phnom-Penh (Cambodgia)...
Local time is UTC+7. |
Tourism
How to ask for very
precise information about the visits, the events,
the transports… in Bangkok and in Thailand?
For any question about the calendar
of the events, the specific itineraries, the special
visits, the exhibitions, the transports… we
advice you to contact the tourism agency agents,
directly on the spot (see 'Useful
addresses') or at distance through the website
(tourismthailand.org).
(/JM) |
Travel documentation
How can you get tourist
documentation before going to Thailand?
From afar or through the Internet
it’s quite easy to get tourist documentation
on the Siam kingdom by going on the Tourism Authority
of Thailand website. There, you’ll find a
vast number of tourist informations and an email
address in order to ask written aids that will be
sent by post. All the good travel agencies also
put brochures at disposal that present the tourist
activities of the country. Eventually the tourist
guides can be a good help, like for instance Cartoville
Bangkok Gallimard, le Routard, Hachette guide, Lonely
Planet, Atlas guide… (/JM) |
Water
Can you drink water
from the tap?
It’s recommended not to drink
the water from the tap that is served here and there
in Thailand. The offer in bottled water is huge
and very cheap (read “The
water the body needs”). So even if some
of them have a strange taste, favour bottled water!
(/JM) |
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de septembre 2007.
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